2019 Euro Winners Cup Host country Portugal Dates 30 May – 9 June 2019 Teams 60 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Champions Braga (3rd title) Runners-up KP Łódź Third place Levante UDFourth place FC DeltaMatches played 148 Goals scored 1,353 (9.14 per match) Top scorer(s) Gabriele Gori (26 goals)Best player(s) Jordan Best goalkeeper Dariusz Slowinski
International football competition
The 2019 Euro Winners Cup was the seventh 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 from 30 May till 9 June 2019, consisting of a preliminary qualifying round and the competition proper.[2]
Following the qualifying round, the competition proper 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. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Braga of Portugal were the defending champions[3] and successfully defended their title after beating KP Łódź of Poland 6–0 in the final.[4]
A record 60 teams from 24 countries entered the championship; 36 qualified straight into the main round[5] whilst 24 competed in the Euro Winners Challenge to attempt to qualify for the competition proper.[6]
Qualification [ edit ] Entrants [ edit ] Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders
Main Round SC Braga (TH) CD Bala Azul FC Dinamo Batumi Cartel Waterloo BST ACD Sótão (H) Levante UD Alanya Belediyespor Linden City BSC Casa Benfica de Loures CF LA Nucia Yesil Ercis Belediye Grande Motte Pyramide CD Nacional da Madeira Beach Soccer Egmond Grodnooblsport Atlas AO Sporting CP BSC Artur Music MFC Spartak Varna SK BO EU Teplice BSC Kristall BSC Vybor SK Augur Enemat CS Djoker FC Delta Euroformat-Bodon BSC Chargers Baselland Copenhagen BSC BSC Spartak Moscow KP Łódź Rostocker Robben Baggio Catania BS Boca Gdansk GWP-Bodon-Cservy Eastleigh Spitfires Preliminary round / Euro Winners Challenge CF Chelas Varzim SC Real Münster GDP Costa de Caparica Casa Benfica Caldes Rai LSA Perwez AD Buarcos Sporting CP "B" New Team BS Brussels GD Sesimbra SC Salgueiros 08 Littoral BS Dunkerquois Biblioteca Instrucao Grupo Desportivo de Alfarim Marseille Beach Team GR Olival Basto Lokomotiv Moscow Napoli Patron BSC Sao Domingos FC CSKA Moscow AO Kefallinia GR Amigos da Paz Atletico Licata BS Portsmouth BSC
Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) is the host location of the competition for the third year running. Location of Nazaré in Portugal.
Two venues were used in one host city: Nazaré , Leiria District , Portugal .[7]
Matches took place at Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) on one of two pitches: The Main pitch , otherwise known as the Estádio do Viveiro (Viveiro Stadium), with a capacity of 1,600.[8] Pitch 2 , a purpose made pitch, located adjacent to the main stadium. Euro Challenge Cup [ edit ] Euro Challenge Cup Host country Portugal Dates 30 May – 2 June 2019 Teams 24 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Matches played 36 Goals scored 339 (9.42 per match) Top scorer(s) Boris Nikonorov (9 goals)
International football competition
The Euro Winners Challenge is open to all clubs who did not automatically qualify for the main round as domestic league champions. At least eight teams will qualify for the Euro Winners Cup. Those will be distributed in two groups of four teams. The two top teams will progress to the Round of 16, and the winner of that round will enter the quarterfinals. Beside that, the winner team will be champion of the Euro Winners Challenge.[9]
Overview [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 CF Chelas 3 2 0 0 1 16 10 +6 6 Main round 2 GDP Costa de Caparica 3 2 0 0 1 14 12 +2 6 3 SC Salgueiros 08 3 2 0 0 1 13 11 +2 6 4 Portsmouth BSC 3 0 0 0 3 13 23 −10 0
CF Chelas v GDP Costa da Caparica SC Salgueiros 08 v Portsmouth BSC Portsmouth BSC v GDP Costa da Caparica CF Chelas v SC Salgueiros 08 GDP Costa da Caparica v SC Salgueiros 08 Portsmouth BSC v CF Chelas
Group B [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 GD Sesimbra 3 3 0 0 0 22 11 +11 9 Main round 2 AD Buarcos 3 2 0 0 1 21 13 +8 6 3 Napoli Patron BSC 3 0 1 0 2 12 18 –6 2 4 Atletico Licata BS 3 0 0 0 3 11 23 −12 0
AD Buracos v Atletico Licata BS Napoli Patron BSC v Atletico Licata BS Napoli Patron BSC v AD Buarcos
Group C [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 CSKA Moscow 3 3 0 0 0 16 5 +11 9 Main round 2 LSA Perwez 3 0 0 1 1 8 13 –5 4 3 Biblioteca Instrucao 3 1 0 0 2 9 9 0 3 4 Real Münster 3 0 0 0 3 9 15 −6 0
Real Münster v CSKA LSA Perwez v Biblioteca Instrucao LSA Perwez v Real Münster CSKA Moscow v Biblioteca Instrucao Biblioteca Instrucao v Real Münster CSKA Moscow v LSA Perwez
Group D [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 3 3 0 0 0 35 4 +31 9 Main round 2 New Team BS Brussels 3 1 0 0 2 11 18 –7 3 3 Sao Domingos FC 3 1 0 0 2 12 22 −10 3 4 GR Olival Basto 3 0 0 1 2 5 19 −14 1
GR Olival Basto v Sao Domingos FC GR Olival Basto v New Team BS Brussels Sao Domingos FC v New Team BS Brussels
Group E [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 Grupo Desportivo de Alfarim 3 2 1 0 0 18 13 +5 8 Main round 2 GR Amigos da Paz 3 1 1 0 1 15 15 0 5 3 Littoral BS Dunkerquois 3 1 0 0 2 15 16 –1 3 4 Varzim SC 3 0 0 0 3 14 18 −4 0
Grupo Desportivo de Alfarim v GR Amigos da Paz Littoral BS Dunkerquois v Varzim SC Littoral BS Dunkerquois v Grupo Desportivo de Alfarim GR Amigos da Paz v Varzim SC Varzim SC v Grupo Desportivo de Alfarim GR Amigos da Paz v Littoral BS Dunkerquois
Group F [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 AO Kefallinia 3 2 0 1 0 15 7 +8 7 Main round 2 Sporting CP "B" 3 2 0 0 1 10 12 −2 6 3 Marseille Beach Team 3 1 0 0 2 13 12 +1 3 4 Casa Benfica Caldes Rai. 3 0 0 0 3 12 19 −7 0
Marseille Beach Team v Casa do Benfica das Caldas da Rainha AO Kefallinia v Casa do Benfica das Caldas da Rainha AO Kefallinia v Marseille Beach Team
Subsequent rounds [ edit ] Second group stage [ edit ] The eight qualifiers progressed to the second group stage that took place as part of the main round of the EWC.
