2023 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League Explained

Tourney Name:Women's Euro Beach Soccer League
Year:2023
Dates:20–24 September
Num Teams:9
Confederations:1
Country:Italy
Venues:2
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:17
Goals:107
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

The 2023 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League was the third 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.

Originally, regular season fixtures were scheduled for July in the midst of a busy European calendar (including the European Games in June and World Beach Games in August).[1] [2] However, the men's UEFA qualifiers for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were ultimately realised during these dates in July instead; the WEBSL regular season was not rescheduled. Hence, this season, all teams entered straight into the Superfinal, to compete to become the winners of the WEBSL; the event took place in Alghero, Italy.[3]

Spain were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Portugal in the final.

Teams

Nine teams entered this season.[4] [5] [6]

The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 12 nations.[7]

Notes
  • a: In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 2021 champions, the Russian national team, is currently suspended from participating in the competition.[8] [9]
  • b: Teams making their debut.

    Superfinal

    Matches are listed as local time in Alghero, CEST (UTC+2) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may differ somewhat.

    Draw

    No draw took place to allocate the teams into their respective groups. Instead, the teams were split based on the results of last season's final standings.[4]

    Group stage

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    Key: Advance to –Semi-finals /5th–8th place play-offs /(H) Hosts

    Group A

    Team
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    2 (H)21001129+33
    320002514–90
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    Group B

    Team
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    221001112+93
    320002115–140
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    Group C

    Team
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    22100146–23
    32000246–20
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    Play-offs

    5th–8th place

    Semi-finals

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    5th place match

    1st–4th place

    Semi-finals

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    Final

    Awards

    Individual awards

    width=300 colspan=2Top scorer(s)
    Michaela Čulová
    Veronica Privitera
    8 goals
    Best player
    Andrea Mirón
    Best goalkeeper
    Jamila Marreiros

    Final standings

    TeamResult
    1 WEBSL Champions (2nd title)
    2Runners-up
    3Third place
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9

    Top scorers

    The following table list the top 10 scorers of the 2023 WEBSL.

    width=45Rankwidth=200Playerwidth=65Goals
    1 Michaela Čulová 8
    Veronica Privitera
    3 5
    Maria Vecchione
    Nidia Bos
    6 Érica Ferreira 4
    Taina Dos Santos
    Kornelia Okoniewska
    Marketa Matějková
    10 Myroslava Vypasniak 3
    Mariël Miedema
    Source

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 2023 England Beach Soccer Calendar . England Beach Soccer Association . 9 May 2023 . 3 September 2023 .
    2. Web site: Reprezentační Akce V Roce 2023: Kvalifikace Ms, Ebsl a Další . Representative events in 2023: qualification for the World Cup, EBSL and others . Beach Soccer Czech . 10 January 2023 . 3 September 2023 .
    3. Web site: Euro Beach Soccer League to be played in Alghero . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 9 August 2023 . 3 September 2023 .
    4. Web site: Ebsl V Algheru Zná Složení Skupin! S Kým Se Utkají České Reprezentace? . EBSL in Alghero knows the composition of the groups! Who will the Czech national team play? . Beach Soccer Czech . 30 August 2023 . 3 September 2023 . Czech .
    5. Web site: Жіноча збірна України з пляжного футболу готується до Суперфіналу Євроліги-2023 . The women's beach soccer team of Ukraine is preparing for the 2023 Euroleague Super Final . . 3 September 2023 . 3 September 2023 . Ukrainian .
    6. Web site: Пляжний футбол: жіноча збірна України зіграє у Суперфіналі Євроліги-2023 – відомі наші суперники . Beach soccer: the women's national team of Ukraine will play in the Euroleague 2023 Superfinal - our opponents are known . Gluhenky, Victor . Sport-Express.ua . 2 September 2023 . 3 September 2023 . Ukrainian .
    7. Web site: Rankings - Women's National Teams . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 28 August 2023 . 3 September 2023 .
    8. 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 .
    9. 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 .