2016 Women's Euro Winners Cup

The 2016 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the first edition of Women's Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European women's clubs. Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW),[1] the championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.[2]

2016 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates24 May – 29 May 2016
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Grasshoppers (1st title)
Runners-up BeachKick Ladies Berlin
Third place WFC Zvezda
Fourth place Catanzaro
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Goals scored321 (9.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Marina Fedorova (18 goals)
Best player(s) Rebecca Gabriel
Best goalkeeper Susanne Shutz

Held in Catania, Italy from 24 to 29 May 2017 in tandem with the men's edition,[1] the event started 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. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

The tournament was won by Swiss team Grasshoppers who beat Germany's BeachKick Ladies Berlin in the final to win their first European title.[3]

Participating teams

12 teams entered the inaugural tournament from nine countries – the top-level domestic beach soccer league/championship champions plus, for some countries, other top non-champions clubs from the nation indicated.

Group stage
Catania HTC Zwolle Grasshoppers UKS Sparta Daleszyce
Catanzaro DTS' 35 WFC Zvezda Beachkick Ladies Berlin
Terracina Ladies Portsmouth Nomme Kalju Sogesport Club Esportiu

Draw

The draw to split the 12 teams into three groups of four took place in the morning of 4 May in the host city of Cantaia, Italy alongside the men's competition draw.[4]

As the club representing the host city Catania, DomusBet Catania BS were assigned to Group A. The other teams were then drawn to one of the three groups. Clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.[4]

Group stage

Matches took place at the DombusBet Arena.[5]

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sogesport Club Esportiu 320012110+116Knockout stage
2 DTS' 35 320011710+76
3 Catania 32001141406
4 UKS Sparta Daleszyce 30003725–1809th–12th place play-offs
24 May 2016 DTS' 35 9–2 UKS Sparta Daleszyce
12:15 Report(ru)
24 May 2016 Sogesport Club Esportiu 8–3 Catania
19:45 Report(ru)
25 May 2016 DTS' 35 5–4 Sogesport Club Esportiu
12:15 Report(ru)
25 May 2016 Catania 7–3 UKS Sparta Daleszyce
19:45 Report(ru)
26 May 2016 UKS Sparta Daleszyce 2–9 Sogesport Club Esportiu
13:30 Report(ru)
26 May 2016 Catania 4–3 DTS' 35
19:45 Report(ru)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshoppers 33000179+89Knockout stage
2 Portsmouth 320011210+26
3 Terracina Ladies 310021414039th–12th place play-offs
4 HTC Zwolle 300031020–100
24 May 2016 Portsmouth 5–3 Terracina Ladies
11:00 Report(ru)
24 May 2016 HTC Zwolle 3–8 Grasshoppers
14:45 Report(ru)
25 May 2016 Portsmouth 4–3 HTC Zwolle
11:00 Report(ru)
25 May 2016 Grasshoppers 5–3 Terracina Ladies
14:45 Report(ru)
26 May 2016 Grasshoppers 4–3 Portsmouth
09:45 Report(ru)
26 May 2016 Terracina Ladies 8–4 HTC Zwolle
12:15 Report(ru)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 WFC Zvezda 32010218+137Knockout stage
2 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 320011910+96
3 Catanzaro 310022011+93
4 Nomme Kalju 30003233–3109th–12th place play-offs
24 May 2016 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 8–1 Nomme Kalju
09:45 Report(ru)
24 May 2016 Catanzaro 3–4 WFC Zvezda
13:30 Report(ru)
25 May 2016 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 6–4 Catanzaro
09:45 Report(ru)
25 May 2016 WFC Zvezda 12–0 Nomme Kalju
13:30 Report(ru)
26 May 2016 Nomme Kalju 1–13 Catanzaro
11:00 Report(ru)
26 May 2016 WFC Zvezda 5–5 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Beachkick Ladies Berlin
14:45 Report(ru)

Ranking of third placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1A Catania 32001141406Knockout stage
2C Catanzaro 310022011+93
3B Terracina Ladies 31002141403

9th–12th place play-offs

The teams finishing in fourth place and the worst third placed team were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 9th through 12th place in the final standings.

