Part of the original concept of the EBSL was to link the multiple promoters of beach soccer in the different countries of Europe under the umbrella of a single Europe-wide competition. The league also doubled as the qualification route for European nations to the upcoming edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships. The EBSL continued to double as the World Cup qualification route for European nations into the FIFA era. The 2008 season was greatly affected by the scheduling of the World Cup which shortened the league’s calendar. Having switched from Monte Carlo to Marseille in 2005, BSWW made the French city the Superfinal’s permanent new home for 2006 and 2007. Its impressive hosting was key in FIFA’s decision to award the city as hosts of the 2008 World Cup. However note that the awards presented to the players listed between 1998 and 2007 were based on those players’ performances and goals amassed over the entire season.

Goals from Benzema, Vázquez and Modrić secured Madrid the three points in a 3-0 win over Villarreal. The away match against Granada on 13 May was won 4-1, with goals coming from Modrić, Rodrygo, Odriozola and Benzema. UNAM won 4-3 on aggregate. Cruz Azul won 1-0 on aggregate. 4-4 on aggregate. UANL won on penalty kicks. These years saw the Iberian nations return to the summit; Spain won their fifth title in 2006 and Portugal their second in 2007, narrowly denying France their own second crown by a single goal in the final. Spain have only made two finals during these ten years, despite their five previous titles. During this period Portugal have continued to be a dominant side, becoming only the second team after Spain (1999-2001) to win three titles in a row (2019-2022), to move clear as the record-holding champions, now with eight. Division A stages were altered to be knockout tournaments involving all eight teams of the division. A single division was also used in 2008. For this table, if the team was a member of Division B in 2007, the stages of 2008 count.

A single division was also used in 2008. For this table, if the team was a member of Division A in 2007, the stages of 2008 count. If they were a member of Division A in 2007, the stages count towards the Division A table. Each season, Division A nations aim to win the EBSL title, whilst Division B nations aim to be promoted to Division A, with one promotion spot available per season. During this era participation has continued to increase, breaking the 20-team barrier in 2011 and a record 27 nations competed in 2017, seeing participation expand to some of Europe’s least populated nations such as Lithuania and Andorra, and to the continent’s most eastern periphery with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan debuting and becoming league regulars. The top seven ranking nations with the most points in the Division B league table at the end of the regular season proceed to the Promotion Final. The Division B nation which wins this match is promoted to Division A the next season, with the team bottom of Division A relegated.

Heading into the 2009 season, BSWW did not return to the 2006-07 format but instead completely revamped the league’s configuration, primarily introducing a system of promotion and relegation between Divisions A and B by making the Superfinal a Division A only event and establishing a second post-season event exclusively for Division B nations, the Promotion Final, in which promotion is achieved. The Superfinal is the post-season event in which the nations with the most points at the end of the regular season qualify to play in, with the winner becoming league champions. The regular season consisted of four stages, with one hosted in each of the four automatic entrants’ countries. The table below shows the countries which have hosted EBSL events, in order from that which has hosted the most, down to the least. Each participating nation hosted a round of fixtures otherwise known as a stage, played as small, four-team knock-out tournaments over the course of two days.