2019 Women's Euro Winners Cup

The 2019 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the fourth 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 the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.[1]

2019 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates1–9 June 2019
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions AIS Playas de San Javier (1st title)
Runners-up Madrid CFF
Third place Stade de Reims
Fourth place Lokrians Beach Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored468 (7.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Mélissa Gomes (14 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Carol Gonzalez
Best goalkeeperUnited States Phallon Tullis-Joyce
2018
2020

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal from 1 June till 9 June 2019, in tandem with the larger men's edition.[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 Round of 16 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

WFC Zvezda of Russia were the defending champions, but were knocked out in round of 16 by AIS Playas de San Javier from Spain, ultimately finishing in 10th place. AIS Playas de San Javier went on to win their first title, beating Madrid CFF of Spain on penalties in the final.[3]

Teams

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20 teams entered the tournament.

Entrants

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Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Group stage
  WFC Zvezda (TH)   Madrid CFF   Red Devils Ladies   Lokrians
  ACD O Sotao (H)   AIS Playas de San Javier   Beach Soccer Zeeland   ASD Lady Terracina
  Havana Shots Aargau   CFP Caceres Femenino   DTS Ede   BSC Terracina Femminile
  Higicontrol Melilla   Fundacio Terrassa   Marseille Beach Team   Nõmme Kalju
  Roses Platja   Lady Grembach EE Łódź   Stade de Reims   Djurgardens IF FF

Group stage

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The group stage fixtures were announced on 6 May.[4]

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lokrians Beach Club 2 1 0 0 1 9 7 +2 3 Knockout stage
2   ACD O Sotao 2 1 0 0 1 8 8 0 3
3   Madrid CFF 2 1 0 0 1 6 8 -2 3
3 June 2019 ACD O Sotao   3–6   Lokrians Beach Club
18:00 M. Rosa   13'
Amarante   18'
Cruz   28'
Report   4', 16' Butima
  10', 25', 28' Barboza
  15' Del Pizzo
Referee: Roman Borisov (Russia)

4 June 2019 Madrid CFF   4–3   Lokrians Beach Club
19:00 Report

5 June 2019 ACD O Sotao   5–2   Madrid CFF
18:00 Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   CFP Caceres Feminino 2 1 0 0 1 7 7 0 3 Knockout stage
2   Stade de Reims 2 1 0 0 1 6 6 0 3
3   WFC Zvezda 2 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 June 2019 WFC Zvezda   1–2   Stade de Reims
19:15 Cherniakova   28' Report Gomes   30', 36' Referee: Gary Christien (Belgium)

4 June 2019 CFP Caceres Feminino   5–4   Stade de Reims
17:45 Report

5 June 2019 WFC Zvezda   3–2   CFP Caceres Feminino
19:15 Zaitseva   20', 34'
Bazhanova   34'
Report   21' Guitérrez
  34' Alegre

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   CD Higicontrol Melilla 3 3 0 0 0 19 6 +13 9 Knockout stage
2   Marseille Beach Team 3 1 1 0 1 14 17 –3 5
3   BSC Terracina Femminile 3 0 0 1 2 10 13 –3 1
4   Beachsoccer DTS Ede 3 0 0 0 3 9 16 –7 0
3 June 2019 Beachsoccer DTS Ede   5–5 (a.e.t.)
(0–2 p)
  BSC Terracina Femminile
13:00 Report
3 June 2019 Marseille Beach Team   4–10   CD Higicontrol Melilla
18:00 Report Referee: David Garcia (Spain)

4 June 2019 Beachsoccer DTS Ede   4–6   Marseille Beach Team
11:30 Report
4 June 2019 CD Higicontrol Melilla   4–2   BSC Terracina Femminile
16:30 Report

5 June 2019 BSC Terracina Femminile   3–4 (a.e.t.)   Marseille Beach Team
13:00 Report
5 June 2019 CD Higicontrol Melilla   5–0   Beachsoccer DTS Ede
18:00 Report

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   AIS Playas de San Javier 2 2 0 0 0 15 3 +12 6 Knockout stage
2   BSC Havana Shots 2 1 0 0 1 5 7 -2 3
3   Red Devils Ladies 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 –10 0
3 June 2019 AIS Playas de San Javier   8–0   Red Devils Ladies
11:45 Report

4 June 2019 BSC Havana Shots   2–0   Red Devils Ladies
15:15 Report

5 June 2019 BSC Havana Shots   3–7   AIS Playas de San Javier
16:45 Report

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Roses Platja 2 2 0 0 0 12 3 +9 6 Knockout stage
2   ASD Lady Terracina 2 1 0 0 1 14 4 +10 3
3   Nomme Kalju FC 2 0 0 0 2 1 20 –19 0
3 June 2019 ASD Lady Terracina   12–0   Nomme Kalju FC
15:30 Report Referee: Dmytro Dudka (Ukraine)

