Women's Euro Winners Cup

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Women's Euro Winners Cup
Women's Euro Winners Cup logo 2022.png
Logo introduced in 2022.
Organising body BSWW
Founded2015;9 years ago (2015) [1]
Region Europe (UEFA)
Number of teams~20
Related competitions Euro Winners Cup
Current champions Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla (2nd title)
Most successful club(s) Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla (2 titles)
Website Beach Soccer Worldwide
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 Women's Euro Winners Cup

The Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC) 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/cup 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 beach soccer's rudimentary version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in its parent sport, association football. [1] [2] [3]

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Offering the strongest level of club competition in Europe, it is the most prestigious women's club beach soccer championship in Europe; the winners become continental champions. [4] [5] The first edition took place in 2016, following the founding of the men's edition three years prior. [1] It 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.

Higicontrol Melilla of Spain are the most successful club with two titles and are also the current champions.

Organisation

As of 2022

Founding

WEWC former logo timeline
Women's Euro Winners Cup logo.png
2016–2021.

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) publicly announced the creation of the championship in December 2015, coming off the back of the multiple successful stagings of the men's edition since 2013. They cited the many women's national leagues/cups in Europe and their "strongest commitment" to begin ramping up the development of women's beach soccer as the reasons for its creation. [1]

Qualification

From each European nation, the champions of their highest level of women's beach soccer competition (be it a national league or knockout cup) qualify for the event. [6]

In countries where women's clubs exist but a national women's league/cup does not yet take place, clubs can contact BSWW to register themselves as that country's representative. [6]

If a national association wishes to enter additional clubs who are not an incumbent league champion, 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]

In 2020 and 2021, qualification was completely abandoned due to health concerns and travel constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic meaning many clubs could not compete. The competition was opened up to simply any club in Europe that was able and willing to participate; the competition format was also altered accordingly for these editions. [7] [8] [9]

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 16 clubs advance to the knockout stage. The teams then compete in single-elimination matches; the round of 16, 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

YearLocation№ of clubsFinalThird place play-off
WinnersResultRunners-upThird placeResultFourth place
2016 Flag of Italy.svg Catania, Italy 12Grasshoppers Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 5–4 Flag of Germany.svg BeachKick BerlinZvezda Flag of Russia.svg 5–3 Flag of Italy.svg Catanzaro
2017 Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré, Portugal 19Havana Shots Aargau Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 4–3 (a.e.t.) Flag of England.svg PortsmouthHigicontrol Melilla Flag of Spain.svg 4–3 Flag of Russia.svg Zvezda
2018 Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré, Portugal 20Zvezda Flag of Russia.svg 2–0 Flag of England.svg PortsmouthSan Javier Flag of Spain.svg 3–1 Flag of France.svg Amnéville
2019 Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré, Portugal 20San Javier Flag of Spain.svg 3–3 (a.e.t.) [A] Flag of Spain.svg Madrid CFFReims Flag of France.svg 9–3 Flag of Italy.svg Lokrians
2020 Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré, Portugal 5Mriya 2006 Flag of Ukraine.svg [round-robin] Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres   Zvezda Flag of Russia.svg [round-robin] Flag of France.svg Marseille BT
2021 Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré, Portugal [10] 17Madrid CFF Flag of Spain.svg 6–3 Flag of Russia.svg ZvezdaBonaire Terrassa Flag of Spain.svg 5–5 (a.e.t.) [B] Flag of France.svg Marseille BT
2022 Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré, Portugal [11] 17Bonaire Terrassa Flag of Spain.svg 5–3 Flag of Spain.svg San JavierMarseille BT Flag of France.svg 3–2 Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla
2023 Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré, Portugal [12] 20Higicontrol Melilla Flag of Spain.svg 3–1 Flag of Poland.svg FC10 LadiesBonaire Terrassa Flag of Spain.svg 6–1 Flag of Spain.svg San Javier
2024 Flag of Portugal.svg Nazaré, Portugal [13] 24Higicontrol Melilla Flag of Spain.svg 4–3 Flag of Poland.svg Red Devils ChojniceHuelva Flag of Spain.svg 4–3 (a.e.t.) Flag of Spain.svg Pozoalbense
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

