2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup

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2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12–18 June
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Poland.svg FC10 Ladies
Third place Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa
Fourth place Flag of Spain.svg San Javier
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored302 (6.29 per match)
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The 2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for women's top-division European clubs. The championship is viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in its parent sport, association football. [1]

Contents

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition, from 12 to 18 June. [2]

The event began with a round robin group stage. At its conclusion, the best teams progressed to the knockout stage, a series of single elimination games to determine the winners, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

Bonaire Terrassa of Spain were the defending champions, but failed to defend their title, falling at the semi-finals and finishing in third place. It was won by Higicontrol Melilla of Spain, who won their first title. [3]

Teams

20 clubs from eight different nations entered the event. [4]

In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, clubs from Russia remained banned from participation. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Group stage
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (7)Bonaire Terrassa (TH)Flag of France.svg  France (2)Marseille BT
CáceresMarseille Minots
FALFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland (2)Havanna Shots Aargau
Higicontrol MelillaRappiranhas
MalagaFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (1)Newteam Brussels
PozoalbenseFlag of Germany.svg  Germany (1)Lieberampool
San JavierFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (1)Zeeland
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (5)ACD O Sotão (H)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (1)FC10 Ladies
Nazaré 2022
Pastéis
SandGames Figueira
Estoril

Draw

The draw to split the 20 clubs into five groups of four took place on 18 May. [4] [9] [10]

Group stage

The designation of "home" and "away" teams displayed in the results matrices is for administrative purposes only.

Matches take place from 12 to 14 June.

All group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams, along with the best fourth-placed team, progressed to the knockout stage.

Key
  • † – Walkover
  • * – Extra-time result
  • ♦ – Match decided by penalty shootout

Group A

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualificationACDRAPFALMMS
1Flag of Portugal.svg ACD O Sótão (H)3300094+59 Knockout stage — 3–2 — 3–0†
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rappiranhas32001104+66—— 5–1 0–3†
3Flag of Spain.svg FAL3100268−23 2–3 ———
4Flag of France.svg Marseille Minots3000309−90Withdrew—— 0–3† —
Source: BSWW
(H) Host

Group B

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualificationBONMALPASHSA
1Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa32100169+78 Knockout stage —— 4–3* 7–4
2Flag of Spain.svg Malaga32001108+26 2–5 ———
3Flag of Portugal.svg Pastéis3100279−23— 1–3 — 2–3
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Havanna Shots Aargau30003815−70— 2–5 ——
Source: BSWW

Group C

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualificationCACSJALIENAZ
1Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres33000206+149 Knockout stage — 4–1 ——
2Flag of Spain.svg San Javier32001107+36—— 4–1 5–2
3Flag of Germany.svg Lieberampool31002814−63 2–7 ———
4Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré 202230003819−110 3–9 — 5–3 —
Source: BSWW

Group D

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualificationHIGMARNEWSGF
1Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla33000120+129 Knockout stage — 3–0 ——
2Flag of France.svg Marseille BT32001101006—— 4–2 6–5
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Newteam Brussels31002410−63 0–5 —— 1–2
4Flag of Portugal.svg SandGames Figueira30003612−60 0–4 ———
Source: BSWW

Group E

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFCLPOZZEEEST
1Flag of Poland.svg FC10 Ladies33000204+169 Knockout stage —— 10–3 9–1
2Flag of Spain.svg Pozoalbense32001104+66 0–1 ———
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg Zeeland310021119−83— 2–5 — 4–6
4Flag of Portugal.svg Estoril30003620−140— 1–5 ——
Source: BSWW

Knockout stage

17th place match
15 June; Report
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Havana Shots Aargau3 (3)
Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré 2022 (p)3 (4)

The draw for the round of 16, and allocation of ties to the bracket, took place after the conclusion of all group stage matches on 14 June. [11]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final
15 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla3
16 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg Malaga1
Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla4
15 June; Report
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rappiranhas1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rappiranhas (p)3 (3)
17 June; Report
Flag of France.svg Marseille BT3 (2)
Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla2
15 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg San Javier0
Flag of Spain.svg San Javier3
16 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg FAL1
Flag of Spain.svg San Javier5
15 June; Report
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Zeeland2
Flag of Portugal.svg ACD O Sótão1
18 June; Report
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Zeeland2
Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla3
15 June; Report
Flag of Poland.svg FC10 Ladies1
Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa8
16 June; Report
Flag of Germany.svg Lieberampool1
Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa7 3rd place match
15 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres118 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres4
17 June; Report Flag of Spain.svg San Javier1
Flag of Portugal.svg Pastéis1
Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa1Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa6
15 June; Report
Flag of Poland.svg FC10 Ladies2
Flag of Poland.svg FC10 Ladies7
16 June; Report
Flag of Portugal.svg SandGames Figueira1
Flag of Poland.svg FC10 Ladies3 5th–8th semi-finals 5th place match
15 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg Pozoalbense117 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg Pozoalbense1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rappiranhas9
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Newteam Brussels018 June; Report
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Zeeland1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rappiranhas0
17 June; Report
Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres3
Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres (p)5 (4)
Flag of Spain.svg Pozoalbense5 (3)
7th place match
18 June; Report
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Zeeland4
Flag of Spain.svg Pozoalbense7

Awards

The following individual awards were presented after the final. [3]

Top scorer(s)
Flag of Nigeria.svg Edna Imade ( Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres)
11 goals
Best player
Flag of Brazil.svg Adriele Rocha (Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla)
Best goalkeeper
Flag of Spain.svg Laura Gallego (Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla)

Top goalscorers

Players with at least three goals are listed.

11 goals
9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals

Source: BSWW

Final standings

RankTeamResult
1Flag of Spain.svgHigicontrol MelillaChampions (1st title)
2Flag of Poland.svg FC10 LadiesRunners-up
3Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire TerrassaThird place
4Flag of Spain.svg San JavierPlacement determined by play-offs
5Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres
6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rappiranhas
7Flag of Spain.svg Pozoalbense
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg Zeeland
9–16Flag of Portugal.svg ACD O SótãoEliminated in the Round of 16
Flag of Spain.svg FAL
Flag of Germany.svg Lieberampool
Flag of Spain.svg Malaga
Flag of France.svg Marseille BT
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Newteam Brussels
Flag of Portugal.svg Pastéis
Flag of Portugal.svg SandGames Figueira
17Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré 2022Placement determined by play-off
18Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Havana Shots Aargau
19Flag of Portugal.svg EstorilEliminated in the group stage
20Flag of France.svg Marseille MinotsWithdrew

References

  1. ↑ "Euro Winners Cup 2015 to be biggest yet". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Euro Winners will return to Nazaré in 2023". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Higicontrol Melilla are the new Euro Winners Cup champions". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Euro Winners Cup 2023 groups drawn". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Decision of the UEFA Executive Committee related to Russia" (PDF). UEFA (Press release). Union of European Football Associations. 28 February 2022. p. 2. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Measures taken by BSWW after the attacks on Ukraine". Beach Soccer Worldwide . 28 February 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Утверждён список мужских и женских команд Euro Winners 2022" [The list of men's and women's teams of Euro Winners 2022 has been approved]. Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Состоялась жеребьёвка Euro Winners Cup 2023 – пляжный футбол на BSRussia". BS Russia (in Russian). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "EWC 2023: OS GRUPOS DAS EQUIPAS PORTUGUESAS". Futebol de Praia Portugal (in Portuguese). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Winners foram sorteadas: eis todos os grupos". ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Euro Winners Cup 2023 (Women's): group stage concluded". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
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