2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup

2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates30 May – 4 June 2017
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Havana Shots Aargau (1st title)
Runners-up Portsmouth
Third place Higicontrol Melilla
Fourth place WFC Zvezda
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored394 (7.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Glafira Bazhanova (13 goals)
Best player(s) Sarah Kempson
Best goalkeeper Deborah Kehrli
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The 2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the second 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]

Held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 30 May to 4 June 2017 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.

Swiss club Grasshoppers were the defending champions, but failed to qualify. The tournament was won by Swiss team Havana Shots Aargau who beat England's Portsmouth in the final to win their first European title.[3]

Russians WFC Zvezda were the only team to finish in the top four again having done so in the previous year's first edition.

Participating teams

20 teams entered the tournament (an increase from 12 in the inaugural edition) – the top-level domestic beach soccer league/championship champions plus, for some countries, other top non-champions clubs from the nation indicated.[4][5]

Group stage
CD Bala Azul Terracina Femminile Viod Driezum KU AZS UAM Poznan
CD Huelva Terracina Ladies AO Kefallinia Vetlanda United
Higicontrol Melilla WFC Zvezda Astra Hungary AF Leiria
Grande Motte Pyramide WFC Neva Beachkick Ladies Berlin Havana Shots Aargau
Amneville HTC Zwolle Portsmouth Atlas AO1
1. Withdrew after the draw

Draw

The draw to split the 20 teams into five groups of four took place on 4 April in the host city of Nazaré, Portugal alongside the men's competition draw.[4]

As the club representing the host association of Portugal, AF Leiria were assigned to Group A. Four other teams were seeded (Beachkick Ladies Berlin, Havana Shots Aargau, WFC Neva, Terracina Ladies) and each assigned to one the remaining groups. The teams were seeded because their national association's club finished in the top four in the previous edition in 2016.[6]

Clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.[6]

Group stage

Matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro, on one of three pitches as stated.

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 WFC Zvezda 3 3 0 0 0 19 7 +12 9 Knockout stage
2 AF Leiria 3 2 0 0 1 17 9 +8 6 9th–16th place play-offs
3 HTC Zwolle 3 1 0 0 2 19 21 –2 3
4 Amneville 3 0 0 0 3 10 28 –18 0
30 May 2017 Amneville 9–10 HTC Zwolle Pitch #3
13:00 Report(ru)
30 May 2017 WFC Zvezda 4–2 AF Leiria Main pitch
18:00 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Amneville 1–9 WFC Zvezda Pitch #3
13:00 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 AF Leiria 6–5 HTC Zwolle Main pitch
18:00 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 HTC Zwolle 4–6 WFC Zvezda Pitch #2
12:45 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 AF Leiria 9–0 Amneville Main pitch
17:45 Report(ru)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 KU AZS UAM Poznan 3 2 0 0 1 15 11 +4 6 Knockout stage
2 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 3 2 0 0 1 12 12 0 6
3 Viod Driezum 3 1 0 0 2 16 16 0 3 9th–16th place play-offs
4 Grande Motte Pyramide 3 0 0 1 2 7 11 –4 1
30 May 2017 KU AZS UAM Poznan 5–6 Viod Driezum Pitch #3
11:45 Report(ru)
30 May 2017 Grande Motte Pyramide 1–2 Beachkick Ladies Berlin Pitch #3
18:00 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 KU AZS UAM Poznan 4–1 Grande Motte Pyramide Pitch #3
11:45 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 6–5 Viod Driezum Pitch #3
18:00 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Viod Driezum 5–5 (a.e.t.)
(1–2 p)		 Grande Motte Pyramide Pitch #2
11:30 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 4–6 KU AZS UAM Poznan Pitch #2
16:30 Report(ru)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Havana Shots Aargau 3 2 1 0 0 14 8 +6 8 Knockout stage
2 CD Huelva 3 1 0 1 1 10 6 +4 4 9th–16th place play-offs
3 Vetlanda United 3 1 0 0 2 12 9 +3 3
4 AO Kefallinia 3 0 0 0 3 7 20 –13 0
30 May 2017 Vetlanda United 6–2 AO Kefallinia Pitch #3
10:30 Report(ru)
30 May 2017 CD Huelva 1–2 Havana Shots Aargau Pitch #3
16:45 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Vetlanda United 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 CD Huelva Pitch #3
10:30 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Havana Shots Aargau 8–4 AO Kefallinia Pitch #3
16:45 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 AO Kefallinia 1–6 CD Huelva Pitch #2
10:15 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Havana Shots Aargau 4–3 (a.e.t.) Vetlanda United Pitch #3
16:30 Report(ru)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Higicontrol Melilla 3 2 0 0 1 11 10 +1 6 Knockout stage
2 Terracina Femminile 3 1 0 1 1 12 12 0 4
3 WFC Neva 3 1 0 0 2 11 12 –1 3 9th–16th place play-offs
4 Astra Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 11 11 0 3
30 May 2017 Higicontrol Melilla 5–3 Terracina Femminile Pitch #3
09:15 Report(ru)
30 May 2017 Astra Hungary 3–5 WFC Neva Pitch #3
15:30 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Higicontrol Melilla 2–4 Astra Hungary Pitch #3
09:15 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 WFC Neva 3–5 Terracina Femminile Pitch #3
15:30 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Terracina Femminile 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p)		 Astra Hungary Pitch #2
09:00 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 WFC Neva 3–4 Higicontrol Melilla Pitch #3
15:15 Report(ru)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portsmouth 2 2 0 0 0 9 5 +4 6 Knockout stage
2 CD Bala Azul 2 1 0 1 1 7 5 +2 3
3 Terracina Ladies 2 0 0 0 2 3 9 –6 0 9th–16th place play-offs
– Atlas AO Withdrew
30 May 2017 CD Bala Azul 3–4 Portsmouth Pitch #2
08:00 Report(ru)
31 May 2017 Terracina Ladies 2–5 Portsmouth Pitch #3
14:15 Report(ru)
1 June 2017 Terracina Ladies 1–4 CD Bala Azul Pitch #2
14:00 Report(ru)