The best two teams of the second group stage advanced to the final that took place as part of the Round of 16 of the EWC.
Main round [ edit ] All times are local, WEST (UTC+1 ).
Group A [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 Jaszfenyszaru GWP Cservy 3 3 0 0 0 16 11 +5 9 Knockout stage 2 ACD O Sotão 3 1 0 0 2 19 14 +5 3 3 FC Baggio 3 1 0 0 2 10 16 –6 3 4 Beach Soccer Egmond 3 0 0 1 2 13 17 –4 1
Jaszfenyszaru GWP Cservy v Beach Soccer Egmond FC Baggio v ACD O Sotão Jaszfenyszaru GWP Cservy v FC Baggio ACD Sótão v Beach Soccer Egmond Beach Soccer Egmond v FC Baggio ACD Sótão v Jaszfenyszaru GWP Cservy
Group B [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 SC Braga 3 3 0 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Knockout stage 2 BSC Spartak Moscow 3 2 0 0 1 14 9 +5 6 3 BSC Chargers Baselland 3 1 0 0 2 12 15 –3 3 4 Linden City BSC 3 0 0 0 3 7 21 –14 0
BSC Chargers Baselland v Linden City BSC
Group C [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 Sporting CP 3 3 0 0 0 21 7 +14 9 Knockout stage 2 FC Delta 3 2 0 0 1 19 12 +7 6 3 MFC Spartak 3 1 0 0 2 12 19 –7 3 4 SK Augur Enemat 3 0 0 0 3 10 24 –14 0
FC Delta v MFC Spartak FC Delta v SK Augur Enemat MFC Spartak v SK Augur Enemat
Group D [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 BSC Kristall 3 3 0 0 0 23 6 +17 9 Knockout stage 2 Grodnooblsport 3 2 0 0 1 9 12 –3 6 3 CD Nacional da Madeira 3 1 0 0 2 11 18 -7 3 4 FC Dinamo Batumi 3 0 0 0 3 4 11 –7 0
FC Dinamo Batumi v CD Nacional da Madeira FC Dinamo Batumi v Grodnooblsport CD Nacional da Madeira v Grodnooblsport
Group E [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 Catania BS 3 3 0 0 0 24 5 +19 9 Knockout stage 2 Artur Music 3 2 0 0 1 22 11 +11 6 3 SK Bosnia Online EU Teplice 3 1 0 0 2 7 26 –19 3 4 Copenhagen BSC 3 0 0 0 3 5 16 –11 0
SK Bosnia Online EU Teplice v Catania BS Catania BS v Copenhagen BSC Copenhagen BSC v SK Bosnia Online EU Teplice
Group F [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 KP Łódź 3 2 0 0 1 18 9 +9 6 Knockout stage 2 Euroformat-Bodon 3 2 0 0 1 16 8 +8 6 3 Grande Motte Pyramide BS 3 1 0 1 1 12 8 +4 4 4 Eastleigh Spitfires 3 0 0 0 3 5 26 –21 0
Eastleigh Spitfires v Euroformat-Bodon Euroformat-Bodon v Grande Motte Pyramide BS Grande Motte Pyramide BS v Eastleigh Spitfires
Group G [ edit ] Team Qualification 1 Casa Benfica de Loures 3 1 1 1 0 22 16 +6 6 Knockout stage 2 Boca Gdansk 3 1 0 1 1 15 17 –2 4 3 CD Bala Azul 3 1 0 0 2 14 13 +1 3 4 Atlas AO 3 0 0 0 3 17 22 –5 0
CD Bala Azul v Casa Benfica de Loures Atlas AO v Boca Gdansk Boca Gdansk v Casa Benfica de Loures CD Bala Azul v Atlas AO Casa Benfica de Loures v Atlas AO