2014 Euro Winners Cup

The second edition of Euro Winners Cup was a beach soccer tournament in Catania, Italy, from 3 – 8 June 2014. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the UEFA Champions League.[1]

2014 Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates3 – 8 June 2014
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions BSC Kristall (1st title)
Runners-up Milano BS
Third place SC Braga
Fourth place Sable Dancers Bern
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored453 (8.09 per match)
Top scorer(s) Leo (13 goals)
Best player(s) Bruno Xavier

Participating teams

Twenty-five teams from 22 countries confirmed their participation in the tournament:

Group stage

According to the draw realized on May 26, teams were divided in a group stage with four groups of 4 and three groups of 3, then the two best ranked sides of each group, and the best overall two third-ranked sides will advance to the round of 16.[2]

Group A
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
Catania BS 2200117+46
Aluminios Sotelo 22011710+76
Kreiss 2003617-110
Advances to play-off
Catania BS 4–3 Kreiss
Catania BS 7–4 Aluminios Sotelo
Aluminios Sotelo 8–2 Kreiss

Group B
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
BSC Kristall 3300203+179
SC Braga 3201126+66
AO Kefallinia 3102721-143
SK Augur Enemat 3003514-90
Advances to play-off
SC Braga 7–2 AO Kefallinia
SK Augur Enemat 1–6 BSC Kristall
SC Braga 3–1 SK Augur Enemat
BSC Kristall 11–0 AO Kefallinia
AO Kefallinia 5–3 SK Augur Enemat
BSC Kristall 3–2 SC Braga

Group C
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
Artur Music 2200127+56
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem 2101119+23
Egmond BS 20021017-70
Advances to play-off
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem 2–4 Artur Music
Artur Music 8–5 Egmond BS
Egmond BS 5–9 "Falfala" Kfar Qassem

Group D
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
FC BATE Borisov 220063+36
Seferihisar CittaSlow 210176+13
Ushkyn-Iskra 200248-40
Advances to play-off
Ushkyn-Iskra 3–5 Seferihisar CittaSlow
Seferihisar CittaSlow 2–3 FC BATE Borisov
FC BATE Borisov 3–1 Ushkyn-Iskra

Group E
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
Sable Dancers Bern 3300228+149
BS Bohemians 1905 31111312+15
CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău 30121012-22
Portsmouth BS 3003821-130
Advances to play-off
Portsmouth BS 3–10 Sable Dancers Bern
CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău 3–4 (a.e.t.) BS Bohemians 1905
CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău 4–3 (a.e.t.) Portsmouth BS
Sable Dancers Bern 7–2 BS Bohemians 1905
Sable Dancers Bern 5–3 CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău
BS Bohemians 1905 7–2 Portsmouth BS

Group F
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
Milano BS 33001912+79
Grembach Łódź 32011312+16
Marseille Beach Team 31021514+13
MFC Spartak 2012 Varna 30031019-90
Advances to play-off
Grembach Łódź 3–2 MFC Spartak 2012 Varna
Marseille Beach Team 3–5 Milano BS
Grembach Łódź 4–3 Marseille Beach Team
Milano BS 7–3 MFC Spartak 2012 Varna
MFC Spartak 2012 Varna 5–9 Marseille Beach Team
Milano BS 7–6 Grembach Łódź

Group G
Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
Lokomotiv Moscow 3300177+109
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 3111149+55
AS Terracina BS 3102131303
Rostocker Robben 3003722-150
Advances to play-off
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 4–3 (a.e.t.) AS Terracina BS
Rostocker Robben 2–7 Lokomotiv Moscow
AS Terracina BS 7–2 Rostocker Robben
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–2 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 8–3 Rostocker Robben
Lokomotiv Moscow 7–3 AS Terracina BS

Play-off

Bracket
  First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                     
BSC Kristall 7  
Marseille Beach Team 1  
  45 BSC Kristall (p) 6 (1)  
 
  Lokomotiv Moscow 6 (0)  
Lokomotiv Moscow 6
Aluminios Sotelo 2  
  BSC Kristall 7  
  Sable Dancers Bern 4  
Artur Music (p) 3 (6)  
Grembach Łódź 3 (5)  
  46 Artur Music 3
 
  Sable Dancers Bern 4  
Sable Dancers Bern 3
Seferihisar CittaSlow 0  
  BSC Kristall 2
  Milano BS 0
FC BATE Borisov 4  
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 5  
  47 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 4
 
  Milano BS 5  
Milano BS 3
BS Bohemians 1905 2  
  Milano BS 6
  SC Braga 3  
SC Braga 2  
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem 0   Third place
  48 SC Braga 10
 
  49 Catania BS 7  
Catania BS 3 Sable Dancers Bern 1
AS Terracina BS 2     SC Braga 4

5th–8th places
  qualifying stage     5th place
                 
  Lokomotiv Moscow 3  
  Artur Music 4    
      Artur Music 5
      Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 1
  Goldwin Plus Bodon FC (p) 4 (4)    
  Catania BS 4 (3)   7th place
 
Lokomotiv Moscow 7
  Catania BS 2

Winners
 Euro Winners Cup
2014 Winners: 

BSC Kristall
First title

Awards
Best Player (MVP)
Bruno Xavier ( Lokomotiv Moscow)
Top Scorer
Leo ( Milano BS)
13 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Dona ( SC Braga)

Final standings
Rank Team
1 BSC Kristall
2 Milano BS
3 SC Braga
4 Sable Dancers Bern
5 Artur Music
6 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
7 Lokomotiv Moscow
8 Catania BS

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2014-04-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Teams and rosters set for Euro Winners Cup 2014
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