  9th–12th place semi-finals     Ninth place play-off
                 
  B4 HTC Zwolle 5  
  A4 UKS Sparta Daleszyce 4    
      B4 HTC Zwolle 7
      B3 Terracina Ladies 4
  B3 Terracina Ladies 4    
  C4 Nomme Kalju 1   Eleventh place play-off
 
A4 UKS Sparta Daleszyce 1
  C4 Nomme Kalju 0

9th–12th place semi-finals
HTC Zwolle 5–4 UKS Sparta Daleszyce
Report(ru)
Terracina Ladies 4–1 Nomme Kalju
Report(ru)

Eleventh place play-off
UKS Sparta Daleszyce 1–0 Nomme Kalju
Report(ru)

Ninth place play-off
HTC Zwolle 7–4 Terracina Ladies
Report(ru)

Knockout stage

The group winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

  5th place play-off 5th–8th place semi-finals Quarter finals Semi-finals Final
                                               
      B2     Portsmouth  3  
     C2    Beachkick L. Berlin   4  
    B2     Portsmouth  3         C2     Beachkick L. Berlin   8  
   A1    S. Club Esportiu   1        C3    Catanzaro  5  
   A1    Sogesport Club Esportiu   3
     C3    Catanzaro  5  
   B2    Portsmouth  6         C2     Beachkick L. Berlin    4 
   A3    Catania  4        B1    Grasshoppers   5 
     C1    WFC Zvezda  15  
       A2    DTS' 35  2  
 A2    DTS' 35   5        C1    WFC Zvezda  3
  7th place play-off      A3    Catania    7          B1    Grasshoppers    4       3rd place play-off
    A1     S. Club Esportiu (a.e.t.)    5     B1    Grasshoppers  9    C3    Catanzaro   3 
   A2    DTS' 35    4        A3    Catania    8        C1    WFC Zvezda    5  

Quarter-finals

The losers receded to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

The winners proceeded to continue to compete for the title.

Portsmouth 3–4 Beachkick Ladies Berlin
Report(ru)
WFC Zvezda 15–2 DTS' 35
Report(ru)
Sogesport Club Esportiu 3–5 Catanzaro
Report(ru)
Grasshoppers 9–8 Catania
Report(ru)

5th–8th place
Catania 7–5 DTS' 35
Report(ru)
Sogesport Club Esportiu 1–3 Portsmouth
Report(ru)

1st–4th place
Grasshoppers 4–3 WFC Zvezda
Report(ru)
Catanzaro 5–8 BeachKick Ladies Berlin
Report(ru)

Seventh place play-off
Sogesport Club Esportiu 5–4 (a.e.t.) DTS' 35
Report(ru)

Fifth place play-off
Catania 4–6 Portsmouth
Report(ru)

Third place play-off
Catanzaro 3–5 WFC Zvezda
Report(ru)

Final
BeachKick Ladies Berlin 4–5 Grasshoppers
Report(ru)

Awards
Top scorer
Marina Fedorova ( WFC Zvezda)
18 goals
Best player
Rebecca Gabriel ( BeachKick Ladies Berlin)
Best goalkeeper
Susanne Shutz ( Grasshoppers)

Source

Final standings
Rank Team Result
1 GrasshoppersChampions (1st title)
2 BeachKick Ladies BerlinRunners-up
3 WFC ZvezdaThird place
4 Catanzaro
5 Portsmouth
6 Catania
7 Sogesport Club Esportiu
8 DTS' 35
9 HTC Zwolle
10 Terracina Ladies
11 UKS Sparta Daleszyce
12 Nomme Kalju

See also

References
  1. "Euro Winners Cup 2016 confirmed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. "England Captain Sarah Kempson wins Best Women's Player Award". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. "Grasshopper, champions of the Women's Euro Winners Cup!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. "Draws made for Euro Winners Cup in Catania". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. "ДОМУС БЕТ АРЕНА" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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