2017 Euro Winners Cup

2017 Euro Winners Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	26 May – 4 June 2017
Teams	54 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	SC Braga (1st title)
Runners-up	Artur Music
Third place	BSC Lokomotiv Moscow
Fourth place	FC Delta
Tournament statistics
Matches played	122
Goals scored	1,089 (8.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriele Gori (18 goals)
Best player(s)	Mauricinho
Best goalkeeper	Vitalii Sydorenko
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The 2017 Euro Winners Cup was the fifth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top men's European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). This season the tournament was being held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 26 May till 4 June 2017.^[1]

Italian team were the defending champions but lost in the Round of 16 to Ukrainian side Artur Music.

Artur Music ultimately went on to lose in the final to Portuguese team SC Braga who claimed their first European title.

Gabriele Gori was top scorer for the second year running, following up his top scorer award at the World Cup just a few weeks prior.

Participating teams[]

25 nations represented by a record of 54 clubs participated in the tournament. 28 teams are qualified directly for the main round, including Viarregio (the 2016 trophy holders), ACD Sótão (as host team), SC Braga (as runner-up of host nation) and 25 national champions (note, BS Lazio clinching the berth of Italy national champions since Viarregio is also a European champion).^[2] The preliminary round was disputed by all the remaining teams that sign in (26 teams). At first four more teams sign in, but didn't take part in competition.^[3][4]

Main round
(TH)	Cadiz CF Sotelo	Ibbenburener BSC	Arman
Sporting CP	BSC Griffin	Atlas AO	Dinamo Batumi
ACD Sótão (H)	BSC Grembach Łódź	Seferihisar Cittaslow	"Falfala" Kfar Qassem
SC Braga (2nd)	Jászfényszaru GWP Cservy	ACS West Deva	RTU
BSC Kristall	Grande Motte Pyramide	FC Valicecar	Glomminge IF
Lazio BS (2nd)	FC BATE Borisov	CS Djoker Chisinau	LSA Perwez BS
Winti Panthers	Silesia St Neots	Betuws BS	MFC Spartak Varna
Preliminary round
Casa Benfica de Loures	BSC Spartak Moscow	KP Łódź	Rostocker Robben
Vitoria FC	CSKA Moscow	ESC Gyongyos	A.P.S. Napoli Patron
CD Vila Franca do Rosario	FC City	Littoral BS Dunkerquois	Alanyaspor
GR Amigos da Paz	FC Delta	Montpellier Herault	BS Lansingerland
CD Nacional da Madeira	CD Bala Azul	BSC Vitoblsport	Littoral BS de Panne
CF OS Belenenses	Levante UD	Portsmouth BSC
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow	BSC Artur Music	SK Bosnia EU Teplice

Preliminary round[]

With an increase in the number of teams, five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams constitute the preliminary stage, competing in a round-robin format. The winners of each group advance to main stage. The group allocations were drawn on 10 April 2017.^[5] The matches were held from 26 May till 28 May 2017. Seven group winners and one best-ranked runner-up (BSC Artur Music) advanced to the main round.^[6][7][8]

Group 1[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts FC Delta 3 3 0 0 24 5 +19 9 BSC Artur Music 3 2 0 1 28 8 +20 6 SK Bosnia EU Teplice 3 1 0 2 7 27 –20 3 Littoral BS Dunkerquois 3 0 0 3 7 26 –19 0 FC Delta 9 – 1 Littoral BS Dunkerquois SK Bosnia EU Teplice 0 – 14 BSC Artur Music FC Delta 10 – 1 SK Bosnia EU Teplice BSC Artur Music 11 – 3 Littoral BS Dunkerquois Littoral BS Dunkerquois 3 – 6 SK Bosnia EU Teplice BSC Artur Music 3 – 5 FC Delta

Group 2[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts BSC Spartak Moscow 3 2 1 0 20 7 +13 7 Casa Benfica de Loures 3 2 0 1 18 15 +3 6 Rostocker Robben 3 1 0 2 14 14 0 3 A.P.S. Napoli Patron 3 0 0 3 8 24 –16 0 BSC Spartak Moscow 9 – 1 A.P.S. Napoli Patron Rostocker Robben 5 – 6 Casa Benfica de Loures BSC Spartak Moscow 4 – 4 3 – 2 (p) Rostocker Robben Casa Benfica de Loures 10 – 3 A.P.S. Napoli Patron A.P.S. Napoli Patron 4 – 5 Rostocker Robben Casa Benfica de Loures 2 – 7 BSC Spartak Moscow