TeamWinnersRunners-upThird place
Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla2 (2023, 2024)1 (2017)
Flag of Russia.svg Zvezda1 (2018)1 (2021)2 (2016, 2020)
Flag of Spain.svg San Javier1 (2019)1 (2022)1 (2018)
Flag of Spain.svg Madrid CFF1 (2021)1 (2019)
Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa1 (2022)2 (2021, 2023)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Mriya 20061 (2020)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Havana Shots Aargau1 (2017)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grasshoppers1 (2016)
Flag of England.svg Portsmouth2 (2017, 2018)
Flag of Poland.svg Red Devils Chojnice1 (2024)
Flag of Poland.svg FC10 Ladies1 (2023)
Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres1 (2020)
Flag of Germany.svg BeachKick Berlin1 (2016)
Flag of Spain.svg Huelva1 (2024)
Flag of France.svg Marseille BT1 (2022)
Flag of France.svg Reims1 (2019)

Successful nations

NationWinnersRunners-upThird place
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 535
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 200
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 112
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 100
Flag of England.svg  England 020
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 020
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 010
Flag of France.svg  France 002

Awards

YearTop goalscorer(s)GlsBest playerBest goalkeeperRef.
2016 Flag of Russia.svg Marina Fedorova ( Flag of Russia.svg Zvezda)18 Flag of Germany.svg Rebecca Gabriel ( Flag of Germany.svg BeachKick Berlin) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Susanne Shutz ( Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Grasshoppers)
2017 Flag of Russia.svg Glafira Bazhanova ( Flag of Russia.svg Neva)13 Flag of England.svg Sarah Kempson ( Flag of England.svg Portsmouth) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Deborah Kehrli ( Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Havana Shots Aargau)
2018 Flag of Portugal.svg Mélissa Gomes ( Flag of France.svg Amnéville)14 Flag of England.svg Molly Clark ( Flag of England.svg Portsmouth) Flag of Russia.svg Viktoriia Silina ( Flag of Russia.svg Zvezda)
2019 Flag of Portugal.svg Mélissa Gomes ( Flag of France.svg Reims)14 Flag of Spain.svg Carolina González ( Flag of Spain.svg San Javier) Flag of the United States.svg Phallon Tullis-Joyce ( Flag of France.svg Reims)
2020 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anaëlle Wiard ( Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Newteam Brussels)6 Flag of Spain.svg María Herrero ( Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres) Flag of Russia.svg Anna Akylbaeva (Flag of Russia.svg Zvezda)
2021 Flag of Spain.svg Alba Mellado ( Flag of Spain.svg Madrid)14 Flag of Russia.svg Anna Cherniakova ( Flag of Russia.svg Zvezda) Flag of Russia.svg Anna Akylbaeva ( Flag of Russia.svg Zvezda)
2022 Flag of Portugal.svg Mélissa Gomes ( Flag of France.svg Marseille BT)9 Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Gonzalez ( Flag of Spain.svg Bonaire Terrassa) Flag of Spain.svg Laia García (Flag of Spain.svg San Javier)
2023 Flag of Nigeria.svg Edna Imade ( Flag of Spain.svg Cáceres)11 Flag of Brazil.svg Adriele Rocha ( Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla) Flag of Spain.svg Laura Gallego (Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla)
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Cristina Gonzalez ( Flag of Spain.svg Málaga)13 Flag of Spain.svg Andrea Mirón ( Flag of Spain.svg Higicontrol Melilla) Flag of Poland.svg Adriana Banaszkiewicz (Flag of Poland.svg Red Devils)

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.

18 members of UEFA have been represented by at least one club in at least one edition to date.

Key
   ChampionsGroup stage
Runners-upNo. of clubs entered
Third place×Did not enter a club
Fourth PlaceBanned from entering
Quarter-finals [a] Host country
Round of 16 [b]
a. Not used in 2020–21.
b. Not used in 2016–17, 20–22.
Timeline
Years
Country
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium ××××12115
Flag of England.svg England 111×××××3
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1×11××××3
Flag of Finland.svg Finland ××××××1×1
Flag of France.svg France ×222112212
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 111×××115
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar ××××××1×1
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ×1××××××1
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary ×1××××××1
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3223×1××11
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2222××1110
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1122×1119
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal ×111×23513
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1211117
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1356175735
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden ×111××××3
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 1111××127
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine ××××12××3
Total teams121920205171720130
Total countries913121058108

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