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2020 Euro Winners Cup

2020 Euro Winners Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	8–13 September
Teams	27 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kristall (3rd title)
Runners-up	Braga
Third place	Real Münster
Fourth place	Marbella
Tournament statistics
Matches played	71
Goals scored	659 (9.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Llorenç Gómez (22 goals)
Best player(s)	Mauricinho
Best goalkeeper	Rafa Padilha
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International football competition

The 2020 Euro Winners Cup was the eighth 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 Leagueinassociation football.^[1]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal.

The competition was supposed to take place from 29 May to 7 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 8–13 September.^[4] However, due to persisting travel restrictions and health worries deterring clubs from travelling, the pandemic caused the competition to happen on a smaller scale than in previous years.^[5]

The competition 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. Classification matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

Braga of Portugal were the three-time defending champions, but lost on penalties in the final to Kristall of Russia who won their third title.

Teams[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Initially, entry requirements were as last year. To enter automatically, a club needed to be the champions of their country's most recent national championship (and for Europe's strongest leagues, the runners-up and third placed clubs could also enter). Any club that didn't meet these requirement was entitled to enter the accompanying Euro Winners Challenge (preliminary round) to take place in the days prior to the competition proper, as a last opportunity to qualify for the EWC main round.^[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:^[4]

• The Euro Winners Challenge (preliminary round) was cancelled.
• Entry restrictions were relaxed: the event was opened up to simply any European club that wished to participate.

Entrants[edit]

27 clubs from 13 different nations entered the event.^[5]

Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Group stage
Braga (TH)	Kristall	Beach Royals Düsseldorf	Grasshoppers
ACD O Sótão (H)	Krylia Sovetov	Real Münster	Djoker Chişinău
ACD O Sótão Norte	Marbella	Rostocker Robben	Olimpia-Stels
CB Loures	Torrejón	Napoli Patron	West Deva
GRAP	Artur Music	CFS Cartel	Portsmouth
Os Nazarenos	Molniya	Newteam Brussels	Bemannia Stockholm
Sporting CP	Vybor	Marseille

Venues[edit]

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.^[6]

Draw[edit]

The draw to split the 27 clubs into six groups of four and one of three took place at 11:00 WEST (UTC+1) on 5 September in Nazaré, Portugal. The draw was conducted by the Mayor of Nazaré, Walter Chicharro and Portuguese beach soccer player, Madjer. The draw was closed to club representatives due to COVID-19 safety measures.^[5][7]

Seven clubs were seeded and automatically assigned to position one of each group: the host club, the reigning champions and the highest ranked club from the most recent national championship of each country ranked in the top five strongest European leagues, as per the BSWW League ranking (Portugal, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Germany). The remaining 20 clubs were split into three pots, based on a combination their club ranking and the slot allocation for each country. One club from each pot was drawn into each group.^[8]

Two clubs from the same country could not be placed into the same group, save for Portuguese clubs (eight teams but only seven groups), however the two Sótão clubs must be kept separate.^[8]

Pots
Seeds	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
ACD O Sótão (assigned to A1) Braga (assigned to B1) Sporting CP (assigned to C1) Kristall (assigned to D1) Marbella (assigned to E1) Vybor (assigned to F1) Rostocker Robben (assigned to G1)	Artur Music Krylia Sovetov Napoli Patron Newteam Brussels CB Loures Djoker Chişinău West Deva	GRAP Marseille Portsmouth Grasshoppers Molniya Beach Royals Düsseldorf Bemannia Stockholm	Os Nazarenos ACD O Sótão Norte Torrejón Real Münster CFS Cartel Olimpia-Stels

Group stage[edit]

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

The top two teams from each group, and the best two third places teams, advance to the round of 16.

