2021 Women's Euro Winners Cup

2021 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12–18 July
Teams17 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up Zvezda
Third place Bonaire Terrassa
Fourth place Marseille BT
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored352 (7.82 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alba Mellado (14 goals)
Best player(s) Anna Cherniakova
Best goalkeeper Anna Akylbaeva
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The 2021 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the sixth 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.

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition, from 12–18 July.

The event 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 semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

Mriya 2006 of Ukraine were the defending champions, but were eliminated at the group stage. The title was won by Madrid CFF, who claimed their first title in their second appearance in the final.

Teams

Qualification

Usually, to enter, a club needed to be the champions of their country's most recent national championship. If a national association wished to enter more than one club, they could request for permission to do so from the organisers BSWW who would grant or reject the clubs a berth at the tournament depending on the total number of teams already registered.

But as was the case in 2020, due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the competition, the normal rules regarding qualification were suspended and entry requirements relaxed: the event was opened up to simply any European club that wished to participate.

Entrants

18 clubs from eight different nations entered the event.

Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Group stage
 Spain (7) Bonaire Terrassa  Ukraine (2) Domino’s
Cáceres Mriya 2006 (TH)
Higicontrol Melilla  Belgium (2) Newteam Brainois
Huelva Newteam Brussels
Madrid  Italy (1) Lokrians
Roquetas 2018  France (1) Marseille BT
San Javier  Russia (1) Zvezda
 Portugal (3) CB Caldas Rainha  Poland (1) Red Devils Chojnice
Nazarenos (H)
Pastéis

Draw

The draw to split the 18 clubs into three groups of six took place at 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) on 7 July at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona, Spain.

Group stage

The winners of each group, and the best second-placed team, advanced to the semi-finals.

All kickoff times are local, WEST (UTC+1) and were those scheduled; actual times may have differed slightly.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bonaire Terrassa 5 3 1 1 0 23 12 +11 12 Knockout stage
2 Marseille BT 5 4 0 0 1 24 10 +14 12
3 Lokrians 5 2 0 0 3 28 16 +12 6 9th–12th place play-offs
4 Roquetas 2018 2 2 0 0 0 9 11 −2 6 Withdrew
5 Newteam Brainois 5 2 0 0 3 19 22 −3 6 9th–12th place play-offs
6 Nazarenos (H) 5 0 0 0 5 9 41 −32 0 13th place match
Source: BSWW
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked based on their head-to-head result.
  2. ^ Roquetas 2018 withdrew after playing two matches, the reasons for which were undisclosed; their opponents in their remaining fixtures received 3–0 walkover wins.
12 July 2021 Lokrians 1–2 Roquetas 2018 Estádio do Viveiro
10:45 Report Referee: Richard de Bruijn-Rodrigo (Netherlands)
12 July 2021 Bonaire Terrassa 3–2 Marseille BT Pitch 3
14:45 Report Referee: Filipe Almeida (Portugal)
12 July 2021 Newteam Brainois 8–2 Nazarenos Pitch 3
18:45 Report Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)
13 July 2021 Marseille BT 6–1 Newteam Brainois Pitch 3
10:45 Report Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (Italy)
13 July 2021 Lokrians 5–5 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Bonaire Terrassa Estádio do Viveiro
10:45 Report Referee: Tomasz Winiarczyk (Poland)
13 July 2021 Nazarenos 1–7 Roquetas 2018 Pitch 3
18:45 Report Referee: Fiammetta Susanna (Italy)
14 July 2021 Lokrians 3–4 Marseille BT Pitch 3
14:45 Report Referee: Tiago Alexandre Martins Silva (Portugal)
14 July 2021 Nazarenos 1–7 Bonaire Terrassa Pitch 3
17:15 Report Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium)
15 July 2021 Roquetas 2018 0–3 w/o Newteam Brainois Estádio do Viveiro
08:15 Report Referee: Filipe Almeida (Portugal)
15 July 2021 Nazarenos 3–9 Marseille BT Estádio do Viveiro
17:15 Report Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (Italy)
15 July 2021 Lokrians 9–3 Newteam Brainois Pitch 2
18:45 Report Referee: Richard de Bruijn-Rodrigo (Netherlands)
15 July 2021 Bonaire Terrassa 3–0 w/o Roquetas 2018 Estádio do Viveiro
18:45 Report Referee: Antonio Almeida (Portugal)
16 July 2021 Roquetas 2018 0–3 w/o Marseille BT Pitch 2
14:45 Report Referee: Fiammetta Susanna (Italy)
16 July 2021 Nazarenos 2–10 Lokrians Pitch 2
16:00 Report Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium)
16 July 2021 Newteam Brainois 5–6 (a.e.t.) Bonaire Terrassa Estádio do Viveiro
11:45 Report Referee: Georgios Fitsas (Greece)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Madrid 4 3 0 0 1 18 9 +9 9 Knockout stage
2 Mriya 2006 4 2 1 0 1 13 9 +4 8 5th–8th place play-offs
3 Newteam Brussels 4 2 0 0 2 12 11 +1 6
4 Cáceres 1 1 0 0 0 6 10 −4 3 Withdrew
5 Huelva 2 1 0 0 1 4 14 −10 3
– CB Caldas Rainha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: BSWW
Notes:
  1. ^ Cáceres withdrew after playing one match due to numerous players and staff receiving exposure notifications for coming into close contact with persons testing positive for COVID-19; their opponents in their remaining fixtures received 3–0 walkover wins.
  2. ^ Huelva withdrew after playing two matches due to a member of the team testing positive for COVID-19; their opponents in their remaining fixtures received 3–0 walkover wins.
  3. ^ CB Caldas Rainha withdrew after the draw but before the tournament began.
12 July 2021 Newteam Brussels 4–8 Madrid Pitch 3
12:00 Report Referee: Pierre Bonnici (Malta)
12 July 2021 Cáceres 6–1 Huelva Estádio do Viveiro
13:30 Report Referee: Fiammetta Susanna (Italy)
12 July 2021 CB Caldas Rainha Cancelled Mriya 2006 —
16:00
13 July 2021 CB Caldas Rainha Cancelled Madrid —
12:00
13 July 2021 Cáceres 0–3 w/o Newteam Brussels Pitch 3
14:45 Report Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal)
13 July 2021 Mriya 2006 2–3 Huelva Pitch 3
16:00 Report Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
14 July 2021 CB Caldas Rainha Cancelled Huelva —
10:45
14 July 2021 Mriya 2006 4–2 Newteam Brussels Estádio do Viveiro
13:30 Report Referee: Richard de Bruijn-Rodrigo (Netherlands)
14 July 2021 Cáceres 0–3 w/o Madrid Pitch 3
16:00 Report Referee: Wilson Soares (Portugal)
15 July 2021 CB Caldas Rainha Cancelled Cáceres —
09:30
15 July 2021 Newteam Brussels 3–0 w/o Huelva Pitch 3
10:45 Report Referee: Vasileios Fitsas (Greece)
15 July 2021 Mriya 2006 5–4 (a.e.t.) Madrid Estádio do Viveiro
14:45 Report Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)
16 July 2021 Huelva 0–3 w/o Madrid Pitch 2
10:30 Report Referee: Richard de Bruijn-Rodrigo (Netherlands)
16 July 2021 Mriya 2006 3–0 w/o Cáceres Estádio do Viveiro
11:45 Report Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
16 July 2021 CB Caldas Rainha Cancelled Newteam Brussels —
11:45

