2017 Euro Winners Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	2017 Euro Winners Cup
Size:	175px
Country:	Portugal
Dates:	26 May – 4 June 2017
Num Teams:	54
Confederations:	1
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Third Other:	BSC Lokomotiv Moscow
Fourth Other:	FC Delta
Matches:	122
Goals:	1089
Top Scorer:	Gabriele Gori (18 goals)
Player:	Mauricinho
Goalkeeper:	Vitalii Sydorenko
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2017 Euro Winners Cup was the fifth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top men's European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The 2017 tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 26 May till 4 June 2017.^[1]

Italian team Viareggio BS were the defending champions but lost in the Round of 16 to Ukrainian side Artur Music.

Artur Music ultimately went on to lose in the final to Portuguese team SC Braga who claimed their first European title.

Gabriele Gori was top scorer for the second year running, following up his top scorer award at the World Cup just a few weeks prior.

Participating teams

25 nations represented by a record of 54 clubs participated in the tournament. 28 teams are qualified directly for the main round, including Viarregio (the 2016 trophy holders), ACD Sótão (as host team), SC Braga (as runner-up of host nation) and 25 national champions (note, BS Lazio clinching the berth of Italy national champions since Viarregio is also a European champion).^[2] The preliminary round was disputed by all the remaining teams that sign in (26 teams). At first four more teams sign in, but didn't take part in competition.^{[3] [4]}

Main round
	Cadiz CF Sotelo	Ibbenburener BSC	Arman
Sporting CP	BSC Griffin	Atlas AO	Dinamo Batumi
ACD Sótão	BSC Grembach Łódź	Seferihisar Cittaslow	"Falfala" Kfar Qassem
	Jászfényszaru GWP Cservy	ACS West Deva	RTU
BSC Kristall	Grande Motte Pyramide	FC Valicecar	Glomminge IF
Lazio BS	FC BATE Borisov	CS Djoker Chisinau	LSA Perwez BS
Winti Panthers	Silesia St Neots	Betuws BS	MFC Spartak Varna
Preliminary round
Casa Benfica de Loures	BSC Spartak Moscow	KP Łódź	Rostocker Robben
Vitoria FC	CSKA Moscow	ESC Gyongyos	A.P.S. Napoli Patron
CD Vila Franca do Rosario	FC City	Littoral BS Dunkerquois	Alanyaspor
GR Amigos da Paz	FC Delta	Montpellier Herault	BS Lansingerland
CD Nacional da Madeira	CD Bala Azul	BSC Vitoblsport	Littoral BS de Panne
CF OS Belenenses	Levante UD	Portsmouth BSC
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow	BSC Artur Music	SK Bosnia EU Teplice

Preliminary round

With an increase in the number of teams, five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams constitute the preliminary stage, competing in a round-robin format. The winners of each group advance to main stage. The group allocations were drawn on 10 April 2017.^[5] The matches were held from 26 May till 28 May 2017. Seven group winners and one best-ranked runner-up (BSC Artur Music) advanced to the main round.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Advanced to the main round

Group 1

Team
FC Delta	3	3	0	0	24	5	+19	9
BSC Artur Music	3	2	0	1	28	8	+20	6
SK Bosnia EU Teplice	3	1	0	2	7	27	–20	3
Littoral BS Dunkerquois	3	0	0	3	7	26	–19	0

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FC Delta	9 – 1	Littoral BS Dunkerquois
SK Bosnia EU Teplice	0 – 14	BSC Artur Music
FC Delta	10 – 1	SK Bosnia EU Teplice
BSC Artur Music	11 – 3	Littoral BS Dunkerquois
Littoral BS Dunkerquois	3 – 6	SK Bosnia EU Teplice
	3 – 5	FC Delta

Group 2

Team
BSC Spartak Moscow	3	2	1	0	20	7	+13	7
Casa Benfica de Loures	3	2	0	1	18	15	+3	6
Rostocker Robben	3	1	0	2	14	14	0	3
A.P.S. Napoli Patron	3	0	0	3	8	24	–16	0

