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2021 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2021 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League was the first edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer League (WEBSL).[1] It is the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between women's national teams, succeeding the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup (2016–19). Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), it is the women's version of the men's long-running Euro Beach Soccer League, which began in 1998.

2021 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates17 June – 12 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up England
Third place Spain
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored167 (5.96 per match)
2022 →
2021 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League is located in Portugal
Stage 1, Nazaré
Stage 1, Nazaré
Superfinal, Figueira da Foz
Superfinal, Figueira da Foz
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Locations of the regular season event and the Superfinal of the 2021 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League in Portugal.

The league consisted of two phases: a single round of fixtures comprising the regular season, which determined the seedings for the post-season event, the Superfinal, in which the teams then directly contested the league title, with the winners becoming WEBSL champions; both events took place in Portugal.[1]

Russia were defending European champions, having won the final edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup in 2019, and successfully retained their European crown by winning the league title, beating England 8–2 in the final.[2]

Teams edit

Eight teams took part in the inaugural season.[3][4] Portugal entered straight into the Superfinal as hosts.

The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 9 nations.[5]

Regular season (Nazaré, 17–20 June) edit

Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1)

The matches took place at one of two venues on Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach): One seated arena, the Estádio do Viveiro (Viveiro Stadium), and one purpose made pitch, located adjacent to the main stadium, simply known as Pitch 2. Due to COVID-19 concerns, the matches were played behind closed doors.[6]

All teams qualified for the Superfinal; the final standings of the regular season event were used to determine the seedings for the Superfinal.[7]

Group stage edit

Key: Advance to –   Final /   3rd place match /   5th place match

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 0 8 4 +4 9
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3   Ukraine 3 1 0 0 2 7 13 −6 3
4   Netherlands 3 0 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: BSWW
17 June 2021 Switzerland   3–1   Netherlands Pitch 2
12:45
  • Vincenz   9', 27'
  • Bachman   16'
 Report
  • Veschoor   25'
 Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
17 June 2021 Ukraine   2–4   Spain Estádio do Viveiro
16:45
  • Davydenko   14'
  • Klipachenko   32'
 Report
  • Lorena   9'
  • Carmen   12', 29'
  • Sara   18'
 Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
18 June 2021 Switzerland   6–1   Ukraine Pitch 2
12:45
  • Grüter   6'
  • Morger   7', 32'
  • Keller   15'
  • Schenk   27'
  • Vincenz   35'
 Report
  • Tykhonova   3'
 Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
18 June 2021 Spain   2–1   Netherlands Estádio do Viveiro
16:45
  • Carmen   6'
  • Mirón   14'
 Report
  • Bos   36'
 Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)
19 June 2021 Netherlands   3–4   Ukraine Pitch 2
12:45
  • Nidia   3'
  • Drost   8'
  • Verschoor   30'
 Report
  • Vypasniak   1'
  • Terekh   7'
  • Klipachenko   17'
  • Khrystiuk   30'
 Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)
19 June 2021 Spain   2–1    Switzerland Estádio do Viveiro
16:45
  • Carmen   11'
  • Sara   34'
 Report Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   England 2 2 0 0 0 8 1 +7 6
2   Russia 2 1 0 0 1 5 4 +1 3
3   Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
Source: BSWW
17 June 2021 Russia   4–1   Czech Republic Estádio do Viveiro
10:00
  • Gorshkova   12', 20'
  • Cherniakova   25'
  • Zaitseva   33'
 Report
  • Jablončíková   25'
 Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal)
18 June 2021 England   5–0   Czech Republic Estádio do Viveiro
10:00
  • Martin   3'
  • Clark   9'
  • Hillier   17'
  • Short   33'
  • Kempson   35'
 Report Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)
19 June 2021 England   3–1   Russia Estádio do Viveiro
10:00
  • Haughton   3'
  • Kempson   27'
  • Martin   32'
 https://beachsoccer.com/match/england-vs-russia/ Report
  • Bychkova   26'
 Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal)