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Zvezda 5 5 0 0 0 28 15 +13 15 Knockout stage
2 San Javier 5 3 0 1 1 18 10 +8 10 5th–8th place play-offs
3 Higicontrol Melilla 5 3 0 0 2 20 11 +9 9
4 Domino's 5 2 0 0 3 25 20 +5 6 9th–12th place play-offs
5 Pastéis 5 1 0 0 4 8 25 −17 3
6 Red Devils Chojnice 5 0 0 0 5 8 26 −18 0 13th place match
Source: BSWW
12 July 2021 Red Devils Chojnice 1–4 Higicontrol Melilla Pitch 3
10:45 Report Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium)
12 July 2021 Domino's 2–4 San Javier Pitch 3
13:30 Report Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy)
12 July 2021 Zvezda 4–3 Pastéis Pitch 3
17:15 Report Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium)
13 July 2021 San Javier 3–2 Red Devils Chojnice Estádio do Viveiro
13:30 Report Referee: Vasileios Fitsas (Greece)
13 July 2021 Higicontrol Melilla 7–0 Pastéis Pitch 3
13:30 Report Referee: Fiammetta Susanna (Italy)
13 July 2021 Zvezda 6–4 Domino's Pitch 3
17:15 Report Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (Italy)
14 July 2021 San Javier 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Higicontrol Melilla Pitch 3
10:45 Report Referee: Claudio Santos (Portugal)
14 July 2021 Domino's 8–2 Pastéis Estádio do Viveiro
10:45 Report Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium)
14 July 2021 Zvezda 9–1 Red Devils Chojnice Pitch 3
18:45 Report Referee: Pedro Miguel Oliveira (Portugal)
15 July 2021 Red Devils Chojnice 4–7 Domino's Pitch 3
13:30 Report Referee: Vasileios Fitsas (Greece)
15 July 2021 Zvezda 5–3 Higicontrol Melilla Pitch 2
16:00 Report Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
15 July 2021 San Javier 6–0 Pastéis Pitch 3
16:00 Report Referee: Georgios Fitsas (Greece)
16 July 2021 Domino's 3–4 Higicontrol Melilla Estádio do Viveiro
10:30 Report Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal)
16 July 2021 Zvezda 4–3 San Javier Estádio do Viveiro
13:00 Report Referee: Vasileios Fitsas (Greece)
16 July 2021 Pastéis 3–0 Red Devils Chojnice Pitch 2
13:00 Report Referee: Richard de Bruijn-Rodrigo (Netherlands)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Since Groups B consisted of five teams, for the second placed teams from Groups A and C, their results against the teams finishing in sixth place in their groups were discounted for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Marseille BT 4 3 0 0 1 15 7 +8 9 Knockout stage
2 B Mriya 2006 4 2 1 0 1 13 9 +4 8
3 C San Javier 4 2 0 1 1 15 8 +7 7
Source: BSWW

Placement matches

Thirteenth place match

Red Devils Chojnice 10–3 Nazarenos
Kilee 1', 15'
Agnieszka 11', 27'
Luisa Erika 16', 25'
Anna 18'
Weronika 19'
Mariana 32'
Dagmara 36'		 Report 1' Fartaria
18' Pires
19' Carriço
Pitch 4
Referee: Mehdi Sayoud (Belgium)

9th–12th place play-offs

 
Semi-finalsNinth place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Lokrians4
 
 
 
 Pastéis (a.e.t.)5
 
 Pastéis (p)1 (4)
 
 
 
 Domino's1 (3)
 
 Domino's6
 
 
 Newteam Brainois3
 
Eleventh place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Lokrians (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 Newteam Brainois3

Semi-finals

Lokrians 4–5 (a.e.t.) Pastéis
Ferrara 9', 15'
Gomez 13'
Lopes 16'		 Report 27' M. João
27' Rosa
32', 39' Meira
33' Garcia
Pitch 3
Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)
Domino's 6–3 Newteam Brainois
Kramna 2', 14', 31'
Forsiuk 7'
Postol 7'
Vasyliuk 10'		 Report 13' Dutrieux
19' De Gernier
23' Mestoura
Pitch 3
Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy)

Eleventh place match

Newteam Brainois 3–4 (a.e.t.) Lokrians
Mestoura 1'
Herbster 9', 17'		 Report 25', 37' Gomez
26' Dall'ara
33' Olivieri
Pitch 4
Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)

Ninth place match

Domino's 1–1 (a.e.t.) Pastéis
Shulha 9' Report 18' Forsiuk
Penalties
3–4
Pitch 3
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

5th–8th place play-offs

 
Semi-finalsFifth place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Mriya 20064
 
 
 
 Newteam Brussels2
 
 Mriya 20063
 
 
 
 Higicontrol Melilla4
 
 San Javier4 (1)
 
 
 Higicontrol Melilla (p)4 (2)
 
Seventh place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Newteam Brussels4
 
 
 San Javier9

Semi-finals

Mriya 2006 4–2 Newteam Brussels
Kostiuk 5'
Terekh 5'
Tykhonova 11'
Davydenko 33'		 Report 9', 13' Wiard
Pitch 3
Referee: Richard de Bruijn-Rodrigo (Netherlands)
San Javier 4–4 (a.e.t.) Higicontrol Melilla
Short 2' (o.g.)
James 16'
Fresneda 20', 33'		 Report 2', 24' Clark
22' Maria Soto
31' Nerea
Penalties
Saki
Andrea
Jessica
Carol
James 		1–2 Haughton
Nerea
Maria Soto
Fanjul
Clark
Pitch 4
Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium)

