2023 World Winners Cup

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2023 World Winners Cup
2023 BSWW World Winners Cup [1]
Tournament details
City Alghero, Italy
DatesSeptember 26, 2023 (2023-09-26)–
October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)
Teams24
Final positions
Champions Flag of Italy.svg Napoli BS (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC
Third place Flag of Cyprus.svg Pafos BSC
Fourth place Flag of Spain.svg Bahia de Mazarron
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored584 (9.73 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Brazil.svg Alison
14 goals (Pafos FC)
Best player Flag of Brazil.svg Lucão (Napoli BS)
Best goalkeeper Flag of Italy.svg Barbino (Napoli BS)
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The 2023 World Winners Cup was the third edition [2] of World's premier beach soccer club competition contested in Alghero from 26 September to 1st October 2023 and won by Napoli Beach Soccer in a 6-3 final against Riga FC [3] .

Contents

The Azzurri victory was the first world achievement for a Campania club and the first one for Italy in any BSWW worldwide event.

This was the second edition of the tournament held in Sardegna after the 2022 WWC organized in Cagliari. This was the second major event held in Alghero after 2023 EBSL Superfinal. The small city near Sassari hosted also the 2024 World Winners Cup and EBSL finals.

Group stage [4]

Originally, Minots de Marseille was drawn in Group A and Kebbi BS was drawn in Group H but the French club played in the Napoli BS group.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of Italy.svg ASD Napoli 3300257+189Round of 16
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen BSC3201144+106
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Kebbi BS31022112+93
4 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg BS Vion3003340−370
Source: Beach Soccer Worldwide

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of Spain.svg Recreativo de Huelva 3300145+99Round of 16
2 Flag of Greece.svg Napoli Patron BSC000006−60
3 Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC 31021011−13
4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Newteam Brussels3102717−103
Source: Beach Soccer Worldwide

Knockout stage [5]

Round of 16

Flag of Spain.svg Bahia DM8-1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Kebbi BSC
Flag of Germany.svg Real Munstler5-4 Flag of Greece.svg Napoli Patrol BSC
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dalian4-5 Flag of Cyprus.svg Pafos BSC
Flag of Spain.svg Recreativo Huelta 6-5 Flag of Israel.svg Falfala KQ
Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen BSC5-6 Flag of El Salvador.svg Barra de Santiago
Flag of Ukraine.svg BSC Artur Music6-4 Flag of Ukraine.svg BSC Vybir
Flag of Italy.svg Napoli BS 15-1 Flag of France.svg Marseille BT
Report
Flag of Italy.svg Catania FC 4-4 (2-4) Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC
Report

Quarterfinal

Flag of Cyprus.svg Pafos BSC 3-1 Flag of Spain.svg Recreativo Huelta
Flag of Italy.svg Napoli BS 5-3 Flag of El Salvador.svg Barra de Santiago
Report
Flag of Spain.svg Bahia DM6-5 Flag of Germany.svg Real Munstler
Flag of Ukraine.svg BSC Artur Music3-5 Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC
Report

Final Four

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
30 September – Alghero, 4:30 pm
 
 
 Flag of Cyprus.svg Pafos FC 2
 
1st October – Alghero, 5:45 pm
 
 Flag of Italy.svg Napoli Beach Soccer 4
 
 Flag of Italy.svg Napoli Beach Soccer 6
 
30 September – Alghero, 5:45 pm
 
 Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC 3
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Bahia de Mazarrón 4 (3)
 
 
 Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC 4 (4)
 
 Third place play-off
 
 
10 July – Alghero, 3:15 pm
 
 
 Flag of Cyprus.svg Pafos FC 6
 
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Bahia de Mazarrón3

5th-8th place Playoff

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
30 September – Alghero, 4:30 pm
 
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Recreativo Huelta 6 (5)
 
1st October – Alghero, 12:45 am
 
 Flag of El Salvador.svg Barra de Santiago6 (6)
 
 Flag of El Salvador.svg Barra de Santiago5
 
30 September – Alghero, 5:45 pm
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Real Munstler3
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Real Munstler6
 