Group 3[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 2 2 0 0 25 3 +22 6 Vitoria FC 2 1 0 1 8 17 –9 3 Littoral BS de Panne 2 0 0 2 3 16 –13 0 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 9 – 2 Littoral BS de Panne Vitoria FC 7 – 1 Littoral BS de Panne BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 16 – 1 Vitoria FC

Group 4[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts CSKA Moscow 3 3 0 0 22 6 +16 9 ESC Gyongyos 3 2 0 1 21 8 +13 6 BS Lansingerland 3 1 0 2 9 27 –18 3 CD Vila Franca do Rosario 3 0 0 3 9 20 –11 0 CD Vila Franca do Rosario 1 – 8 CSKA Moscow BS Lansingerland 1 – 12 ESC Gyongyos CD Vila Franca do Rosario 5 – 6 BS Lansingerland ESC Gyongyos 3 – 4 CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow 10 – 2 BS Lansingerland ESC Gyongyos 6 – 3 CD Vila Franca do Rosario

Group 5[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts KP Łódź 3 3 0 0 28 13 +15 9 FC City 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 6 GR Amigos da Paz 3 1 0 2 13 15 –2 3 Portsmouth BSC 3 0 0 3 9 26 –17 0 GR Amigos da Paz 2 – 4 FC City Portsmouth BSC 4 – 15 KP Łódź GR Amigos da Paz 7 – 4 Portsmouth BSC KP Łódź 6 – 5 FC City FC City 4 – 1 Portsmouth BSC KP Łódź 7 – 4 GR Amigos da Paz

Group 6[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts CD Nacional da Madeira 2 1 1 0 8 6 +2 5 Levante UD 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 3 BSC Vitoblsport 2 0 0 2 6 8 –2 0 CD Nacional da Madeira 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) Levante UD BSC Vitoblsport 3 – 4 Levante UD BSC Vitoblsport 3 – 4 CD Nacional da Madeira

Group 7[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts CD Bala Azul 3 3 0 0 21 11 +10 9 Alanyaspor 3 2 0 1 14 12 +2 6 Montpellier Herault 3 0 1 2 12 15 –3 2 CF OS Belenenses 3 0 0 3 7 16 –9 0 CF OS Belenenses 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) Montpellier Herault Alanyaspor 5 – 6 CD Bala Azul CD Bala Azul 7 – 5 Montpellier Herault CF OS Belenenses 3 – 4 Alanyaspor Montpellier Herault 3 – 5 Alanyaspor CD Bala Azul 8 – 1 CF OS Belenenses

Main round[]

With an increase in the number of teams, nine groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format. The group allocations were drawn on 4 April 2017.^[9] The matches were held from 29 May till 31 May 2017. Nine group winners and seven best-ranked runners-up advanced to the play-off round.^[10][11][12]

Group A[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts BSC Artur Music 3 3 0 0 18 5 +13 9 ACD Sótão 3 2 0 1 18 8 +10 6 FC Valicecar 3 1 0 2 14 17 –3 3 Glomminge IF 3 0 0 3 6 26 –20 0 FC Valicecar 7 – 3 Glomminge IF BSC Artur Music 2 – 1 ACD Sótão ACD Sótão 11 – 1 Glomminge IF FC Valicecar 2 – 8 BSC Artur Music ACD Sótão 6 – 5 FC Valicecar Glomminge IF 2 – 8 BSC Artur Music

Group B[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 3 2 1 0 19 8 +11 8 3 2 0 1 27 13 +14 6 LSA Perwez BS 3 1 0 2 8 17 –9 3 CS Djoker Chisinau 3 0 0 3 7 23 –16 0 LSA Perwez BS 4 – 3 CS Djoker Chisinau BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 7 – 6 (a.e.t.) 14 – 3 CS Djoker Chisinau LSA Perwez BS 1 – 7 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 7 – 3 LSA Perwez BS CS Djoker Chisinau 1 – 5 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow

Group C[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Dinamo Batumi 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 6 Lazio BS 3 1 1 1 16 12 +4 5 Arman 3 1 0 2 13 16 –3 3 Silesia St Neots 3 1 0 2 11 18 –7 3 Arman 7 – 4 Silesia St Neots Dinamo Batumi 3 – 5 (a.e.t.) Lazio BS Lazio BS 4 – 5 Silesia St Neots Arman 2 – 5 Dinamo Batumi Lazio BS 7 – 4 Arman Silesia St Neots 2 – 7 Dinamo Batumi

