2009 Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2009 Euro Beach Soccer League, was the twelfth edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL), the premier beach soccer competition contested between European men's national teams, occurring annually since its establishment in 1998.

The league was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) between July 10 and August 23, 2009.

Portugal were the defending champions but fell short in the championship match of the Superfinal, losing to Russia who claimed their first European title.

[3] 2009 saw the introduction of major changes to the format of this and future seasons of the EBSL which have remained almost unchanged to date (2017).

The following decisions were made:[1] Norway are ranked ahead of France based on their head-to-head result

The EBSL underwent major format changes in 2009 and as such underwent graphical rebranding too, including the introduction of a new logo shown above. This logo continued to be used for another six seasons until its last use in 2015.