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Recreativo Huelta 9
 
 Third place play-off
 
 
10 July – Alghero, 11:30 am
 
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Recreativo Huelta 2
 
 
 Flag of Ukraine.svg BSC Artur Music5

Semi-finals

Pafos BSC vs Napoli BS

Flag of Cyprus.svg Pafos BSC 2-4 Flag of Italy.svg Napoli BS
Alison Soccerball shade.svg9', 26' Report Alejandro Soccerball shade.svg4'
Fabio Sciacca Soccerball shade.svg8', 34'
Paterniti Soccerball shade.svg8'
Main Stadium, Alghero, Italy
Referee: Sergio Filipe Gomes Soares
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Pafos BSC
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Napoli BS

Bahia de Mazarrón vs Riga FC

Flag of Spain.svg Bahia DM4-4 (a.e.t.) Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC
Rafihna Soccerball shade.svg1'
Igor Ricardo Soccerball shade.svg7', 16'
E. Bernardo Soccerball shade.svg14'		 Report B. Bernardo Soccerball shade.svg14'
Jaime Vera Soccerball shade.svg27', 28'
Jose Oliver Soccerball shade.svg30'
Penalties
3-4
Main Stadium, Alghero, Italy
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko
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Bahia de Mazarrón
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Riga FC

Third place play-off

Pafos BSC vs Bahia DM

Flag of Cyprus.svg Pafos BSC 6-3 Flag of Spain.svg Bahia DM
Jordan Soccerball shade.svg1', 4', 6', 7', 19'
Alison Soccerball shade.svg18'		 Report Suli Batis Soccerball shade.svg13'
CàNovas Soccerball shade.svg14'
Jaime Vera Soccerball shade.svg36'
Main Stadium, Alghero, Italy
Referee: Mehdi Sayoud
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Pafos BSC
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Bahia de Mazarrón

Final

Napoli BS vs Riga FC [6]

Flag of Italy.svg Napoli BS 6-3 Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC
Zurlo Soccerball shade.svg2'
Lucao Soccerball shade.svg4', 28'
Sciacca Soccerball shade.svg14'
Palmacci Soccerball shade.svg17'
Sanfilippo Soccerball shade.svg21'		 Report Bernardo Soccerball shade.svg7'
Wesley Silva Soccerball shade.svg10'
Vasiljev Soccerball shade.svg29'
Main Stadium, Alghero, Italy
Attendance: ???
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland) Flag of Poland.svg
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Napoli BS
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Riga FC

Winning team: Sebastiano Paterniti Barbino and Paolo Palmacci (GK), Antonio Bernardo De Farias Junior, Salvatore Sanfilippo (DEF), Ovidio Alla, Alejandro Sydney Sales, Francesco Fabio Sciacca, Lucas Azevedo and Emmanuele Zurlo (FOW)
Manager: Andrea Sannino, Aurelio Venditto (ass.)
Chairman/Player: Raffaele Moxedano

2023 WWC Awards and Statistics [7]

Individual Awards

Top scorer

Flag of Brazil.svg Alison (Pafos FC)
14 goals in 7 games

Best Player
Flag of Brazil.svg Lucão (Napoli BS)
Best Goalkeeper
Sebastiano Paterniti Barbino
Flag of Italy.svg (Napoli BS)

Final Standings

PosTeamResult
1 Flag of Italy.svg Napoli BS 2023 WWC Champions (1st title)
2 Flag of Latvia.svg Riga FC Runners-up
3 Flag of Cyprus.svg Pafos BSC Third place
4 Flag of Spain.svg Bahia de Mazarron
5 Flag of Germany.svg Real Munstler
6 Flag of El Salvador.svg Barra de Santiago
7 Flag of Ukraine.svg BSC Artur Music
8 Flag of Spain.svg Recreativo de Huelva

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2023 World Winners Cup STATISTICS".
  2. ↑ "World Winners Cup is officially presented". 30 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "World Winners Cup 2023".
  4. ↑ "The men's and women's World Winners Cup 2023 groups have been drawn".
  5. ↑ "World Winners Cup 2023 Results".
  6. ↑ "Napoli Beach Soccer in alto, dove più non si può".
  7. ↑ "2023 World Winners Cup Awards".
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