2013 Euro Winners Cup


The inaugural 2013 Euro Winners Cup was a beach soccer tournament that took place on two pitches at the UMPI Smart Beach Arena stadium, located at the Riviera delle Palme resort in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, from 15 – 19 May 2013. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the UEFA Champions League.

Participating teams

Twenty teams confirmed their participation in the inaugural tournament:
The first Beach Soccer Winner Cup was held in the sands of San Benedetto del Tronto, Rive delle Palme which located in Ascoli, Italy from 15–19 May 2013. This Cup is involving all the champions in the different official National Leagues all across the Old Continent, 18 different countries will be represented in this tournament.
In the first stage, the eighteen champions of the officially sanctioned Beach Soccer National Championships, plus the host and the Italian runner-up got distributed into five groups, yet offering interesting battles with powerful teams having to compete for the head of the group.
Only the sides topping the group will be granted a ticket to the quarterfinals stage, accompanied by the three best second-ranked teams.

GROUP AGROUP BGROUP CGroup DGroup E
Sambenedettese BS Lexmax Goldwin Pluss Griffin ASD Terracina BS
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem CF Os Belenenses AO Kefallinia Viareggio BS Grembach Łódź
Lokomotiv Moscow SC Montredon Bonneveine Bate Borisov Grasshopper Club Zurich Kreiss
Gimnàstic de Tarragona Besiktas JK Beach Soccer EgmondSandown Sociedad Baku FC

Stadium

The stadium that was used is called the UMPI Smart Beach Arena. The new state-of-the-art facility is intended to maximize the technology and the environmental consciousness directives to create a stadium that offers 360-degree amusement possibilities both for citizens and tourists.

Online

Due to the facility not having satellite capabilities, the tournament was not streamed online by BSWW.

Rosters

The complete rosters for all participating teams can be found on the BSWW web site.

Group stage

The draw to divide the teams into five groups of four was conducted on 19 April 2013.
All kickoff times are of local time in San Benedetto del Tronto,.

Group A

Team
Lokomotiv Moscow3300187+119
Sambenedettese BS31021614+33
Gimnàstic de Tarragona30121117–62
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem30121017–72

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Group B

Team
Beşiktaş JK3300209+119
CF Os Belenenses32011815+36
SC Montredon Bonneveine31021321–83
Lexmax30031420–60

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Group C

Team
FC BATE Borisov3201157+86
Goldwin Pluss32011510+56
AO Kefallinia3201910–16
Beach Soccer Egmond3003618–120

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Group D

Team
Grasshoppers Club Zurich32102618+88
Griffin Kyiv32012417+76
Viareggio BS31021714+33
Sandown Sociedad30031331–180

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Group E

Team
Grembach Łódź3300126+69
ASD Terracina BS3201149+56
Baku FC301279–22
Kreiss3003817–90

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Knockout stage

A draw will be held after the group stage matches were completed to determine the quarterfinal pairings.

Quarterfinals

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Fifth-place Semifinals

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Championship Semifinals

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Seventh-place final

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Fifth-place final

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Third-place final

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Championship Final

Winners

Awards

Final standings