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2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup

The 2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the fifth edition of the Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for women's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.[1]

2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates9–13 September
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mriya 2006 (1st title)
Runners-up Cáceres
Third place Zvezda
Fourth place Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored61 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer(s) Annaelle Wiard (6 goals)
Best player(s) María Herrero
Best goalkeeper Anna Akylbaeva
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Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition.

The competition was supposed to take place from late May to early 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 9–13 September.[4] However, due to persisting travel restrictions and health worries deterring clubs from travelling, the pandemic caused the competition to happen on a much smaller scale than previous years, with just five clubs entering.[5]

The competition was played in a round robin format, involving one group of all five teams. At its conclusion, the team with the most points was crowned champions.

AIS Playas de San Javier of Spain were the defending champions, but chose not to enter because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ukrainian side Mriya 2006 won the competition on their debut, finishing ahead of Cáceres based on their head-to-head result after both clubs finished with the same points.[6]

Teams edit

Qualification edit

Initially, entry requirements for the tournament were the same as last year. To enter, a club needed to be the champions of their country's most recent national championship.[2]

But due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the competition, many eligible clubs were unable or unwilling to participate due to travel restrictions and quarantine measures upon their repatriation.[5]

Thus, the original rules regarding qualification were subsequently abandoned. Entry restrictions were relaxed: the event was opened up to simply any European club that wished to participate.[4]

Entrants edit

Five clubs from five different nations entered the event:[5]

  •   Cáceres
  •   Marseille
  •   Mriya 2006
  •   Newteam Brussels
  •   Zvezda

Venues edit

 
The main Estádio do Viveiro and external Pitch 2 seen below are the 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 edit

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.[7]

Results edit

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

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Result
1   Mriya 2006 4 3 0 0 1 15 9 +6 9 Champions (1st title)
2   Cáceres 4 3 0 0 1 12 10 +2 9 Runners-up
3   Zvezda 4 2 0 1 1 17 3 +14 7 Third place
4   Marseille 4 1 0 0 3 8 15 −7 3
5   Newteam Brussels 4 0 0 0 4 9 24 −15 0
Source: beachsoccer.com
Cáceres  2–1  Marseille
  • Nerea Sánchez   9'
  • Herrero   19'
 Report(ru)
  •   28' Pradier
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)
Mriya 2006  4–3  Newteam Brussels
  • Vypasniak   3'
  • Babenko   20', 36'
  • Alves   22'
 Report(ru)
  •   10' Ribeiro
  •   12', 36' Wiard
Pitch 2
Cáceres  8–5  Newteam Brussels
  • Barquero   6'
  • Becerra   7'
  • Herrero   11', 21', 31'
  • López   23'
  • Hernández   27'
  • Garcia   31'
 Report(ru)
  •   15' Meza
  •   20' Moreaux
  •   21', 26', 34' Wiard
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany)
Zvezda  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Mriya 2006
  • Cherniakova   18', 36'
 Report(ru)
  •   26' Yeromenko
  •   34' Tykhonova
Penalties
  • Kanaeva  
  • Khutornaia  
  • Cherniakova  
 2–1
  •   Vypasniak
  •   Babenko
  •   Dekhtiar
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)
Marseille  4–1  Newteam Brussels
  • Damache   3'
  • Pradier   15', 36'
  • Garcia   15'
 Report(ru)
  •   26' Wiard
Pitch 2
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Zvezda  7–0  Marseille
  • Kanaeva   1', 29', 30'
  • Cherniakova   4', 22'
  • Alekseeva   24'
  • Zaitseva   32'
 Report(ru)
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)
Cáceres  1–4  Mriya 2006
  • Becerra   29'
 Report(ru)
  •   26' (pen.) Tykhonova
  •   29' Kostiuk
  •   29', 30' Davydenko
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Newteam Brussels  0–8  Zvezda
Report(ru)
  •   11' Akylbaeva
  •   20' Zubilova
  •   21', 22', 35' Bazhanova
  •   26', 36' Kanaeva
  •   30' Cherniakova
Pitch 2
Marseille  3–5  Mriya 2006
  • Pradier   3' (pen.)
  • Garcia   14'
  • Damache   35'
 Report(ru)
  •   8' Kostiuk
  •   12', 24', 26' Tykhonova
  •   28' Davydenko
Pitch 2
Zvezda  0–1  Cáceres
Report(ru)
  •   9' Herrero
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Fiametta Susanna (Italy)

Awards edit

The following individual awards were presented after the final.[8]

Top scorer(s)
  Annaelle Wiard (  Newteam Brussels)
6 goals
Best player
  María Herrero (  Cáceres)
Best goalkeeper
  Anna Akylbaeva (  Zvezda)

Top goalscorers edit

Players who scored multiple goals

6 goals
  •   Annaelle Wiard (  Newteam Brussels)
5 goals
  •   Anna Cherniakova (  Zvezda)
  •   Mariia Tykhonova (  Mriya 2006)
  •   Natalia Kanaeva (  Zvezda)
  •   María Herrero (  Cáceres)
4 goals
  •   Tiphanie Pradier (  Marseille)
3 goals
  •   Ania Davydenko (  Mriya 2006)
  •   Glafira Bazhanova (  Zvezda)
2 goals
  •   Yuliia Kostiuk (  Mriya 2006)
  •   Taisiia Babenko (  Mriya 2006)
  •   Sara Garcia (  Marseille)
  •   Maria Becerra (  Cáceres)
  •   Yanma Damache (  Marseille)

Source: [1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2015 to be biggest yet". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Euro Winners Cup and Euro Winners Challenge head back to Nazaré. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "BSWW to kick off season in September". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b The 2020 beach soccer season to begin in August. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Teams announced for 2020 Euro Winners Cup. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Mriya 2006 are champions of the Euro Winners Cup!". beachsoccer.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  7. ^ Beach Soccer Talks #10: Season Update. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. ^ Mriya 2006 are champions of the Euro Winners Cup!. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

External links edit

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