Tournament details | |
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Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 8–13 September |
Teams | 27 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Kristall (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Braga |
Third place | Real Münster |
Fourth place | Marbella |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 71 |
Goals scored | 659 (9.28 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Llorenç Gómez (22 goals) |
Best player(s) | Mauricinho |
Best goalkeeper | Rafa Padilha |
The 2020 Euro Winners Cup was the eighth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the better known UEFA Champions League in association football.[1]
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal.
The competition was supposed to take place from 29 May to 7 June.[2] However, on 1 May, all BSWW tournaments were suspended until September because of safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] BSWW rescheduled the competition for 8–13 September.[4] However, due to persisting travel restrictions and health worries deterring clubs from travelling, the pandemic caused the competition to happen on a smaller scale this year than in recent.[5]
The competition 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. Classification matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Braga of Portugal were the three-time defending champions, but lost on penalties in the final to Kristall of Russia who won their third title.
Teams
Qualification
Initially, entry requirements were as last year. To enter automatically, a club needed to be the champions of their country's most recent national championship (and for Europe's strongest leagues, the runners-up and third placed clubs could also enter). Any club that didn't meet these requirement was entitled to enter the accompanying Euro Winners Challenge (preliminary round) to take place in the days prior to the competition proper, as a last opportunity to qualify for the EWC main round.[2]
But due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the competition, many eligible clubs were unable/did not want to participate due to travel restrictions and quarantine measures upon their repatriation.[5]
Thus, the original rules regarding qualification were subsequently abandoned:[4]
- The Euro Winners Challenge (preliminary round) was cancelled.
- Entry restrictions were relaxed: the event was opened up to simply any European club that wished to participate.
Entrants
27 clubs from 13 different nations entered the event.[5]
Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders
Group stage | |||
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Braga (TH) | Kristall | Beach Royals Dusseldorf | Grasshoppers |
ACD O Sótão (H) | Krylia Sovetov | Real Münster | Djoker Chişinău |
ACD O Sótão Norte | Marbella | Rostocker Robben | Olimpia-Stels |
CB Loures | Torrejón | Napoli Patron | West Deva |
GRAP | Artur Music | CFS Cartel | Portsmouth |
Os Nazarenos | Molniya | Newteam Brussels | Bemannia Stockholm |
Sporting CP | Vybor | Marseille |
Venues
Two venues were used in one host city: Nazaré, Leiria District, Portugal.
Matches took place at Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) on one of two pitches. The Estádio do Viveiro (Viveiro Stadium) and an external purpose made pitch, located adjacent to the main stadium, simply known as Pitch 2.
Squads
Each club could submit a squad consisting of a maximum of 12 players. A maximum of four foreign players were allowed to be part of the squad, however only three of the four could be outfield players; if a fourth foreign player was to be rostered they must be a goalkeeper.[6]
Draw
The draw to split the 27 clubs into six groups of four and one of three took place at 11:00 WEST (UTC+1) on 5 September in Nazaré, Portugal. The draw was conducted by the Mayor of Nazaré, Walter Chicharro and Portuguese beach soccer player, Madjer. The draw was closed to club representatives due to COVID-19 safety measures.[5][7]
Seven clubs were seeded and automatically assigned to position one of each group: the host club, the reigning champions and the highest ranked club from the most recent national championship of each country ranked in the top five strongest European leagues, as per the BSWW League ranking (Portugal, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Germany). The remaining 20 clubs were split into three pots, based on a combination their club ranking and the slot allocation for each country. One club from each pot was drawn into each group.[8]
Two clubs from the same country could not be placed into the same group, save for Portuguese clubs (eight teams but only seven groups), however the two Sótão clubs must be kept separate.[8]
Pots | |||
Seeds | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Group stage
All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).
