World Winners Cup

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World Winners Cup
Organising body BSWW
RegionWorld
Number of teams24
Related competitions Euro Winners Cup
Website Beach Soccer Worldwide

The World Winners Cup (WWC) is an annual worldwide beach soccer club competition contested between top teams held annually since 2019. [1]

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The first champion of the tournament was the Brazilian club Flamengo, while the current titleholder is the Italian club Napoli. [2]

History

The first edition of the World Winners Cup in beach soccer was announced in April 2019. Initially scheduled for September 2019, the tournament was postponed by a month. The host city was the Turkish resort of Alanya. A total of 19 teams took part, divided into four groups. To participate, each club had to receive approval from its national federation. [3]

The final match was contested between Brazil's Flamengo and China's Meizhou Hakka. Flamengo won 5–3 and claimed the inaugural title. The tournament had a total prize fund of €35,000, with the winner receiving €16,000. [4] [5]

The next edition was planned for October 2020. However, in July 2020, Joan Cusco, the president of the Beach Soccer Worldwide, announced the tournament would be postponed to April 2021. Eventually, it did not take place on the scheduled dates, and in September 2021, the tournament was postponed indefinitely. [6]

In August 2022, it was announced that the competition would be held in September of the same year on the Italian island of Sardinia, at Poetto Beach in Cagliari. Out of 13 participating teams, German club Real Münster won the tournament, defeating El Salvador’s La Pirraya 9–3 in the final. [7]

The third edition was hosted in Alghero, another Sardinian city. Without losing a single match, Italian club Napoli emerged victorious, beating Latvian club Riga 6–3 in the final. [8]

Results

SeasonHostTeamWinnersFinal scoreRunner-upThird placeFourth place
2019 Alanya, Turkey19 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo5–3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Meizhou Hakka Flag of Spain.svg Levante Flag of Iran.svg Shahin Khazar
2022 Cagliari, Italy13 Flag of Germany.svg Real Münster9–3 Flag of El Salvador.svg La Pirraya Flag of Italy.svg Napoli Flag of Germany.svg Rostocker Robben
2023 Alghero, Italy24 Flag of Italy.svg Napoli6–3 Flag of Latvia.svg Riga Flag of Cyprus.svg Paphos Flag of Spain.svg Bahia de Mazarrón
2024 Alghero, Italy24 Flag of Israel.svg Kfar Qassem4–3 Flag of Israel.svg Rosh Haayin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhejiang Ningbo Flag of Ukraine.svg Vybir

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