The 2025 Euro Winners Cup was the thirteenth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is widely viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the better known UEFA Champions League in its parent sport, association football.
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 8 to 15 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 Round of 16 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Braga were the defending champions but did not enter this year due to the club's activities being put on indefinite hiatus in October 2024. The title was won by Italian club Catania, who claimed their first title.
Teams Qualification Qualification for the competition is similar to the UEFA Champions League, whereby clubs qualify via their country’s national beach soccer league (being a country which is a member association of UEFA) or through the victory (and the final) in the 2024 Euro Winners Challenge, the second continental competition.
The exact number of clubs which qualify from each association depends on the perceived "strength" of their country’s league. BSWW determine the strength of each league by analysing the performance of all clubs in the EWC on a country-by-country basis over the previous five editions; a points-based ranking is produced from the data. From the most recent edition of their respective leagues, the best performing nations in the ranking are permitted to enter multiple top placing clubs (being their league champions and one or more runners-up), whilst the worst performing are allowed to enter just one club (being their league champions). This is similar in concept to that of the UEFA coefficient ranking.
Eligible clubs may choose not to, or are unable to participate. Thus, in reality, some countries fill their quota with clubs placed lower down in their league, don’t claim all their slots, sometimes fill none of their slots at all, and sometimes unclaimed slots are transferred to other associations at the discretion of BSWW.
Entrants 36 clubs from 24 different nations enter the event.
In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, clubs from Russia remain banned from entering this year.
Group stage (4)O Sótão (2)Catania (1)HobbyGRAPPisa (1)BatumiLeixões (2)Kfar Qassem (1)Napoli PatronSesimbra Rosh HaAyin (1)Malaysari (3)Marseille BT (2)Sunrise Kyiv (1)HamrunMarseille MinotsVybor (1)Nistru ChișinăuMontpellier (1)TSOR Mogilev (1)Zeeland (3)Bavaria Beach Bazis (1)Spartak Varna (1)KFUM StavangerHertha Berlin (1)Paphos (1)HustýRostocker Robben (1)Slavia Prague (1)Gümüldür Spor (3)Málaga (1)CopenhagenMarbella (1)PortsmouthRecreativo de Huelva (1)SK Augur
Group stage All group winners, along with the best runners-up, progress to the round of 16.
The worst four runners-up progress to a play-off round to decide the final two round of 16 berths.
All third-placed and fourth-placed teams are consigned to a set of consolation matches to determine final placements.
Key Group A 8 June Zeeland 3–8 Rosh HaAyin 8 June Gümüldür Spor 1–3 O Sótão 9 June Rosh HaAyin 10–1 Gümüldür Spor 9 June O Sótão 3–1 Zeeland 10 June Zeeland 5–4 (a.e.t.) Gümüldür Spor 10 June O Sótão 6–7 Rosh HaAyin
Group B 8 June Sesimbra 0–3 Pafos 8 June Batumi 0–6 Pisa 9 June Pafos 5–2 Batumi 9 June Pisa 5–1 Sesimbra 10 June Sesimbra 4–1 Batumi 10 June Pisa 3–1 Pafos
Group C 8 June Sunrise Kyiv 3–0 w/o Nistru Chișinău 8 June Malaysari 3–8 GRAP 9 June Nistru Chișinău 0–3 w/o Malaysari 9 June GRAP 4–8 Sunrise Kyiv 10 June Sunrise Kyiv 12–1 Malaysari 10 June GRAP 3–0 w/o Nistru Chișinău
Group D 8 June Hobby 1–5 Napoli Patron 8 June Hertha Berlin 0–13 Catania 9 June Napoli Patron 10–1 Hertha Berlin 9 June Catania 14–2 Hobby 10 June Hobby 0–5 Hertha Berlin 10 June Catania 2–1 (a.e.t.) Napoli Patron
Group E 8 June Slavia Prague 1–5 Leixões 8 June KFUM Stavanger 1–10 Kfar Qassem 9 June Leixões 6–4 KFUM Stavanger 9 June Kfar Qassem 13–4 Slavia Prague 10 June Slavia Prague 6–4 KFUM Stavanger 10 June Kfar Qassem 6–2 Leixões
Group F 8 June TSOR Mogilev 5–1 Copenhagen 8 June Hamrun 3–7 Bavaria Beach Bazis 9 June Copenhagen 7–3 Hamrun 9 June Bavaria Beach Bazis 5–4 (a.e.t.) TSOR Mogilev 10 June TSOR Mogilev 9–0 Hamrun 10 June Bavaria Beach Bazis 2–5 Copenhagen
Group G 8 June Hustý 2–7 Rostocker Robben 8 June Montpellier 2–5 Málaga 9 June Rostocker Robben 5–3 Montpellier 9 June Málaga 15–1 Hustý 10 June Hustý 2–13 Montpellier 10 June Málaga 3–1 Rostocker Robben
Group H 8 June Portsmouth 1–9 Recreativo de Huelva 8 June SK Augur 9–5 Marseille Minots 9 June Recreativo de Huelva 5–4 SK Augur 9 June Marseille Minots 7–3 Portsmouth 10 June Portsmouth 2–8 SK Augur 10 June Marseille Minots 5–4 Recreativo de Huelva
Group I 8 June Marbella 2–4 Marseille BT 8 June Spartak Varna 0–3 w/o Vybor 9 June Marseille BT 3–0 w/o Spartak Varna 9 June Vybor 4–6 (a.e.t.) Marbella 10 June Marbella 3–0 w/o Spartak Varna 10 June Vybor 2–3 Marseille BT
Placement matches Matches take place on 11 June.
33rd place Hobby 2–6 Hustý 31st place Hamrun 0–3 w/o Portsmouth 29th place Batumi 6–1 KFUM Stavanger 27th place Zeeland 1–7 Gümüldür Spor 25th place Malaysari 2–6 Hertha Berlin 23rd place Sesimbra 5–2 Slavia Prague 21st place Montpellier 5–4 Vybor 19th place Marseille Minots 5–0 Bavaria Beach Bazis
Knockout stage Play-off round The two winners qualify for the Round of 16. +
Bracket The draw for the round of 16 took place on 11 June.
Final standings RankTeamResult Catania BS Champions (1st title) Kfar Qassem Runners-up TSOR Mogilev Third place 4 Marbella4th place 5 Rosh HaAyin Eliminated in the Quarter-finals 6 Marseille BT 7 Pisa 8 Sunrise Kyiv 9 Málaga Eliminated in the Round of 16 10 Napoli Patron 11 SK Augur 12 Recreativo de Huelva 13 O Sótão 14 Rostocker Robben 15 Pafos 16 GRAP 17 Copenhagen Eliminated in the Play-off Round 18 Leixões 19 Marseille Minots Eliminated in the Group Stage 20 Bavaria Beach Bazis 21 Montpellier 22 Vybor 23 Sesimbra 24 Slavia Prague 25 Hertha Berlin 26 Malaysari 27 Gümüldür Spor 28 Zeeland 29 Batumi 30 KFUM Stavanger 31 Portsmouth 32 Hamrun 33 Hustý 34 Hobby— Nistru Chișinău Withdrew Spartak Varna
See also 2025 Women's Euro Winners Cup 2025 Euro Winners Challenge 2024–25 UEFA Futsal Champions League
References
External links Euro Winners Cup 2025, at Beach Soccer Worldwide