The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between June 1 and September 7, 2002 in nine different nations across Europe.

This season BSWW introduced Divisions to the EBSL for the first time; the nations of the league were split into two groups based on similar levels of ability.

Whilst the Northern group consisted of the other teams of lesser ability and was considered the lower division of the two.

The difference in abilities of the two divisions was reflected in there being less Superfinal qualification spots available for the Northern group.

[1] Each team competed in their respective division/group to try and earn a place in the season-finale event, the Superfinal, in which the league title was then contested directly.

Allocations:[6] The amount of qualification spots available in the Superfinal from each division reflected the abilities of the nations in the respective groups.

Finishing first and second earned those teams byes straight into the semi-finals of the Superfinal, whilst the lower positioned teams in third and fourth were entered into the quarter-finals Portugal were crowned winners of the group and earned the bye into the Superfinal semi-finals along with runners-up Spain.

The Northern consisted of six rounds of fixtures known as stages, which commenced before the matches of the Southern Group.

Austria were narrowly crowned winners, with runners-up Turkey ousting Switzerland by a similarly slim margin to also successfully qualify for the season-ending event.

The teams played one match per round until the final when the winner of the 2002 Euro Beach Soccer League was crowned.

The losers of the quarter and semi-finals played in consolation matches to determine their final league placements.

Whilst Spain, as runners-up of the Southern Group, did not earn this luxury and had to play the harder-on-paper winner of the all-Southern quarter-final.

Finishing in the top three positions also earned those nations qualification straight into the upcoming World Cup.