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), the championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.
Held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 30 May to 4 June 2017 in tandem with the men's edition, 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.
Russians WFC Zvezda were the only team to finish in the top four again having done so in the previous 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. 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.
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.
Clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.
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 TeamQualification1 WFC Zvezda33000197+129Knockout stage2 AF Leiria32001179+869th–16th place play-offs3 HTC Zwolle310021921–234 Amneville 300031028–180
Group B TeamQualification1 KU AZS UAM Poznan320011511+46Knockout stage2 Beachkick Ladies Berlin320011212063 Viod Driezum310021616039th–16th place play-offs4 Grande Motte Pyramide30012711–41
Group C TeamQualification1 Havana Shots Aargau32100148+68Knockout stage2 CD Huelva31011106+449th–16th place play-offs3 Vetlanda United31002129+334 AO Kefallinia30003720–130
Group D TeamQualification1 Higicontrol Melilla320011110+16Knockout stage2 Terracina Femminile310111212043 WFC Neva310021112–139th–16th place play-offs4 Astra Hungary31002111103
Group E TeamQualification1 Portsmouth2200095+46Knockout stage2 CD Bala Azul2101175+233 Terracina Ladies2000239–609th–16th place play-offs– Atlas AOWithdrew
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. 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. TeamQualification1E CD Bala Azul2100175+231.400Knockout stage2D Terracina Femminile2100188031.0003B Beachkick Ladies Berlin210011011–130.9094A AF Leiria2100189–130.8885C CD Huelva2001145–110.800
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.
9th–16th place quarter-finals
Semi finals 13th–16th place
9th–12th place
Finals 15th place play-off
13th place play-off
11th place play-off
9th place play-off
Knockout stage The five group winners and best three runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to compete for the title.
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.
Semi finals 5th–8th place
1st–4th place
Finals 7th place play-off
5th place play-off
3rd place play-off
Final
Awards Top scorer Glafira Bazhanova 13 goalsBest player Sarah Kempson Best goalkeeper Deborah Kehrli
Final standings RankTeamResult 1 Havana Shots Aargau Champions (1st title) 2 Portsmouth Runners-up 3 Higicontrol Melilla Third 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 2017 Euro Winners Cup (men's edition)
External links Women's Euro Winners Cup 2017, at Beach Soccer Worldwide Euro Winners Cup Women 2017 , at beachsoccerrussia.ru (in Russian)
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