Russian Beach Soccer Championships

The Russian Beach Soccer Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по пляжному футболу) are the main national beach soccer championships in Russia. They are performed annually since 2005. Overall, 9 clubs (formerly 16 and 8 clubs) qualified through regional championships participate. They are divided into four groups, each composed of four teams, and two of the best clubs in each team will reach the quarterfinals. The winner is decided after a series of play-off rounds.

Regulations

Formerly, 16 teams participated in the main round. At times there were qualifying rounds. The number of teams was reduced to 8 in 2011.

A new system was introduced in the 2014 season. Now the eight teams played two legs. There were overall 14 rounds which were split into 3 stages. Each win in regular time was calculated as three points, a win in overtime or after a series of penalties two points, a loss in the overtime or after a series of penalties one point. The four best teams qualified for the quarterfinals, the so-called Superfinal, which was played in the play-off system. In the semifinals and the final there were two wins to be made in each round. The third-place game was played as a single-elimination round. The teams who reached the two worst places were pulled out from this tournament in the next year, and they were to be replaced by the winners of the Russian Cup, the second-highest ranked national tournament.[1][2]

In the 2015 season, a new system of point calculation was introduced. Now, two points were given for a win in the overtime, one point after a series of penalties and zero points for any loss. Also, overall three sportsmen of a foreign club (a "legionnaire") were allowed to play in a club, two of which may play at one time in a pitch. Furthermore, each club received an opportunity to take a one-minute time out once during a game.[3]

In the 2017 season, overall nine clubs participated, six of which qualified for the Superfinal. The two best teams of the regular season automatically entered the semifinal, while the remaining four teams played in the quarterfinals.[4]

Tournaments

Year Host Final 3rd place match Teams
Champions Score Runners-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2005
Anapa		 City Khimik Voronezh Oblast 3–2 Dream Team MFTI Moscow Delta Saratov 7–4 Lipetsk 16
2006
Sochi		 TIM St. Petersburg 2–1
(1–0)		 Strogino Moscow CITY MFTI Moscow 8–5 Dream Team MFTI Moscow 16
2007
Sochi		 IBS St. Petersburg 3–2 Strogino Moscow TIM St. Petersburg 5–1 Delta Saratov 16
2008
Sochi		 Strogino Moscow 4–3 Delta Saratov Biznes-Pravo Saratov 7–5 Lukoyl Kaliningrad 16
2009
Sochi		 Strogino Moscow 5–3 IBS St. Petersburg Lukoyl Kaliningrad 9–1 Delta Saratov 16
2010
Anapa		 Lokomotiv Moscow 3–2
(1–0)		 Strogino Moscow Golden St. Petersburg 3–2 Delta Saratov 16
2011
St. Petersburg		 Lokomotiv Moscow 11–8 Strogino Moscow Krylya Sovetov Samara 4–3 Delta Saratov 8
2012
St. Petersburg		 Lokomotiv Moscow 5–3 Kristall St. Petersburg Strogino Moscow 5–4 IBS St. Petersburg 8
2013
Moscow		 Kristall St. Petersburg 6–4 (OT) Rotor-Volgograd Lokomotiv Moscow 5–2 Dynamo Moscow 8
2014
Volgograd		 Rotor-Volgograd 6–2
5–3
4–2		 Kristall St. Petersburg Strogino Moscow 3–1 Lokomotiv Moscow 8
2015
Sochi		 Kristall St. Petersburg 6–2
5–3		 Krylya Sovetov Samara Lokomotiv Moscow 3–2 Dynamo Moscow 8
2016
St. Petersburg		 Kristall St. Petersburg 5–3
3–1		 Zolotoy St. Petersburg Lokomotiv Moscow 6–3 Spartak Moscow 8
2017
Saratov		 Lokomotiv Moscow 5–3
4–1		 Kristall St. Petersburg CSKA Moscow 3–2 Spartak Moscow 9
2018
Moscow		 Kristall St. Petersburg 4–1 Delta Saratov Spartak Moscow 4–1 CSKA Moscow 9

Team statistics

Club Wins Finals 3rd places Overall
Kristall St. Petersburg 4 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2018) 3 (2012, 2014, 2017) 6
Lokomotiv Moscow 4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2017) — 3 (2013, 2015, 2016) 7
Strogino Moscow 2 (2008, 2009) 4 (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011) 2 (2012, 2014) 8
Rotor-Volgograd 1 (2014) 1 (2013) — 2
IBS St. Petersburg 1 (2007) 1 (2009) — 2
TIM St. Petersburg 1 (2006) — 1 (2007) 2
Siti Khimik Voronezh Oblast 1 (2005) — — 1
Delta Saratov — 2 (2008, 2018) 1 (2005) 2
Krylya Sovetov Samara — 1 (2015) 1 (2011) 2
Zolotoy St. Petersburg — 1 (2016) — 1
Dream Team MFTI Moscow — 1 (2005) — 1
Spartak Moscow — — 1 (2018) 1
CSKA Moscow — — 1 (2017) 1
Golden St. Petersburg — — 1 (2010) 1
Lukoyl Kaliningrad — — 1 (2009) 1
Biznes-Pravo Saratov — — 1 (2008) 1
CITY MFTI Moscow — — 1 (2006) 1

References

  1. ↑ Регламент Чемпионата России по пляжному футболу 2014 года
  2. ↑ "Анохин: расстроен, что меня не поддержали в вопросе ужесточения лимита". Beach Soccer Russia. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  3. ↑ "Основные итоги заседания Комитета пляжного футбола РФС". beachsoccer.ru. Archived from the original on 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  4. ↑ В Суперфинале чемпионата России-2017 сыграют шесть клубов
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