2016 Women's Euro Winners Cup

2016 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates 24 May – 29 May 2016
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Switzerland Grasshoppers (1st title)
Runners-up Germany BeachKick Ladies Berlin
Third place Russia WFC Zvezda
Fourth place Italy Catanzaro
Tournament statistics
Matches played 34
Goals scored 321 (9.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Russia Marina Fedorova (18 goals)
Best player Germany Rebecca Gabriel
Best goalkeeper Austria Susanne Shutz

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]

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
2Netherlands DTS' 35 320011710+76
3 Catania 32001141406
4 UKS Sparta Daleszyce 30003725–1809th–12th place play-offs

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Grasshoppers 33000179+89Knockout stage
2England Portsmouth 320011210+26
3 Terracina Ladies 310021414039th–12th place play-offs
4 HTC Zwolle 300031020–100

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 WFC Zvezda 32010218+137Knockout stage
2Germany Beachkick Ladies Berlin 320011910+96
3 Catanzaro 310022011+93
4 Nomme Kalju 30003233–3109th–12th place play-offs

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 Netherlands HTC Zwolle 5  
  A4 Poland UKS Sparta Daleszyce 4    
      B4 Netherlands HTC Zwolle 7
      B3 Italy Terracina Ladies 4
  B3 Italy Terracina Ladies 4    
  C4 Estonia Nomme Kalju 1   Eleventh place play-off
 
A4 Poland UKS Sparta Daleszyce 1
  C4 Estonia Nomme Kalju 0

9th–12th place semi-finals

HTC Zwolle Netherlands 5–4 Poland UKS Sparta Daleszyce
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Terracina Ladies Italy 4–1 Estonia Nomme Kalju
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Eleventh place play-off

UKS Sparta Daleszyce Poland 1–0 Estonia Nomme Kalju
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Ninth place play-off

HTC Zwolle Netherlands 7–4 Italy Terracina Ladies
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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   England Portsmouth 3  
    C2  Germany Beachkick L. Berlin  4  
   B2   England Portsmouth 3        C2   Germany Beachkick L. Berlin  8  
  A1  Spain S. Club Esportiu  1       C3  Italy Catanzaro 5  
  A1  Spain Sogesport Club Esportiu  3
    C3  Italy Catanzaro 5  
  B2  England Portsmouth 6        C2   Germany Beachkick L. Berlin   4 
  A3  Italy Catania 4       B1  Switzerland Grasshoppers  5 
    C1  Russia WFC Zvezda 15  
      A2  Netherlands DTS' 35 2  
A2  Netherlands DTS' 35  5       C1  Russia WFC Zvezda 3
  7th place play-off     A3  Italy Catania   7         B1  Switzerland Grasshoppers   4       3rd place play-off
   A1   Spain S. Club Esportiu (a.e.t.)   5    B1  Switzerland Grasshoppers 9   C3  Italy Catanzaro  3 
  A2  Netherlands DTS' 35   4       A3  Italy Catania   8       C1  Russia 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 England 3–4 Germany Beachkick Ladies Berlin
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WFC Zvezda Russia 15–2 Netherlands DTS' 35
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Sogesport Club Esportiu Spain 3–5 Italy Catanzaro
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Grasshoppers Switzerland 9–8 Italy Catania
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Semi-finals

5th–8th place

Catania Italy 7–5 Netherlands DTS' 35
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Sogesport Club Esportiu Spain 1–3 England Portsmouth
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1st–4th place

Grasshoppers Switzerland 4–3 Russia WFC Zvezda
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Catanzaro Italy 5–8 Germany BeachKick Ladies Berlin
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Finals

Seventh place play-off

Sogesport Club Esportiu Spain 5–4 (a.e.t.) Netherlands DTS' 35
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Fifth place play-off

Catania Italy 4–6 England Portsmouth
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Third place play-off

Catanzaro Italy 3–5 Russia WFC Zvezda
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Final

BeachKick Ladies Berlin Germany 4–5 Switzerland Grasshoppers
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Awards

Top scorer
Russia Marina Fedorova (Russia WFC Neva)
18 goals
Best player
Germany Rebecca Gabriel (Germany BeachKick Ladies Berlin)
Best goalkeeper
Austria Susanne Shutz (Switzerland Grasshoppers)

Source

Final standings

Rank Team Result
1Switzerland Grasshoppers Champions (1st title)
2Germany BeachKick Ladies BerlinRunners-up
3Russia 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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