Play-offs edit

20 June 2021 Fifth place match Ukraine   2–0   Czech Republic Estádio do Viveiro
10:30
  • Tykhonova   12'
  • Klipachenko   33'
 Report Referee: Francisco de Oses Bumedien (Spain)
20 June 2021 Third place match Switzerland   0–6   Russia Estádio do Viveiro
11:45 Report
  • Zaitseva   7'
  • Akylbaeva   10'
  • Shkvara   17', 31'
  • Bychkova   20'
  • Cherniakova   31'
 Referee: Daniel Yuste (Spain)
20 June 2021 Final Spain   1–3   England Estádio do Viveiro
14:00
  • Estela  
 Report
  • Barron   25'
  • Jessica   31' (o.g.)
  • Clark   33'
 Referee: Renata Foris (Hungary)

Final standings edit

Pos Team
1   England
2   Spain
3   Russia
4    Switzerland
5   Ukraine
6   Czech Republic
7   Netherlands

Awards edit

The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[8]

Stage Winners trophy Top scorer(s) Best player Best goalkeeper
  England   Carmen Fresneda 4 goals   Andrea Mirón   Anastasiia Terekh

Superfinal (Figueira da Foz, 9–12 September) edit

Matches are listed as local time in Figueira da Foz, WEST (UTC+1).

The winners of the Superfinal were crowned 2021 WEBSL champions.

Group stage edit

Key: Advance to –   Final /   3rd place match /   5th place match /   7th place match / (H) Hosts

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   England 3 3 0 0 0 16 4 +12 9
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 9 7 +2 6
3   Portugal (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 8 0 3
4   Czech Republic 3 0 0 0 3 3 17 –14 0
9 September 2021 Switzerland   4–1   Czech Republic Pitch 2
12:00
  • Bachmann   3', 13'
  • Marti   12', 22'
 Report
  • Meyer   32' (o.g.)
 Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)
9 September 2021 Portugal   2–3   England Main stadium
15:45
  • J. Meira   12'
  • Carolina   25'
 Report
  • Clark   21', 33'
  • Martin   32'
 Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)
10 September 2021 England   8–0   Czech Republic Pitch 2
12:00
  • Clark   7', 14'
  • Kempson   13', 21'
  • James   19'
  • C. Short   22', 27', 35'
 Report Referee: Fiammetta Susanna (Italy)
10 September 2021 Switzerland   3–1   Portugal Main stadium
15:45
  • Gebert   26', 27'
  • Keller   31'
 Report
  • Erica   31'
 Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
11 September 2021 England   5–2    Switzerland Pitch 2
12:00
  • Clark   1', 11'
  • Haughton   8'
  • Kempson   13', 19'
 Report
  • Kalin   17'
  • Bachmann   23'
 Referee: Cristobal Montoro (Spain)
11 September 2021 Czech Republic   2–5   Portugal Main stadium
18:30
  • Pilousková   15'
  • Mody   19'
 Report
  • Ema T.   14'
  • Erica   15', 30'
  • Carolina   27'
  • Flores   34'
 Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Russia 3 3 0 0 0 15 6 +9 9
2   Spain 3 2 0 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3   Ukraine 3 1 0 0 2 11 16 –5 3
4   Netherlands 3 0 0 0 3 9 17 –8 0
9 September 2021 Russia   4–2   Ukraine Main stadium
12:00
  • Petrova   8', 21'
  • Zubilova   25'
  • Akylbaeva   34'
 Report
  • Kramna   11'
  • Tykhonova   16'
 Referee: Matthieu Dor (France)
9 September 2021 Netherlands   0–3   Spain Pitch 2
13:15 Report
  • Soto   9'
  • Carol Glez   19'
  • Barquero   25'
 Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal)
10 September 2021 Russia   7–4   Netherlands Main stadium
12:00
  • Sheva   5'
  • Kanaeva   9'
  • Cherniakova   10', 35'
  • Akylbaeva   12'
  • Bazhanova   12', 34'
 Report
  • Chelly   14', 20'
  • Sylvana   19'
  • Bouchra   33'
 Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)
10 September 2021 Spain   7–2   Ukraine Pitch 2
13:15
  • Fanjul   6'
  • Carol Glez   9'
  • Nati   10'
  • Delia   14'
  • Sara   17'
  • Barquero   19', 28'
 Report
  • Tykhonova   6'
  • Terekh   9'
 Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
11 September 2021 Spain   0–4   Russia Main stadium
12:00 Report
  • Akylbaeva   20'
  • Zubilova   28', 35'
  • Zaitseva   32'
 Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
11 September 2021 Ukraine   7–5   Netherlands Pitch 2
13:15
  • Tykhonova   6'
  • Terekh   7'
  • Vypasniak   9', 12', 33'
  • Babenko   9'
  • Dekhitar   10'
 Report
  • Chelly   5', 34', 35'
  • Sylvana   18'
  • Bouchra   28'
 Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal)