The top two teams from each group, and the best two third places teams, advance to the round of 16.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ACD O Sotão | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Newteam Brussels | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | Marseille | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Braga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Artur Music | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 6 | |
3 | CFS Cartel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 33 | −28 | 3 | |
4 | Portsmouth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Napoli Patron | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 5 | |
3 | Beach Royals Dusseldorf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Torrejón | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 0 |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Kristall | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Grasshoppers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 3 | |
3 | Olimpia-Stels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 | |
4 | CB Loures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified[lower-alpha 1] |
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Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Marbella | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Os Nazarenos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 6 | |
3 | Bemannia Stockholm | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 2 | |
4 | West Deva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 0 |
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Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Real Münster | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Krylia Sovetov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 6 | |
3 | GRAP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 3 | |
4 | Vybor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 |
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Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Molniya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Rostocker Robben | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | Djoker Chişinău | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ACD O Sótão Norte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 0 |
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Ranking of third placed teams
The first, the second and the two best third placed teams advanced to knockout stage. Since groups A and D consisted of three teams, for the three first placed teams from the other groups (B, C, E, F, G), their results against the teams finishing in fourth place in their group were discounted for this ranking.[10]
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C | Beach Royals Dusseldorf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | A | Marseille | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | |
3 | E | Bemannia Stockholm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 0 | |
4 | F | GRAP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | |
5 | G | Djoker Chişinău | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 | |
6 | D | Olimpia-Stels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 | |
7 | B | CFS Cartel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Draw
The draw to determine the round of 16 ties and composition of the knockout stage bracket took place on 10 September after the conclusion of all group stage matches. It was conducted by the Mayor of Nazaré, Walter Chicharro, and Yuliia Dekhtiar, captain of Myria 2006, partaking in the women's tournament.[11]
The 16 clubs were split into four pots of four based on their performance in the group stage, with the best performing clubs placed in Pot 1 down to the worst performing quartet in Pot 4:[12]
Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against teams from Pot 4; teams from Pot 2 were drawn against teams from Pot 3. The drawing of ties alternated as such and were allocated to the bracket from top to bottom in the order they were drawn. However, teams that partook in the same group during the group stage could not be drawn against each other.[12]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Bracket
Ninth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation quarterfinals | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
Marbella | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Napoli Patron | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Napoli Patron | 3 | Marbella (p) | 7(3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rostocker Robben | 6 | Artur Music | 7(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Artur Music | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rostocker Robben | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rostocker Robben | 2 | Marbella | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Grasshoppers | 3 | Kristall | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Kristall | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marseille | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marseille | 3 | Kristall | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Grasshoppers | 6 | Molniya | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Molniya | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grasshoppers | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grasshoppers | 3 | Kristall (p) | 3(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sporting CP | 5 | Braga | 3(0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Braga | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BR Dusseldorf | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eleventh place | BR Dusseldorf | 0 | Braga | 6 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sporting CP | 5 | Krylia Sovetov | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sporting CP | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rostocker Robben | 6 | Marbella | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Krylia Sovetov | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Os Nazarenos (a.e.t.) | 8 | Sporting CP | 5 | Braga | 6 | Real Münster | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Os Nazarenos | 1 | Real Münster | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ACD O Sotão | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Os Nazarenos | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thirteenth place | 13th–16th classification | Os Nazarenos (p) | 6(2) | ACD O Sotão | 2 | 5th–8th classification | Fifth place | |||||||||||||||||||
