| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Portugal Italy |
| Dates | 1 July – 11 September |
| Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Italy |
| Third place |  Portugal |
| Fourth place |  Ukraine |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 121 (6.05 per match) |
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The 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League was the second edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer League (WEBSL). It is the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between women's national teams, succeeding the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup (2016–19). Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), it is the women's version of the men's long-running Euro Beach Soccer League, which began in 1998.
The league consisted of two phases: two rounds of fixtures comprising the regular season, and the Superfinal, in which the top four teams qualified to then directly contest the league title, with the winners becoming WEBSL champions.[1][2]
The league also acted as the qualification route to the 2023 European Games; the top five teams qualified to join hosts Poland.[1][2]
Russia were defending champions, but were banned from entering the competition this year.[RUS] The competition was won by Spain for the first time who claimed their second European crown following the 2016 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup.
Six teams took part this season.[3]
^ In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the defending champions, the Russian national team, was banned from entering.[4][5]
The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 9 nations.[6]
| Key: Advance to – | Superfinal semi-finals / | Superfinal 5th place match / | (H) Hosts |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (H)
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 12 |
| 2 | Spain
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 12 |
| 3 | Portugal (H)
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 9 |
| 4 | Ukraine
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | –4 | 6 |
| 5 |  England
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | –3 | 5 |
| 6 |  Czech Republic
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 27 | –19 | 0 |
v Italy
| 1 July 2022 | Spain | 2–3 | Italy | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 10:00 (UTC+1) |
 30' |
Report |
15' Saggion 29' Vecchione |
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany) |
v Ukraine
| 1 July 2022 | England | 4–3 | Ukraine | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 12:30 (UTC+1) |
18' 20' (o.g.) 21' |
Report |
10' (o.g.) James 21' Slavych |
Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia) |
v Portugal
| 1 July 2022 | Czech Republic | 2–5 | Portugal | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 16:30 (UTC+1) |
22' |
Report |
11' Ema T. 26' Erica 29', 29' Carolina |
Referee: Nuno Madeira (Switzerland) |
v England
| 2 July 2022 | Czech Republic | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | England | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 11:15 (UTC+1) |
16' |
Report |
34' (o.g.) Dlouhá 39' Hillier |
Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal) |
v Spain
| 2 July 2022 | Ukraine | 1–3 | Spain | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 13:45 (UTC+1) |
|
Report |
22', 31' Lorena |
Referee: Antoni Madeira (Switzerland) |
v Italy
| 2 July 2022 | Portugal | 4–3 | Italy | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 17:45 (UTC+1) |
29' |
Report |
16', 27' Vecchione |
Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia) |
v Czech Republic
| 3 July 2022 | Ukraine | 4–0 | Czech Republic | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 11:15 (UTC+1) |
24', 35' 26' |
Report | Referee: Wilson Castanheira (Portugal) |
v Italy
| 3 July 2022 | England | 2–3 | Italy | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 13:45 (UTC+1) |
11' |
Report |
5' Naticchioni 35' Vecchione |
Referee: Antoni Madeira (Switzerland) |
v Portugal
| 3 July 2022 | Spain | 5–1 | Portugal | Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré |
| 17:45 (UTC+1) |
14', 29' 27' 34' |
Report |
|
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany) |
v England
| 8 September 2022 | Portugal | 5–3 | England | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
| 09:45 (UTC+2) | Ema T. 22' Carolina 29', 34'Andreia 29'Cristina 36' |
Report | 25' Scadding 35', 36' Kempson |
Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary) |
v Czech Republic
| 8 September 2022 | Spain | 5–2 | Czech Republic | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
| 12:15 (UTC+2) | Laura 10' Lorena 12'Andrea Miron 18'Machackova 35' (o.g.)Sara Tui 36' |
Report | 11' Jungova 14' Slavikova |
Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany) |
v Ukraine
| 8 September 2022 | Italy | 7–1 | Ukraine | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
| 16:15 (UTC+2) | Privitera 2', 32', 33' Vecchione 17', 18'Pisa 20'Ponzini 35' |
Report | 3' Klipachenko |
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland) |
v Ukraine
| 9 September 2022 | Portugal | 2–3 | Ukraine | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
| 09:45 (UTC+2) | J. Meira 1' Jamila 18' |
Report | 13', 32' Vypasniak 27' Klipachenko |
Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria) |
v Spain
| 9 September 2022 | England | 0–2 | Spain | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
| 12:15 (UTC+2) | Report | 15' Sara Tui 18' Jessica |
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany) |
v Czech Republic
| 9 September 2022 | Italy | 10–2 | Czech Republic | Palm Beach, Cagliari |
| 16:15 (UTC+2) | Vecchione 2', 2', 8', 28' Iannella 7', 20', 31'Privitera 12'Olivieri 14'Pisa 27' |
Report | 28' Cervenakova 34' Culova |
Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia) |
The following awards were presented after the conclusion of the first round of matches in Nazaré.[7]
| Nazaré stage trophy | Top scorer(s) | Best player | Best goalkeeper | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Lorena Asensio Maria Vecchione |
4 goals | Joana Flores |
Angela Ruotolo
| |
| England | 11–4 | Czech Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Clark 2', 22' Kempson 8', 28'Meiwald 10', 27', 35'Martin 22', 33'James 25', 29' |
Report | 12' Jungova 23', 32' Cervenakova 29' Culova |
Referee: Francisco De Oses (Spain)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
| ||||||
| 10 September | |||||
| ||||||
| Spain | 4 | ||||
| 11 September | |||||
| Portugal | 1 | ||||
| Spain | 2 | ||||
| 10 September | |||||
| Italy | 0 | ||||
| Italy | 3 | ||||
| ||||||
| Ukraine | 1 | ||||
| Third place match | |||||
| ||||||
| 11 September | |||||
| ||||||
| Portugal | 3 | ||||
| ||||||
| Ukraine | 0 | ||||
| Spain | 4–1 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Carol G. 1' Manau 16', 36'Cris G. 36' |
Report | 5' Ema T. |
Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
| Italy | 3–1 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Privitera 10' Olivieri 28'Saggion 32' |
Report | 30' Volovenko |
Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)
| Portugal | 3–0 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Kostiuk 15' (o.g.) Carolina 23'Erica 27' |
Report |
Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)
| Italy | 0–2 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| Report | 8', 33' C. Glez |
Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)
| 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League Champions |
|---|
 Spain First title |
| Top scorer(s) | |
|---|---|
| Maria Vecchione
| |
| 10 goals | |
| Best player | |
| Adriana Manau
| |
| Best goalkeeper | |
| Laura Gallego Silvente
|
| Key: |
Qualified to 2023 European Games
|
| Pos | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
WEBSL Champions (1st title) |
| 2 | Italy |
Runners-up |
| 3 | Portugal |
Third place |
| 4 | Ukraine |
|
| 5 | England[b] | |
| 6 | Czech Republic
|
b. ^ England has no independent National Olympic Committee (NOC) and will instead be represented at the European Games as 
Great Britain.
The following table list the top 10 scorers of the 2022 WEBSL, including goals scored in both the regular and post season events.
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Vecchione |
10 |
| 2 | Veronica Privitera |
6 |
| 3 | Carolina Ferreira |
5 |
| Sarah Kempson
| ||
| Lorena Asensio Ruiz
| ||
| 6 | Carolina Gonzalez |
4 |
| Wendy Martin
| ||
| 8 | Jana Červeňáková |
3 |
| Molly Clark
| ||
| Michaela Čulová
| ||
| Ema Toscano
| ||
| Joana Flores
| ||
| Sandy Iannella
| ||
| Yuliia Kostiuk
| ||
| Anne Meiwald
| ||
| Melania Pisa
| ||
| Myroslava Vypasniak
|
Sources: Matchdays 1–3, Matchdays 4–5 and Superfinal
Vecchione
