The 2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the eighth 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 viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in its parent sport, 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 to 18 June.
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 quarter-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Bonaire Terrassa of Spain were the defending champions, but failed to defend their title, falling at the semi-finals and finishing in third place. It was won by Higicontrol Melilla of Spain, who won their first title.
Teams 20 clubs from eight different nations entered the event.
In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, clubs from Russia remained banned from participation.
Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders Group stage (7)Bonaire Terrassa (TH) (2)Marseille BTCáceresMarseille MinotsFAL (2)Havanna Shots AargauHigicontrol MelillaRappiranhasMalaga (1)Newteam BrusselsPozoalbense (1)LieberampoolSan Javier (1)Zeeland (5)ACD O Sotão (H) (1)FC10 LadiesNazaré 2022PastéisSandGames FigueiraEstoril
Draw The draw to split the 20 clubs into five groups of four took place on 18 May.
Group stage The designation of "home" and "away" teams displayed in the results matrices is for administrative purposes only.
Matches take place from 12 to 14 June.
All group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams, along with the best fourth-placed team, progressed to the knockout stage.
Key
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Knockout stage
The draw for the round of 16, and allocation of ties to the bracket, took place after the conclusion of all group stage matches on 14 June.
Awards The following individual awards were presented after the final. Top scorer(s) Edna Imade ( Cáceres) 11 goals Best player Adriele Rocha ( Higicontrol Melilla) Best goalkeeper Laura Gallego ( Higicontrol Melilla)
Top goalscorers Players with at least three goals are listed.
11 goals Edna Imade ( Cáceres) 9 goals
Alba Mellado ( Malaga) Anaëlle Wiard ( San Javier) Cristina Gonzalez ( Bonaire Terrassa)
7 goals
Adriele Rocha ( Higicontrol Melilla) Maria Del Rocio ( Bonaire Terrassa) Maria Corbacho ( Cáceres)
6 goals
Saki Kushiyama ( Marseille BT) Wiktoria Kaczmarek ( FC10 Ladies) Adriana Manau ( Bonaire Terrassa) Olesia Malinovska ( Zeeland) Nikki Haimes ( Pozoalbense)
5 goals
Emma Jensen ( Lieberampool) Paulina Bednarska ( FC10 Ladies) Kornelia Okoniewska ( FC10 Ladies) Kamila Komisarczyk ( FC10 Ladies) María Herrero ( Cáceres)
4 goals
Taiane Da Costa ( Marseille BT) Joana Pires ( Nazaré 2022) Andrea Mirón ( Higicontrol Melilla) Katarzyna Gozdek ( FC10 Ladies) Myroslava Vypasniak ( FC10 Ladies) Laura Chamizo ( Terrassa Bonaire) Sina Cavelti ( Rappiranhas) Marina López ( Cáceres) María Romero ( Pozoalbense)
3 goals
Mariana Prazeres ( Estoril) Joana Rosa ( Pastéis) Joana Flores ( ACD O Sótão) Jessica Costa ( SandGames Figueira) Klaudia Grodzicka ( FC10 Ladies) Marie Bougard ( San Javier) Gemma-Louise Hillier ( Terrassa Bonaire) Pascale Küffer ( Rappiranhas) Carmen Acedo ( Cáceres) Sylvana Tieleman ( Zeeland) Bethany Haynes ( Zeeland) Sharona Tieleman ( Zeeland) Cristina Dominguez ( Pozoalbense) Marin Fujisawa ( Pozoalbense)
Source: BSWW
Final standings Rank Team Result 1 Higicontrol Melilla Champions (1st title) 2 FC10 Ladies Runners-up 3 Bonaire Terrassa Third place 4 San Javier Placement determined by play-offs 5 Cáceres 6 Rappiranhas 7 Pozoalbense 8 Zeeland 9–16 ACD O Sótão Eliminated in the Round of 16 FAL Lieberampool Malaga Marseille BT Newteam Brussels Pastéis SandGames Figueira 17 Nazaré 2022 Placement determined by play-off 18 Havana Shots Aargau 19 Estoril Eliminated in the group stage 20 Marseille Minots Withdrew
References
External links Women's Euro Winners Cup 2023, at Beach Soccer Worldwide Women's Euro Winners Cup 2023, at ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese)