The 2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the eighth 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 viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in its parent sport, association football.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 12–18 June |
| Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Higicontrol Melilla (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  FC10 Ladies |
| Third place | Bonaire Terrassa |
| Fourth place | San Javier |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 302 (6.29 per match) |
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition, from 12 to 18 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.
Bonaire Terrassa of Spain were the defending champions, but failed to defend their title, falling at the semi-finals and finishing in third place. It was won by Higicontrol Melilla of Spain, who won their first title.[3]
Teams edit
20 clubs from eight different nations entered the event.[4]
In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, clubs from Russia remained banned from participation.[5][6][7][8]
Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders
| Group stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain (7)
|
Bonaire Terrassa (TH) |  France (2)
|
Marseille BT | |
| Cáceres | Marseille Minots | |||
| FAL |  Switzerland (2)
|
Havanna Shots Aargau | ||
| Higicontrol Melilla | Rappiranhas | |||
| Malaga |  Belgium (1)
|
Newteam Brussels | ||
| Pozoalbense |  Germany (1)
|
Lieberampool | ||
| San Javier |  Netherlands (1)
|
Zeeland | ||
 Portugal (5)
|
ACD O Sotão (H) | Poland (1)
|
FC10 Ladies | |
| Nazaré 2022 | ||||
| Pastéis | ||||
| SandGames Figueira | ||||
| Estoril | ||||
Draw edit
The draw to split the 20 clubs into five groups of four took place on 18 May.[4][9][10]
Group stage edit
The designation of "home" and "away" teams displayed in the results matrices is for administrative purposes only.
Matches take place from 12 to 14 June.
All group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams, along with the best fourth-placed team, progressed to the knockout stage.
- 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 | ACD | RAP | FAL | MMS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  ACD O Sótão (H)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 3–2 | — | 3–0† | |
| 2 |  Rappiranhas
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | — | — | 5–1 | 0–3† | ||
| 3 |  FAL
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | 2–3 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 |  Marseille Minots
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | 0–3† | — |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BON | MAL | PAS | HSA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonaire Terrassa
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 8 | Knockout stage | — | — | 4–3* | 7–4 | |
| 2 | Malaga
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | 2–5 | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Pastéis
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | — | 1–3 | — | 2–3 | ||
| 4 | Havanna Shots Aargau
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 0 | — | 2–5 | — | — |
Group C edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAC | SJA | LIE | NAZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cáceres
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 4–1 | — | — | |
| 2 | San Javier
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 | — | — | 4–1 | 5–2 | ||
| 3 |  Lieberampool
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 3 | 2–7 | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | Nazaré 2022
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 0 | 3–9 | — | 5–3 | — |
Group D edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIG | MAR | NEW | SGF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higicontrol Melilla
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 3–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Marseille BT
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | — | — | 4–2 | 6–5 | ||
| 3 |  Newteam Brussels
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | 0–5 | — | — | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | SandGames Figueira
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 0 | 0–4 | — | — | — |
Group E edit
Knockout stage edit
| 17th place match | ||
| 15 June; Report | ||
 Havana Shots Aargau | 3 (3) | |
 Nazaré 2022 (p) | 3 (4) | |
The draw for the round of 16, and allocation of ties to the bracket, took place after the conclusion of all group stage matches on 14 June.[11]
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 15 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
 Higicontrol Melilla | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 16 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| Malaga | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Higicontrol Melilla | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 15 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| Rappiranhas | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Rappiranhas (p) | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 17 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
 Marseille BT | 3 (2) | |||||||||||||
| Higicontrol Melilla | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 15 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| San Javier | 0 | |||||||||||||
| San Javier | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 16 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| FAL | 1 | |||||||||||||
| San Javier | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 15 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
 Zeeland | 2 | |||||||||||||
| ACD O Sótão | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 18 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| Zeeland | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Higicontrol Melilla | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 15 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
 FC10 Ladies | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bonaire Terrassa | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 16 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
 Lieberampool | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bonaire Terrassa | 7 | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
| 15 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| Cáceres | 1 | 18 June; Report | ||||||||||||
| Cáceres | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 17 June; Report | San Javier | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Pastéis | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bonaire Terrassa | 1 | Bonaire Terrassa | 6 | |||||||||||
| 15 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| FC10 Ladies | 2 | |||||||||||||
| FC10 Ladies | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 16 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| SandGames Figueira | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FC10 Ladies | 3 | 5th–8th semi-finals | 5th place match | |||||||||||
| 15 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| Pozoalbense | 1 | 17 June; Report | ||||||||||||
| Pozoalbense | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Rappiranhas | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Newteam Brussels | 0 | 18 June; Report | ||||||||||||
| Zeeland | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Rappiranhas | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 17 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| Cáceres | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cáceres (p) | 5 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Pozoalbense | 5 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 7th place match | ||||||||||||||
| 18 June; Report | ||||||||||||||
| Zeeland | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Pozoalbense | 7 | |||||||||||||
Awards edit
The following individual awards were presented after the final.[3]
| Top scorer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|
 Edna Imade ( Cáceres)
| ||
| 11 goals | ||
| Best player | ||
 Adriele Rocha ( Higicontrol Melilla)
| ||
| Best goalkeeper | ||
| Laura Gallego ( Higicontrol Melilla)
| ||
Top goalscorers edit
Players with at least three goals are listed.
