2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = Euro Beach Soccer Cup
| year = 2002
| other_titles =
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| country = Spain
| dates = 15 February - 17 February 2002
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{beachsoccer|POR}}
| count = 3
| second_other = {{beachsoccer|ESP}}
| third_other = {{beachsoccer|FRA}}
| fourth_other = {{beachsoccer|ITA}}
| matches = 12
| goals = 138
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
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| prevseason = 2001
| nextseason = 2003
}}
The 2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fourth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in February 2002, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Portugal won the championship, claiming their second successive title and third overall, with hosts Spain finishing second. France beat Italy in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively.
Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.http://roonba.com/2002.htm{{Dead link|date=March 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Participating nations
- {{beachsoccer|ENG}}
- {{beachsoccer|FRA}}
- {{beachsoccer|GER}}
- {{beachsoccer|Republic of Ireland|name=Republic of Ireland}}
- {{beachsoccer|ITA}}
- {{beachsoccer|POR}}
- {{beachsoccer|ESP}}
- {{beachsoccer|SUI}}
Matches
=Main tournament=
{{Round8-with third
|15 February 2002|{{Beachsoccer|FRA}}|7|{{Beachsoccer|GER}}|4
|15 February 2002|{{Beachsoccer|POR}}|7|{{Beachsoccer|SUI}}|5
|15 February 2002|{{Beachsoccer|ITA}}|5|{{Beachsoccer|ENG}}|2
|15 February 2002|{{Beachsoccer|ESP}}|11|{{Beachsoccer|IRL|name=Republic of Ireland}}|0
|16 February 2002|{{Beachsoccer|FRA}}|3|{{Beachsoccer|POR}}|9
|16 February 2002|{{Beachsoccer|ITA}}|7|{{Beachsoccer|ESP}}|8
|17 February 2002|{{Beachsoccer|POR}}|2|{{Beachsoccer|ESP}}|1
|17 February 2002|{{Beachsoccer|FRA}}|9|{{Beachsoccer|ITA}}|6
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=Fifth to eighth place deciding matches=
The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals took place on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final.
{{ 4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1=Fifth to eighth place semi finals | RD2=Fifth place playoff | RD2b=Seventh place playoff
| Team-Width = 150
| RD1-seed1=QF1
| RD1-team1={{beachsoccer|GER}}
| RD1-score1= 9
| RD1-seed2=QF2
| RD1-team2={{beachsoccer|SUI}}
| RD1-score2= 6
| RD1-seed3=QF3
| RD1-team3={{beachsoccer|ENG}}
| RD1-score3= 11
| RD1-seed4=QF4
| RD1-team4={{beachsoccer|IRL|name=Republic of Ireland}}
| RD1-score4= 3
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{beachsoccer|ENG}}
| RD2-score1= 5
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{beachsoccer|GER}}
| RD2-score2= 2
| RD2b-seed1=
| RD2b-team1={{beachsoccer|SUI}}
| RD2b-score1= 10
| RD2b-seed2=
| RD2b-team2={{beachsoccer|IRL|name=Republic of Ireland}}
| RD2b-score2= 6
}}
Winners
{{winners|beachsoccer|2002 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners:|Portugal|Third}}
Final standings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank !Team | ||
| bgcolor="gold" | 1 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|POR}} |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|ESP}} |
| bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|FRA}} |
| | 4 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|ITA}} | |
| | 5 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|ENG}} | |
| | 6 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|GER}} | |
| | 7 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|SUI}} | |
| | 8 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|IRL|name=Republic of Ireland}} |