The second edition of Euro Winners Cup was a beach soccer tournament in Catania, Italy, from 3 – 8 June 2014. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the UEFA Champions League.[1]

2014 Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates3 – 8 June 2014
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsRussia BSC Kristall (1st title)
Runners-upItaly Milano BS
Third placePortugal SC Braga
Fourth placeSwitzerland Sable Dancers Bern
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored453 (8.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Leo (13 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Bruno Xavier
2013
2015

Participating teams edit

Twenty-five teams from 22 countries confirmed their participation in the tournament:

Group stage edit

According to the draw realized on May 26, teams were divided in a group stage with four groups of 4 and three groups of 3, then the two best-ranked sides of each group, and the best overall two third-ranked sides advanced to the round of 16.[2]

Group A edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
  Catania BS 2 2 0 0 11 7 +4 6
  Aluminios Sotelo 2 2 0 1 17 10 +7 6
  Kreiss 2 0 0 3 6 17 -11 0
Advances to play-off
Catania BS   4–3   Kreiss
Catania BS   7–4   Aluminios Sotelo
Aluminios Sotelo   8–2   Kreiss

Group B edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
  BSC Kristall 3 3 0 0 20 3 +17 9
  SC Braga 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
  AO Kefallinia 3 1 0 2 7 21 -14 3
  SK Augur Enemat 3 0 0 3 5 14 -9 0
Advances to play-off
SC Braga   7–2   AO Kefallinia
SK Augur Enemat   1–6   BSC Kristall
SC Braga   3–1   SK Augur Enemat
BSC Kristall   11–0   AO Kefallinia
AO Kefallinia   5–3   SK Augur Enemat
BSC Kristall   3–2   SC Braga

Group C edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
  Artur Music 2 2 0 0 12 7 +5 6
  "Falfala" Kfar Qassem 2 1 0 1 11 9 +2 3
  Egmond BS 2 0 0 2 10 17 -7 0
Advances to play-off
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem   2–4   Artur Music
Artur Music   8–5   Egmond BS
Egmond BS   5–9   "Falfala" Kfar Qassem

Group D edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
  FC BATE Borisov 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6
  Seferihisar CittaSlow 2 1 0 1 7 6 +1 3
  Ushkyn-Iskra 2 0 0 2 4 8 -4 0
Advances to play-off
Ushkyn-Iskra   3–5   Seferihisar CittaSlow
Seferihisar CittaSlow   2–3   FC BATE Borisov
FC BATE Borisov   3–1   Ushkyn-Iskra

Group E edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
  Sable Dancers Bern 3 3 0 0 22 8 +14 9
  BS Bohemians 1905 3 1 1 1 13 12 +1 5
  CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău 3 0 1 2 10 12 -2 2
  Portsmouth BS 3 0 0 3 8 21 -13 0
Advances to play-off
Portsmouth BS   3–10   Sable Dancers Bern
CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău   3–4 (a.e.t.)   BS Bohemians 1905
CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău   4–3 (a.e.t.)   Portsmouth BS
Sable Dancers Bern   7–2  BS Bohemians 1905
Sable Dancers Bern   5–3   CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău
BS Bohemians 1905   7–2   Portsmouth BS

Group F edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
  Milano BS 3 3 0 0 19 12 +7 9
  Grembach Łódź 3 2 0 1 13 12 +1 6
  Marseille Beach Team 3 1 0 2 15 14 +1 3
  MFC Spartak 2012 Varna 3 0 0 3 10 19 -9 0
Advances to play-off
Grembach Łódź   3–2   MFC Spartak 2012 Varna
Marseille Beach Team   3–5   Milano BS
Grembach Łódź   4–3   Marseille Beach Team
Milano BS   7–3   MFC Spartak 2012 Varna
MFC Spartak 2012 Varna   5–9   Marseille Beach Team
Milano BS   7–6   Grembach Łódź

Group G edit

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts
  Lokomotiv Moscow 3 3 0 0 17 7 +10 9
  Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 3 1 1 1 14 9 +5 5
  AS Terracina BS 3 1 0 2 13 13 0 3
  Rostocker Robben 3 0 0 3 7 22 -15 0
Advances to play-off
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC   4–3 (a.e.t.)   AS Terracina BS
Rostocker Robben   2–7   Lokomotiv Moscow
AS Terracina BS   7–2   Rostocker Robben
Lokomotiv Moscow   3–2   Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC   8–3   Rostocker Robben
Lokomotiv Moscow   7–3   AS Terracina BS

Play-off edit

Bracket edit

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  BSC Kristall 7
  Marseille Beach Team 1
45   BSC Kristall (p) 6 (1)
  Lokomotiv Moscow 6 (0)
  Lokomotiv Moscow 6
  Aluminios Sotelo 2
  BSC Kristall 7
  Sable Dancers Bern 4
  Artur Music (p) 3 (6)
  Grembach Łódź 3 (5)
46   Artur Music 3
  Sable Dancers Bern 4
  Sable Dancers Bern 3
  Seferihisar CittaSlow 0
  BSC Kristall 2
  Milano BS 0
  FC BATE Borisov 4
  Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 5
47   Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 4
  Milano BS 5
  Milano BS 3
  BS Bohemians 1905 2
  Milano BS 6
  SC Braga 3
  SC Braga 2 Third place
  "Falfala" Kfar Qassem 0
48   SC Braga 10   Sable Dancers Bern 1
49   Catania BS 7   SC Braga 4
  Catania BS 3
  AS Terracina BS 2

5th–8th places edit

qualifying stage 5th place
      
  Lokomotiv Moscow 3
  Artur Music 4
  Artur Music 5
  Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 1
  Goldwin Plus Bodon FC (p) 4 (4)
  Catania BS 4 (3) 7th place
  Lokomotiv Moscow 7
  Catania BS 2

Winners edit

 Euro Winners Cup
2014 Winners: 
 
BSC Kristall
First title

Awards edit

Best Player (MVP)
  Bruno Xavier (  Lokomotiv Moscow)
Top Scorer
  Leo (  Milano BS)
13 goals
Best Goalkeeper
  Dona (  SC Braga)

Final standings edit

Rank Team
1   BSC Kristall
2   Milano BS
3   SC Braga
4   Sable Dancers Bern
5   Artur Music
6   Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
7   Lokomotiv Moscow
8   Catania BS

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Beach Soccer Worldwide". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
  2. ^ Teams and rosters set for Euro Winners Cup 2014

External links edit