4 June 2019 Roses Platja   8–1   Nomme Kalju FC
14:00 Report

5 June 2019 ASD Lady Terracina   2–4   Roses Platja
15:30 Report

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lady Grembach Lodz 3 3 0 0 0 10 5 +5 9 Knockout stage
2   Djugardens IF FF 3 2 0 0 1 15 9 +6 6
3   Fundacio Terrassa 3 1 0 0 2 6 12 -6 3
4   Beach Soccer Zeeland 3 0 0 0 3 7 12 –5 0
3 June 2019 Lady Grembach Lodz   3–2   Fundacio Terrassa
10:30 Report
3 June 2019 Djugardens IF FF   6–4   Beach Soccer Zeeland
14:15 Report

4 June 2019 Lady Grembach Lodz   5–2   Djugardens IF FF
09:00 Report
4 June 2019 Beach Soccer Zeeland   4–2   Fundacio Terrassa
12:50 Report

5 June 2019 Fundacio Terrassa   0–7   Djugardens IF FF
10:30 Report
5 June 2019 Beach Soccer Zeeland   1–2   Lady Grembach Lodz
14:15 Report

Knockout stage

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The top three clubs from each group, plus the best fourth placed team advanced to the Round of 16.

In the knockout stage, the clubs competed in single-elimination matches. Consolation matches were also played to determine the final rankings involving the clubs knocked out of each round of the knockout stage.

Main bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Djugardens IF FF5
 
 
 
  Havana Shots Aargau4
 
  Djugardens IF FF2
 
 
 
  AIS Playas de San Javier 10
 
  AIS Playas de San Javier 5
 
 
 
  WFC Zvezda4
 
  AIS Playas de San Javier 4
 
 
 
  Stade de Reims1
 
  Stade de Reims5
 
 
 
  Fundacio Terrassa3
 
  Stade de Reims4
 
 
 
  Lady Grembach Lodz2
 
  Lady Grembach Lodz2
 
 
 
  Marseille Beach Team1
 
  AIS Playas de San Javier (p 3 (2) 
 
 
 
  Madrid CFF3 (0)
 
  ASD Lady Terracina4
 
 
 
  Madrid CFF5
 
  Madrid CFF3
 
 
 
  BSC Terracina Femminile2
 
  Higicontrol Melilla2
 
 
 
  BSC Terracina Femminile (a.e.t.4
 
  Madrid CFF4
 
 
 
  Lokrians Beach Club3 Third place
 
  Roses Platja4
 
  
 
  ACD O Sotao2
 
  Roses Platja0  Stade de Reims9
 
 
 
  Lokrians Beach Club1   Lokrians Beach Club3
 
  Lokrians Beach Club5
 
 
  CFP Caceres Feminino4
 
Losers brackets
Round of 16 losers bracket
13th place play-off13th–16th place semi-finals 9th-16th place quarter-finals 9th-12th place semi-finals9th place play-off
   Havana Shots Aargau1
   WFC Zvezda7
   Havana Shots Aargau5   WFC Zvezda5
   Marseille Beach Team4   Fundacio Terrassa4
   Fundacio Terrassa3
   Marseille Beach Team2
   Havana Shots Aargau 7   WFC Zvezda3 (1)
   ASD Lady Terracina4   Higicontrol Melilla (p)  3 (2) 
   ASD Lady Terracina0
   Higicontrol Melilla4
15th place play-off   ASD Lady Terracina (p)  3 (1)    Higicontrol Melilla 611th place play-off
   CFP Caceres Feminino3 (0)   ACD O Sotao2
   Marseille Beach Team2   ACD O Sotao4   Fundacio Terrassa 5
   CFP Caceres Feminino 3   CFP Caceres Feminino 1   ACD O Sotao4
Quarter-finals losers bracket
5th–8th place semi-finals 5th place play-off
      
  Djugardens IF FF 6
  Lady Grembach Lodz 0
  Djugardens IF FF 3
  BSC Terracina Femminile  4
  BSC Terracina Femminile (p  5 (6) 
  Roses Platja 5 (5) 7th place play-off
  Lady Grembach Lodz 2
  Roses Platja 1

Top goalscorers

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Players who scored at least 5 goals

14 goals

  •   Melissa Gomes (  Stade de Reims)
12 goals
  •   Carolina González (  AIS Playas de San Javier)

Final standings

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Rank Team Result
1   AIS Playas de San Javier Champions (1st title)
2   Madrid CFF Runners-up
3   Stade de Reims Third place
4   Lokrians Beach Club
5   BSC Terracina Femminile
6   Djugardens IF FF
7   Lady Grembach Lodz
8   Roses Platja
9   Higicontrol Melilla
10   WFC Zvezda
11   Fundacio Terrassa
12   ACD O Sotao
13   Havana Shots Aargau
14   ASD Lady Terracina
15   CFP Caceres Feminino
16   Marseille Beach Team
17   Beachsoccer DTS Ede
18   Beach Soccer Zeeland
19   Red Devils Ladies
20   Nõmme Kalju

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2015 to be biggest yet". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Women's Euro Winners Cup Nazaré 2019". Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Playas de San Javier lift their first Euro Winners Cup". 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's Euro Winners Cup groups organised". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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