2024 Euro Winners Cup

2024 Euro Winners Cup
For the eighth year running, a complex of venues in Nazaré, Portugal, hosted – comprising the Estádio do Viveiro (a semi-permanent feature stadium), and rudimentary auxiliary pitches.
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates7–16 June
Teams56 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Braga (4th title)
Runners-upItaly Pisa
Third placePortugal O Sótão
Fourth placeSpain Huelva
2023
2025
2024 Euro Winners Cup is located in Europe
Braga
Braga
Leiria District
Leiria District
Catania
Catania
Napoli
Napoli
Tuscany
Tuscany
Marseille
Marseille
Mouilleron
Mouilleron
Bavaria Bazis
Bavaria Bazis
Real Münster
Real Münster
Rostocker Robben
Rostocker Robben
Roses Platja
Roses Platja
Huelva
Huelva
Vitoria
Vitoria
Central District
Central District
TSOR Mogilev
TSOR Mogilev
ES Brainoise
ES Brainoise
Spartak Varna
Spartak Varna
Paphos
Paphos
Slavia Prague
Slavia Prague
Baggio
Baggio
Dinamo Batumi
Dinamo Batumi
Napoli Patron
Napoli Patron
Bonyhád
Bonyhád
Riga
Riga
Nistru Chișinău
Nistru Chișinău
Altena
Altena
West Deva
West Deva
Frösö IF
Frösö IF
Havana Shots
Havana Shots
Erciş Spor
Erciş Spor
Hustý
Hustý
Leiria District clubs: GRAP Nazaré 2022 O Sótão Marseille clubs: Marsielle BT Marseille Minots Central District clubs: Kfar Qassem Rosh HaAyin Tuscany clubs: Pisa Viareggio
Leiria District clubs:
GRAP
Nazaré 2022
O Sótão


Marseille clubs:
Marsielle BT
Marseille Minots


Central District clubs:
Kfar Qassem
Rosh HaAyin


Tuscany clubs:
Pisa
Viareggio
Origins of the clubs in the 2024 Euro Winners Cup group stage.
Groups key: A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I.

The 2024 Euro Winners Cup was the twelfth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is widely viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the better known UEFA Champions League in its parent sport, association football.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 7 to 16 June.[8][9]

Following a preliminary qualification round, 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 16 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.

Kfar Qassem of Israel were the defending champions,[10] but were eliminated in the quarterfinals, ultimately placing fifth. Braga of Portugal won the tournament, claiming their fourth European crown;[11] they defeated Pisa of Italy in the final, condemning the Tuscans to a consecutive runners-up finish.[12]

  1. ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2015 to be biggest yet". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018. and this is event [sic], which is in a similar vein as the Champions League
  2. ^ "Utulu Appointed for Euro Winners Cup 2015 Finals in Catania". Malta Football Association. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2024. Now in its third edition, this competition is compared to football's Champions' League
  3. ^ Roque, José (26 May 2017). "Arranca hoje a 'Liga dos Campeões' do futebol de praia na Nazaré". Diário de Aveiro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 May 2024. a contar para a Euro Winners Cup, uma espécie de 'Liga dos Campeões' da modalidade
  4. ^ Lacek, Adam (13 July 2021). "Plážoví „klokani" válí v Evropě! V Lize mistrů porazili Řeky i Portugalce". iSport (in Czech). Retrieved 24 May 2024. na Euro Winners Cupu, nejprestižnějším klubovém turnaji v Evropě, obdoby fotbalové Ligy mistrů
  5. ^ Gontier, John (21 October 2022). "Gibraltar Wave - A new star in the women's football sky!". Gibraltar Insight. Retrieved 22 May 2024. the Euro Winners Cup which is effectively UEFA Beach Soccer Champions League
  6. ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2024, Lenergy Pisa Bs group drawn". Cascina Notizie (in Italian). 17 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024. della Euro Winners Cup 2024, la Champions League del beach soccer
  7. ^ Fretz, Andreas (21 May 2024). "Baden: Beachsoccer-Star Glenn Hodel will mit BSC 54 den ersten Titel gewinnen". Badener Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 22 May 2024. den Euro Winners Cup, das Gegenstück zur Champions League
  8. ^ "The Euro Winners will return to Nazaré in 2024". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Nazaré volta a receber Euro Winners em junho". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Arab Israeli beach soccer club wins European championship for first time". The Times of Israel. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Braga vence Euro Winners Cup de futebol de praia e iguala recorde". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Argento a testa alta per il Lenergy Pisa BS". Il Pisa Siamo Noi (in Italian). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.