Women's Euro Winners Cup
Founded | 2015[1] |
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Region | Europe |
Number of teams | ~20 |
Related competitions | Euro Winners Cup |
Current champions | Madrid (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Grasshoppers Havana Shots Aargau Zvezda San Javier Mriya 2006 Madrid (1 title each) |
Website | Beach Soccer Worldwide |
2021 Women's Euro Winners Cup |
The Women's Euro Winners Cup is an annual continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European women's teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/championship champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) from countries all across Europe take part.
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the championship is viewed as the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.[1][2][3] Offering the strongest level of club competition on the old continent, it is the most prestigious women's club beach soccer championship in Europe, the winners becoming continental champions.[4][5]
Citing the many national women's leagues in Europe and one of their "strongest commitments" to develop women's beach soccer going into the year of the tournament's establishment, BSWW created the championship in 2016, following the founding of the men's edition in 2013.[1]
The tournament takes place within the framework of the larger men's version of the tournament, happening during the same dates and location over the course of about a week.
Of the six editions to date, each has been won by a different club; Spain and Switzerland have produced the most winning sides (two each).
Organisation[]
As of 2017
Qualification[]
The champions of each of Europe's national women's beach soccer leagues (or championships) qualify to play in the event.[6]
In countries where women's clubs exist but a national women's league or championship does not yet exist in that nation, clubs can contact BSWW to register themselves as that country's representative.[6]
If a national association wishes to enter additional clubs, they can request for permission to do so from the organisers BSWW who will grant or reject the clubs a berth at the tournament depending on the total number of teams already registered.[6]
Format[]
The tournament starts with the group stage. The clubs are split into groups (typically of four) and compete in a round robin format. At the end of the group stage, the top eight clubs (group winners and best runners-up) advance to the knockout stage. The teams then compete in single-elimination matches; the quarter-finals, semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches are also played to determine the final rankings involving the clubs knocked out of these rounds.
Results[]
Year | Location | № of clubs | Final | Third place play-off | ||||||
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Winners | Result | Runners-up | 3rd place | Result | 4th place | |||||
2016 | Catania, Italy | 12 | Grasshoppers | 5–4 | BeachKick Berlin | Zvezda | 5–3 | Catanzaro | ||
2017 | Nazaré, Portugal | 19 | Havana Shots Aargau | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Portsmouth | Higicontrol Melilla | 4–3 | Zvezda | ||
2018 | Nazaré, Portugal | 20 | Zvezda | 2–0 | Portsmouth | San Javier | 3–1 | Amnéville | ||
2019 | Nazaré, Portugal | 20 | San Javier | 3–3 (a.e.t.)[A] | Madrid | Stade de Reims | 9–3 | Lokrians | ||
2020 | Nazaré, Portugal | 5 | Mriya 2006 | [round-robin] | Cáceres | Zvezda | [round-robin] | Marseille BT | ||
2021 | Nazaré, Portugal[7] | 17 | Madrid | 6–3 | Zvezda | Bonaire Terrassa | 5–5 (a.e.t.)[B] | Marseille BT |
- A. ^ San Javier won the penalty shootout 2–0.
- B. ^ Bonaire Terrassa won the penalty shootout 6–5.
- Round robin. ^ Indicates this edition was played as a round-robin tournament. There was no final or third place match.
Performance[]
Successful clubs[]
Successful nations[]
Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
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Spain | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 |
England | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 |
France | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Awards[]
Year | Top goalscorer(s) | Gls | Best player | Best goalkeeper | Ref. |
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2016 | Marina Fedorova ( Zvezda) | 18 | Rebecca Gabriel ( BeachKick Berlin) | Susanne Shutz ( Grasshoppers) | [1] |
2017 | Glafira Bazhanova ( Neva) | 13 | Sarah Kempson ( Portsmouth) | Deborah Kehrli ( Havana Shots Aargau) | [2] |
2018 | Mélissa Gomes ( Amnéville) | 14 | Molly Clark ( Portsmouth) | Viktoriia Silina ( Zvezda) | [3] |
2019 | Mélissa Gomes ( Reims) | 14 | Carolina González ( San Javier) | Phallon Tullis-Joyce ( Reims) | [4] |
2020 | Anaëlle Wiard ( Newteam Brussels) | 6 | María Herrero ( Cáceres) | Anna Akylbaeva ( Zvezda) | [5] |
2021 | Alba Mellado ( Madrid) | 14 | Anna Cherniakova ( Zvezda) | Anna Akylbaeva ( Zvezda) | [6] |
Appearances & performance timeline[]
The following is an appearance and performance timeline of the countries who have been represented by clubs at the Women's Euro Winners Cup. It shows which countries were represented at each edition and by how many clubs. The colour of the cells indicates the furthest any of that country's clubs progressed in the competition in that edition, corresponding to the key below.
16 members of UEFA have been represented by at least one club in at least one edition to date.
- Key
Champions | Round of 16[b] | |||
Runners-up | Group stage | |||
Third place | 3 | No. of clubs entered | ||
Fourth Place | × | Did not enter a club | ||
Quarter-finals[a] | Host country |
- a. Not used in 2020–21.
- b. Not used in 2016–17, 20–21.
- Timeline
Years Country
|
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
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Belgium | × | × | × | × | 1 | 2 | 3 |
England | 1 | 1 | 1 | × | × | × | 3 |
Estonia | 1 | × | 1 | 1 | × | × | 3 |
France | × | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | × | × | × | 3 |
Greece | × | 1 | × | × | × | × | 1 |
Hungary | × | 1 | × | × | × | × | 1 |
Italy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | × | 1 | 11 |
Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | × | × | 8 |
Poland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | × | 1 | 7 |
Portugal | × | 1 | 1 | 1 | × | 2 | 5 |
Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Spain | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 |
Sweden | × | 1 | 1 | 1 | × | × | 3 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | × | × | 4 |
Ukraine | × | × | × | × | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Total teams | 12 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 93 |
Total countries | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | – |
See also[]
- Euro Winners Cup (men's edition)
References[]
- ^ a b c "Euro Winners Cup 2016 to feature Women's competition". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Beachsoccerteam VIOD klaar voor Champions League avontuur" (in Dutch). nieuwedockumercourant.nl. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup (Champions League) Havana Shots Aargau Damen" (in German). funders.ch. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "The biggest Euro Winners Cup ever!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Women's Euro Winners Cup 2017". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Euro Winners Cup 2017 to feature preliminary round". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Euro Winners Cup 2021 teams confirmed. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 July 2021.
External links[]
- Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website
- Euro Winners Cup, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
- Women's Euro Winners Cup
- Beach soccer competitions
- Women's association football competitions in Europe
- 2016 establishments in Europe
- Recurring sporting events established in 2016
- Multi-national professional sports leagues