2022 Women's Euro Winners Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Women's Euro Winners Cup
Count:1
Prevseason:2021
Goals:354
Matches:49
Fourth Other: Higicontrol Melilla
Third Other: Marseille BT
Second Other: San Javier
Year:2022
Country:Portugal
Dates:6–12 June
Num Teams:17
Confederations:1
Venues:3
Cities:1
Size:140px
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for women's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.[1]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition, from 6–12 June.[2]

The event began 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, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

Madrid CFF of Spain were the defending champions, but did not enter the competition this year. It was won by Bonaire Terrassa of Spain, who won their first title.[3]

Teams

17 clubs from ten different nations entered the event.[4]

In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, clubs from Russia were banned from participation.[5] [6]

Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Group stage
(5)Bonaire Terrassa (1)Newteam Brussels
Cáceres (1)Kylävainion Päällikot
Higicontrol Melilla (1)Bavaria Bazis
Huelva (1)Gibraltar Wave
San Javier (1)Zeeland
(3)ACD O Sotão (H) (1)FC10 Ladies
Nazaré 2022 (1)Rappiranhas
Pastéis
(2)Amnéville
Marseille BT

Draw

The draw to split the 17 clubs into groups took place at 12:00 CEST (UTC+2) on 6 May at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona, Spain.[7] [8]

Group stage

The designation of "home" and "away" teams displayed in the results matrices is for administrative purposes only.

Matches took place from 6 to 9 June.

The group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage. The third- and fourth-placed teams receded to the 9th–16th place placement matches.

Key:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21 May 2017 . Euro Winners Cup 2015 to be biggest yet . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180103134944/http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/euro-winners-cup-2015-to-be-biggest-yet . 3 January 2018 . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 2 January 2018.
  2. Web site: 24 January 2022 . Euro Winners Cup to return to Nazaré in 2022 . 5 May 2022 . Beach Soccer Worldwide.
  3. Web site: Terrassa Bonaire are the queens of Europe! . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 12 June 2022 . 12 June 2022 .
  4. Web site: 5 May 2022 . Euro Winners Cup 2022 teams confirmed . 5 May 2022 . Beach Soccer Worldwide.
  5. Decision of the UEFA Executive Committee related to Russia . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . PDF . 2 . 28 February 2022 . 2 March 2022.
  6. Web site: Measures taken by BSWW after the attacks on Ukraine . . 28 February 2022 . 5 May 2022 .
  7. Web site: 4 May 2022 . Euro Winners Cup draws to be held on Friday . 5 May 2022 . Beach Soccer Worldwide.
  8. Web site: Euro Winners Cup groups decided . . 6 May 2022 . 6 May 2022 .