2016 Euro Winners Cup

The 2016 Euro Winners Cup was the fourth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, held in Catania, Italy, from 23 to 29 May 2016. Russian team BSC Kristall were the defending champions.

Participating teams A record 28 nations represented by an increased total of 32 clubs participated in the tournament. Similarly to the UEFA Champions League, the higher quality leagues received more than one spot in the competition for their respective leagues' clubs to compete. The other leagues were represented solely by their champions. Champions and Runners-up Terracina BSC Kristall Chargers Baselland Viareggio Krylya Sovetov Winti Panthers Catania Champions Only FC BATE Borisov Cartel Waterloo FC Odesos Bohemians 1905 Copenhagen WKR Santos ASC Peugeot Le Grand Motte Kakhaber Mikeladze Rostocker Robben E.V Atlas AO ESC Gyöngyös "Falfala" Kfar Qassem FK ZEP IGOL Djoker Chisinau Zwolle Darsahan Grembach Łódź SC Braga Performer Constanta Rehab Melistar Analyaspor Artur Music

Note: The following teams pulled out: Bohemians 1905 Darsahan Rehab Kakhaber Mikeladze

They were replaced by: Lokomotiv Moscow Portsmouth Hemako Sztutowo Dinamo Batumi

Group stage With an increase in the number of teams, eight groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format. The group allocations were drawn on May 4.

Group A TeamQualification Catania3300225+179Knockout stage FC BATE Borisov3201169+76 Atlas AO3102915–63Elimination Zwolle3003624–180

Group B TeamQualification BSC Kristall3300205+159Knockout stage Melistar32011611+56 Le Grand Motte3102121203Elimination Cartel Waterloo3003624–180

Group C TeamQualification Viareggio3300199+109Knockout stage Krylya Sovetov3201191096 Rostocker Robben30121217–52Elimination FK ZEP3003721–140

Group D TeamQualification Terracina33001810+109Knockout stage "Falfala" Kfar Qassem3201179+86 FC Odesos31021015–53Elimination Winti Panthers3003617–110

Group E TeamQualification Artur Music3201258+176Knockout stage Hemako Sztutowo320156–16 BSC Peugeot3102520–153Elimination Dinamo Batumi31021314–13

Group F TeamQualification Grembach Łódź3300167+99Knockout stage Lokomotiv Moscow3201224+186 Analyaspor31021117–63Elimination IGOL3003627–210

Group G TeamQualification SC Braga3300352+339Knockout stage CS Djoker Chisinau32011114–36 Performer Constanta31021321–83Elimination WKR Santos3003628 -220

Group H TeamQualification Chargers Baselland33003411+239Knockout stage ESC Gyöngyös 32012310+136 Portsmouth31021531–163Elimination Copenhagen30031030–200

Knock-out stage The top two ranking teams from each group will proceed to the knock-out stage, beginning with the round of 16. Each round will consist of a one-off match.

2016 Euro Winners Cup

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