| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 3–12 June |
| Teams | 60 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Benfica Loures (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Braga |
| Third place |  Kfar Qassem |
| Fourth place |  GM Pyramide |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 154 |
| Goals scored | 1,150 (7.47 per match) |
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The 2022 Euro Winners Cup was the tenth 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 3–12 June.[2]
The event began with a qualification round. The competition proper then commenced, 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 16 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Kristall of Russia were the defending champions but were barred from entering the competition this year.[Note RUS] The final was contended between two Portuguese clubs, Benfica Loures and Braga; the former won the competition for the first time, whilst the latter finished as runners-up for the third year straight.[3]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Euro Winners Cup to return to Nazaré in 2022". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Casa Benfica win 2022 Euro Winners Cup!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.