| Tourney Name: | 2016 Euro Winners Cup |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Italy |
| Dates: | 23–29 May 2016 |
| Num Teams: | 32 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3[1] |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion Other: |  Viareggio |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: |  Artur Music |
| Third Other: | SC Braga |
| Fourth Other: | Catania |
| Matches: | 64 |
| Goals: | 597 |
| Top Scorer: | Gabriele Gori |
| Player: | Rodrigo Costa |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Euro Winners Cup was the fourth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, held in Catania, Italy, from 23–29 May 2016.[2] Russian team BSC Kristall were the defending champions.
A record 28 nations represented by an increased total of 32 clubs participated in the tournament. Similarly to the UEFA Champions League, the higher quality leagues received more than one spot in the competition for their respective leagues' clubs to compete.[3] [4] The other leagues were represented solely by their champions.
| Champions and Runners-up | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Terracina | Chargers Baselland | ||
 Krylya Sovetov | Winti Panthers | ||
| Catania | |||
| Champions Only | |||
 FC BATE Borisov |  Cartel Waterloo | ||
 Bohemians 1905 | Copenhagen | WKR Santos | |
 ASC Peugeot |  Le Grand Motte |  Kakhaber Mikeladze | |
| Rostocker Robben E.V | Atlas AO |  ESC Gyöngyös | |
| FK ZEP |  IGOL | ||
| Djoker Chisinau | Zwolle |  Darsahan | |
 Performer Constanta | |||
 Rehab |  Melistar |  Analyaspor | |
Bohemians 1905 Darsahan Rehab Kakhaber MikeladzeThey were replaced by:
Lokomotiv Moscow
Hemako Sztutowo Dinamo BatumiWith an increase in the number of teams, eight groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format.[1] The group allocations were drawn on May 4.[5]
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| FC BATE Borisov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 6 | |
| Atlas AO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | –6 | 3 | Elimination |
| Zwolle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 24 | –18 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSC Kristall | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| Melistar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 | |
| Le Grand Motte | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | Elimination |
| Cartel Waterloo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 24 | –18 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viareggio | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| Krylya Sovetov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | |
| Rostocker Robben | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | –5 | 2 | Elimination |
| FK ZEP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 21 | –14 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terracina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
 "Falfala" Kfar Qassem | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 6 | |
| FC Odesos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | –5 | 3 | Elimination |
| Winti Panthers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | –11 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artur Music | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| Hemako Sztutowo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 6 | |
| BSC Peugeot | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 20 | –15 | 3 | Elimination |
| Dinamo Batumi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | –1 | 3 |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grembach Łódź | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 6 | |
| Analyaspor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 17 | –6 | 3 | Elimination |
| IGOL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 27 | –21 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Braga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | +33 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| CS Djoker Chisinau | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | –3 | 6 | |
| Performer Constanta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 21 | –8 | 3 | Elimination |
| WKR Santos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 28 | -22 | 0 |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chargers Baselland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 | +23 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| ESC Gyöngyös | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 6 | |
| Portsmouth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 31 | –16 | 3 | Elimination |
| Copenhagen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 30 | –20 | 0 |
The top two ranking teams from each group will proceed to the knock-out stage, beginning with the round of 16. Each round will consist of a one-off match.