2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup

The 2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the second 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]

2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates30 May – 4 June 2017
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Havana Shots Aargau (1st title)
Runners-up Portsmouth
Third place Higicontrol Melilla
Fourth place WFC Zvezda
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored394 (7.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Glafira Bazhanova (13 goals)
Best player(s) Sarah Kempson
Best goalkeeper Deborah Kehrli

Held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 30 May to 4 June 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.

Swiss club Grasshoppers were the defending champions, but failed to qualify. The tournament was won by Swiss team Havana Shots Aargau who beat England's Portsmouth in the final to win their first European title.[3]

Russians WFC Zvezda were the only team to finish in the top four again having done so in last year's first edition.

Participating teams

20 teams entered the tournament (an increase from 12 in the inaugural edition) – the top-level domestic beach soccer league/championship champions plus, for some countries, other top non-champions clubs from the nation indicated.[4][5]

Group stage
CD Bala Azul Terracina Femminile Viod Driezum KU AZS UAM Poznan
CD Huelva Terracina Ladies AO Kefallinia Vetlanda United
Higicontrol Melilla WFC Zvezda Astra Hungary AF Leiria
Grande Motte Pyramide WFC Neva Beachkick Ladies Berlin Havana Shots Aargau
Amneville HTC Zwolle Portsmouth Atlas AO1
1. Withdrew after the draw

Draw

The draw to split the 20 teams into five groups of four took place on 4 April in the host city of Nazaré, Portugal alongside the men's competition draw.[4]

As the club representing the host association of Portugal, AF Leiria were assigned to Group A. Four other teams were seeded (Beachkick Ladies Berlin, Havana Shots Aargau, WFC Neva, Terracina Ladies) and each assigned to one the remaining groups. The teams were seeded because their national association's club finished in the top four in the previous edition in 2016.[6]

Clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.[6]

Group stage

Matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro, on one of three pitches as stated.

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 WFC Zvezda 33000197+129Knockout stage
2 AF Leiria 32001179+869th–16th place play-offs
3 HTC Zwolle 310021921–23
4 Amneville 300031028–180
30 May 2017 Amneville 9–10 HTC ZwollePitch #3
13:00 Report(ru)
30 May 2017 WFC Zvezda 4–2 AF LeiriaMain pitch
18:00 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Amneville 1–9 WFC ZvezdaPitch #3
13:00 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 AF Leiria 6–5 HTC ZwolleMain pitch
18:00 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 HTC Zwolle 4–6 WFC ZvezdaPitch #2
12:45 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 AF Leiria 9–0 AmnevilleMain pitch
17:45 Report(ru)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 KU AZS UAM Poznan 320011511+46Knockout stage
2 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 32001121206
3 Viod Driezum 310021616039th–16th place play-offs
4 Grande Motte Pyramide 30012711–41
30 May 2017 KU AZS UAM Poznan 5–6 Viod DriezumPitch #3
11:45 Report(ru)
30 May 2017 Grande Motte Pyramide 1–2 Beachkick Ladies BerlinPitch #3
18:00 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 KU AZS UAM Poznan 4–1 Grande Motte PyramidePitch #3
11:45 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 6–5 Viod DriezumPitch #3
18:00 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Viod Driezum 5–5 (a.e.t.)
(1–2 p)		 Grande Motte PyramidePitch #2
11:30 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 4–6 KU AZS UAM PoznanPitch #2
16:30 Report(ru)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Havana Shots Aargau 32100148+68Knockout stage
2 CD Huelva 31011106+449th–16th place play-offs
3 Vetlanda United 31002129+33
4 AO Kefallinia 30003720–130
30 May 2017 Vetlanda United 6–2 AO KefalliniaPitch #3
10:30 Report(ru)
30 May 2017 CD Huelva 1–2 Havana Shots AargauPitch #3
16:45 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Vetlanda United 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 CD HuelvaPitch #3
10:30 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Havana Shots Aargau 8–4 AO KefalliniaPitch #3
16:45 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 AO Kefallinia 1–6 CD HuelvaPitch #2
10:15 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Havana Shots Aargau 4–3 (a.e.t.) Vetlanda UnitedPitch #3
16:30 Report(ru)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Higicontrol Melilla 320011110+16Knockout stage
2 Terracina Femminile 31011121204
3 WFC Neva 310021112–139th–16th place play-offs
4 Astra Hungary 31002111103
30 May 2017 Higicontrol Melilla 5–3 Terracina FemminilePitch #3
09:15 Report(ru)
30 May 2017 Astra Hungary 3–5 WFC NevaPitch #3
15:30 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Higicontrol Melilla 2–4 Astra HungaryPitch #3
09:15 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 WFC Neva 3–5 Terracina FemminilePitch #3
15:30 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Terracina Femminile 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p)		 Astra HungaryPitch #2
09:00 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 WFC Neva 3–4 Higicontrol MelillaPitch #3
15:15 Report(ru)