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACD O Sotão	2	2	0	0	0	11	4	+7	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Newteam Brussels	2	1	0	0	1	9	11	−2	3
3	Marseille	2	0	0	0	2	4	9	−5	0

Marseille v ACD O Sotão 8 September 2020 Marseille 1–3 ACD O Sotão Estádio do Viveiro 18:00 Dionizio 7' Report(ru) 20' Vidinha 27', 35' Chiky Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) Newteam Brussels v Marseille 9 September 2020 Newteam Brussels 6–3 Marseille Estádio do Viveiro 18:30 Lapouge 1' Salem 21', 26', 27' Ennya 22' La Grange 26' Report(ru) 6' Huck 9' (pen.) Mansoibou 26' Basquaise Referee: Fiametta Susanna (Italy) ACD O Sotão v Newteam Brussels 10 September 2020 ACD O Sotão 8–3 Newteam Brussels Estádio do Viveiro 18:30 Report(ru) Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany)

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Braga	3	3	0	0	0	33	3	+30	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Artur Music	3	2	0	0	1	30	13	+17	6
3	CFS Cartel	3	1	0	0	2	5	33	−28	3
4	Portsmouth	3	0	0	0	3	3	22	−19	0

CFS Cartel v Braga 8 September 2020 CFS Cartel 0–14 Braga Estádio do Viveiro 16:30 Report(ru) 3', 14', 15', 29', 29', 36' Filipe da Silva 7' Bê Martins 17', 18', 23' Miguel P. 17', 27', 32' Fábio Costa 25' Torres Referee: Fiametta Susanna (Italy) Artur Music v Portsmouth 8 September 2020 Artur Music 8–3 Portsmouth Pitch 2 16:30 Report(ru) Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal) Braga v Portsmouth 9 September 2020 Braga 12–0 Portsmouth Estádio do Viveiro 17:00 Fábio Costa 1', 4' Miguel P. 2' Léo Martins 5', 27' Bê Martins 10' (pen.) Bokinha 19' Jordan Oliveira 21', 36' Jordan 26' Filipe da Silva 28', 34' Report(ru) Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany) Artur Music v CFS Cartel 9 September 2020 Artur Music 19–3 CFS Cartel Pitch 2 17:00 Report(ru) Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy) Braga v Artur Music 10 September 2020 Braga 7–3 Artur Music Estádio do Viveiro 17:00 Bê Martins 2' Léo Martins 10' Filipe da Silva 24', 24', 24', 29' Jordan 26' Report(ru) 13' Pachev 16' Llorenç 32' Voitenko Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy) Portsmouth v CFS Cartel 10 September 2020 Portsmouth 0–2 CFS Cartel Pitch 2 17:00 Report(ru) 17', 28' Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal)

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sporting CP	3	2	1	0	0	19	10	+9	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Napoli Patron	3	1	1	0	1	16	18	−2	5
3	Beach Royals Düsseldorf	3	1	0	0	2	17	18	−1	3
4	Torrejón	3	0	0	0	3	11	17	−6	0

Torrejón v Sporting CP 8 September 2020 Torrejón 2–5 Sporting CP Estádio do Viveiro 15:00 Solei 23' Marques 33' Report(ru) 10' Petrony 12' Joaozinho 18', 28' Seixes 27' Von Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy) Napoli Patron v Beach Royals Düsseldorf 8 September 2020 Napoli Patron 7–6 (a.e.t.) Beach Royals Düsseldorf Pitch 2 15:00 Report(ru) Sporting CP v Beach Royals Düsseldorf 9 September 2020 Sporting CP 6–5 (a.e.t.) Beach Royals Düsseldorf Estádio do Viveiro 15:30 Report(ru) Napoli Patron v Torrejón 9 September 2020 Napoli Patron 6–4 Torrejón Pitch 2 15:30 Report(ru) Sporting CP v Napoli Patron 10 September 2020 Sporting CP 8–3 Napoli Patron Estádio do Viveiro 15:30 Report(ru) Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) Beach Royals Düsseldorf v Torrejón 10 September 2020 Beach Royals Düsseldorf 6–5 Torrejón Pitch 2 15:30 Report(ru)

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kristall	2	2	0	0	0	16	2	+14	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Grasshoppers	2	1	0	0	1	13	9	+4	3
3	Olimpia-Stels	2	0	0	0	2	3	21	−18	0
4	CB Loures	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified[a]

Olimpia-Stels v Kristall 8 September 2020 Olimpia-Stels 1–9 Kristall Estádio do Viveiro 13:30 Cernenchi 32' Report(ru) 1', 25' Rodrigo 2' Datinha 6' Krasheninnikov 14' Paporotnyi 19' Mauricinho 22' Shishin 28' Krasnoshchekov 31' Zharikov Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy) CB Loures v Grasshoppers 8 September 2020 CB Loures cancelled Grasshoppers Pitch 2 13:30 Kristall v Grasshoppers 9 September 2020 Kristall 7–1 Grasshoppers Estádio do Viveiro 12:30 Report(ru) Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal) CB Loures v Olimpia-Stels 9 September 2020 CB Loures cancelled Olimpia-Stels Pitch 2 12:30 Grasshoppers v Olimpia-Stels 10 September 2020 Grasshoppers 12–2 Olimpia-Stels Pitch 2 12:30 Report(ru) Kristall v CB Loures 10 September 2020 Kristall cancelled CB Loures Estádio do Viveiro 14:00

Group E[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Marbella	3	3	0	0	0	18	6	+12	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Os Nazarenos	3	2	0	0	1	10	13	−3	6
3	Bemannia Stockholm	3	0	1	0	2	13	17	−4	2
4	West Deva	3	0	0	0	3	9	14	−5	0

Os Nazarenos v Marbella 8 September 2020 Os Nazarenos 1–8 Marbella Estádio do Viveiro 12:00 Report(ru) Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) West Deva v Bemannia Stockholm 8 September 2020 West Deva 5–7 (a.e.t.) Bemannia Stockholm Pitch 2 12:00 Report(ru) Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal) Marbella v Bemannia Stockholm 9 September 2020 Marbella 6–2 Bemannia Stockholm Estádio do Viveiro 11:00 Report(ru) Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal) West Deva v Os Nazarenos 9 September 2020 West Deva 1–3 Os Nazarenos Pitch 2 11:00 Robles 20' Report(ru) 6' Marques 18' Elias 34' Duarte Hilário Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy) Bemannia Stockholm v Os Nazarenos 10 September 2020 Bemannia Stockholm 4–6 Os Nazarenos Pitch 2 11:00 Report(ru) Marbella v West Deva 10 September 2020 Marbella 4–3 West Deva Estádio do Viveiro 12:30 Report(ru) Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal)

Group F[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Münster	3	3	0	0	0	24	7	+17	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Krylia Sovetov	3	2	0	0	1	15	7	+8	6
3	GRAP	3	1	0	0	2	11	17	−6	3
4	Vybor	3	0	0	0	3	5	24	−19	0

Real Münster v Vybor 8 September 2020 Real Münster 13–1 Vybor Estádio do Viveiro 10:30 Report(ru) Krylia Sovetov v GRAP 8 September 2020 Krylia Sovetov 6–3 GRAP Pitch 2 10:30 Bryshtel 4', 36' Pinyaev 8' Duarte 21' Mikhailov 24' Lucas 33' Report(ru) 12' Oliveira 15', 33' Matos Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) Vybor v GRAP 9 September 2020 Vybor 4–5 GRAP Estádio do Viveiro 09:30 Report(ru) Krylia Sovetov v Real Münster 9 September 2020 Krylia Sovetov 3–4 Real Münster Pitch 2 09:30 Report(ru) GRAP v Real Münster 10 September 2020 GRAP 3–7 Real Münster Pitch 2 09:30 Report(ru) Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy) Vybor v Krylia Sovetov 10 September 2020 Vybor 0–6 Krylia Sovetov Estádio do Viveiro 11:00 Report(ru) 5' Dolgopolov 8', 23' Bryshtel 8' Duarte 26', 26' Lucas

