The 2022 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the seventh 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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 6–12 June |
| Teams | 17 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Bonaire Terrassa (1st title) |
| Runners-up | San Javier |
| Third place |  Marseille BT |
| Fourth place | Higicontrol Melilla |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 49 |
| Goals scored | 354 (7.22 per match) |
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition, from 6–12 June.[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 quarter-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Madrid CFF of Spain were the defending champions, but did not enter the competition this year. It was won by Bonaire Terrassa of Spain, who won their first title.[3]
Teams edit
17 clubs from ten different nations entered the event.[4]
In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, clubs from Russia were banned from participation.[5][6]
Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders
| Group stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain (5)
|
Bonaire Terrassa |  Belgium (1)
|
Newteam Brussels | |
| Cáceres |  Finland (1)
|
Kylävainion Päällikot | ||
| Higicontrol Melilla |  Germany (1)
|
Bavaria Bazis | ||
| Huelva |  Gibraltar (1)
|
Gibraltar Wave | ||
| San Javier |  Netherlands (1)
|
Zeeland | ||
 Portugal (3)
|
ACD O Sotão (H) |  Poland (1)
|
FC10 Ladies | |
| Nazaré 2022 |  Switzerland (1)
|
Rappiranhas | ||
| Pastéis | ||||
| France (2)
|
Amnéville | |||
| Marseille BT | ||||
Draw edit
The draw to split the 17 clubs into groups took place at 12:00 CEST (UTC+2) on 6 May at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona, Spain.[7][8]
Group stage edit
The designation of "home" and "away" teams displayed in the results matrices is for administrative purposes only.
Matches took place from 6 to 9 June.
The group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage. The third- and fourth-placed teams receded to the 9th–16th place placement matches.
- Key
- † – Walkover
- * – Extra-time result
- ♦ – Match decided by penalty shootout
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIG | RAP | ACD | AMN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Higicontrol Melilla
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | — | 15–4 | |
| 2 |  Rappiranhas
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 6 | — | — | 6–1 | — | ||
| 3 |  ACD O Sótão (H)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 | 9th–16th place play-offs | 1–3 | — | — | 2–2♦ | |
| 4 |  Amnéville
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 0 | — | 2–10 | — | — |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BON | PAS | HUE | GIB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonaire Terrassa
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | — | |
| 2 | Pastéis
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | — | — | 5–3 | 6–1 | ||
| 3 | Huelva
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 3 | 9th–16th place play-offs | — | — | — | 7–1 | |
| 4 |  Gibraltar Wave
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 | 1–9 | — | — | — |
Group C edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SJA | FCL | NEW | BAZ | NAZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Javier
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | — | 3–4 | — | 13–0 | |
| 2 |  FC10 Ladies
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 9 | 0–3 | — | 4–2 | 0–6 | — | ||
| 3 |  Newteam Brussels
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 9 | 9th–16th place play-offs | — | — | — | — | 6–3 | |
| 4 |  Bavaria Bazis
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 3 | 0–7 | — | 4–6 | — | — | ||
| 5 | Nazaré 2022
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 34 | −29 | 0 | — | 0–10 | — | 2–5 | — |
Group D edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAR | CAC | KYL | ZEE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille BT
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 | Quarter-finals | — | 7–3 | — | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Cáceres
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 | — | — | 5–4 | 4–2 | ||
| 3 |  Kylävainion Päällikot
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 1 | 9th–16th place play-offs | 2–4 | — | — | — | |
| 4 |  Zeeland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 0 | — | — | 4–4♦ | — |
Placement matches edit
- Key
- w/o – Walkover (awarded as 3–0)
| 13th place match | 13th–16th semi-finals | 9th–16th quarter-finals | 9th–12th semi-finals | 9th place match | ||||||||||||||
| 10 June; Report | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kylävainion Päällikot | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 June; Report |  Bavaria Bazis | 1 | 11 June; Report | |||||||||||||||
| Bavaria Bazis | w/o | Kylävainion Päällikot | 5 | |||||||||||||||
 Amnéville | 10 June; Report |  Huevla | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Huevla | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 June; Report | Amnéville | 3 | 12 June; Report | |||||||||||||||
| Bavaria Bazis | 1 | Kylävainion Päällikot | ||||||||||||||||
 Zeeland | 3 | 10 June; Report |  Newteam Brussels | w/o | ||||||||||||||