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BSC Spartak Moscow	9 – 1	A.P.S. Napoli Patron
Rostocker Robben	5 – 6	Casa Benfica de Loures
BSC Spartak Moscow	4 – 4 3 – 2	Rostocker Robben
Casa Benfica de Loures	10 – 3	A.P.S. Napoli Patron
A.P.S. Napoli Patron	4 – 5	Rostocker Robben
Casa Benfica de Loures	2 – 7	BSC Spartak Moscow

Group 3

Team
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow	2	2	0	0	25	3	+22	6
Vitoria FC	2	1	0	1	8	17	–9	3
Littoral BS de Panne	2	0	0	2	3	16	–13	0

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BSC Lokomotiv Moscow	9 – 2	Littoral BS de Panne
Vitoria FC	7 – 1	Littoral BS de Panne
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow	16 – 1	Vitoria FC

Group 4

Team
CSKA Moscow	3	3	0	0	22	6	+16	9
ESC Gyongyos	3	2	0	1	21	8	+13	6
BS Lansingerland	3	1	0	2	9	27	–18	3
	3	0	0	3	9	20	–11	0

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CD Vila Franca do Rosario	1 – 8	CSKA Moscow
BS Lansingerland	1 – 12	ESC Gyongyos
CD Vila Franca do Rosario	5 – 6	BS Lansingerland
ESC Gyongyos	3 – 4	CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow	10 – 2	BS Lansingerland
ESC Gyongyos	6 – 3	CD Vila Franca do Rosario

Group 5

Team
KP Łódź	3	3	0	0	28	13	+15	9
FC City	3	2	0	1	13	9	+4	6
GR Amigos da Paz	3	1	0	2	13	15	–2	3
Portsmouth BSC	3	0	0	3	9	26	–17	0

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GR Amigos da Paz	2 – 4	FC City
Portsmouth BSC	4 – 15	KP Łódź
GR Amigos da Paz	7 – 4	Portsmouth BSC
KP Łódź	6 – 5	FC City
FC City	4 – 1	Portsmouth BSC
KP Łódź	7 – 4	GR Amigos da Paz

Group 6

Team
CD Nacional da Madeira	2	1	1	0	8	6	+2	5
Levante UD	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	3
BSC Vitoblsport	2	0	0	2	6	8	–2	0

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CD Nacional da Madeira	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Levante UD
BSC Vitoblsport	3 – 4	Levante UD
BSC Vitoblsport	3 – 4	CD Nacional da Madeira

Group 7

Team
CD Bala Azul	3	3	0	0	21	11	+10	9
Alanyaspor	3	2	0	1	14	12	+2	6
Montpellier Herault	3	0	1	2	12	15	–3	2
CF OS Belenenses	3	0	0	3	7	16	–9	0

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CF OS Belenenses	3 – 4	Montpellier Herault
Alanyaspor	5 – 6	CD Bala Azul
CD Bala Azul	7 – 5	Montpellier Herault
CF OS Belenenses	3 – 4	Alanyaspor
Montpellier Herault	3 – 5	Alanyaspor
CD Bala Azul	8 – 1	CF OS Belenenses

Main round

With an increase in the number of teams, nine groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format. The group allocations were drawn on 4 April 2017.^[9] The matches were held from 29 May till 31 May 2017. Nine group winners and seven best-ranked runners-up advanced to the play-off round.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Advanced to the play-off round

Group A

Team
BSC Artur Music	3	3	0	0	18	5	+13	9
ACD Sótão	3	2	0	1	18	8	+10	6
FC Valicecar	3	1	0	2	14	17	–3	3
Glomminge IF	3	0	0	3	6	26	–20	0

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FC Valicecar	7 – 3	Glomminge IF
BSC Artur Music	2 – 1	ACD Sótão
ACD Sótão	11 – 1	Glomminge IF
FC Valicecar	2 – 8	BSC Artur Music
ACD Sótão	6 – 5	FC Valicecar
Glomminge IF	2 – 8	BSC Artur Music

Group B

Team
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow	3	2	1	0	19	8	+11	8
Viareggio BS	3	2	0	1	27	13	+14	6
LSA Perwez BS	3	1	0	2	8	17	–9	3
CS Djoker Chisinau	3	0	0	3	7	23	–16	0

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LSA Perwez BS	4 – 3	CS Djoker Chisinau
BSC Lokomotiv Moscow	7 – 6	Viareggio BS
Viareggio BS	14 – 3	CS Djoker Chisinau
LSA Perwez BS	1 – 7	BSC Lokomotiv Moscow
Viareggio BS	7 – 3	LSA Perwez BS
CS Djoker Chisinau	1 – 5	BSC Lokomotiv Moscow

Group C

Team
Dinamo Batumi	3	2	0	1	15	9	+6	6
Lazio BS	3	1	1	1	16	12	+4	5
Arman	3	1	0	2	13	16	–3	3
Silesia St Neots	3	1	0	2	11	18	–7	3

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Arman	7 – 4	Silesia St Neots
Dinamo Batumi	3 – 5	Lazio BS
Lazio BS	4 – 5	Silesia St Neots
Arman	2 – 5	Dinamo Batumi
Lazio BS	7 – 4	Arman
Silesia St Neots	2 – 7	Dinamo Batumi

Group D

Team
Seferihisar Cittaslow	3	3	0	0	16	10	+6	9
BSC Griffin	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6
MFC Spartak Varna	3	1	0	2	12	10	+2	3
ACS West Deva	3	0	0	3	7	22	–15	0

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MFC Spartak Varna	3 – 4	Seferihisar Cittaslow
ACS West Deva	0 – 7	BSC Griffin
BSC Griffin	4 – 5	Seferihisar Cittaslow
MFC Spartak Varna	8 – 4	ACS West Deva
BSC Griffin	2 – 1	MFC Spartak Varna
Seferihisar Cittaslow	7 – 3	ACS West Deva

Group E

Team
Sporting CP	3	2	1	0	12	7	+5	7
	3	2	0	1	18	8	+10	6
Betuws BS	3	0	1	2	11	16	–5	2
RTU	3	0	0	3	3	13	–10	0

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Betuws BS	3 – 2	RTU
	3 – 3 2 – 3	Sporting CP
Sporting CP	4 – 1	RTU
Betuws BS	5 – 9	BSC Spartak Moscow
Sporting CP	5 – 3	Betuws BS
RTU	0 – 6	BSC Spartak Moscow

Group F

Team
SC Braga	3	3	0	0	25	4	+21	9
CD Bala Azul	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
Ibbenburener BSC	3	1	0	2	13	16	–3	3
Winti Panthers	3	0	0	3	2	25	–23	0

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SC Braga	11 – 4	Ibbenburener BSC
CD Bala Azul	7 – 0	Winti Panthers
Winti Panthers	2 – 8	Ibbenburener BSC
SC Braga	4 – 0	CD Bala Azul
Winti Panthers	0 – 10	SC Braga
Ibbenburener BSC	1 – 3	CD Bala Azul

Group G

Team
BSC Kristall	3	3	0	0	19	6	+13	9
Cadiz CF Sotelo	3	2	0	1	16	13	+3	6
CD Nacional da Madeira	3	1	0	2	6	11	–5	3
Atlas AO	3	0	0	3	3	14	–11	0

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Atlas AO	0 – 5	BSC Kristall
CD Nacional da Madeira	3 – 4	Cadiz CF Sotelo
BSC Kristall	7 – 5	Cadiz CF Sotelo
CD Nacional da Madeira	2 – 0	Atlas AO
BSC Kristall	7 – 1	CD Nacional da Madeira
Cadiz CF Sotelo	7 – 3	Atlas AO

Group H

Team
CSKA Moscow	3	3	0	0	12	6	+6	9
	3	1	1	1	11	7	+4	5
FC BATE Borisov	3	1	0	2	10	12	–2	3
KP Łódź	3	0	0	3	8	16	–8	0

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	2 – 7
CSKA Moscow	5 – 3	FC BATE Borisov
	3 – 2	FC BATE Borisov
CSKA Moscow	4 – 2	KP Łódź
	1 – 3	CSKA Moscow
FC BATE Borisov	5 – 4	KP Łódź