Group G[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Molniya	3	2	0	1	0	14	7	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Rostocker Robben	3	2	0	0	1	19	13	+6	6
3	Djoker Chişinău	3	1	0	0	2	12	13	−1	3
4	ACD O Sótão Norte	3	0	0	0	3	13	25	−12	0

ACD O Sótão Norte v Rostocker Robben 8 September 2020 ACD O Sótão Norte 6–12 Rostocker Robben Estádio do Viveiro 09:00 Report(ru) Djoker Chişinău v Molniya 8 September 2020 Djoker Chişinău 1–5 Molniya Pitch 2 09:00 Timbalist 20' Report(ru) 10', 30' Eduard 14' Rarot 17' Kasatkin 26' Antonio Djoker Chişinău v ACD O Sótão Norte 9 September 2020 Djoker Chişinău 8–2 ACD O Sótão Norte Pitch 2 08:00 Report(ru) Rostocker Robben v Molniya 9 September 2020 Rostocker Robben 1–4 Molniya Estádio do Viveiro 08:00 Dorph 33' Report(ru) 1', 4' Eduard 36' Antonio 36' Lotariev Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal) Rostocker Robben v Djoker Chişinău 10 September 2020 Rostocker Robben 6–3 Djoker Chişinău Estádio do Viveiro 08:00 Report(ru) Referee: Antonio Pereira (Portugal) Molniya v ACD O Sótão Norte 10 September 2020 Molniya 5–5 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p) ACD O Sótão Norte Estádio do Viveiro 09:30 Report(ru) Referee: Fiametta Susanna (Italy)

Ranking of third placed teams[edit]

The first, the second and the two best third placed teams advanced to knockout stage. Since groups A and D consisted of three teams, for the three first placed teams from the other groups (B, C, E, F, G), their results against the teams finishing in fourth place in their group were discounted for this ranking.^[10]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Beach Royals Düsseldorf	2	0	0	0	2	11	13	−2	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	A	Marseille	2	0	0	0	2	4	9	−5	0
3	E	Bemannia Stockholm	2	0	0	0	2	6	12	−6	0
4	F	GRAP	2	0	0	0	2	6	13	−7	0
5	G	Djoker Chişinău	2	0	0	0	2	4	11	−7	0
6	D	Olimpia-Stels	2	0	0	0	2	3	21	−18	0
7	B	CFS Cartel	2	0	0	0	2	3	33	−30	0

Knockout stage[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw to determine the round of 16 ties and composition of the knockout stage bracket took place on 10 September after the conclusion of all group stage matches. It was conducted by the Mayor of Nazaré, Walter Chicharro, and Yuliia Dekhtiar, captain of Myria 2006, partaking in the women's tournament.^[11]

The 16 clubs were split into four pots of four based on their performance in the group stage, with the best performing clubs placed in Pot 1 down to the worst performing quartet in Pot 4:^[12]

Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against teams from Pot 4; teams from Pot 2 were drawn against teams from Pot 3. The drawing of ties alternated as such and were allocated to the bracket from top to bottom in the order they were drawn. However, teams that partook in the same group during the group stage could not be drawn against each other.^[12]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Braga Kristall Marbella ACD O Sótão	Molniya Real Münster Sporting CP Artur Music	Grasshoppers Krylia Sovetov Rostocker Robben Newteam Brussels	Os Nazarenos Napoli Patron Beach Royals Düsseldorf Marseille

Bracket[edit]