| Newteam Brussels | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 June; Report |  Gibraltar Wave | 2 | 11 June; Report | |||||||||||||||
| 15th place match | Gibraltar Wave | 0 | Newteam Brussels | 4 | 11th place match | |||||||||||||
| 12 June; Report | Zeeland | 5 | 10 June; Report |  ACD O Sotão | 3 | 12 June; Report | ||||||||||||
| Amnéville | ACD O Sotão | 5 | Huevla | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Gibraltar Wave | w/o | Zeeland | 2 | ACD O Sotão | 2 | |||||||||||||
Knockout stage edit
The draw for the quarter-finals, and allocation of ties to the bracket, took place after the conclusion of all group stage matches on 9 June.[9]
| Fifth place | 5th–8th place semi-finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| 10 June; Report | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marseille BT (a.e.t.) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 June; Report | Rappiranhas | 4 | 11 June; Report | |||||||||||||||
| Rappiranhas | 3 | Marseille BT | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cáceres | 4 | 10 June; Report | Bonaire Terrassa | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Bonaire Terrassa | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 June; Report | Cáceres | 1 | 12 June; Report | |||||||||||||||
| Cáceres | 3 | Bonaire Terrassa | 5 | |||||||||||||||
 FC10 Ladies | 6 | 10 June; Report | San Javier | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| San Javier | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 June; Report | Pastéis | 0 | 11 June; Report | |||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Pastéis | 1 | San Javier | 3 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| 12 June; Report | FC10 Ladies | 4 | 10 June; Report | Higicontrol Melilla | 2 | 12 June; Report | ||||||||||||
| Rappiranhas | 3 | Higicontrol Melilla | 5 | Marseille BT | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Pastéis | 2 | FC10 Ladies | 4 | Higicontrol Melilla | 2 | |||||||||||||
Awards edit
The following individual awards were presented after the final.[3]
| Top scorer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|
Mélissa Gomes ( Marseille BT)
| ||
| 9 goals | ||
| Best player | ||
Cristina Gonzalez ( Bonaire Terrassa)
| ||
| Best goalkeeper | ||
| Laia García ( San Javier)
| ||
Top goalscorers edit
Players with at least four goals are listed.
- 9 goals
Mélissa Gomes (
Marseille BT)
- 7 goals
Sarah Kempson (
FC10 Ladies)
Sina Cavelti (
Rappiranhas)
Maria Romero (
Huelva)- Saira Posada ( Huevla)
- Cristina Gonzalez ( Bonaire Terrassa)
Justine Gomboso (
Newteam Brussels)
Ali Hall ( Newteam Brussels)
- 6 goals
Klaudia Grodzicka ( FC10 Ladies)
Ania Davydenko ( FC10 Ladies)
Emilia Jaatinen (
Kylävainion Päälliköt)
Fabiana Vecchione (
Pastéis)- Adriana Manau ( Bonaire Terrassa)
- Anaëlle Wiard ( San Javier)
- Carol Gonzalez ( San Javier)
- 5 goals
- Anna Król ( FC10 Ladies)
- Niina Mäenpää ( Kylävainion Päälliköt)
- Eva Bachmann ( Rappiranhas)
Myriam-aÏcha Belkiri ( Marseille BT)- Molly Clark ( Higicontrol Melilla)
- María Jesús ( Cáceres)
- Paloma Lázaro ( San Javier)
- 4 goals
Berni Angstwurm (
Bavaria Bazis)- Miia Koppanen ( Kylävainion Päälliköt)
- Vanessa Meyer ( Rappiranhas)
- Érica Ferreira ( Pastéis)
- Cristina Dominguez ( Huevla)
- Estela Fernandez ( Terrassa Bonaire)
Aniek Van Den Broek (
Zeeland)- Nidia Bos ( Zeeland)
Louise Arseneault ( Newteam Brussels)- Lauren Leslie ( Newteam Brussels)
- Maelys Goumeziane ( Amnéville)
- Natalia De Francisco ( Higicontrol Melilla)
- Maria Soto ( Higicontrol Melilla)
- Raquel Ayuso ( Cáceres)
Source: BSWW
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonaire Terrassa |
Champions (1st title) |
| 2 | San Javier |
Runners-up |
| 3 | Marseille BT |
Third place |
| 4 | Higicontrol Melilla |
|
| 5 | FC10 Ladies
| |
| 6 | Cáceres
| |
| 7 | Rappiranhas
| |
| 8 | Pastéis
| |
| 9 | Newteam Brussels
| |
| 10 | Kylävainion Päällikot
| |
| 11 | Huelva
| |
| 12 | ACD O Sotão
| |
| 13 | Zeeland
| |
| 14 | Bavaria Bazis
| |
| 15 | Gibraltar Wave
| |
| 16 | Amnéville
| |
| 17 | Nazaré 2022
|
References edit
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2015 to be biggest yet". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup to return to Nazaré in 2022". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Terrassa Bonaire are the queens of Europe!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2022 teams confirmed". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Decision of the UEFA Executive Committee related to Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com (Press release). Union of European Football Associations. 28 February 2022. p. 2. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Measures taken by BSWW after the attacks on Ukraine". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup draws to be held on Friday". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup groups decided". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Women Euro Winners Cup's quarter-finals defined". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
External links edit
- Women's Euro Winners Cup 2022, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- Women's Euro Winners Cup 2022, at ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese)