2018 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup

The 2018 Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the third edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, an annual European beach soccer championship for women's national teams, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The event was revealed on 28 March, 2018.[1]

2018 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
CityNazaré
Dates6–8 July
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place  Switzerland
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored60 (6.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Anastasia Gorshkova
(5 goals)

Six nations took part in a three-day competition, hosted in the same location as the 2017 edition, Nazaré, Portugal, between 6 and 8 July, alongside stage 2 of the men's 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League.[2]

England were the defending champions, but failed to progress pass the group stage, ultimately finishing in fourth place. The championship was claimed by Russia, who won the title at their first attempt.[3]

Teams

All six teams from the previous edition returned, except for Greece, who were replaced by Russia.

Superscript key:
1. Teams making their debut

Venue

Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) is the host location of the competition for the second year running.
Nazaré
Location of Nazaré
in Portugal.

All matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro on Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach).

The stadium had recently been undergoing redevelopment, increasing its capacity from 1,600 to 2,200.[4] However, one part of the stadium was still awaiting upgrades,[5] meaning the new capacity figure was yet to be fully reached.

Draw

The draw took place on June 12, 2018 at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona. The six teams were split into two groups of three.[2]

Two teams were seeded and automatically allocated to the groups: England, as reigning champions, were allocated to position A1 and Switzerland, as runners up in the last edition, were allocated to B1. The unseeded nations were then drawn to accompany them in the two groups, with placement of the nations alternating back and forth between Groups A and B as each team was drawn out in turn.[6]

Seeded nations Unseeded nations
 England (assigned to A1)
  Switzerland (assigned to B1)		  Czech Republic
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Spain

Group stage

The teams compete in a round robin format. The winners of the groups proceed to contest the final. The respective group runners-up and third placed nations play each other in consolation matches to decide third through sixth place in the final standings.

Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1)

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain 22000120+126Advance to the Final
2 England 2100156–13Third place play-off
3 Czech Republic 20002213–110Fifth place play-off
England 5–2 Czech Republic
James  15'
Clark  16'
Kempson  25' (pen.), 36'
Bazan  32'		 Report(ru)  11' Matejkova
 25' Jungova
Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)
Spain 8–0 Czech Republic
Mellado  12', 19', 24'
Miron  13', 18', 24'
Gomez  23', 35' (pen.)		 Report(ru)
Referee: Francisco Henriques Costa (Portugal)
England 0–4 Spain
Report(ru)  9' Pascual
 29' Morera
 30' Asensio
 35' Miron
Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia 22000148+66Advance to the Final
2  Switzerland 21001910–13Third place play-off
3 Netherlands 2000249–50Fifth place play-off
Switzerland  6–8 Russia
Heer  6'
Schenk  11'
Meyer  13', 27'
Samorodova  15' (o.g.)
Birrfelder  16'		 Report(ru)  4', 26' Gorshkova
 11' (pen.), 25' Fedorova
 12', 16', 35' Zaitseva
 28' Cherniakova
Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany)
Netherlands 2–6 Russia
De Bondt  11'
Verschoor  18'		 Report(ru)  1' Samorodova
 8' Zaitseva
 15' Ivashkina
 25', 27' (pen.), 32' Gorshkova
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
Switzerland  3–2 Netherlands
Morger  9', 28'
Birrfelder  22'		 Report(ru)  6' De Hoek
 20' (o.g.) Morger
Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

Play-offs

Fifth place play-off
Netherlands 1–2 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Moudou  8' Report(ru)  26' Pilouskova
 39' (pen.) Culova
Referee: Ivan Kirilov (Bulgaria)

Third place play-off
Switzerland  6–3 England
Heer  3'
Grüter  8', 20'
Morger  19'
Schenk  26'
Kehrli  30'		 Report(ru)  7' Hillier
 19', 28' Cheshire
Referee: Gary Christien (Belgium)

Final
Russia 2–0 Spain
Cherniakova  29'
Fedorova  34'		 Report(ru)
Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

Awards

After the final, the following awards were presented.[7]

Winners trophy
2018 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Champions

Russia
First Title

Individual awards
Top scorer
Anastasia Gorshkova
5 goals
Best player
Marina Fedorova
Best goalkeeper
Maria Jose Pons

Goalscorers
5 goals
  • Anastasia Gorshkova
4 goals
  • Natalia Zaitseva
  • Andrea Miron
3 goals
  • Alba Mellado
  • Andrea Morger
  • Marina Fedorova
2 goals
  • Sarah Kempson
  • Ramona Birrfelder
  • Alina Grueter
  • Vanessa Meyer
  • Nicole Heer
  • Lauren Cheshire
  • Nathalie Schenk
  • Natalia de Francisco Gomez
  • Anna Cherniakova
1 goal
  • Molly Clark
  • Nadine Bazan
  • Aaike Verschoor
  • Aafke de Hoek
  • Katie James
  • Elena Ivashkina
  • Deborah Kehrli
  • Michaela Culova
  • Marketa Matejkova
  • Carla Morera
  • Bouchra Moudou
  • Veronika Pychova
  • Ana Pascual
  • Lorena Asensio
  • Aleksandra Samorodova
  • Gemma Hillier
  • Aneta Jungova
  • Joelle de Bondt
Own goals
  • Aleksandra Samorodova (vs. Switzerland)
  • Andrea Morger (vs. Netherlands)

Source

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Russia 3 3 0 0 0 16 8 +8 9 Champions
2 A  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 12 2 +10 6 Runners-up
3 B   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 15 13 +2 6 Third place
4 A  England 3 1 0 0 2 8 12 −4 3 Fourth place
5 A  Czech Republic 3 0 1 0 2 4 14 −10 2 Fifth place
6 B  Netherlands 3 0 0 0 3 5 11 −6 0 Sixth place
Source:

References
  1. "Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup lands in Nazaré again!". beachsoccer.com. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. "Draw held for Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup". beachsoccer.com. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. "Russia see off Spain with two late golazos". beachsoccer.com. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  4. ""Тратим на Кубок европейских чемпионов € 200 тыс., но деньги остаются в Назаре"" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. "Nazaré é o centro do andebol da Europa" (in Portuguese). TripSeek. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. "LIVE: Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup Nazaré 2018!". Beach Soccer Worldwide - Facebook. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. "Фёдорова - MVP женского Кубка Европы, Горшкова - лучший бомбардир" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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