The 2016 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the first edition of Women's Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European women's clubs. Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW),[1] the championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.[2]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 24 May – 29 May 2016 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Grasshoppers (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  BeachKick Ladies Berlin |
| Third place |  WFC Zvezda |
| Fourth place |  Catanzaro |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 34 |
| Goals scored | 321 (9.44 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Marina Fedorova (18 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Rebecca Gabriel |
| Best goalkeeper |  Susanne Shutz |
Held in Catania, Italy from 24 to 29 May 2016 in tandem with the men's edition,[1] the event started 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. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
The tournament was won by Swiss team Grasshoppers who beat Germany's BeachKick Ladies Berlin in the final to win their first European title.[3]
Participating teams
edit12 teams entered the inaugural tournament from nine countries – the top-level domestic beach soccer league/championship champions plus, for some countries, other top non-champions clubs from the nation indicated.
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Draw
editThe draw to split the 12 teams into three groups of four took place in the morning of 4 May in the host city of Cantaia, Italy alongside the men's competition draw.[4]
As the club representing the host city Catania, DomusBet Catania BS were assigned to Group A. The other teams were then drawn to one of the three groups. Clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.[4]
Group stage
editMatches took place at the DombusBet Arena.[5]
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 25 | –18 | 0 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
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Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 9th–12th place play-offs | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 | –10 | 0 |
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Group C
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33 | –31 | 0 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
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Ranking of third placed teams
edit| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 3 | ||
| 3 | B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
9th–12th place play-offs
editThe teams finishing in fourth place and the worst third placed team were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 9th through 12th place in the final standings.
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| B4 | 5 | ||||||||
| A4 | 4 | ||||||||
| B4 | 7 | ||||||||
| B3 | 4 | ||||||||
| B3 | 4 | ||||||||
| C4 | 1 | Eleventh place play-off | |||||||
| A4 | 1 | ||||||||
| C4 | 0 | ||||||||
9th–12th place semi-finals
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Eleventh place play-off
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Ninth place play-off
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Knockout stage
editThe group winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.
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Quarter-finals
editThe losers receded to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.
The winners proceeded to continue to compete for the title.
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Semi-finals
edit5th–8th place
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1st–4th place
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Finals
editSeventh place play-off
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Fifth place play-off
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Third place play-off
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Final
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Awards
edit| Top scorer | ||
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| 18 goals | ||
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Final standings
edit| Rank | Team | Result |
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| 1 | Champions (1st title) | |
| 2 | Runners-up | |
| 3 | Third place | |
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See also
edit- 2016 Euro Winners Cup (men's edition)
External links
edit- Euro Winners Cup 2016, at Beach Soccer Worldwide (archived)
- Euro Winners Cup Women 2016, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
References
edit- ^ a b "Euro Winners Cup 2016 confirmed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "England Captain Sarah Kempson wins Best Women's Player Award". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "Grasshopper, champions of the Women's Euro Winners Cup!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Draws made for Euro Winners Cup in Catania". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "ДОМУС БЕТ АРЕНА" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.