2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup

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.[1]

2023 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12–18 June
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Higicontrol Melilla (1st title)
Runners-upPoland FC10 Ladies
Third placeSpain Bonaire Terrassa
Fourth placeSpain San Javier
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored302 (6.29 per match)

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.[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 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.[3]

Teams

20 clubs from eight different nations entered the event.[4]

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.[5][6][7][8]

Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Group stage
 Spain (7) Bonaire Terrassa (TH)  France (2) Marseille BT
Cáceres Marseille Minots
FAL   Switzerland (2) Havanna Shots Aargau
Higicontrol Melilla Rappiranhas
Malaga  Belgium (1) Newteam Brussels
Pozoalbense  Germany (1) Lieberampool
San Javier  Netherlands (1) Zeeland
 Portugal (5) ACD O Sotão (H)  Poland (1) FC10 Ladies
Nazaré 2022
Pastéis
SandGames Figueira
Estoril

Draw

The draw to split the 20 clubs into five groups of four took place on 18 May.[4][9][10]

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
  • † – Walkover
  • * – Extra-time result
  • ♦ – Match decided by penalty shootout

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ACD RAP FAL MMS
1 ACD O Sótão (H) 3 3 0 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Knockout stage — 3–2 — 3–0†
2 Rappiranhas 3 2 0 0 1 10 4 +6 6 — — 5–1 0–3†
3 FAL 3 1 0 0 2 6 8 −2 3 2–3 — — —
4 Marseille Minots 3 0 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 Withdrew — — 0–3† —
Source: BSWW
(H) Host

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BON MAL PAS HSA
1 Bonaire Terrassa 3 2 1 0 0 16 9 +7 8 Knockout stage — — 4–3* 7–4
2 Malaga 3 2 0 0 1 10 8 +2 6 2–5 — — —
3 Pastéis 3 1 0 0 2 7 9 −2 3 — 1–3 — 2–3
4 Havanna Shots Aargau 3 0 0 0 3 8 15 −7 0 — 2–5 — —
Source: BSWW

Group C
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAC SJA LIE NAZ
1 Cáceres 3 3 0 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Knockout stage — 4–1 — —
2 San Javier 3 2 0 0 1 10 7 +3 6 — — 4–1 5–2
3 Lieberampool 3 1 0 0 2 8 14 −6 3 2–7 — — —
4 Nazaré 2022 3 0 0 0 3 8 19 −11 0 3–9 — 5–3 —
Source: BSWW

Group D
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIG MAR NEW SGF
1 Higicontrol Melilla 3 3 0 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Knockout stage — 3–0 — —
2 Marseille BT 3 2 0 0 1 10 10 0 6 — — 4–2 6–5
3 Newteam Brussels 3 1 0 0 2 4 10 −6 3 0–5 — — 1–2
4 SandGames Figueira 3 0 0 0 3 6 12 −6 0 0–4 — — —
Source: BSWW

Group E
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCL POZ ZEE EST
1 FC10 Ladies 3 3 0 0 0 20 4 +16 9 Knockout stage — — 10–3 9–1
2 Pozoalbense 3 2 0 0 1 10 4 +6 6 0–1 — — —
3 Zeeland 3 1 0 0 2 11 19 −8 3 — 2–5 — 4–6
4 Estoril 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0 — 1–5 — —
Source: BSWW

Knockout stage
17th place match
15 June; Report
Havana Shots Aargau3 (3)
Nazaré 2022 (p)3 (4)

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.[11]

Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal
15 June; Report
Higicontrol Melilla3
16 June; Report
Malaga1
Higicontrol Melilla4
15 June; Report
Rappiranhas1
Rappiranhas (p)3 (3)
17 June; Report
Marseille BT3 (2)
Higicontrol Melilla2
15 June; Report
San Javier0
San Javier3
16 June; Report
FAL1
San Javier5
15 June; Report
Zeeland2
ACD O Sótão1
18 June; Report
Zeeland2
Higicontrol Melilla3
15 June; Report
FC10 Ladies1
Bonaire Terrassa8
16 June; Report
Lieberampool1
Bonaire Terrassa73rd place match
15 June; Report
Cáceres118 June; Report
Cáceres4
17 June; Report San Javier6
Pastéis1
Bonaire Terrassa1 Bonaire Terrassa1
15 June; Report
FC10 Ladies2
FC10 Ladies7
16 June; Report
SandGames Figueira1
FC10 Ladies35th–8th semi-finals5th place match
15 June; Report
Pozoalbense117 June; Report
Pozoalbense1
Rappiranhas9
Newteam Brussels018 June; Report
Zeeland1
Rappiranhas0
17 June; Report
Cáceres3
Cáceres (p)5 (4)
Pozoalbense5 (3)
7th place match
18 June; Report
Zeeland4
Pozoalbense7