Seventh place match

Newteam Brussels 4–9 San Javier
Leslie 3'
Wiard 10', 28'
Van Gysel 21'		 Report 1' Fresneda
3' Jessica
18', 25' Andrea
19', 29' James
21' Carol
21', 36' Heba
Pitch 3
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)

Fifth place match

Mriya 2006 3–4 Higicontrol Melilla
Davydenko 2'
Babenko 35'
Klipachenko 36'		 Report 12' Maria Soto
24' Short
27', 36' Clark
Pitch 2
Referee: Georgios Fitsas (Greece)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Zvezda3
 
 
 
 Marseille BT2
 
 Zvezda3
 
 
 
 Madrid 6
 
 Madrid 4
 
 
 Bonaire Terrassa 0
 
Third place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Marseille BT5 (5)
 
 
 Bonaire Terrassa (p)5 (6)

Semi-finals

Zvezda 3–2 Marseille BT
Akylbaeva 4'
Ivashkina 6', 26'		 Report 9' Noele
28' Adriele
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)
Madrid 4–0 Bonaire Terrassa
Mellado 16', 18', 30'
Sheva 28'		 Report
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

Third place match

Marseille BT 5–5 (a.e.t.) Bonaire Terrassa
Aina 1' (o.g.)
Blanc 8', 22'
Adriele 20'
Lorena 24'		 Report 6', 15' Serrat
21' Adriana
32' Alba
32' Nacha
Penalties
5–6
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Murat Gozutok (Turkey)

Final

Zvezda 3–6 Madrid
Cherniakova 2', 34'
Kanaeva 35'		 Report 4', 5', 28', 36' Mellado
23' Estela
33' Sheva
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)

Awards

The following individual awards were presented after the final.

Top scorer(s)
Alba Mellado ( Madrid)
14 goals
Best player
Anna Cherniakova ( Zvezda)
Best goalkeeper
Anna Akylbaeva ( Zvezda)

Top goalscorers

Players who scored at least four goals are listed

14 goals
13 goals
  • Molly Clark ( Higicontrol Melilla)
11 goals
  • Natalia Gomez ( Lokrians)
10 goals
  • Maria Soto ( Higicontrol Melilla)
9 goals
  • Adriana Manau ( Bonaire Terrassa)
  • Anna Cherniakova ( Zvezda)
8 goals
  • Kseniia Hrytsenko ( Domino's)
  • Lorena Medeiros ( Marseille BT)
7 goals
6 goals
  • Joana Carvalho ( Pastéis)
  • Anna Shulha ( Domino's)
  • Ali Hall ( Newteam Brainois)
  • Carmen Fresneda ( San Javier)
5 goals
  • Marianna Kramna ( Domino's)
  • Laurine Herbster ( Newteam Brainois)
  • Adriele Rocha ( Marseille BT)
  • Maria Barquero ( Cáceres)
  • Federica Dall'ara ( Lokrians)
  • Nataliia Kanaeva ( Zvezda)
  • Anna Akylbaeva ( Zvezda)
4 goals
  • Wendy Martin ( Roquetas 2018)
  • Laura Chamizo ( Bonaire Terrassa)
  • Julia Serrat ( Bonaire Terrassa)
  • Iryna Vasyliuk ( Domino's)
  • Julie Bernard ( Marseille BT)
  • Yuliia Kostiuk ( Mriya 2006)
  • Katie James ( San Javier)
  • Andrea Miron ( San Javier)
  • Carolina González ( San Javier)
  • Letícia Villar ( Lokrians)
  • Iana Zubilova ( Zvezda)

Source: BSWW

Final standings

Rank Team Result
1 Madrid Champions (1st title)
2 Zvezda Runners-up
3 Bonaire Terrassa Third place
4 Marseille BT
5 Higicontrol Melilla
6 Mriya 2006
7 San Javier
8 Newteam Brussels
9 Pastéis
10 Domino's
11 Lokrians
12 Newteam Brainois
13 Red Devils Chojnice
14 Nazarenos

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