Group D[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Seferihisar Cittaslow 3 3 0 0 16 10 +6 9 BSC Griffin 3 2 0 1 13 6 +7 6 MFC Spartak Varna 3 1 0 2 12 10 +2 3 ACS West Deva 3 0 0 3 7 22 –15 0 MFC Spartak Varna 3 – 4 Seferihisar Cittaslow ACS West Deva 0 – 7 BSC Griffin BSC Griffin 4 – 5 Seferihisar Cittaslow MFC Spartak Varna 8 �� 4 ACS West Deva BSC Griffin 2 – 1 MFC Spartak Varna Seferihisar Cittaslow 7 – 3 ACS West Deva

Group E[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Sporting CP 3 2 1 0 12 7 +5 7 BSC Spartak Moscow 3 2 0 1 18 8 +10 6 Betuws BS 3 0 1 2 11 16 –5 2 RTU 3 0 0 3 3 13 –10 0 Betuws BS 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) RTU BSC Spartak Moscow 3 – 3 2 – 3 (p) Sporting CP Sporting CP 4 – 1 RTU Betuws BS 5 – 9 BSC Spartak Moscow Sporting CP 5 – 3 Betuws BS RTU 0 – 6 BSC Spartak Moscow

Group F[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts SC Braga 3 3 0 0 25 4 +21 9 CD Bala Azul 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6 Ibbenburener BSC 3 1 0 2 13 16 –3 3 Winti Panthers 3 0 0 3 2 25 –23 0 SC Braga 11 – 4 Ibbenburener BSC CD Bala Azul 7 – 0 Winti Panthers Winti Panthers 2 – 8 Ibbenburener BSC SC Braga 4 – 0 CD Bala Azul Winti Panthers 0 – 10 SC Braga Ibbenburener BSC 1 – 3 CD Bala Azul

Group G[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts BSC Kristall 3 3 0 0 19 6 +13 9 Cadiz CF Sotelo 3 2 0 1 16 13 +3 6 CD Nacional da Madeira 3 1 0 2 6 11 –5 3 Atlas AO 3 0 0 3 3 14 –11 0 Atlas AO 0 – 5 BSC Kristall CD Nacional da Madeira 3 – 4 Cadiz CF Sotelo BSC Kristall 7 – 5 Cadiz CF Sotelo CD Nacional da Madeira 2 – 0 Atlas AO BSC Kristall 7 – 1 CD Nacional da Madeira Cadiz CF Sotelo 7 – 3 Atlas AO

Group H[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts CSKA Moscow 3 3 0 0 12 6 +6 9 Jászfényszaru GWP Cservy 3 1 1 1 11 7 +4 5 FC BATE Borisov 3 1 0 2 10 12 –2 3 KP Łódź 3 0 0 3 8 16 –8 0 KP Łódź 2 – 7 Jászfényszaru GWP Cservy CSKA Moscow 5 – 3 FC BATE Borisov Jászfényszaru GWP Cservy 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) FC BATE Borisov CSKA Moscow 4 – 2 KP Łódź Jászfényszaru GWP Cservy 1 – 3 CSKA Moscow FC BATE Borisov 5 – 4 KP Łódź

