The 2008 Euro Beach Soccer League , was the eleventh edition of the Euro Beach Soccer League ( EBSL ) , the premier beach soccer competition contested Competition between European men 's national teams , occurring Coming_to_be annually since its establishment in 1998 .

Unprecedented organisational changes Change had to be made to the EBSL in 2008 leading to a drastically shorter season than usual – just two regular season stages were scheduled Arranging due to a clash of dates with the arrangements of the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup , the first edition to take place Hold in Europe .

Portugal became Becoming only the second team after Spain to defend Defending the EBSL crown as incumbent champions , after the Spanish did so twice in 2000 and 2001 .

In 2008 , a dedicated World Cup qualifying competition Competition for UEFA nations was established Creating , replacing Change_of_leadership the EBSL as the qualifying route for European teams from this year onward .

The 2015 Euro Beach Soccer League ( EBSL ) is an annual European competition Competition in beach soccer .

Due to the beach soccer event at the 2015 European Games ( 24–28 June ) and the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup ( 9–19 July ) scheduled Process_start to take place Process_start right in the middle of the typical EBSL season of June to August , BSWW were forced Request to organise Arranging a shorter season than usual , featuring Cause_to_be_included an abnormally low amount of regular season stages of fixtures ( two , rather than the customary three or four ) .