Group I

Team
FC Delta	3	3	0	0	17	8	+9	9
BSC Grembach Łódź	3	2	0	1	15	12	+3	6
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem	3	1	0	2	11	12	–1	3
Grande Motte Pyramide	3	0	0	3	9	20	–11	0

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"Falfala" Kfar Qassem	5 – 3	Grande Motte Pyramide
FC Delta	6 – 2	BSC Grembach Łódź
BSC Grembach Łódź	8 – 3	Grande Motte Pyramide
	3 – 4	FC Delta
BSC Grembach Łódź	5 – 3	"Falfala" Kfar Qassem
Grande Motte Pyramide	3 – 7	FC Delta

Play-off round

Round of 16

The matches were held on 1 June 2017.^[13] |}

Quarter-finals

The matches were held on 2 June 2017.^[14]

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For 1–8 places|}

Semi-finals

The matches were held on 3 June 2017.^[15]

For 13–16 places|}

For 9–12 places|}

For 5–8 places|}

For 1–4 places|}

Placement matches

The matches were held on 4 June 2017.^[16]

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For 13–14 places|}

For 11–12 places|}

For 9–10 places|}

For 7–8 places|}

For 5–6 places|}

For 3–4 places|}

Cup Final|}

Awards

width=350 colspan=3	Top scorer(s)
Gabriele Gori ( Viareggio BS)
18 goals^[17]
Best player
Mauricinho (SC Braga)
Best goalkeeper
Vitalii Sydorenko ( BSC Artur Music)

Source: http://beachsoccer.com/news/braga-lift-euro-winners-cup-with-victory-over-artur-music

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	SC Braga
2	Artur Music
3	BSC Lokomotiv Moscow
4	FC Delta
5	BSC Kristall
6	BSC Spartak Moscow
7	Sporting CP
8	CD Bala Azul
9	Viareggio BS
10	Cadiz CF Sotelo
11	CSKA Moscow
12	Dinamo Batumi
13	BSC Grembach Łódź
14	BSC Griffin
15	ACD Sótão
16	Seferihisar Cittaslow

See also

• Mundialito de Clubes

External links

• Euro Winners Cup 2017, beachsoccer.com
• Euro Winners Cup 2017 Preliminary Round, beachsoccer.com
• 2017 Men's Euro Winners Cup's top 5 goals
• 2017 Men's Euro Winners Cup's Best Moments

Notes and References

1. Web site: Praia da Nazaré acolhe a Euro Winners Cup 2017. 27 January 2017.
2. Web site: Euro Winners Cup 2017 to feature preliminary round.
3. Web site: Draw held for Euro Winners Cup preliminary round.
4. Web site: Euro Winners Cup 2017: Preliminary phase open for all.
5. Web site: Draw held for Euro Winners Cup preliminary round. beachsoccer.com. 10 April 2017.
6. Web site: Goals aplenty on Euro Winners Cup opening day.
7. Web site: Bala Azul first to progress from Euro Winners Cup Preliminary Round.
8. Web site: Eight qualifiers progress to Euro Winners Cup.
9. Web site: Draws held for Euro Winners Cup 2017. beachsoccer.com. 4 April 2017.
10. Web site: Euro Winners Cup gets underway in Nazare.
11. Web site: Portugal's Sporting, Braga pick up wins.
12. Web site: Sixteen progress from Euro Winners Cup groups.
13. Web site: Holders Viareggio bow out ahead of Euro Winners Cup quarter-finals.
14. Web site: Lokomotiv march on as Braga down Sporting.
15. Web site: Artur Music to face SC Braga in Euro Winners Cup final.
16. Web site: Braga lift Euro Winners Cup with victory over Artur Music.
17. Web site: Статистика - Euro Winners Cup 2017 - Пляжный футбол - BeachSoccerRussia . 2017-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170617142430/http://beachsoccerrussia.ru/tournaments/eurowinnerscup-2017/statistic . 2017-06-17 . dead .