Group E
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portsmouth 2200095+46Knockout stage
2 CD Bala Azul 2101175+23
3 Terracina Ladies 2000239–609th–16th place play-offs
– Atlas AO Withdrew
30 May 2017 CD Bala Azul 3–4 PortsmouthPitch #2
08:00 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Terracina Ladies 2–5 PortsmouthPitch #3
14:15 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Terracina Ladies 1–4 CD Bala AzulPitch #2
14:00 Report(ru)

Ranking of second placed teams

The three best runners-up advanced to knockout stage. The ranking of the five runners-up was determined on goal average.[7] Since Group E consisted of three teams, for the runners-up from the other groups (A, B, C, D), their results against the teams finishing in fourth place in their group were discounted for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts GAvg Qualification
1E CD Bala Azul 2100175+231.400Knockout stage
2D Terracina Femminile 2100188031.000
3B Beachkick Ladies Berlin 210011011–130.909
4A AF Leiria 2100189–130.888
5C CD Huelva 2001145–110.800

9th–16th place play-offs

From the group stage, the five teams finishing in third place, plus the two-worst runners-up and the best fourth placed team were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 9th through 16th place in the final standings.

  13th place play-off 13th–16th place semi-finals 9th-16th place quarter-finals 9th-12th place semi-finals 9th place play-off
                                               
      C2     CD Huelva  2  
     E3    Terracina Ladies  5  
    C2     CD Huelva  3         E3     Terracina Ladies  7  
   D3    WFC Neva  2        B3    Viod Driezum  3  
   B3    Viod Driezum  4
     D3    WFC Neva  3  
    C2     CD Huelva   2          E3     Terracina Ladies   3 
   A3    HTC Zwolle    3          D4    Astra Hungary   11 
     C3    Vetlanda United  2  
       A3    HTC Zwolle  1  
 A3    HTC Zwolle  w/o        C3    Vetlanda United  1
  15th place play-off      A2    AF Leiria              D4    Astra Hungary    7       11th place play-off
   D3    WFC Neva  8    A2    AF Leiria  2    B3    Viod Driezum   5 
   A2    AF Leiria  4      D4    Astra Hungary    8        C3    Vetlanda United    2  

9th–16th place quarter-finals
CD Huelva 2–5 Terracina Ladies
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
Viod Driezum 4–3 WFC Neva
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
Vetlanda United 2–1 HTC Zwolle
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
AF Leiria 2–8 Astra Hungary
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

Semi finals

13th–16th place
HTC Zwolle walkover AF Leiria
Pitch #2
WFC Neva 2–3 CD Huelva
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

9th–12th place
Viod Driezum 3–7 Terracina Ladies
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
Astra Hungary 7–1 Vetlanda United
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

Finals

15th place play-off
AF Leiria 4–8 WFC Neva
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

13th place play-off
HTC Zwolle 3–2 CD Huelva
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

