| Tourney Name: | Women's Euro Winners Cup |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Size: | 150px |
| Country: | Italy |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | BeachKick Ladies Berlin |
| Third Other: |  WFC Zvezda |
| Fourth Other: |  Catanzaro |
| Matches: | 34 |
| Goals: | 321 |
| Player: | Rebecca Gabriel |
| Goalkeeper: |  Susanne Shutz |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the first 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), the championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.[1]
Held in Catania, Italy from 24 to 29 May 2016 in tandem with the men's edition,[2] 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.
The tournament was won by Swiss team Grasshoppers who beat Germany's BeachKick Ladies Berlin in the final to win their first European title.[3]
12 teams entered the inaugural tournament from nine countries – the top-level domestic beach soccer league/championship champions plus, for some countries, other top non-champions clubs from the nation indicated.
| Group stage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catania | HTC Zwolle | Grasshoppers | UKS Sparta Daleszyce | |
| Catanzaro | DTS' 35 | WFC Zvezda | Beachkick Ladies Berlin | |
| Terracina Ladies | Portsmouth | Nomme Kalju | Sogesport Club Esportiu | |
The draw to split the 12 teams into three groups of four took place in the morning of 4 May in the host city of Cantaia, Italy alongside the men's competition draw.[4]
As the club representing the host city Catania, DomusBet Catania BS were assigned to Group A. The other teams were then drawn to one of the three groups. Clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.[4]
Matches took place at the DombusBet Arena.[5]
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sogesport Club Esportiu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | DTS' 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Catania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 4 | UKS Sparta Daleszyce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 25 | –18 | 0 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
| -------- |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grasshoppers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Portsmouth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Terracina Ladies | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
| 4 | HTC Zwolle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 | –10 | 0 |
| -------- |
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WFC Zvezda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | Beachkick Ladies Berlin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Catanzaro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Nomme Kalju | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33 | –31 | 0 | 9th–12th place play-offs |
| -------- |
| Team | Qualification | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Catania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | C | Catanzaro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 3 | ||
| 3 | B | Terracina Ladies | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
The teams finishing in fourth place and the worst third placed team were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 9th through 12th place in the final standings.
The group winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.
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.
| width=360 colspan=3 | Top scorer | |
|---|---|---|
| Marina Fedorova (WFC Zvezda) | ||
| 18 goals | ||
| Best player | ||
| Rebecca Gabriel (BeachKick Ladies Berlin) | ||
| Best goalkeeper | ||
| Susanne Shutz (Grasshoppers) | ||
| width=40 | Rank | width=200 | Team | width=180 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grasshoppers | Champions (1st title) | |||
| 2 | BeachKick Ladies Berlin | Runners-up | |||
| 3 | WFC Zvezda | Third place | |||
| 4 | Catanzaro | ||||
| 5 | Portsmouth | ||||
| 6 | Catania | ||||
| 7 | Sogesport Club Esportiu | ||||
| 8 | DTS' 35 | ||||
| 9 | HTC Zwolle | ||||
| 10 | Terracina Ladies | ||||
| 11 | UKS Sparta Daleszyce | ||||
| 12 | Nomme Kalju |