Ranking of second placed teams

The three best runners-up advanced to knockout stage. The ranking of the five runners-up was determined on goal average.[7] Since Group E consisted of three teams, for the runners-up from the other groups (A, B, C, D), their results against the teams finishing in fourth place in their group were discounted for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts GAvg Qualification
1 E CD Bala Azul 2 1 0 0 1 7 5 +2 3 1.400 Knockout stage
2 D Terracina Femminile 2 1 0 0 1 8 8 0 3 1.000
3 B Beachkick Ladies Berlin 2 1 0 0 1 10 11 –1 3 0.909
4 A AF Leiria 2 1 0 0 1 8 9 –1 3 0.888
5 C CD Huelva 2 0 0 1 1 4 5 –1 1 0.800

9th–16th place play-offs

From the group stage, the five teams finishing in third place, plus the two-worst runners-up and the best fourth placed team were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 9th through 16th place in the final standings.

13th place play-off13th–16th place semi-finals9th-16th place quarter-finals9th-12th place semi-finals9th place play-off
 C2   CD Huelva2
E3  Terracina Ladies5
 C2   CD Huelva3 E3   Terracina Ladies7
D3  WFC Neva2B3  Viod Driezum3
B3  Viod Driezum4
D3  WFC Neva3
 C2   CD Huelva 2  E3   Terracina Ladies 3 
A3  HTC Zwolle  3  D4  Astra Hungary 11 
C3  Vetlanda United2
A3  HTC Zwolle1
15th place play-offA3  HTC Zwollew/oC3  Vetlanda United111th place play-off
A2  AF Leiria    D4  Astra Hungary  7  
D3  WFC Neva8A2  AF Leiria2B3  Viod Driezum 5 
A2  AF Leiria4D4  Astra Hungary  8  C3  Vetlanda United  2  

9th–16th place quarter-finals

CD Huelva 2–5 Terracina Ladies
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
Viod Driezum 4–3 WFC Neva
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
Vetlanda United 2–1 HTC Zwolle
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
AF Leiria 2–8 Astra Hungary
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

Semi finals

13th–16th place

HTC Zwolle walkover AF Leiria
Pitch #2
WFC Neva 2–3 CD Huelva
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

9th–12th place

Viod Driezum 3–7 Terracina Ladies
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
Astra Hungary 7–1 Vetlanda United
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

Finals

15th place play-off

AF Leiria 4–8 WFC Neva
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

13th place play-off

HTC Zwolle 3–2 CD Huelva
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

11th place play-off

Vetlanda United 2–5 Viod Driezum
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

9th place play-off

Astra Hungary 11–3 Terracina Ladies
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

Knockout stage

The five group winners and best three runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to compete for the title.

