- comm un ists ▁Category : D utch ▁Roman ▁C athol ics ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁H aar lem m erme er ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁O ister w ijk ▁Category : C atholic ism ▁and ▁far - right ▁politics <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Euro ▁Beach ▁Soccer ▁Cup ▁was ▁the ▁fifth ▁Euro ▁Beach ▁Soccer ▁Cup . ▁H eld ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁it ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁Europe ' s ▁two ▁major ▁beach ▁s occer ▁champion ships ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁in ▁Li ège , ▁Belg ium . ▁Portugal ▁won ▁the ▁championship , ▁claim ing ▁their ▁third ▁success ive ▁title ▁and ▁fourth ▁overall , ▁with ▁France ▁finishing ▁second . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁final ▁was ▁not ▁between ▁Portugal ▁and ▁Spain ▁since ▁the ▁tournament ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁Spain ▁beat ▁Germany ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁place ▁play ▁off ▁to ▁finish ▁third ▁and ▁fourth ▁respectively . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁host ▁nation ▁had ▁not ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁four ▁places . ▁ ▁E ight ▁teams ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁tournament ▁who ▁played ▁in ▁a ▁straightforward ▁knock out ▁tournament , ▁starting ▁with ▁the ▁quarter ▁final s , ▁with ▁extra ▁matches ▁dec iding ▁the ▁nations ▁who ▁finished ▁in ▁fifth , ▁sixth , ▁sevent h ▁and ▁e ighth ▁place . ▁ ▁Part icip ating ▁nations ▁ ▁Match es ▁ ▁Main ▁tournament ▁ ▁Fif th ▁to ▁e ighth ▁place ▁dec iding ▁matches ▁The ▁following ▁matches ▁took ▁place ▁between ▁the ▁losing ▁nations ▁in ▁the ▁quarter