Awards

The following individual awards were presented after the final.[3]

Top scorer(s)
Nigeria Edna Imade (Spain Cáceres)
11 goals
Best player
Brazil Adriele Rocha ( Higicontrol Melilla)
Best goalkeeper
Spain Laura Gallego ( Higicontrol Melilla)

Top goalscorers

Players with at least three goals are listed.

11 goals
  • Nigeria Edna Imade (Spain Cáceres)
9 goals
7 goals
  • Brazil Adriele Rocha (Spain Higicontrol Melilla)
  • Spain Maria Del Rocio (Spain Bonaire Terrassa)
  • Spain Maria Corbacho (Spain Cáceres)
6 goals
  • Japan Saki Kushiyama (France Marseille BT)
  • Poland Wiktoria Kaczmarek (Poland FC10 Ladies)
  • Spain Adriana Manau (Spain Bonaire Terrassa)
  • Ukraine Olesia Malinovska (Netherlands Zeeland)
  • United States Nikki Haimes (Spain Pozoalbense)
5 goals
  • Germany Emma Jensen (Germany Lieberampool)
  • Poland Paulina Bednarska (Poland FC10 Ladies)
  • Poland Kornelia Okoniewska (Poland FC10 Ladies)
  • Poland Kamila Komisarczyk (Poland FC10 Ladies)
  • Spain María Herrero (Spain Cáceres)
4 goals
  • Brazil Taiane Da Costa (France Marseille BT)
  • Portugal Joana Pires (Portugal Nazaré 2022)
  • Spain Andrea Mirón (Spain Higicontrol Melilla)
  • Poland Katarzyna Gozdek (Poland FC10 Ladies)
  • Ukraine Myroslava Vypasniak (Poland FC10 Ladies)
  • Spain Laura Chamizo (Spain Terrassa Bonaire)
  • Switzerland Sina Cavelti (Switzerland Rappiranhas)
  • Spain Marina López (Spain Cáceres)
  • Spain María Romero (Spain Pozoalbense)
3 goals
  • Portugal Mariana Prazeres (Portugal Estoril)
  • Portugal Joana Rosa (Portugal Pastéis)
  • Portugal Joana Flores (Portugal ACD O Sótão)
  • Brazil Jessica Costa (Portugal SandGames Figueira)
  • Poland Klaudia Grodzicka (Poland FC10 Ladies)
  • Belgium Marie Bougard (Spain San Javier)
  • England Gemma-Louise Hillier (Spain Terrassa Bonaire)
  • Switzerland Pascale Küffer (Switzerland Rappiranhas)
  • Spain Carmen Acedo (Spain Cáceres)
  • Netherlands Sylvana Tieleman (Netherlands Zeeland)
  • United States Bethany Haynes (Netherlands Zeeland)
  • Netherlands Sharona Tieleman (Netherlands Zeeland)
  • Spain Cristina Dominguez (Spain Pozoalbense)
  • Japan Marin Fujisawa (Spain Pozoalbense)

Source: BSWW

Final standings
Rank Team Result
1 Higicontrol MelillaChampions (1st title)
2 FC10 LadiesRunners-up
3 Bonaire TerrassaThird place
4 San JavierPlacement determined by play-offs
5 Cáceres
6 Rappiranhas
7 Pozoalbense
8 Zeeland
9–16 ACD O SótãoEliminated in the Round of 16
FAL
Lieberampool
Malaga
Marseille BT
Newteam Brussels
Pastéis
SandGames Figueira
17 Nazaré 2022Placement determined by play-off
18 Havana Shots Aargau
19 EstorilEliminated in the group stage
20 Marseille MinotsWithdrew

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