Newteam Brussels | 6(1) | Real Münster | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Real Münster | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Napoli Patron | 3 | Artur Music | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Newteam Brussels | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marseille | 5 | Molniya | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Marseille | 4 | Artur Music | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BR Dusseldorf | 6 | Krylia Sovetov | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BR Dusseldorf | 7 | Krylia Sovetov | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Newteam Brussels | 2 | ACD O Sotão | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fifteenth place | Seventh place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Napoli Patron | 0 | Molniya | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Newteam Brussels | 3 | ACD O Sotão | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Pitch 2 Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal)
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)
Pitch 2 Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium)
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Matieu Dor (France)
Pitch 2 Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal)
Pitch 2 Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
Quarter-finals
9th–16th place
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Fiametta Susanna (Italy)
Pitch 2 Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) |
1st–8th place
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)
Pitch 2 Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy) |
Semi-finals
13th–16th place
Pitch 2 Referee: Renata Foris (Hungary)
Pitch 2 Referee: Fiametta Susanna (Italy) |
9th–12th place
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Matieu Dor (France)
Pitch 2 Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal) |
5th–8th place
Pitch 2 Referee: Matieu Dor (France)
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) |
1st–4th place
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal) |
Finals
15th place match
Pitch 2 |
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
7th place match
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Attila Balint (Romania) |
5th place match
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
3rd place match
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) |
Final
Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy) |
Awards
The following individual awards were presented after the final.[13]
Top scorer(s) | ||
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Llorenç Gómez ( Artur Music) | ||
22 goals | ||
Best player | ||
Mauricinho ( Kristall) | ||
Best goalkeeper | ||
Rafa Padilha ( Braga) |
Top goalscorers
Players with at least seven goals
- 22 goals
- 21 goals
- Gabriele Gori ( Artur Music)
- 16 goals
- Glenn Hodel ( Grasshoppers)
- 14 goals
- Ihar Bryshtel ( Krylia Sovetov)
- Filipe da Silva ( Braga)
- 13 goals
- Kuman ( Marbella)
- Gaston Laduche ( Napoli Patron)
- Christian Biermann ( Real Münster)
- Eduard Suárez ( Molniya)
- 12 goals
- Oliver Romrig ( Beach Royals Dusseldorf)
- Mauricinho ( Kristall)
- 11 goals
- Pablo Perez ( Real Münster)
- 10 goals
- Oleg Zborovskyi ( Artur Music)
- Joscha Metzler ( Real Münster)
- 9 goals
- Salvador "Chiky" Ardil ( ACD O Sotão)
- Luca Addarii ( Beach Royals Dusseldorf)
- Rodrigo ( Kristall)
- Jordan Oliveira ( Braga)
- 8 goals
- Cristian Torres ( Marbella)
- Max Krötsching ( Rostocker Robben)
- 7 goals
- Lucio Carmo ( Os Nazarenos)
- Heirauarii Salem ( Newteam Brussels)
- Miguel Pintado ( Braga)
Final standings
Rank | Team | Result |
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1 | Kristall | Champions (3rd title) |
2 | Braga | Runners-up |
3 | Real Münster | Third place |
4 | Marbella | |
5 | Artur Music | |
6 | Krylia Sovetov | |
7 | ACD O Sotão | |
8 | Molniya | |
9 | Sporting CP | |
10 | Grasshoppers | |
11 | Os Nazarenos | |
12 | Rostocker Robben | |
13 | Beach Royals Dusseldorf | |
14 | Marseille | |
15 | Newteam Brussels | |
16 | Napoli Patron |
See also
References
- ↑ "Euro Winners Cup 2015 to be biggest yet". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- 1 2 Euro Winners Cup and Euro Winners Challenge head back to Nazaré. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ↑ "BSWW to kick off season in September". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- 1 2 The 2020 beach soccer season to begin in August. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 Teams announced for 2020 Euro Winners Cup. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ↑ Beach Soccer Talks #10: Season Update. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ↑ Groups confirmed for Euro Winners Cup. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- 1 2 OFFICIAL DRAW: Euro Winners Cup 2020. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ↑ One athlete tests positive for SARS COV 2 at the Euro Winners Cup preliminary exams. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ↑ В первом раунде плей-офф Петербург сыграет с Марселем, а Самара с Лиссабоном …. beachsoccer.ru. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ Draw determines Friday’s Round of 16 matches. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- 1 2 Draw for the Men's Euro Winners Cup Round of 16. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ↑ Kristall reclaim the European throne!. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
External links
- Euro Winners Cup Nazaré 2020 Archived 2020-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- Euro Winners Cup 2020, at ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese)