2019 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Year:2019
Size:170px
Country: Portugal
City:Nazaré
Dates:5–7 July
Num Teams:6
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:9
Goals:74
Top Scorer: Anna Cherniakova
Marina Fedorova
Nathalie Schenk
Eva Bachmann
Molly Clark
(4 goals each)

The 2019 Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fourth 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 25 April 2019.[1]

Six nations took part in a three-day competition, hosted in the same location as the previous two editions, Nazaré, Portugal, between 5 and 7 July, alongside the first stage of the men's 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League.[1] It was the final edition of the competition, being replaced by the Women's Euro Beach Soccer League.

Russia were the defending champions and successfully retained their crown, defeating Spain in the final to win their second successive title, also becoming the first nation to win the tournament more than once.

Teams

For the first time, all six teams from the previous edition of the championship returned and hence no teams made their debut.[2]

TeamAppearanceBest performanceRank1
3rdFourth place (2017)5th
4thChampions (2017)1st
4thThird place (2017)6th
2ndChampions (2018)4th
4thChampions (2016)2nd
4thRunners-up (2016, 2017)3rd

Venue

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All matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro on Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) with a capacity of 2,200,[3] except for one match that took place on an external, purpose built pitch known as "Pitch 2".[4]

Draw

Unlike in previous editions, the draw was not held publicly and its details were not disclosed.

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

TeamQualification
122000103+76Advance to the Final
22100167–13Third place play-off
320002612–60Fifth place play-off
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Group B

TeamQualification
121100106+45Advance to the Final
221001108+23Third place play-off
320002511–60Fifth place play-off
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Play-offs

Final

Awards

After the final, the following awards were presented.[5]

Individual awards

width=300 colspan=5Top scorer(s)
Molly Clark
Anna Cherniakova
Marina Fedorova
Nathalie Schenk
Eva Bachmann
4 goals
Best player
Marina Fedorova
Best goalkeeper
Viktoriia Silina

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Source

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup Nazaré 2019 announced . beachsoccer.com . 25 April 2019 . 2 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Definitieve selectie Nederlands vrouwen Beach Soccer team bekend. beachsoccerbond.nl . 2 July 2019. Dutch.
  3. Web site: "Тратим на Кубок европейских чемпионов € 200 тыс., но деньги остаются в Назаре" . Beach Soccer Russia . 31 May 2018 . 27 June 2018 . Russian . https://web.archive.org/web/20180628020116/http://bsrussia.com/info/item/8874?type=2 . 28 June 2018 . dead .
  4. Web site: Euro Beach Soccer League arranca na Nazaré . cm-nazare.pt . 1 July 2019 . 2 July 2019 . Portuguese . 2 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190702230813/http://www.cm-nazare.pt/pt/noticias/euro-beach-soccer-league-arranca-na-nazare . dead .
  5. Web site: Russia retain European crown! . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 7 July 2019 . 7 July 2019 .