2019 Euro Winners Cup

The 2019 Euro Winners Cup was the seventh edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the better known UEFA Champions League in association football.

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal from 30 May till 9 June 2019, consisting of a preliminary qualifying round and the competition proper.

Following the qualifying round, the competition proper began 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, starting with the Round of 16 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

Braga of Portugal were the defending champions and successfully defended their title after beating KP Łódź of Poland 6–0 in the final.

Teams A record 60 teams from 24 countries entered the championship; 36 qualified straight into the main round whilst 24 competed in the Euro Winners Challenge to attempt to qualify for the competition proper.

Qualification

Entrants

Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Main Round SC Braga CD Bala Azul FC Dinamo Batumi Cartel Waterloo BST ACD Sótão Levante UD Alanya Belediyespor Linden City BSC Casa Benfica de Loures CF LA Nucia Yesil Ercis Belediye Grande Motte Pyramide CD Nacional da Madeira Beach Soccer Egmond Grodnooblsport Atlas AO Sporting CP BSC Artur Music MFC Spartak Varna SK BO EU Teplice BSC Kristall BSC Vybor SK Augur Enemat CS Djoker FC Delta Euroformat-Bodon BSC Chargers Baselland Copenhagen BSC BSC Spartak Moscow KP Łódź Rostocker Robben Baggio Catania BS Boca Gdansk GWP-Bodon-Cservy Eastleigh SpitfiresPreliminary round / Euro Winners Challenge CF Chelas Varzim SC Real Münster GDP Costa de Caparica Casa Benfica Caldes Rai LSA Perwez AD Buarcos Sporting CP "B" New Team BS Brussels GD Sesimbra SC Salgueiros 08 Littoral BS Dunkerquois Biblioteca Instrucao Grupo Desportivo de Alfarim Marseille Beach Team GR Olival Basto Lokomotiv Moscow Napoli Patron BSC Sao Domingos FC CSKA Moscow AO Kefallinia GR Amigos da Paz Atletico Licata BS Portsmouth BSC

Venues

Two venues were used in one host city: Nazaré, Leiria District, Portugal. Matches took place at Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) on one of two pitches:

Euro Challenge Cup

The Euro Winners Challenge is open to all clubs who did not automatically qualify for the main round as domestic league champions. At least eight teams will qualify for the Euro Winners Cup. Those will be distributed in two groups of four teams. The two top teams will progress to the Round of 16, and the winner of that round will enter the quarterfinals. Beside that, the winner team will be champion of the Euro Winners Challenge.

Overview

Group A TeamQualification1 CF Chelas320011610+66Main round2 GDP Costa de Caparica320011412+263 SC Salgueiros 08320011311+264 Portsmouth BSC300031323−100

Group B TeamQualification1 GD Sesimbra330002211+119Main round2 AD Buarcos320012113+863 Napoli Patron BSC301021218–624 Atletico Licata BS300031123−120

Group C TeamQualification1 CSKA Moscow33000165+119Main round2 LSA Perwez30011813–543 Biblioteca Instrucao3100299034 Real Münster30003915−60

Group D TeamQualification1 Lokomotiv Moscow33000354+319Main round2 New Team BS Brussels310021118–733 Sao Domingos FC310021222−1034 GR Olival Basto30012519−141

Group E TeamQualification1 Grupo Desportivo de Alfarim321001813+58Main round2 GR Amigos da Paz311011515053 Littoral BS Dunkerquois310021516–134 Varzim SC300031418−40

Group F TeamQualification1 AO Kefallinia32010157+87Main round2 Sporting CP "B"320011012−263 Marseille Beach Team310021312+134 Casa Benfica Caldes Rai.300031219−70

Subsequent rounds

Second group stage

The eight qualifiers progressed to the second group stage that took place as part of the main round of the EWC.

Final

The best two teams of the second group stage advanced to the final that took place as part of the Round of 16 of the EWC.

