2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League Explained

Tourney Name:Women's Euro Beach Soccer League
Year:2022
Dates:1 July – 11 September
Num Teams:6
Confederations:1
Country:Portugal
Country2:Italy
Venues:2
Cities:2
Count:1
Matches:20
Goals:121
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League was the second edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer League (WEBSL). 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: two rounds of fixtures comprising the regular season, and the Superfinal, in which the top four teams qualified to then directly contest the league title, with the winners becoming WEBSL champions.[1] [2]

The league also acted as the qualification route to the 2023 European Games; the top five teams qualified to join hosts Poland.[1] [2]

Russia were defending champions, but were banned from entering the competition this year. The competition was won by Spain for the first time who claimed their second European crown following the 2016 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup.

Teams

Six teams took part this season.[3]

In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the defending champions, the Russian national team, were banned from entering.[4] [5]

The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 9 nations.[6]

Notes
  • a: Teams making their debut.

    Regular season

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    Key: Advance to –Superfinal semi-finals /Superfinal 5th place match /(H) Hosts
    Team
    1 (H)540012611+1512
    254001177+1012
    3 (H)530021716+19
    4520031216–46
    5511031215–35
    650005827–190
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    Awards

    The following awards were presented after the conclusion of the first round of matches in Nazaré.[7]

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    Lorena Asensio
    Maria Vecchione
    4 goals Joana Flores Angela Ruotolo

    Superfinal

    Consolation

    Fifth place match

    Final four

    Superfinal match

    Awards

    Individual awards

    width=300 colspan=2Top scorer(s)
    Maria Vecchione
    10 goals
    Best player
    Adriana Manau
    Best goalkeeper
    Laura Gallego Silvente

    Final standings

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

    b. England has no independent National Olympic Committee (NOC) and will instead be represented at the European Games as .

    Top scorers

    The following table list the top 10 scorers of the 2022 WEBSL, including goals scored in both the regular and post season events.

    width=45Rankwidth=200Playerwidth=65Goals
    1 Maria Vecchione 10
    2 Veronica Privitera 6
    3 Carolina Ferreira 5
    Sarah Kempson
    Lorena Asensio Ruiz
    6 Carolina Gonzalez 4
    Wendy Martin
    8 Jana Červeňáková 3
    Molly Clark
    Michaela Čulová
    Ema Toscano
    Joana Flores
    Sandy Iannella
    Yuliia Kostiuk
    Anne Meiwald
    Melania Pisa
    Myroslava Vypasniak
    Sources: Matchdays 1–3, Matchdays 4–5 and Superfinal

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Euro Beach Soccer League: 2022 structure announced . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 16 June 2022 . 20 June 2022 . 19 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220619220130/https://beachsoccer.com/euro-beach-soccer-league-2022-structure-announced-2 . live .
    2. Web site: Uma Liga Europeia diferente: vai haver final four para definir campeão . Filipe Simoes, Bruno . ZeroZero.pt . 17 June 2022 . 20 June 2022 . pt . 20 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192139/https://www.zerozero.pt/news.php?id=370177 . live .
    3. Web site: Participating Teams . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 25 June 2022 .
    4. Decision of the UEFA Executive Committee related to Russia . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . PDF . 2 . 28 February 2022 . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302024748/https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0273-148f20d27980-23a90d5c0d62-1000/20220228_circular_2022_10_en.pdf . live .
    5. Web site: 28 February 2022 . Measures taken by BSWW after the attacks on Ukraine . 5 May 2022 . . 9 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309130443/https://beachsoccer.com/official-announcement . live .
    6. Web site: Ranking - Women's National Teams . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 31 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220507041118/https://beachsoccer.com/rankings#2970 . 25 June 2022. 2022-05-07 .
    7. Web site: Spain lead Women's Euro Beach Soccer League . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 3 July 2022 . 5 July 2022 . Vecchione .