2021 Euro Winners Cup

2021 Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12–18 July
Teams50 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsRussia Kristall (4th title)
Runners-upPortugal Braga
Third placeSpain San Francisco
Fourth placeGermany Real Münster
Tournament statistics
Matches played120
Goals scored1,045 (8.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Bernardo Lopes
(18 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Mauricinho
Best goalkeeperRussia Maxim Chuzhkov
2020
2022

The 2021 Euro Winners Cup was the ninth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the better known UEFA Champions League in association football.[1]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal from 12–18 July.[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 Round of 32 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

Kristall of Russia were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Braga in the final in what was a repeat of the concluding match of the last edition. This moved Kristall clear of Braga in terms of the most titles won, with four.[3]

  1. ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2015 to be biggest yet". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 May 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ Euro Winners Cup 2021 teams confirmed. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ Kristall lift 4th Euro Winners Cup. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.