- 11 goals
Edna Imade (
Cáceres)
- 9 goals
Alba Mellado ( Malaga)
Anaëlle Wiard ( San Javier)- Cristina Gonzalez ( Bonaire Terrassa)
- 7 goals
Adriele Rocha ( Higicontrol Melilla)- Maria Del Rocio ( Bonaire Terrassa)
- Maria Corbacho ( Cáceres)
- 6 goals
Saki Kushiyama (
Marseille BT)
Wiktoria Kaczmarek (
FC10 Ladies)- Adriana Manau ( Bonaire Terrassa)
Olesia Malinovska (
Zeeland)
Nikki Haimes ( Pozoalbense)
- 5 goals
Emma Jensen (
Lieberampool)- Paulina Bednarska ( FC10 Ladies)
- Kornelia Okoniewska (
FC10 Ladies) - Kamila Komisarczyk ( FC10 Ladies)
- María Herrero ( Cáceres)
- 4 goals
- Taiane Da Costa ( Marseille BT)
Joana Pires (
Nazaré 2022)- Andrea Mirón ( Higicontrol Melilla)
- Katarzyna Gozdek ( FC10 Ladies)
- Myroslava Vypasniak ( FC10 Ladies)
- Laura Chamizo ( Terrassa Bonaire)
Sina Cavelti (
Rappiranhas)- Marina López ( Cáceres)
- María Romero ( Pozoalbense)
- 3 goals
- Mariana Prazeres ( Estoril)
- Joana Rosa ( Pastéis)
- Joana Flores ( ACD O Sótão)
- Jessica Costa ( SandGames Figueira)
- Klaudia Grodzicka ( FC10 Ladies)
- Marie Bougard ( San Javier)
Gemma-Louise Hillier ( Terrassa Bonaire)- Pascale Küffer ( Rappiranhas)
- Carmen Acedo ( Cáceres)
Sylvana Tieleman ( Zeeland)- Bethany Haynes ( Zeeland)
- Sharona Tieleman ( Zeeland)
- Cristina Dominguez ( Pozoalbense)
- Marin Fujisawa ( Pozoalbense)
Source: BSWW
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higicontrol Melilla |
Champions (1st title) |
| 2 | FC10 Ladies |
Runners-up |
| 3 | Bonaire Terrassa |
Third place |
| 4 | San Javier |
Placement determined by play-offs |
| 5 | Cáceres
| |
| 6 | Rappiranhas
| |
| 7 | Pozoalbense
| |
| 8 | Zeeland
| |
| 9–16 | ACD O Sótão |
Eliminated in the Round of 16 |
| FAL
| ||
| Lieberampool
| ||
| Malaga
| ||
| Marseille BT
| ||
| Newteam Brussels
| ||
| Pastéis
| ||
| SandGames Figueira
| ||
| 17 | Nazaré 2022 |
Placement determined by play-off |
| 18 | Havana Shots Aargau
| |
| 19 | Estoril |
Eliminated in the group stage |
| 20 | Marseille Minots |
Withdrew |
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.
- ^ "The Euro Winners will return to Nazaré in 2023". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Higicontrol Melilla are the new Euro Winners Cup champions". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Euro Winners Cup 2023 groups drawn". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Утверждён список мужских и женских команд Euro Winners 2022" [The list of men's and women's teams of Euro Winners 2022 has been approved]. Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Состоялась жеребьёвка Euro Winners Cup 2023 – пляжный футбол на BSRussia". BS Russia (in Russian). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "EWC 2023: OS GRUPOS DAS EQUIPAS PORTUGUESAS". Futebol de Praia Portugal (in Portuguese). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Winners foram sorteadas: eis todos os grupos". ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2023 (Women's): group stage concluded". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
External links edit
- Women's Euro Winners Cup 2023, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- Women's Euro Winners Cup 2023, at ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese)