2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup

The 2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the second edition of Women's Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European women's clubs. Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW),[1] the championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.[2]

2017 Women's Euro Winners Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	30 May – 4 June 2017
Teams	19 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Havana Shots Aargau (1st title)
Runners-up	Portsmouth
Third place	Higicontrol Melilla
Fourth place	WFC Zvezda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	394 (7.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Glafira Bazhanova (13 goals)
Best player(s)	Sarah Kempson
Best goalkeeper	Deborah Kehrli

Held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 30 May to 4 June 2017 in tandem with the men's edition,[1] the event started 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. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

Swiss club Grasshoppers were the defending champions, but failed to qualify. The tournament was won by Swiss team Havana Shots Aargau who beat England's Portsmouth in the final to win their first European title.[3]

Russians WFC Zvezda were the only team to finish in the top four again having done so in last year's first edition.

Participating teams

20 teams entered the tournament (an increase from 12 in the inaugural edition) – the top-level domestic beach soccer league/championship champions plus, for some countries, other top non-champions clubs from the nation indicated.[4][5]

Group stage
CD Bala Azul	Terracina Femminile	Viod Driezum	KU AZS UAM Poznan
CD Huelva	Terracina Ladies	AO Kefallinia	Vetlanda United
Higicontrol Melilla	WFC Zvezda	Astra Hungary	AF Leiria
Grande Motte Pyramide	WFC Neva	Beachkick Ladies Berlin	Havana Shots Aargau
Amneville	HTC Zwolle	Portsmouth	Atlas AO^1

1. Withdrew after the draw

Draw

The draw to split the 20 teams into five groups of four took place on 4 April in the host city of Nazaré, Portugal alongside the men's competition draw.[4]

As the club representing the host association of Portugal, AF Leiria were assigned to Group A. Four other teams were seeded (Beachkick Ladies Berlin, Havana Shots Aargau, WFC Neva, Terracina Ladies) and each assigned to one the remaining groups. The teams were seeded because their national association's club finished in the top four in the previous edition in 2016.[6]

Clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.[6]

Group stage

Matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro, on one of three pitches as stated.

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	WFC Zvezda	3	3	0	0	0	19	7	+12	9	Knockout stage
2	AF Leiria	3	2	0	0	1	17	9	+8	6	9th–16th place play-offs
3	HTC Zwolle	3	1	0	0	2	19	21	–2	3
4	Amneville	3	0	0	0	3	10	28	–18	0

30 May 2017 Amneville 9–10 HTC Zwolle Pitch #3 13:00 Report(ru) 30 May 2017 WFC Zvezda 4–2 AF Leiria Main pitch 18:00 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 Amneville 1–9 WFC Zvezda Pitch #3 13:00 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 AF Leiria 6–5 HTC Zwolle Main pitch 18:00 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 HTC Zwolle 4–6 WFC Zvezda Pitch #2 12:45 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 AF Leiria 9–0 Amneville Main pitch 17:45 Report(ru)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KU AZS UAM Poznan	3	2	0	0	1	15	11	+4	6	Knockout stage
2	Beachkick Ladies Berlin	3	2	0	0	1	12	12	0	6
3	Viod Driezum	3	1	0	0	2	16	16	0	3	9th–16th place play-offs
4	Grande Motte Pyramide	3	0	0	1	2	7	11	–4	1

30 May 2017 KU AZS UAM Poznan 5–6 Viod Driezum Pitch #3 11:45 Report(ru) 30 May 2017 Grande Motte Pyramide 1–2 Beachkick Ladies Berlin Pitch #3 18:00 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 KU AZS UAM Poznan 4–1 Grande Motte Pyramide Pitch #3 11:45 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 6–5 Viod Driezum Pitch #3 18:00 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 Viod Driezum 5–5 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p) Grande Motte Pyramide Pitch #2 11:30 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 4–6 KU AZS UAM Poznan Pitch #2 16:30 Report(ru)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Havana Shots Aargau	3	2	1	0	0	14	8	+6	8	Knockout stage
2	CD Huelva	3	1	0	1	1	10	6	+4	4	9th–16th place play-offs
3	Vetlanda United	3	1	0	0	2	12	9	+3	3
4	AO Kefallinia	3	0	0	0	3	7	20	–13	0

30 May 2017 Vetlanda United 6–2 AO Kefallinia Pitch #3 10:30 Report(ru) 30 May 2017 CD Huelva 1–2 Havana Shots Aargau Pitch #3 16:45 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 Vetlanda United 3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) CD Huelva Pitch #3 10:30 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 Havana Shots Aargau 8–4 AO Kefallinia Pitch #3 16:45 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 AO Kefallinia 1–6 CD Huelva Pitch #2 10:15 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 Havana Shots Aargau 4–3 (a.e.t.) Vetlanda United Pitch #3 16:30 Report(ru)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Higicontrol Melilla	3	2	0	0	1	11	10	+1	6	Knockout stage
2	Terracina Femminile	3	1	0	1	1	12	12	0	4
3	WFC Neva	3	1	0	0	2	11	12	–1	3	9th–16th place play-offs
4	Astra Hungary	3	1	0	0	2	11	11	0	3

30 May 2017 Higicontrol Melilla 5–3 Terracina Femminile Pitch #3 09:15 Report(ru) 30 May 2017 Astra Hungary 3–5 WFC Neva Pitch #3 15:30 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 Higicontrol Melilla 2–4 Astra Hungary Pitch #3 09:15 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 WFC Neva 3–5 Terracina Femminile Pitch #3 15:30 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 Terracina Femminile 4–4 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p) Astra Hungary Pitch #2 09:00 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 WFC Neva 3–4 Higicontrol Melilla Pitch #3 15:15 Report(ru)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portsmouth	2	2	0	0	0	9	5	+4	6	Knockout stage
2	CD Bala Azul	2	1	0	1	1	7	5	+2	3
3	Terracina Ladies	2	0	0	0	2	3	9	–6	0	9th–16th place play-offs
–	Atlas AO	Withdrew

30 May 2017 CD Bala Azul 3–4 Portsmouth Pitch #2 08:00 Report(ru) 31 May 2017 Terracina Ladies 2–5 Portsmouth Pitch #3 14:15 Report(ru) 1 June 2017 Terracina Ladies 1–4 CD Bala Azul Pitch #2 14:00 Report(ru)

Ranking of second placed teams

The three best runners-up advanced to knockout stage. The ranking of the five runners-up was determined on goal average.[7] Since Group E consisted of three teams, for the runners-up from the other groups (A, B, C, D), their results against the teams finishing in fourth place in their group were discounted for this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	GAvg	Qualification
1	E	CD Bala Azul	2	1	0	0	1	7	5	+2	3	1.400	Knockout stage
2	D	Terracina Femminile	2	1	0	0	1	8	8	0	3	1.000
3	B	Beachkick Ladies Berlin	2	1	0	0	1	10	11	–1	3	0.909
4	A	AF Leiria	2	1	0	0	1	8	9	–1	3	0.888
5	C	CD Huelva	2	0	0	1	1	4	5	–1	1	0.800

9th–16th place play-offs

From the group stage, the five teams finishing in third place, plus the two-worst runners-up and the best fourth placed team were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 9th through 16th place in the final standings.

13th place play-off

13th–16th place semi-finals

9th-16th place quarter-finals

9th-12th place semi-finals

9th place play-off

C2

CD Huelva

2

E3

Terracina Ladies

5

C2

CD Huelva

3

E3

Terracina Ladies

7

D3

WFC Neva

2

B3

Viod Driezum

3

B3

Viod Driezum

4

D3

WFC Neva

3

C2

CD Huelva

2

E3

Terracina Ladies

3

A3

HTC Zwolle

3

D4

Astra Hungary

11

C3

Vetlanda United

2

A3

HTC Zwolle

1

A3

HTC Zwolle

w/o

C3

Vetlanda United

1

15th place play-off

A2

AF Leiria

D4

Astra Hungary

7

11th place play-off

D3

WFC Neva

8

A2

AF Leiria

2

B3

Viod Driezum

5

A2

AF Leiria

4

D4

Astra Hungary

8

C3

Vetlanda United

2

9th–16th place quarter-finals

2 June 2017 10:15 CD Huelva 2–5 Terracina Ladies Report(ru) Pitch #2 2 June 2017 11:30 Viod Driezum 4–3 WFC Neva Report(ru) Pitch #2 2 June 2017 12:45 Vetlanda United 2–1 HTC Zwolle Report(ru) Pitch #2 2 June 2017 18:00 AF Leiria 2–8 Astra Hungary Report(ru) Pitch #2

13th–16th place

3 June 2017 09:00 HTC Zwolle walkover AF Leiria Pitch #2 3 June 2017 10:15 WFC Neva 2–3 CD Huelva Report(ru) Pitch #2

9th–12th place

3 June 2017 11:30 Viod Driezum 3–7 Terracina Ladies Report(ru) Pitch #2 3 June 2017 12:45 Astra Hungary 7–1 Vetlanda United Report(ru) Pitch #2

