2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup

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]

2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12–18 June
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Higicontrol Melilla (1st title)
Runners-upPoland FC10 Ladies
Third placeSpain Bonaire Terrassa
Fourth placeSpain San Javier
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored302 (6.29 per match)
2022
2024

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

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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

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The draw to split the 20 clubs into five groups of four took place on 18 May.[4][9][10]

Group stage

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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

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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
Source: BSWW
(H) Host

Group B

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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
Source: BSWW

Group C

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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
Source: BSWW

Group D

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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
Source: BSWW

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCL POZ ZEE EST
1   FC10 Ladies 3 3 0 0 0 20 4 +16 9 Knockout stage 10–3 9–1
2   Pozoalbense 3 2 0 0 1 10 4 +6 6 0–1
3   Zeeland 3 1 0 0 2 11 19 −8 3 2–5 4–6
4   Estoril 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0 1–5
Source: BSWW

Knockout stage

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17th place match
15 June; Report
  Havana Shots Aargau3 (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 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal
15 June; Report
  Higicontrol Melilla3
16 June; Report
  Malaga1
  Higicontrol Melilla4
15 June; Report
  Rappiranhas1
  Rappiranhas (p)3 (3)
17 June; Report
  Marseille BT3 (2)
  Higicontrol Melilla2
15 June; Report
  San Javier0
  San Javier3
16 June; Report
  FAL1
  San Javier5
15 June; Report
  Zeeland2
  ACD O Sótão1
18 June; Report
  Zeeland2
  Higicontrol Melilla3
15 June; Report
  FC10 Ladies1
  Bonaire Terrassa8
16 June; Report
  Lieberampool1
  Bonaire Terrassa73rd place match
15 June; Report
  Cáceres118 June; Report
  Cáceres4
17 June; Report  San Javier1
  Pastéis1
  Bonaire Terrassa1  Bonaire Terrassa6
15 June; Report
  FC10 Ladies2
  FC10 Ladies7
16 June; Report
  SandGames Figueira1
  FC10 Ladies35th–8th semi-finals5th place match
15 June; Report
  Pozoalbense117 June; Report
  Pozoalbense1
  Rappiranhas9
  Newteam Brussels018 June; Report
  Zeeland1
  Rappiranhas0
17 June; Report
  Cáceres3
  Cáceres (p)5 (4)
  Pozoalbense5 (3)
7th place match
18 June; Report
  Zeeland4
  Pozoalbense7

Awards

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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

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Players with at least three goals are listed.

11 goals
  •   Edna Imade (  Cáceres)
9 goals
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

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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

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  3. ^ a b "Higicontrol Melilla are the new Euro Winners Cup champions". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Euro Winners Cup 2023 groups drawn". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Measures taken by BSWW after the attacks on Ukraine". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Состоялась жеребьёвка Euro Winners Cup 2023 – пляжный футбол на BSRussia". BS Russia (in Russian). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  9. ^ "EWC 2023: OS GRUPOS DAS EQUIPAS PORTUGUESAS". Futebol de Praia Portugal (in Portuguese). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Winners foram sorteadas: eis todos os grupos". ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
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