2016 Euro Winners Cup

2016 Euro Winners Cup

Catania, Sicily - host of the competition
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	23–29 May 2016
Teams	32 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 [1] (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Viareggio (1st title)
Runners-up	Artur Music
Third place	SC Braga
Fourth place	Catania

The 2016 Euro Winners Cup was the fourth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, held in Catania, Italy, from 23rd – 29th May 2016.^[2] Russian team BSC Kristall are the defending champions.

Participating teams

A record 28 nations represented by an increased total of 32 clubs will participate in the tournament. Similarly to the UEFA Champions League, the higher quality leagues received more than one spot in the competition for their respective leagues' clubs to compete.^[3][4] The other leagues will be represented solely by their champions.

Champions and Runners-up
Terracina 1st	Kristall 1st	Chargers Baselland 1st
Viareggio 2nd	Krylya Sovetov 2nd	Winti Panthers 2nd
Catania 3rd
Champions Only
FC BATE Borisov 1st	Cartel Waterloo 1st	FC Odesos 1st
Bohemians 1905 1st	Copenhagen 1st	WKR Santos 1st
ASC Peugeot 1st	Le Grand Motte 1st	Kakhaber Mikeladze 1st
Rostocker Robben E.V 1st	Atlas AO 1st	ESC Gyöngyös 1st
Falfala Qassem 1st	FK ZEP 1st	IGOL 1st
Djoker Chisinau 1st	Zwolle 1st	Darsahan 1st
Grembach Łódź 1st	SC Braga 1st	Performer Constanta 1st
Rehab 1st	Melistar 1st	Analyaspor 1st
Artur Music 1st

Note: The following teams pulled out: Bohemians 1905 Darsahan Rehab Kakhaber Mikeladze

They were replaced by: Lokomotiv Moscow Portsmouth Hemako Sztutowo Dinamo Batumi

Group Stage

With an increase in the number of teams, eight groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format.^[1] The group allocations were drawn on May 4th.^[5]

Group A Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Catania 3 3 0 0 22 5 +17 9 Knockout stage FC BATE Borisov 3 2 0 1 16 9 +7 6 Atlas AO 3 1 0 2 9 15 –6 3 Elimination Zwolle 3 0 0 3 6 24 –18 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group B Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Kristall 3 3 0 0 20 5 +15 9 Knockout stage Melistar 3 2 0 1 16 11 +5 6 Le Grand Motte 3 1 0 2 12 12 0 3 Elimination Cartel Waterloo 3 0 0 3 6 24 –18 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group C Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Viareggio 3 3 0 0 19 9 +10 9 Knockout stage Krylya Sovetov 3 2 0 1 19 10 9 6 Rostocker Robben 3 0 1 2 12 17 –5 2 Elimination FK ZEP 3 0 0 3 7 21 –14 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group D Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Terracina 3 3 0 0 18 10 +10 9 Knockout stage Falfala Qassem 3 2 0 1 17 9 +8 6 FC Odesos 3 1 0 2 10 15 –5 3 Elimination Winti Panthers 3 0 0 3 6 17 –11 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group E Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Artur Music 3 2 0 1 25 8 +17 6 Knockout stage Hemako Sztutowo 3 2 0 1 5 6 –1 6 BSC Peugeot 3 1 0 2 5 20 –15 3 Elimination Dinamo Batumi 3 1 0 2 13 14 –1 3 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group F Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Grembach Łódź 3 3 0 0 16 7 +9 9 Knockout stage Lokomotiv Moscow 3 2 0 1 22 4 +18 6 Analyaspor 3 1 0 2 11 17 –6 3 Elimination IGOL 3 0 0 3 6 27 –21 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group G Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification SC Braga 3 3 0 0 35 2 +33 9 Knockout stage CS Djoker Chisinau 3 2 0 1 11 14 –3 6 Performer Constanta 3 1 0 2 13 21 –8 3 Elimination WKR Santos 3 0 0 3 6 28 -22 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group H Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Chargers Baselland 3 3 0 0 34 11 +23 9 Knockout stage ESC Gyöngyös 3 2 0 1 23 10 +13 6 Portsmouth 3 1 0 2 15 31 –16 3 Elimination Copenhagen 3 0 0 3 10 30 –20 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Knock-out stage

The top two ranking teams from each group will proceed to the knock-out stage, beginning with the round of 16. Each round will consist of a one-off match.

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Catania	5
	ESC Gyöngyös	3
					Catania	2
					Chargers Baselland	1
	Chargers Baselland	8
	Melistar	3
									Catania	3
									Artur Music (et)	4
	Terracina	11
	CS Djoker Chisinau	3
					Terracina	4
					Artur Music	6
	Artur Music	4
	Grembach Łódź	3
													Artur Music	6(6)
													Viareggio (pen)	6(7)
	Viareggio	6
	Falfala Qassem	4
					Viareggio	5
					Lokomotiv Moscow	3
	Lokomotiv Moscow	3
	Hemako Sztutowo	0
									Viareggio (pso)	3(5)
									SC Braga	3(4)			Third Place
	Kristall	5
	Krylya Sovetov	6
					Krylya Sovetov	3(2)							Catania	4
					SC Braga	3(3)							SC Braga	5
	SC Braga	5
	FC BATE Borisov	2

See also

• Mundialito de Clubes

References

1. "The biggest Euro Winners Cup ever!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 February 2016.
2. "Euro Winners Cup 2016 confirmed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2016.
3. "Euro Winners Cup 2016: clubs revealed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 March 2016.
4. "EURO WINNERS CUP MEN". beachsoccer.ch.
5. "Draws made for Euro Winners Cup in Catania". beachsoccer.com. 4 May 2016.

External links

• Euro Winners Cup 2016, beachsoccer.com