Main round

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

Group A TeamQualification1 Jaszfenyszaru GWP Cservy330001611+59Knockout stage2 ACD O Sotão 310021914+533 FC Baggio 310021016–634 Beach Soccer Egmond300121317–41

Group B TeamQualification1 SC Braga33000131+129Knockout stage2 BSC Spartak Moscow32001149+563 BSC Chargers Baselland310021215–334 Linden City BSC30003721–140

Group C TeamQualification1 Sporting CP33000217+149Knockout stage2 FC Delta320011912+763 MFC Spartak310021219–734 SK Augur Enemat300031024–140

Group D TeamQualification1 BSC Kristall33000236+179Knockout stage2 Grodnooblsport32001912–363 CD Nacional da Madeira310021118-734 FC Dinamo Batumi30003411–70

Group E TeamQualification1 Catania BS33000245+199Knockout stage2 Artur Music320012211+1163 SK Bosnia Online EU Teplice31002726–1934 Copenhagen BSC30003516–110

Group F TeamQualification1 KP Łódź32001189+96Knockout stage2 Euroformat-Bodon32001168+863 Grande Motte Pyramide BS31011128+444 Eastleigh Spitfires30003526–210

Group G TeamQualification1 Casa Benfica de Loures311102216+66Knockout stage2 Boca Gdansk310111517–243 CD Bala Azul310021413+134 Atlas AO300031722–50

Group H TeamQualification1 Alanya Belediyespor33000219+129Knockout stage2 Levante UD32001125+763 Cartel Waterloo BST31002919–1034 Rostocker Robben30003514–90

Group I TeamQualification1 BSC Vybor320101412+27Knockout stage2 Yesil Ercis Belediye310021312+133 CF LA Nucia310021314–134 CS Djoker310021517–23

Group J (Euro Challenge Cup qualifiers – Group 1) TeamQualification1 Lokomotiv Moscow33000253+229Knockout stage / Euro Challenge Cup final2 CF Chelas310111215–343 Grupo Desportivo de Alfarim310021421–734 GDP Costa de Caparica30003416–120

Group K (Euro Challenge Cup qualifiers – Group 2) TeamQualification1 CSKA Moscow33000195+149Knockout stage / Euro Challenge Cup final2 GD Sesimbra3200197+263 AD Buarcos310021613+334 AO Kefallinia 30003726–190

Knockout stage

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

9–16 places

1st–8th place

Semi-finals

13–16 places 9–12 places

5–8 places

1st–4th place

Finals

15th-place match

13th-place match

11th-place match

9th-place match

7th-place match

5th-place match

3rd-place match

Championship final

Awards Top scorer(s) Gabriele Gori ( Artur Music)26 goals1Best player Jordan ( SC Braga)Best goalkeeper Dariusz Slowinski ( KP Łódź)

Top goalscorers Players who scored at least 10 goals

Goals scored in both the competition proper and the preliminary round are counted.

26 goals Gabriele Gori ( BSC Artur Music)

19 goals Dejan Stankovic ( Alanya Beledi̇yespor)

16 goals Boris Nikonorov ( Lokomotiv Moscow)

14 goals Izaias Pereira Ramos ( CSKA Moscow) Llorenç ( Lokomotiv Moscow) Dmitry Shishin ( BSC Kristall)

13 goals Rodrigo ( BSC Kristall)

11 goals Bokinha ( SC Braga) Mauricinho ( BSC Kristall) Jose Lucas da Cruz de Oliveira ( Sporting CP) Fedor Zemskov ( Spartak Moscow)

10 goals

Lucao ( Catania BS) Alves do Nascimento Thanger ( FC Delta) Michail Kafantaris ( AO Kefallinia) Emmanuele Zurlo ( Catania BS) Andre da Silva Felix ( AD Buarcos) Cem Keskin ( Alanya Beledi̇yespor) Igor Levchenko ( BSC Vybor)

Source:Euro Winners Cup 2019 - Statistics

Final standings RankTeamResult 1 SC Braga Champions (3rd title) 2 KP Łódź Runners-up 3 Levante UD Third place 4 FC Delta 5 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow 6 Spartak Moscow 7 Euroformat-Bodon 8 Catania BS 9 BSC Kristall 10 Artur Music 11 Sporting CP 12 Alanya Belediyespor 13 CSKA Moscow 14 15 GWP Cservy 16 Vybor

See also 2019 Women's Euro Winners Cup

References

External links Euro Winners Challenge (preliminary round), at Beach Soccer Worldwide Euro Winners Cup proper , at Beach Soccer Worldwide Euro Winners Cup 2019, at Beach Soccer Russia