15th place play-off

4 June 2017 10:15 AF Leiria 4–8 WFC Neva Report(ru) Pitch #2

13th place play-off

4 June 2017 09:00 HTC Zwolle 3–2 CD Huelva Report(ru) Pitch #2

11th place play-off

4 June 2017 11:30 Vetlanda United 2–5 Viod Driezum Report(ru) Pitch #2

9th place play-off

4 June 2017 12:45 Astra Hungary 11–3 Terracina Ladies Report(ru) Pitch #2

Knockout stage

The five group winners and best three runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

5th place play-off 5th–8th place semi-finals Quarter finals Semi-finals Final                                                       D1     Higicontrol Melilla  2        E2    CD Bala Azul  1       E2     CD Bala Azul  5         D1     Higicontrol Melilla  3      D2    Terracina Femminile  4        C1    Havana Shots Aargau   5      C1    Havana Shots Aargau   3      D2    Terracina Femminile  2       E2     CD Bala Azul (p)   2 (1)          D1     Havana Shots Aargau (a.e.t.)    4     B2    Beachkick L. Berlin     2 (0)          E1    Portsmouth   3       E1    Portsmouth  3          B1    KU AZS UAM Poznan  1    B1    KU AZS UAM Poznan   5        E1    Portsmouth  4   7th place play-off      B2    Beachkick L. Berlin     6          A1    WFC Zvezda    3       3rd place play-off    D2    Terracina Femminile  6    A1    WFC Zvezda  7    D1    Higicontrol Melilla   4     B1    KU AZS UAM Poznan   3      B2    Beachkick L. Berlin     3        A1    WFC Zvezda    3

Quarter-finals

The losers receded to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

The winners proceeded to continue to compete for the title.

2 June 2017 09:00 Higicontrol Melilla 2–1 CD Bala Azul Report(ru) Main pitch 2 June 2017 10:15 Havana Shots Aargau 3–2 Terracina Femminile Report(ru) Main pitch 2 June 2017 12:45 Portsmouth 3–1 KU AZS UAM Poznan Report(ru) Main pitch 2 June 2017 15:15 WFC Zvezda 7–3 Beachkick Ladies Berlin Report(ru) Main pitch

5th–8th place

3 June 2017 14:00 CD Bala Azul 5–4 Terracina Femminile Report(ru) Pitch #2 3 June 2017 15:15 KU AZS UAM Poznan 5–6 Beachkick Ladies Berlin Report(ru) Pitch #2

1st–4th place

3 June 2017 12:45 Higicontrol Melilla 3–5 Havana Shots Aargau Report(ru) Main pitch 3 June 2017 15:15 Portsmouth 4–3 WFC Zvezda Report(ru) Main pitch

7th place play-off

4 June 2017 14:00 KU AZS UAM Poznan 3–6 Terracina Femminile Report(ru) Pitch #2

5th place play-off

4 June 2017 15:15 Beachkick Ladies Berlin 2–2 (a.e.t.) CD Bala Azul Report(ru) Penalties 0–1 Pitch #2

3rd place play-off

4 June 2017 14:00 WFC Zvezda 3–4 Higicontrol Melilla Report(ru) Main pitch

Final

4 June 2017 16:30 Portsmouth 3–4 (a.e.t.) Havana Shots Aargau Report(ru) Main pitch

Awards

Top scorer
Glafira Bazhanova ( WFC Neva)
13 goals[8]
Best player
Sarah Kempson ( Portsmouth)
Best goalkeeper
Deborah Kehrli ( Havana Shots Aargau)

Source

Final standings

Rank	Team	Result
1	Havana Shots Aargau	Champions (1st title)
2	Portsmouth	Runners-up
3	Higicontrol Melilla	Third place
4	WFC Zvezda
5	CD Bala Azul
6	Beachkick Ladies Berlin
7	Terracina Femminile
8	KU AZS UAM Poznan
9	Astra Hungary
10	Terracina Ladies
11	Viod Driezum
12	Vetlanda United
13	CD Huelva
14	HTC Zwolle
15	WFC Neva
16	AF Leiria
17–19	Grande Motte Pyramide
	AO Kefallinia
	Amneville

See also

• 2017 Euro Winners Cup (men's edition)

External links

• Women's Euro Winners Cup 2017, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
• Euro Winners Cup Women 2017, at beachsoccerrussia.ru (in Russian)

References

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