Play-off stage edit

Seventh place play-off edit

Czech Republic  6–6 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands
  • Mody   1', 10', 27', 36'
  • Hrušková   32'
  • Červeňáková   33'
 Report
  • Aaike   3'
  • Rosa   14', 27'
  • Sylvana   15', 29'
  • Chelly   28'
Penalties
1–3
Pitch 2
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)

Fifth place play-off edit

Portugal  2–1  Ukraine
  • Jamila   28'
  • J. Meira   32'
 Report
  • Kostiuk   26'
Main stadium
Referee: Cristobal Montoro (Spain)

Third place play-off edit

Switzerland  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Spain
  • Bachmann   14'
  • Gebert   16'
 Report
  • Jessica   11', 13'
  • Sara   37'
Pitch 2
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)

Superfinal match edit

England  2–8  Russia
  • Hillier   11'
  • Clark   25'
 Report
  • Kempson   4' (o.g.)
  • Bazhanova   5'
  • Petrova   13', 29'
  • Cherniakova   19'
  • Zubilova   21'
  • Zaitseva   25'
  • Scadding   32' (o.g.)
Main stadium
Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal)

Awards edit

Winners trophy edit

2021 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League
Champions
 
Russia
First title

Individual awards edit

Awarded for feats achieved in the Superfinal only[2]

Top scorer(s)
  Molly Clark
7 goals
Best player
  Iana Zubilova
Best goalkeeper
  Anna Akylbaeva

Final standings edit

Pos Team Result
1   Russia WEBSL Champions (1st title)
2   England Runners-up
3   Spain Third place
4    Switzerland
5   Portugal
6   Ukraine
7   Netherlands
8   Czech Republic

Top scorers edit

The following table list the top 10 scorers of the 2021 WEBSL, including goals scored in both the regular and post season events.

Note there are no awards presented for these season-encompassing scoring feats, the tables are for statistical purposes only. Scoring awards were bestowed per stage, with the primary award that which was presented in the Superfinal.

Rank Player Pld Goals
1   Molly Clark 7 9
2   Chelly Drost 7 7
3   Sarah Kempson 7 6
4   Anna Cherniakova 7 5
  Matějková Markéta 7
  Eva Bachmann 8
  Mariia Tykhonova 8
8   Anna Petrova 6 4
  Sylvana Tieleman 6
  Natalia Zaitseva 6
  Anna Akylbaeva 7
  Carmen Fresneda 7
  Connie Short 7
  Iana Zubilova 7
  Sara Gonzalez 8
  Myroslava Vypasniak 8

Sources: Regular season, Superfinal

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Official Calendar launched for 2021 Beach Soccer Season". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Russia claim maiden Women's Superfinal!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Groups announced for 2021 Euro Beach Soccer League". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Alan to coach the Portuguese Women's National Beach Soccer Team". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD RANKING - WOMEN - EUROPE". Beach Soccer Worldwide. October 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ^ Women's Euro Beach Soccer League 2021 - Regular Phase - Overview - Tickets. Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  7. ^ "England and Spain reach EBSL Regular Stage final". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  8. ^ Let's not forget the #EBSLNazare individual awards!. Beach Soccer Worldwide (Twitter). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.

External links edit

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