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

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 this year than in recent, 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

Qualification

Initially, entry requirements were 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/did not want 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

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

  • Spain Cáceres
  • France Marseille
  • Ukraine Mriya 2006
  • Belgium Newteam Brussels
  • Russia Zvezda

Venues
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

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

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 Spain2–1France Marseille
  • Nerea Sánchez 9'
  • Herrero 19'
 Report(ru)
  • 28' Pradier
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)
Mriya 2006 Ukraine4–3Belgium Newteam Brussels
  • Vypasniak 3'
  • Babenko 20', 36'
  • Alves 22'
 Report(ru)
  • 10' Ribeiro
  • 12', 36' Wiard
Pitch 2
Cáceres Spain8–5Belgium 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 Russia2–2 (a.e.t.)Ukraine Mriya 2006
  • Cherniakova 18', 36'
 Report(ru)
  • 26' Yeromenko
  • 34' Tykhonova
Penalties
  • Kanaeva soccer ball with red X
  • Khutornaia soccer ball with check mark
  • Cherniakova soccer ball with check mark
 2–1
  • soccer ball with check mark Vypasniak
  • soccer ball with red X Babenko
  • soccer ball with red X Dekhtiar
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)
Marseille France4–1Belgium Newteam Brussels
  • Damache 3'
  • Pradier 15', 36'
  • Garcia 15'
 Report(ru)
  • 26' Wiard
Pitch 2
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Zvezda Russia7–0France Marseille
  • Kanaeva 1', 29', 30'
  • Cherniakova 4', 22'
  • Alekseeva 24'
  • Zaitseva 32'
 Report(ru)
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)
Cáceres Spain1–4Ukraine Mriya 2006
  • Becerra 29'
 Report(ru)
  • 26' (pen.) Tykhonova
  • 29' Kostiuk
  • 29', 30' Davydenko
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)
Newteam Brussels Belgium0–8Russia Zvezda
Report(ru)
  • 11' Akylbaeva
  • 20' Zubilova
  • 21', 22', 35' Bazhanova
  • 26', 36' Kanaeva
  • 30' Cherniakova
Pitch 2
Marseille France3–5Ukraine Mriya 2006
  • Pradier 3' (pen.)
  • Garcia 14'
  • Damache 35'
 Report(ru)
  • 8' Kostiuk
  • 12', 24', 26' Tykhonova
  • 28' Davydenko
Pitch 2
Zvezda Russia0–1Spain Cáceres
Report(ru)
  • 9' Herrero
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Fiametta Susanna (Italy)

Awards

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

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

Top goalscorers

Players who scored multiple goals

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

Source:

See also

References
  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. 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. The 2020 beach soccer season to begin in August. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. 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. 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.
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