2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2017 Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the second edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, an international, European beach soccer championship for women's national teams, organised annually by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The event was revealed on April 21, 2017.[1]

2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates7 – 9 July
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions England (1st title)
Runners-up  Switzerland
Third place Netherlands
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored53 (5.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Gemma Hillier (5 goals)
Best player(s)Netherlands Grytsje Van den Berg
Best goalkeeperEngland Lucy Quinn

Six nations took part in a three day competition hosted in Nazaré, Portugal, between 7 and 9 July, alongside stage 2 of the men's 2017 Euro Beach Soccer League.[2] Originally scheduled to take place in Sanxenxo, Spain,[3] BSWW announced on June 1 the competition would be moved to Nazaré due to administrative issues.[4]

Spain were the defending champions but failed to progress pass the group stage, ultimately finishing in fifth. The tournament was won by England, who claimed their maiden European crown.[5] This was the first time an English side won a major beach soccer trophy in either a women's or a men's championship.

Teams

All six teams from the inaugural edition returned, except for hosts Portugal, who were replaced by the Czech Republic.

1. Teams making their debut

Draw

The draw took place on June 20, 2017 at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona. The six teams were split into two groups of three. Spain, as champions of the previous edition in 2016, were allocated to position A1 and Switzerland, as runners up in 2016, were allocated to B1. The other nations were then drawn to accompany them in the two groups.[2]

Seeded nations Unseeded nations
 Spain (assigned to A1)
  Switzerland (assigned to B1)		  Czech Republic
 England
 Greece
 Netherlands

Group stage

All matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro at the Praia de Nazaré with a capacity of 1,600,[6] other than the Switzerland v Czech Republic match which took place on an external pitch.

The teams competed in a round robin format. The winners of the groups proceeded to contest the final. The respective group runners-up and third placed nations played in consolation matches to decide third through sixth place in the final standings.

Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1)

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England 22000104+66Advance to the final
2 Netherlands 210015503Play-offs
3 Spain 2000228–60
Spain 1–2 Netherlands
Soto 22' Report 2', 25' Van den Berg
England 4–3 Netherlands
Hillier 16', 29'
Clark 17'
Quinn 22'		 Report 4', 7' De Bondt
8' Ten Brinke
Spain 1–6 England
Alegre 11' Report 2', 28' Hillier
18', 34' Clark
22', 30' Kempson

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Switzerland 22000112+96Advance to the final
2 Czech Republic 2100147–33Play-offs
3 Greece 2000239–60
Switzerland 6–1 Greece
Steinemann 16', 20'
Heer 19', 22', 36'
Maurer 36'		 Report 2' Potsiou
Czech Republic 3–2 Greece
Folprechtova 13'
Navratilova 16'
Matejkova 26'		 Report 25' Kossova
36' Zdravkovic
Switzerland 5–1 Czech Republic
Kehrli 2'
Maurer 6'
Morger 12'
Grueter 22'
Schenk 28'		 Report 23' Matejkova

Playoffs

Fifth place play-off
Spain 9–1 Greece
Miro 5', 36'
Morera 6'
C. Gonzalez 6'
Soto 11', 16'
Asensio 15', 31'
Moreira 23'		 Report 30' Melissou

Third place play-off
Netherlands 1–0 Czech Republic
Van de Berg 23' Report

Final
England 4–3  Switzerland
Sievwright 4', 28'
Hillier 8'
Clark 9'		 Report 2', 30' Birrfelder
31' Schenk

Awards

After the final, the following awards were presented.[7]

Winners trophy
2017 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Champions
England
England
First Title

Individual awards
Top scorer
England Gemma Hillier
5 goals
Best player
Netherlands Grytsje Van den Berg
Best goalkeeper
England Lucy Quinn

Goalscorers
5 goals
  • England Gemma Hillier
4 goals
  • England Molly Clark
3 goals
  • Spain Maria Soto Bravo
  • Netherlands Grytsje Van den Berg
  • Switzerland Nicole Heer
2 goals
  • Netherlands Joelle de Bondt
  • Spain Andrea Miro Castro
  • Spain Lorena Asensio
  • England Shannon Sievwright
  • Switzerland Ramona Birrfelder
  • Switzerland Nathalie Schenk
  • Switzerland Sandra Maurer
  • Czech Republic Marketa Matejkova
  • England Sarah Kempson
  • Switzerland Franziska Steinemann
1 goal
  • Spain Karen Moreira Sanchez
  • Netherlands Marianne ten Brinke
  • Czech Republic Martina Folprechtova
  • Spain Carla Morera
  • Spain Carolina González
  • Switzerland Andrea Morger
  • Switzerland Alina Grueter
  • Switzerland Deborah Kehrli
  • England Lucy Quinn
  • Greece Dimitra Kossova
  • Greece Maria Potsiou
  • Greece Ionna Melissou
  • Greece Suzana Zdravkovic
  • Czech Republic Lucie Navratilova
  • Spain Selene Alegre

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  England 3 3 0 0 0 14 7 +7 9 Champions
2 B   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 14 6 +8 6 Runners-up
3 A  Netherlands 3 2 0 0 1 6 5 +1 6 Third place
4 B  Czech Republic 3 1 0 0 2 4 8 −4 3 Fourth place
5 A  Spain 3 1 0 0 2 11 9 +2 3 Fifth place
6 B  Greece 3 0 0 0 3 4 18 −14 0 Sixth place
Source:

References
  1. "Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup returns in 2017". beachsoccer.com. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. "Draw sets Women's EBSC groups". beachsoccer.com. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. "The Euro Beach Soccer League - bigger and better than ever!". beachsoccer.com. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. "Euro Beach Soccer League and Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup move to Nazaré". beachsoccer.com. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  5. "England claim European crown!". beachsoccer.com. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. "CHAMPIONS' É ESPETÁCULO GARANTIDO" (in Portuguese). record.pt. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. "A big well done to our Individual Award Winners!". Beach Soccer Worldwide Twitter. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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