The 2016 Euro Winners Cup was the fourth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, held in Catania, Italy, from 23–29 May 2016.[2] Russian team BSC Kristall were the defending champions.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Italy |
Dates | 23–29 May 2016 |
Teams | 32 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3[1] (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Viareggio (1st title) |
Runners-up | Artur Music |
Third place | SC Braga |
Fourth place | Catania |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 597 (9.33 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Gabriele Gori |
Best player(s) | Rodrigo Costa |
← 2015 2017 → |
Participating teams
editA record 28 nations represented by an increased total of 32 clubs participated in the tournament. Similarly to the UEFA Champions League, the higher quality leagues received more than one spot in the competition for their respective leagues' clubs to compete.[3][4] The other leagues were represented solely by their champions.
Champions and Runners-up | |||
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Terracina (1st) | BSC Kristall (1st) | Chargers Baselland (1st) | |
Viareggio (2nd) | Krylya Sovetov (2nd) | Winti Panthers (2nd) | |
Catania (3rd) | |||
Champions Only | |||
FC BATE Borisov (1st) | Cartel Waterloo (1st) | FC Odesos (1st) | |
Bohemians 1905 (1st) | Copenhagen (1st) | WKR Santos (1st) | |
ASC Peugeot (1st) | Le Grand Motte (1st) | Kakhaber Mikeladze (1st) | |
Rostocker Robben E.V (1st) | Atlas AO (1st) | ESC Gyöngyös (1st) | |
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem (1st) | FK ZEP (1st) | IGOL (1st) | |
Djoker Chisinau (1st) | Zwolle (1st) | Darsahan (1st) | |
Grembach Łódź (1st) | SC Braga (1st) | Performer Constanta (1st) | |
Rehab (1st) | Melistar (1st) | Analyaspor (1st) | |
Artur Music (1st) |
Note: The following teams pulled out: |
They were replaced by:
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Group stage
editWith an increase in the number of teams, eight groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format.[1] The group allocations were drawn on May 4.[5]
Group Aedit
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Group Bedit
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Group Cedit
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Group Dedit
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Group Eedit
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Group Fedit
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Group Gedit
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Group Hedit
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Knock-out stage
editThe top two ranking teams from each group will proceed to the knock-out stage, beginning with the round of 16. Each round will consist of a one-off match.
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Catania | 5 | |||||||||||||
ESC Gyöngyös | 3 | |||||||||||||
Catania | 2 | |||||||||||||
Chargers Baselland | 1 | |||||||||||||
Chargers Baselland | 8 | |||||||||||||
Melistar | 3 | |||||||||||||
Catania | 3 | |||||||||||||
Artur Music (et) | 4 | |||||||||||||
Terracina | 11 | |||||||||||||
CS Djoker Chisinau | 3 | |||||||||||||
Terracina | 4 | |||||||||||||
Artur Music | 6 | |||||||||||||
Artur Music | 4 | |||||||||||||
Grembach Łódź | 3 | |||||||||||||
Artur Music | 6(6) | |||||||||||||
Viareggio (pen) | 6(7) | |||||||||||||
Viareggio | 6 | |||||||||||||
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem | 4 | |||||||||||||
Viareggio | 5 | |||||||||||||
Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 | |||||||||||||
Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 | |||||||||||||
Hemako Sztutowo | 0 | |||||||||||||
Viareggio (pso) | 3(5) | |||||||||||||
SC Braga | 3(4) | Third place | ||||||||||||
BSC Kristall | 5 | |||||||||||||
Krylya Sovetov | 6 | |||||||||||||
Krylya Sovetov | 3(2) | Catania | 4 | |||||||||||
SC Braga | 3(3) | SC Braga | 5 | |||||||||||
SC Braga | 5 | |||||||||||||
FC BATE Borisov | 2 | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "The biggest Euro Winners Cup ever!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2016 confirmed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2016: clubs revealed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 March 2016.
- ^ "EURO WINNERS CUP MEN". beachsoccer.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ^ "Draws made for Euro Winners Cup in Catania". beachsoccer.com. 4 May 2016.
External links
edit- Euro Winners Cup 2016, beachsoccer.com