The 2021 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for women's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition, from 12–18 July.Euro Winners Cup 2021 teams confirmed. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
The event 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 semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Mriya 2006 of Ukraine were the defending champions, but were eliminated at the group stage. The title was won by Madrid CFF, who claimed their first title in their second appearance in the final.Superstar Alba Mellado grabs European glory for Madrid. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
Teams Qualification Usually, to enter, a club needed to be the champions of their country's most recent national championship. If a national association wished to enter more than one club, they could request for permission to do so from the organisers BSWW who would grant or reject the clubs a berth at the tournament depending on the total number of teams already registered.Euro Winners Cup and Euro Winners Challenge head back to Nazaré. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
But as was the case in 2020, due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the competition, the normal rules regarding qualification were suspended and entry requirements relaxed: the event was opened up to simply any European club that wished to participate.
Entrants 18 clubs from eight different nations entered the event.
Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders Group stage (7)Bonaire Terrassa (2)Domino’sCáceresMriya 2006 (TH)Higicontrol Melilla (2)Newteam BrainoisHuelvaNewteam BrusselsMadrid (1)LokriansRoquetas 2018 (1)Marseille BTSan Javier (1)Zvezda (3)CB Caldas Rainha (1)Red Devils ChojniceNazarenos (H)Pastéis
Draw The draw to split the 18 clubs into three groups of six took place at 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) on 7 July at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona, Spain.Euro Winners Cup 2021 teams confirmed. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.Euro Winners Cup groups decided. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
Group stage The winners of each group, and the best second-placed team, advanced to the semi-finals.
All kickoff times are local, WEST (UTC+1) and were those scheduled; actual times may have differed slightly.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams Since Groups B consisted of five teams, for the second placed teams from Groups A and C, their results against the teams finishing in sixth place in their groups were discounted for this ranking.
Placement matches Thirteenth place match
9th–12th place play-offs
Semi-finals
Eleventh place match
Ninth place match
5th–8th place play-offs
Semi-finals
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Awards The following individual awards were presented after the final.Superstar Alba Mellado grabs European glory for Madrid. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021. Top scorer(s) Alba Mellado ( Madrid)14 goalsBest player Anna Cherniakova ( Zvezda)Best goalkeeper Anna Akylbaeva ( Zvezda)
Top goalscorers Players who scored at least four goals are listed
14 goals Alba Mellado ( Madrid)
13 goals Molly Clark ( Higicontrol Melilla)
11 goals Natalia Gomez ( Lokrians)
10 goals Maria Soto ( Higicontrol Melilla)
9 goals
Adriana Manau ( Bonaire Terrassa) Anna Cherniakova ( Zvezda)
8 goals
Kseniia Hrytsenko ( Domino's) Lorena Medeiros ( Marseille BT)
7 goals
Anaëlle Wiard ( Newteam Brussels) Erika Ferrara ( Lokrians)
6 goals
Joana Carvalho ( Pastéis) Anna Shulha ( Domino's) Ali Hall ( Newteam Brainois) Carmen Fresneda ( San Javier)
5 goals
Marianna Kramna ( Domino's) Laurine Herbster ( Newteam Brainois) Adriele Rocha ( Marseille BT) Maria Barquero ( Cáceres) Federica Dall'ara ( Lokrians) Nataliia Kanaeva ( Zvezda) Anna Akylbaeva ( Zvezda)
4 goals
Wendy Martin ( Roquetas 2018) Laura Chamizo ( Bonaire Terrassa) Julia Serrat ( Bonaire Terrassa) Iryna Vasyliuk ( Domino's) Julie Bernard ( Marseille BT) Yuliia Kostiuk ( Mriya 2006) Katie James ( San Javier) Andrea Miron ( San Javier) Carolina González ( San Javier) Letícia Villar ( Lokrians) Iana Zubilova ( Zvezda)
Source: BSWW
Final standings RankTeamResult 1 Madrid Champions (1st title) 2 Zvezda Runners-up 3 Bonaire Terrassa Third place 4 Marseille BT 5 Higicontrol Melilla 6 Mriya 2006 7 San Javier 8 Newteam Brussels 9 Pastéis 10 Domino's 11 Lokrians 12 Newteam Brainois 13 Red Devils Chojnice 14 Nazarenos
References
External links Women's Euro Winners Cup 2021, at Beach Soccer Worldwide Women's Euro Winners Cup 2021, at BS Russia (in Russian)