11th place play-off
Vetlanda United 2–5 Viod Driezum
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

9th place play-off
Astra Hungary 11–3 Terracina Ladies
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

Knockout stage

The five group winners and best three runners-up 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
                                               
      D1     Higicontrol Melilla  2  
     E2    CD Bala Azul  1  
    E2     CD Bala Azul  5         D1     Higicontrol Melilla  3  
   D2    Terracina Femminile  4        C1    Havana Shots Aargau   5  
   C1    Havana Shots Aargau   3
     D2    Terracina Femminile  2  
    E2     CD Bala Azul (p)   2 (1)          D1     Havana Shots Aargau (a.e.t.)    4 
   B2    Beachkick L. Berlin     2 (0)          E1    Portsmouth   3 
     E1    Portsmouth  3  
       B1    KU AZS UAM Poznan  1  
 B1    KU AZS UAM Poznan   5        E1    Portsmouth  4
  7th place play-off      B2    Beachkick L. Berlin     6          A1    WFC Zvezda    3       3rd place play-off
   D2    Terracina Femminile  6    A1    WFC Zvezda  7    D1    Higicontrol Melilla   4 
   B1    KU AZS UAM Poznan   3      B2    Beachkick L. Berlin     3        A1    WFC Zvezda    3  

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.

Higicontrol Melilla 2–1 CD Bala Azul
Report(ru)
Main pitch
Havana Shots Aargau 3–2 Terracina Femminile
Report(ru)
Main pitch
Portsmouth 3–1 KU AZS UAM Poznan
Report(ru)
Main pitch
WFC Zvezda 7–3 Beachkick Ladies Berlin
Report(ru)
Main pitch

Semi finals

5th–8th place
CD Bala Azul 5–4 Terracina Femminile
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
KU AZS UAM Poznan 5–6 Beachkick Ladies Berlin
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

1st–4th place
Higicontrol Melilla 3–5 Havana Shots Aargau
Report(ru)
Main pitch
Portsmouth 4–3 WFC Zvezda
Report(ru)
Main pitch

Finals

7th place play-off
KU AZS UAM Poznan 3–6 Terracina Femminile
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

5th place play-off
Beachkick Ladies Berlin 2–2 (a.e.t.) CD Bala Azul
Report(ru)
Penalties
0–1
Pitch #2

3rd place play-off
WFC Zvezda 3–4 Higicontrol Melilla
Report(ru)
Main pitch

Final
Portsmouth 3–4 (a.e.t.) Havana Shots Aargau
Report(ru)
Main pitch

Awards
Top scorer
Glafira Bazhanova ( WFC Neva)
13 goals[8]
Best player
Sarah Kempson ( Portsmouth)
Best goalkeeper
Deborah Kehrli ( Havana Shots Aargau)

Source

Final standings
Rank Team Result
1 Havana Shots AargauChampions (1st title)
2 PortsmouthRunners-up
3 Higicontrol MelillaThird place
4 WFC Zvezda
5 CD Bala Azul
6 Beachkick Ladies Berlin
7 Terracina Femminile
8 KU AZS UAM Poznan
9 Astra Hungary
10 Terracina Ladies
11 Viod Driezum
12 Vetlanda United
13 CD Huelva
14 HTC Zwolle
15 WFC Neva
16 AF Leiria
17–19 Grande Motte Pyramide
AO Kefallinia
Amneville

See also

References
  1. "Nazaré to host the Euro Winners Cup 2017!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. "England Captain Sarah Kempson wins Best Women's Player Award". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. "Havana Shots, new queens of Europe!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. "Draws held for Euro Winners Cup 2017". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. "Euro Winners Cup 2017 to feature preliminary round". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  6. "Euro Winners Cup 2017 - Draw". Beach Soccer Worldwide Livestream. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  7. "Quarter-finals defined in Women's Euro Winners Cup". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. "BAREFOOT: The Beach Soccer Mag - ISSUE 03". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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