	Ninth place				Consolation semifinals				Consolation quarterfinals				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
													Marbella	9
													Napoli Patron	6
									Napoli Patron	3							Marbella (p)	7(3)
									Rostocker Robben	6							Artur Music	7(1)
													Artur Music	8
													Rostocker Robben	1
					Rostocker Robben	2															Marbella	0
					Grasshoppers	3															Kristall	8
													Kristall	7
													Marseille	1
									Marseille	3							Kristall	13
									Grasshoppers	6							Molniya	3
													Molniya	6
													Grasshoppers	4
	Grasshoppers	3																							Kristall (p)	3(1)
	Sporting CP	5																							Braga	3(0)
													Braga	9
													BR Düsseldorf	1
	Eleventh place								BR Düsseldorf	0							Braga	6							Third place
									Sporting CP	5							Krylia Sovetov	0
													Sporting CP	3
	Rostocker Robben	6																							Marbella	6
													Krylia Sovetov	6
	Os Nazarenos (a.e.t.)	8			Sporting CP	5															Braga	6			Real Münster	7
					Os Nazarenos	1															Real Münster	3
													ACD O Sotão	4
													Os Nazarenos	2
	Thirteenth place				13th–16th classification				Os Nazarenos (p)	6(2)							ACD O Sotão	2			5th–8th classification				Fifth place
									Newteam Brussels	6(1)							Real Münster	3
													Real Münster	9
					Napoli Patron	3															Artur Music	12
													Newteam Brussels	3
					Marseille	5															Molniya	3
	Marseille	4																							Artur Music	11
	BR Düsseldorf	6																							Krylia Sovetov	5
					BR Düsseldorf	7															Krylia Sovetov	5
					Newteam Brussels	2															ACD O Sotão	4
	Fifteenth place																								Seventh place
	Napoli Patron	0																							Molniya	5
	Newteam Brussels	3																							ACD O Sotão	7

Round of 16[edit]

11 September 2020 08:00 ACD O Sotão 4–2 Os Nazarenos Ruben 16', 22' Pedro 17' Batalha 21' Report(ru) 18' (o.g.) Pedro 32' Pombinha Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy) 11 September 2020 08:00 Real Münster 9–3 Newteam Brussels Perez 2', 18' Meltzer 6', 29', 30' Biermann 11', 28' Kniller 19' Caballero 24' Report(ru) 8' Ben Azouz 10', 21' Salem Pitch 2 Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal) 11 September 2020 09:30 Kristall 7–1 Marseille Mauricinho 4', 11', 32' Paporotnyi 16' Krasnoshchekov 17' Remizov 19', 21' Report(ru) 11' Basquaise Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Attila Balint (Romania) 11 September 2020 09:30 Molniya 6–4 Grasshoppers Suarez 4', 12', 24' Gorovoi 16' Antonio 21' Rarot 36' Report(ru) 16' Vn Gashi 26' Vc Gashi 34', 36' Hodel Pitch 2 Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium) 11 September 2020 11:00 Braga 9–1 Beach Royals Düsseldorf Jordan Oliveira 3', 13', 20' Léo Martins 5', 27' Bokinha 19', 30' Filipe da Silva 31' Miguel P. 35' Report(ru) 36' Addarii Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Matieu Dor (France) 11 September 2020 11:00 Sporting CP 3–6 Krylia Sovetov Pinhal 7' Cepeda 9' Belchior 15' Report(ru) 3', 24' Duarte 12', 23' Pinyaev 27', 36' Bryshtel Pitch 2 Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy) 11 September 2020 12:30 Marbella 9–6 Napoli Patron Juanma 1' Kuman 5', 7', 23' Alex Jr. 11', 25', 26' Fernando 18' Cristian T. 30' Report(ru) 1' Stavropoulos 6', 32' Pampero 9', 22' Laduche 18' Papastathopoulos Estádio do Viveiro Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal) 11 September 2020 12:30 Artur Music 8–1 Rostocker Robben Pachev 1' Llorenç 14', 17', 32' Gori 26', 33' Zborovskyi 30' Krokhmaliuk 35' Report(ru) 11' Knüppel Pitch 2 Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)