2021 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League Explained

Tourney Name:Women's Euro Beach Soccer League
Year:2021
Dates:17 June – 12 September
Size:320px
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Country:Portugal
Venues:2
Cities:2
Count:1
Matches:28
Goals:167
Nextseason:2022

The 2021 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League was the first edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer League (WEBSL).[1] It is the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between women's national teams, succeeding the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup (2016–19). Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), it is the women's version of the men's long-running Euro Beach Soccer League, which began in 1998.

The league consisted of two phases: a single round of fixtures comprising the regular season, which determined the seedings for the post-season event, the Superfinal, in which the teams then directly contested the league title, with the winners becoming WEBSL champions; both events took place in Portugal.[1]

Russia were defending European champions, having won the final edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup in 2019, and successfully retained their European crown by winning the league title, beating England 8–2 in the final.[2]

Teams

Eight teams took part in the inaugural season.[3] [4] Portugal entered straight into the Superfinal as hosts.

The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 9 nations.[5]

Regular season (Nazaré, 17–20 June)

Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1)

The matches took place at one of two venues on Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach): One seated arena, the Estádio do Viveiro (Viveiro Stadium), and one purpose made pitch, located adjacent to the main stadium, simply known as Pitch 2. Due to COVID-19 concerns, the matches were played behind closed doors.[6]

All teams qualified for the Superfinal; the final standings of the regular season event were used to determine the seedings for the Superfinal.[7]

Group stage

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Key: Advance to –Final /3rd place match /5th place match

Group 1

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Group 2

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Play-offs

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Final standings

Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Awards

The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[8]

width=160Stage Winners trophyTop scorer(s)width=190Best playerwidth=190Best goalkeeper
Carmen Fresneda4 goals Andrea Mirón Anastasiia Terekh

Superfinal (Figueira da Foz, 9–12 September)

Matches are listed as local time in Figueira da Foz, WEST (UTC+1).

The winners of the Superfinal were crowned 2021 WEBSL champions.

Group stage

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Key: Advance to –Final /3rd place match /5th place match /7th place match /(H) Hosts

Group 1

Team
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Group 2

Team
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Play-off stage

Superfinal match

Awards

Individual awards

Awarded for feats achieved in the Superfinal only[2]

width=300 colspan=2Top scorer(s)
Molly Clark
7 goals
Best player
Iana Zubilova
Best goalkeeper
Anna Akylbaeva

Final standings

TeamResult
1 WEBSL Champions (1st title)
2Runners-up
3Third place
4
5
6
7
8

Top scorers

The following table list the top 10 scorers of the 2021 WEBSL, including goals scored in both the regular and post season events.

Note there are no awards presented for these season-encompassing scoring feats, the tables are for statistical purposes only. Scoring awards were bestowed per stage, with the primary award that which was presented in the Superfinal.

width=45Rankwidth=200Playerwidth=30Pldwidth=65Goals
1 Molly Clark 7 9
2 Chelly Drost 7 7
3 Sarah Kempson 7 6
4 Anna Cherniakova 7 5
Matějková Markéta 7
Eva Bachmann 8
Mariia Tykhonova 8
8 Anna Petrova 6 4
Sylvana Tieleman 6
Natalia Zaitseva 6
Anna Akylbaeva 7
Carmen Fresneda 7
Connie Short 7
Iana Zubilova 7
Sara Gonzalez 8
Myroslava Vypasniak 8
Sources: Regular season, Superfinal

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Official Calendar launched for 2021 Beach Soccer Season . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 13 April 2021. 10 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Russia claim maiden Women's Superfinal! . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 12 September 2021 . 13 September 2021 .
  3. News: Groups announced for 2021 Euro Beach Soccer League . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 18 June 2021. 10 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Alan to coach the Portuguese Women's National Beach Soccer Team . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 2 September 2021 . 5 September 2021 .
  5. Web site: WORLD RANKING - WOMEN - EUROPE . Beach Soccer Worldwide . October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20210613053231/https://www.beachsoccer.com/ranking/world-ranking-women/europe . 13 June 2021. 2021-06-13 .
  6. https://beachsoccer.com/event/womens-euro-beach-soccer-league-regular-phase/overview Women's Euro Beach Soccer League 2021 - Regular Phase - Overview - Tickets
  7. Web site: England and Spain reach EBSL Regular Stage final . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 19 June 2021 . 5 September 2021 .
  8. https://twitter.com/BeachSoccer_WW/status/1406620859243040774 Let's not forget the #EBSLNazare individual awards!