2024 Women's Euro Winners Cup Host country Portugal Dates 10–16 June Teams 24 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 4 (in 1 host city) Champions Higicontrol Melilla (2nd title) Runners-up Red Devils ChojniceThird place HuelvaFourth place Pozoalbense
International football competition
The 2024 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the ninth 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 viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in its parent sport, association football .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré , Portugal , in tandem with the larger men's edition , from 10 to 16 June.[ 7] [ 8]
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 Round of 16 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Higicontrol Melilla of Spain were the defending champions[ 9] and successfully retained the title,[ 10] becoming the first club to win consecutive titles.
Teams 24 clubs from ten different nations enter the event.[ 11]
In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine ,[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] clubs from Russia remain banned from entering this year.
Key: H: Host club \ TH: Title holders
Group stage
Portugal (7)
Estoril
France (3)
Marseille BT
Ilha
Marseille Minots
Nazaré 2022
Southern Cévennes
O Sótão (H)
Italy (2)
Cagliari
O Sótão "B"
Lady Terracina
Pastéis
England (1)
Isle of Wight
SandGames Figueira
Georgia (1)
Dinamo Batumi
Spain (6)
FAL Cádiz
Latvia (1)
Riga
Higicontrol Melilla (TH)
Netherlands (1)
Zeeland
Huelva
Poland (1)
Red Devils Chojnice
Málaga
Switzerland (1)
Rappiranhas
Mazarrón
Pozoalbense
Draw The draw to split the 24 clubs into six groups of four took place on 16 May.[ 16]
Group stage All group winners and runners-up, along with the four best third-placed teams, progress to the knockout stage.
The two worst third-placed teams and all fourth placed teams recede to a set of consolation matches to determine final placements.
Key Qualification to the knockout stage Recede to placement matches
Group A
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
W+
WP
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Higicontrol Melilla
3
3
0
0
0
26
1
+25
9
2
Marseille Minots
3
2
0
0
1
13
9
+4
6
3
Estoril
3
1
0
0
2
5
16
−11
3
4
O Sótão "B"
3
0
0
0
3
3
21
−18
0
10 June
Estoril
3–1
O Sótão "B"
10 June
Marseille Minots
0–6
Higicontrol Melilla
11 June
Estoril
1–6
Marseille Minots
11 June
Higicontrol Melilla
11–0
O Sótão "B"
12 June
O Sótão "B"
2–7
Marseille Minots
12 June
Higicontrol Melilla
9–1
Estoril
Group C
Pos
Team
Pld
W
W+
WP
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Mazarrón
3
2
0
1
0
8
5
+3
7
2
Marseille BT
3
1
0
0
2
16
10
+6
3
3
Lady Terracina
3
0
0
2
1
8
10
−2
2
4
SandGames Figueira
3
0
0
0
3
7
14
−7
0
10 June
SandGames Figueira
0–1
Mazarrón
10 June
Lady Terracina
3–3 (2–1 p.)
Marseille BT
11 June
SandGames Figueira
5–5 (1–3 p.)
Lady Terracina
11 June
Marseille BT
5–5 (3–4 p.)
Mazarrón
12 June
Mazarrón
2–0
Lady Terracina
12 June
Marseille BT
8–2
SandGames Figueira
Group D
Pos
Team
Pld
W
W+
WP
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Huelva
3
2
0
1
0
18
7
+11
7
2
Zeeland
3
1
0
1
1
10
11
−1
4
3
Isle of Wight
3
0
0
1
2
7
9
−2
1
4
Ilha
3
0
0
0
3
6
14
−8
0
Group E
Pos
Team
Pld
W
W+
WP
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Pastéis
3
2
0
0
1
8
9
−1
6
2
FAL Cádiz
3
1
1
0
1
8
8
0
5
3
Red Devils Chojnice
3
1
0
1
1
8
5
+3
4
4
Cagliari
3
0
0
0
3
8
10
−2
0
10 June
Pastéis
0–3
FAL Cádiz
10 June
Red Devils Chojnice
1–1 (3–1 p.)
Cagliari
11 June
Pastéis
3–2
Red Devils Chojnice
11 June
Cagliari
3–4 (a.e.t.)
FAL Cádiz
12 June
FAL Cádiz
1–5
Red Devils Chojnice
12 June
Cagliari
4–5
Pastéis
Group F
Pos
Team
Pld
W
W+
WP
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Málaga
3
3
0
0
0
28
3
+25
9
2
Rappiranhas
3
2
0
0
1
9
9
0
6
3
Nazaré 2022
3
1
0
0
2
4
11
−7
3
4
Southern Cévennes
3
0
0
0
3
4
22
−18
0
10 June
Nazaré 2022
1–7
Málaga
10 June
Southern Cévennes
2–5
Rappiranhas
11 June
Nazaré 2022
2–0
Southern Cévennes
11 June
Rappiranhas
0–6
Málaga
12 June
Málaga
15–2
Southern Cévennes
12 June
Rappiranhas
4–1
Nazaré 2022
Placement matches Matches took place on 13 June.
Knockout stage
Round of 16 onwards
Championship match details
Awards The following individual awards were presented after the final.[ 17]
Top scorer(s)
Cristina Gonzalez ( Málaga)
13 goals
Best player
Andrea Mirón ( Higicontrol Melilla)
Best goalkeeper
Adriana Banaszkiewicz ( Red Devils Chojnice)
Top goalscorers Players with at least four goals are listed.
13 goals
Cristina Gonzalez ( Málaga)
12 goals
Patri Miñano ( Mazarrón)
11 goals 8 goals
Lorena Medeiros ( Marseille Minots)
Louise Arseneault ( FAL Cádiz)
Sil Neves ( Pastéis)
Adriana Manau ( Málaga)
7 goals
Natalia Cuadrado ( Higicontrol Melilla)
6 goals
Tatia Shainidze ( Dinamo Batumi)
Agostina Tasinazzo ( Zeeland)
Andrea Mirón ( Higicontrol Melilla)
María Soto ( Huelva)
María Pilar Sánchez ( Pozoalbense)
Danielle Barboza ( Marseille BT)
Anaëlle Wiard ( Marseille BT)
Laura Mulero ( Mazarrón)
5 goals
Lydia Raja ( Zeeland)
Jéssica Santos ( O Sótão)
Nerea Miralles ( Higicontrol Melilla)
Laura Gallego ( Higicontrol Melilla)
Aleksandra Sudyk ( Red Devils Chojnice)
Eva Castaño ( Huelva)
Saki Kushiyama ( Marseille BT)
4 goals
Maria Vecchione ( Cagliari)
Marissa Vasquez ( Isle of Wight)
Alisha Buckingham ( Isle of Wight)
Laurine Herbster ( Southern Cévennes)
Marta Simões ( Ilha)
Inês Bastos ( Ilha)
Mariam Artmeladze ( Dinamo Batumi)
Myroslava Vypasniak ( Riga)
Petra Niceia ( O Sótão)
Mariana Prazeres ( Estoril)
Sara Tui ( Higicontrol Melilla)
Carolina Gonzalez ( Higicontrol Melilla)
Paqui Campoy ( Pozoalbense)
Irene Mateos ( Pozoalbense)
Maria Milene ( Pastéis)
Kornelia Okoniewska ( Higicontrol Melilla)
Source: BSWW
Final standings
Rank
Team
Result
1
Higicontrol Melilla
Champions (2nd title)
2
Red Devils Chojnice
Runners-up
3
Huelva
Third place
4
Pozoalbense
5
Málaga
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
6
Mazarrón
7
Pastéis
8
Marseille BT
9
O Sótão
Eliminated in the Round of 16
10
Marseille Minots
11
FAL Cádiz
12
Rappiranhas
13
Riga
14
Zeeland
15
Nazaré 2022
16
Estoril
17
Isle of Wight
Eliminated in the Group Stage
18
Lady Terracina
19
Cagliari
20
SandGames Figueira
21
Ilha
22
Dinamo Batumi
23
Southern Cévennes
24
O Sótão "B"
See also
References
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