Group I[] Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts FC Delta 3 3 0 0 17 8 +9 9 BSC Grembach Łódź 3 2 0 1 15 12 +3 6 "Falfala" Kfar Qassem 3 1 0 2 11 12 –1 3 Grande Motte Pyramide 3 0 0 3 9 20 –11 0 "Falfala" Kfar Qassem 5 – 3 Grande Motte Pyramide FC Delta 6 – 2 BSC Grembach Łódź BSC Grembach Łódź 8 – 3 Grande Motte Pyramide "Falfala" Kfar Qassem 3 – 4 FC Delta BSC Grembach Łódź 5 – 3 "Falfala" Kfar Qassem Grande Motte Pyramide 3 – 7 FC Delta Play-off round[] Bracket[]   Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                                       FC Delta 5       BSC Griffin 2   FC Delta 6       CD Bala Azul 3   CSKA Moscow 2 (2)       CD Bala Azul 2 (3)   FC Delta 5       BSC Artur Music 7   Seferihisar Cittaslow 4       BSC Spartak Moscow 6   BSC Spartak Moscow 1       BSC Artur Music 3   BSC Artur Music 4 (3)       4 (2)   BSC Artur Music 5       SC Braga 8   BSC Kristall 4       Dinamo Batumi 2   BSC Kristall 4 (2)       BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 4 (3)   BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 7       Grembach Łódź 3   BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 5       SC Braga 8 Third place   Sporting CP 6         Cadiz CF Sotelo 4   Sporting CP 2 FC Delta 4       SC Braga 3 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 5   SC Braga 9     ACD Sótão 2   Round of 16[] The matches were held on 1 June 2017.[13] Team 1  Score  Team 2 FC Delta 5–2 BSC Griffin CSKA Moscow 2–2 2–3 (p) CD Bala Azul BSC Kristall 4–2 Dinamo Batumi BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 7–3 BSC Grembach Łódź Seferihisar Cittaslow 4–6 BSC Spartak Moscow BSC Artur Music 4–4 3–2 (p) Sporting CP 6–4 Cadiz CF Sotelo SC Braga 9–2 ACD Sótão Quarter-finals[] The matches were held on 2 June 2017.[14] For 9–16 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 BSC Griffin 4–5 CSKA Moscow Seferihisar Cittaslow 6–13 BSC Grembach Łódź 3–4 Dinamo Batumi Cadiz CF Sotelo 6–6 2–1 (p) ACD Sótão For 1–8 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 FC Delta 6–3 CD Bala Azul BSC Spartak Moscow 1–3 BSC Artur Music BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 4–4 3–2 (p) BSC Kristall Sporting CP 2–3 SC Braga Semi-finals[] The matches were held on 3 June 2017.[15] For 13–16 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 Seferihisar Cittaslow 2–4 BSC Griffin BSC Grembach Łódź 6–5 ACD Sótão For 9–12 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 5–3 (a.e.t.) CSKA Moscow Dinamo Batumi 1–3 Cadiz CF Sotelo For 5–8 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 BSC Spartak Moscow 9–0 CD Bala Azul BSC Kristall 9–2 Sporting CP For 1–4 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 5–8 SC Braga BSC Artur Music 7–5 FC Delta Placement matches[] The matches were held on 4 June 2017.[16] For 15–16 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 ACD Sótão 4–4 6–5 (p) Seferihisar Cittaslow For 13–14 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 BSC Grembach Łódź 3–1 BSC Griffin For 11–12 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 Dinamo Batumi 3–6 CSKA Moscow For 9–10 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 Cadiz CF Sotelo 2–4 For 7–8 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 Sporting CP 6–3 CD Bala Azul For 5–6 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 BSC Kristall 5–1 BSC Spartak Moscow For 3–4 places Team 1  Score  Team 2 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 5–4 FC Delta Cup Final Team 1  Score  Team 2 SC Braga 8–5 BSC Artur Music Leo Martins 1' Jordan Santos 11', 32' Bruno Xavier 18' Be Martins 20' Bokinha 24', 30' Mauricinho 28' 3' Ivan Glutskyi 4', 11', 30' Oleh Zborovskyi 9' Deiwerson Awards[] Top scorer(s) Gabriele Gori ( ) 18 goals[17] Best player Mauricinho ( SC Braga) Best goalkeeper Vitalii Sydorenko ( BSC Artur Music) Source: [1] Final standings[] Rank Team 1 SC Braga 2 Artur Music 3 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 4 FC Delta 5 BSC Kristall 6 BSC Spartak Moscow 7 Sporting CP 8 CD Bala Azul 9 10 Cadiz CF Sotelo 11 CSKA Moscow 12 Dinamo Batumi 13 BSC Grembach Łódź 14 BSC Griffin 15 ACD Sótão 16 Seferihisar Cittaslow See also[] Mundialito de Clubes References[] ^ "Praia da Nazaré acolhe a Euro Winners Cup 2017". 27 January 2017. ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2017 to feature preliminary round". ^ "Draw held for Euro Winners Cup preliminary round". ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2017: Preliminary phase open for all". ^ "Draw held for Euro Winners Cup preliminary round". beachsoccer.com. 10 April 2017. ^ "Goals aplenty on Euro Winners Cup opening day". ^ "Bala Azul first to progress from Euro Winners Cup Preliminary Round". ^ "Eight qualifiers progress to Euro Winners Cup". ^ "Draws held for Euro Winners Cup 2017". beachsoccer.com. 4 April 2017. ^ "Euro Winners Cup gets underway in Nazare". ^ "Portugal's Sporting, Braga pick up wins". ^ "Sixteen progress from Euro Winners Cup groups". ^ "Holders Viareggio bow out ahead of Euro Winners Cup quarter-finals". ^ "Lokomotiv march on as Braga down Sporting". ^ "Artur Music to face SC Braga in Euro Winners Cup final". ^ "Braga lift Euro Winners Cup with victory over Artur Music". ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2017-06-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) External links[] Euro Winners Cup 2017, beachsoccer.com Euro Winners Cup 2017 Preliminary Round, beachsoccer.com 2017 Men's Euro Winners Cup's top 5 goals 2017 Men's Euro Winners Cup's Best Moments