2015 Euro Winners Cup

2015 Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates2–7 June 2015
Teams28 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions BSC Kristall (2nd title)
Runners-up Catania BS
Third place FC Vybor
Fourth place Lokomotiv Moscow
Tournament statistics
Matches played62
Goals scored502 (8.1 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brishtel (FC Vybor)
Best player(s) Datinha
2014
2016

The 2015 Euro Winners Cup was the third edition of Euro Winners Cup, a beach soccer annual tournament, held in Catania, Italy, from 2–7 June 2015. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the UEFA Champions League. Russian team BSC Kristall won their second straight title.[1]

Participating teams

Twenty-eight teams from 23 countries confirmed their participation in the tournament:

  • Catania BS
  • Milano BS
  • ASD Sambenedettese BS
  • Lokomotiv Moscow
  • BSC Kristall
  • CD Murcia
  • CD Bala Azul
  • KP Łódź
  • Hemako Sztutowo
  • SC Braga
  • FC Vybor
  • Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
  • Amrahbank
  • Sable Dancers Berna
  • LSA Chaudfontaine
  • FC BATE Borisov
  • FC Odesos
  • BS Bohemians 1905
  • Portsmouth BS
  • BSC Peugeot Estonia
  • Montpellier BS
  • Dinamo Batumi
  • BST Chemnitz
  • Mani BS Club
  • Ushkyn-Iskra
  • CS Djoker - Tornado Chișinǎu
  • AS Constanța
  • Antalya - Alanya BSC

Group stage

According to the draw realized on 22 May, 28 teams were divided into seven groups of 4 teams each. The two best-ranked sides of each group, and the best overall two third-ranked sides advanced to the round of 16.[2]

Group G

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 3 3 0 0 22 18 +14 9
FC Vybor 3 2 0 1 17 10 +7 6
FC BATE Borisov 3 1 0 2 7 11 -4 3
LSA Chaudfontaine 3 0 0 3 10 27 -17 0
Advances to play-off
LSA Chaudfontaine 4-12 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
FC BATE Borisov 2-3 FC Vybor
LSA Chaudfontaine 3-4 FC BATE Borisov
FC Vybor 3-5 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 5-1 FC BATE Borisov
FC Vybor 11-3 LSA Chaudfontaine

Play-off

Bracket

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
BSC Kristall 4
Ushkyn-Iskra 2
BSC Kristall 9
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 1
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 5 (pro)
CD Murcia 4 (pro)
BSC Kristall 3
Lokomotiv Moscow 3
Lokomotiv Moscow 6
CS Djoker - Tornado Chișinǎu 3
Lokomotiv Moscow 5
KP Łódź 2
Sable Dancers Berna 4
KP Łódź 6
BSC Kristall 6
Catania BS 2
ASD Sambenedettese BS 5
FC Vybor 6
FC Vybor 9
SC Braga 7
SC Braga 4
Antalya - Alanya BSC 2
FC Vybor 2
Catania BS 6
Catania BS 2 Third place
Milano BS 1
Catania BS 3 Lokomotiv Moscow 2 (pro)
Amrahbank 2 FC Vybor 3 (pro)
CD Bala Azul 5
Amrahbank 9

5th–8th places

qualifying stage 5th place
      
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 2
KP Łódź 1
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 3
SC Braga 9
SC Braga 4
Amrahbank 3 7th place
KP Łódź 4
Amrahbank 5

Winners

 Euro Winners Cup
2015 Winners: 

BSC Kristall
Second title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Datinha ( BSC Kristall)
Top Scorer
Brishtel ( FC Vybor)
Best Goalkeeper
Del Mestre ( BS Catania)

Final standings

Rank Team
1 BSC BSC Kristall
2 BS Catania
3 FC Vybor
4 Lokomotiv Moscow
5 SC Braga
6 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
7 Amrahbank
8 KP Łódź

See also

References

  1. ^ "BSC Kristall claims 2nd straight Euro Winners Cup crown". 7 June 2015.
  2. ^ Teams and rosters set for Euro Winners Cup 2015