2018 Women's Euro Winners Cup
The 2018 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the third 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.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 28 May – 3 June 2018 |
Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | WFC Zvezda (1st title) |
Runners-up | Portsmouth Ladies |
Third place | AIS Playas de San Javier |
Fourth place | Amnéville |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 62 |
Goals scored | 417 (6.73 per match) |
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal from 28 May till 3 June 2018, in tandem with the larger men's edition.[2]
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.
Havana Shots Aargau of Switzerland were the defending champions,[3] but were knocked out in the quarter-finals by WFC Zvezda of Russia, ultimately finishing in 8th place. WFC Zvezda went on to win their first title, beating Portsmouth Ladies of the England in the final,[4] Pompey's second runners-up finish in a row.
Teams
20 teams entered the tournament – all of whom enter straight into the group stage.[2][5]
12 different nations are represented.
Qualification
As per BSWW regulations, qualification for the 2018 WEWC is achieved as follows:[6]
- The reigning champions qualify automatically (Havana Shots Aargau of Switzerland).
- The winners of all European national women's beach soccer leagues/championships are entitled to automatic qualification. (Note that no league champion from Switzerland qualified as this was Havana Shots Aargau who had already qualified as current WEWC champions)
- In countries where women's clubs exist but a national women's league or championship does not yet exist, one club can be nominated to represent that country.
- If a national association wishes to enter more than one club, they can request for permission to do so from the organisers BSWW who will grant or reject the clubs a berth at the tournament depending on the total number of teams already registered.
Entrants
Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders
Group stage | |||
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Sporting CP (H) | AIS Playas de San Javier | DTS Ede | WFC Zvezda |
Havana Shots Aargau (TH) | Femenino Cáceres | Amnéville | Beachkick Ladies Berlin |
Higicontrol Melilla | Lady Grembach EE Łódź | Grande Motte Pyramide | Nõmme Kalju |
Roses Platja | KU AZS UAM Poznan | Lokrians | Portsmouth Ladies |
Madrid | HTC Zwolle | Terracina Ladies | Vetlanda United |
Venues
Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) is the host location of the competition for the second year running. |
Nazaré Location of Nazaré in Portugal. |
Three venues were used in one host city: Nazaré, Leiria District, Portugal.[7]
- Matches took place at Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) on one of three pitches:
- The Main pitch, otherwise known as the Estádio do Viveiro (Viveiro Stadium), with a capacity of 1,600.[8]
- Host of 12 matches; all main bracket ties from the quarter-finals onwards and all host club (Sporting CP) matches.
- Pitch 2, a purpose made pitch, located adjacent to the main stadium.
- Host of 24 matches; all Round of 16 ties and all losers brackets ties from the quarter-finals onwards.
- Pitch 3, a purpose made pitch, located adjacent to pitch 2.
- Host of 26 matches; only used during the group stage.
Squads
Each club must submit a squad of a maximum of 12 players that includes a minimum of two goalkeepers. Players are to be assigned shirt numbers between 1 and 22 (the number 1 must be reserved for a goalkeeper). Three delegates must accompany the players, including at least one medical personnel. A maximum of three foreign players are allowed to be part of the squad.[6] This was later increased to four, however a maximum of three of these players are permitted to play in a match.[9]
Draw
The draw for the group stage took place on May 9 at 12:00 local time in Nazaré, Portugal at the Biblioteca Municipal de Nazaré (Nazaré Public Library),[10] conducted by the Mayor of Nazaré, Walter Chicharro, PFP Director Pedro Dias, BSWW Deputy Vice-President, Gabino Renales and BSWW Head of Competitions, Josep Ponset.[11]
The BSWW organising committee decided to split the 20 teams into five groups of four, conducting the draw as follows:[12]
Draw procedure | |||
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Pots | |||
Auto-assigned clubs | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Group stage
The group stage fixtures were announced on 16 May.[13]
All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Higicontrol Melilla | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Lady Grembach EE Łódź | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Sporting CP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | –3 | 3 | |
4 | Vetlanda United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | –9 | 0 |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Beachkick Ladies Berlin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Lokrians | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | Havana Shots Aargau | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 3 | |
4 | Madrid | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Portsmouth Ladies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | +29 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | HTC Zwolle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | Femenino Cáceres | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | –9 | 3 | |
4 | Nõmme Kalju | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | –20 | 0 |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | AIS Playas de San Javier | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Amnéville | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Terracina Ladies | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 6 | |
4 | DTS Ede | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | –7 | 0 |
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Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | WFC Zvezda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Roses Platja | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | KU AZS UAM Poznan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | –5 | 3 | |
4 | Grande Motte Pyramide | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | –6 | 0 |
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Knockout stage
The top three clubs from each group, plus the best fourth placed team advance to the Round of 16.
In the knockout stage, the clubs compete in single-elimination matches. Consolation matches are also played to determine the final rankings involving the clubs knocked out of each round of the knockout stage.
- Round of 16 draw:
- The Round of 16 draw was conducted on 30 May following the conclusion of the day's matches. The 16 clubs were placed into two pots of eight. The five group winners and the three best runners-up (Lady Grembach EE Łódź, Amnéville & Roses Platja) were placed in Pot 1. The remaining two runners-up, the five third-placed teams and the best fourth-placed club were assigned to Pot 2.[14]
- For each Round of 16 tie, a club from Pot 1 was drawn to play against a club from Pot 2. However, clubs who finished 1st and 2nd in the same group could not be drawn against each other. As each tie was drawn, they were allocated chronologically from top to bottom in the bracket below. The draw was conducted by the Mayor of Nazaré, Walter Chicharro and Dario Ramacciotti of Viareggio.[14]
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Round of 16
Pitch 2 Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)
Pitch 2 Referee: Sadagat Valiyeva (Azerbaijan)
Pitch 2 Referee: Richard de Bruijn (Netherlands)
Pitch 2 Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy)
Pitch 2 Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
Main pitch Referee: Moussa Bounaanaa (France)
Pitch 2 Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)
Pitch 2 Referee: Yeliz Topaloglu (Turkey) |
9th–16th place
Pitch 2 Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)
Pitch 2 Referee: Benoit Wolff (France)
Pitch 2 Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)
Pitch 2 Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) |
1st–8th place
Main pitch Referee: Sadagat Valiyeva (Azerbaijan)
Main pitch Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
Main pitch Referee: Richard De Bruijn (Netherlands)
Main pitch Referee: Alberto Gomez Lameiro (Spain) |
13th–16th place
Pitch 2 Referee: Francisco Henriques Costa (Portugal)
Pitch 2 Referee: Richard De Bruijn (Netherlands) |
9th–12th place
Pitch 2 Referee: Nuno Madeira Baptista (Switzerland)
Pitch 2 Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany) |
5th–8th place
Pitch 2 Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (San Marino)
Pitch 2 Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
1st–4th place
Main pitch Referee: Yeliz Topaloglu (Turkey)
Main pitch Referee: Moussa Bounaanaa (France) |
15th place match
Pitch 2 Attendance: Attila Balint (Romania) |
13th place match
Pitch 2 Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
11th place match
Pitch 2 Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (San Marino) |
9th place match
Pitch 2 Referee: Nuno Madeira Baptista (Switzerland) |
7th place match
Pitch 2 Referee: Wilson Enrique Bravo Barre (Ecuador) |
5th place match
Pitch 2 Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) |
3rd place match
Main pitch Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany) |
Championship final
Main pitch Referee: Yeliz Topaloglu (Turkey) |
Awards
The following individual awards were presented after the final.[15]
Top scorer | ||
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Melissa Gomes ( Amnéville) | ||
14 goals | ||
Best player | ||
Molly Clark ( Portsmouth Ladies) | ||
Best goalkeeper | ||
Viktoriia Silina ( WFC Zvezda) |
Top goalscorers
Players who scored at least 5 goals
- 14 goals
- Melissa Gomes ( Amnéville)
- 12 goals
- Molly Clark ( Portsmouth Ladies)
- Natalia de Francisco Gomez ( Higicontrol Melilla)
- 11 goals
- Gemma Hillier ( Portsmouth Ladies)
- 10 goals
- Federica Marino ( Lokrians)
- 9 goals
- Adri ( Lady Grembach EE Łódź)
- 8 goals
- Katie James ( Portsmouth Ladies)
- Alba Mellado ( Madrid)
- Carla Morera ( Roses Platja)
- 7 goals
- Saki Kushiyama ( Lady Grembach EE Łódź)
- Jade Widdowson ( Portsmouth Ladies)
- Carolina González ( AIS Playas de San Javier)
- 6 goals
- Mariana Rosa ( Sporting CP)
- Noele Bastos ( Terracina Ladies)
- Laura Del Río ( Madrid)
- Anastasiia Gorshkova ( WFC Zvezda)
- Andrea Miron ( AIS Playas de San Javier)
- Anna Cherniakova ( WFC Zvezda)
- 5 goals
- Sandra Genovesi ( Havana Shots Aargau)
- Sarah Kempson ( Portsmouth Ladies)
- Louisa Meza ( Sporting CP)
- Lorena Asensio ( Higicontrol Melilla)
- Maria Soto ( Higicontrol Melilla)
- Marta Stodulska ( Lady Grembach EE Łódź)
- Silvia Ferrer ( Roses Platja)
- Selene Alegre ( Femenino Cáceres)
- Celine van Velsen ( HTC Zwolle)
Final standings
Rank | Team | Result |
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1 | WFC Zvezda | Champions (1st title) |
2 | Portsmouth Ladies | Runners-up |
3 | AIS Playas de San Javier | Third place |
4 | Amnéville | |
5 | Lady Grembach EE Łódź | |
6 | Roses Platja | |
7 | Femenino Cáceres | |
8 | Havana Shots Aargau | |
9 | Sporting CP | |
10 | Higicontrol Melilla | |
11 | HTC Zwolle | |
12 | Terracina Ladies | |
13 | Beachkick Ladies Berlin | |
14 | Madrid | |
15 | Lokrians | |
16 | KU AZS UAM Poznan |
See also
- 2018 Euro Winners Cup (men's edition)
References
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- "Dates finalised for trio of Nazaré tournaments". Beach Soccer. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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External links
- Women's Euro Winners Cup 2018 Archived 5 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- Euro Winners Cup Women 2018, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)