5th place play-off5th–8th place semi-finalsQuarter finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 D1   Higicontrol Melilla2
E2  CD Bala Azul1
 E2   CD Bala Azul5 D1   Higicontrol Melilla3
D2  Terracina Femminile4C1  Havana Shots Aargau 5
C1  Havana Shots Aargau 3
D2  Terracina Femminile2
 E2   CD Bala Azul (p) 2 (1)  D1   Havana Shots Aargau (a.e.t.)  4 
B2  Beachkick L. Berlin   2 (0)  E1  Portsmouth 3 
E1  Portsmouth3
B1  KU AZS UAM Poznan1
7th place play-offB1  KU AZS UAM Poznan 5E1  Portsmouth43rd place play-off
B2  Beachkick L. Berlin   6  A1  WFC Zvezda  3  
D2  Terracina Femminile6A1  WFC Zvezda7D1  Higicontrol Melilla 4 
B1  KU AZS UAM Poznan 3B2  Beachkick L. Berlin   3  A1  WFC Zvezda  3  

Quarter-finals

The 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.

Higicontrol Melilla 2–1 CD Bala Azul
Report(ru)
Main pitch
Havana Shots Aargau 3–2 Terracina Femminile
Report(ru)
Main pitch
Portsmouth 3–1 KU AZS UAM Poznan
Report(ru)
Main pitch
WFC Zvezda 7–3 Beachkick Ladies Berlin
Report(ru)
Main pitch

Semi finals

5th–8th place

CD Bala Azul 5–4 Terracina Femminile
Report(ru)
Pitch #2
KU AZS UAM Poznan 5–6 Beachkick Ladies Berlin
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

1st–4th place

Higicontrol Melilla 3–5 Havana Shots Aargau
Report(ru)
Main pitch
Portsmouth 4–3 WFC Zvezda
Report(ru)
Main pitch

Finals

7th place play-off

KU AZS UAM Poznan 3–6 Terracina Femminile
Report(ru)
Pitch #2

5th place play-off

Beachkick Ladies Berlin 2–2 (a.e.t.) CD Bala Azul
Report(ru)
Penalties
0–1
Pitch #2

3rd place play-off

WFC Zvezda 3–4 Higicontrol Melilla
Report(ru)
Main pitch

Final

Portsmouth 3–4 (a.e.t.) Havana Shots Aargau
Report(ru)
Main pitch

Awards

Top scorer
Glafira Bazhanova ( WFC Neva)
13 goals[8]
Best player
Sarah Kempson ( Portsmouth)
Best goalkeeper
Deborah Kehrli ( Havana Shots Aargau)
Source

Final standings

Rank Team Result
1 Havana Shots Aargau Champions (1st title)
2 Portsmouth Runners-up
3 Higicontrol Melilla Third place
4 WFC Zvezda
5 CD Bala Azul
6 Beachkick Ladies Berlin
7 Terracina Femminile
8 KU AZS UAM Poznan
9 Astra Hungary
10 Terracina Ladies
11 Viod Driezum
12 Vetlanda United
13 CD Huelva
14 HTC Zwolle
15 WFC Neva
16 AF Leiria
17–19 Grande Motte Pyramide
AO Kefallinia
Amneville

See also

References

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  2. ^ "England Captain Sarah Kempson wins Best Women's Player Award". 4theloveofsport.co.uk. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Havana Shots, new queens of Europe!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Draws held for Euro Winners Cup 2017". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2017 to feature preliminary round". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Euro Winners Cup 2017 - Draw". Beach Soccer Worldwide Livestream. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Quarter-finals defined in Women's Euro Winners Cup". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  8. ^ "BAREFOOT: The Beach Soccer Mag - ISSUE 03". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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