Crocs Challenge Cup 2010

2010 Crocs Challenge Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	23–25 July 2010
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Turkey
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Azerbaijan
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	121 (10.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tamer Ay
Best player	Patrick Ax

The 2010 Crocs Challenge Cup is a new annual European competition in beach soccer. This tournament is sanctioned by FIFA and promoted by Beach Soccer Worldwide.

There are eight teams participating in this tournament that will play in a knock-out-style system. The competing teams were determined by their current ranking from ninth to sixteenth in the Beach Soccer Worldwide European rankings, with some exceptions.

All matches were played at the same time as Stage 4 of the 2010 Euro Beach Soccer League from July 23 to 25 at the Beach Stadion in The Hague in the Netherlands.

Participating Nations

•  Andorra
•  Azerbaijan
•  Czech Republic
•  England
•  Germany
•  Norway
•  Netherlands
•  Turkey

Schedule & Results

Quarterfinals

23 July 2010 13:15	Czech Republic	5 - 6	Azerbaijan

23 July 2010 14:30	Norway	3 - 3 (a.e.t.) (2 – 3 p.)	Turkey

23 July 2010 15:45	England	7 - 5	Germany

23 July 2010 19:30	Netherlands	11 - 3	Andorra

Classification

24 July 2010 12:45	Czech Republic	5 - 4	Norway

24 July 2010 14:00	Germany	10 - 3	Andorra

Semifinals

24 July 2010 15:15	England	3 - 4	Netherlands

24 July 2010 16:30	Azerbaijan	5 - 8	Turkey

Classification finals

Seventh place final

25 July 2010 12:45	Norway	5 - 6	Andorra

Fifth place final

25 July 2010 14:00	Czech Republic	5 - 4	Germany

Third place final

25 July 2010 16:30	England	2 - 5	Azerbaijan

Tournament final

25 July 2010 15:15	Netherlands	4 - 5	Turkey

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	Turkey
2	Netherlands
3	Azerbaijan
4	England
5	Czech Republic
6	Germany
7	Andorra
8	Norway

Individual Awards

MVP: Patrick Ax ( Netherlands)
Best goalkeeper: Gokhan ( Turkey)
Crocs top goal scorer: Tamer Ay ( Turkey) - 5 goals

See also

• Beach soccer
• Euro Beach Soccer League

External links

• Beach Soccer Worldwide
• Crocs.eu Beach Soccer