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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 25 May – 3 June 2018 |
| Teams | 58 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Braga (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Kristall |
| Third place |  KP Łódź |
| Fourth place | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 127 |
| Goals scored | 1,060 (8.35 per match) |
The 2018 Euro Winners Cup was the sixth 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 25 May till 3 June 2018, consisting of a preliminary qualifying round and the competition proper.[2]
Following the qualifying round, the competition proper 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.
Braga of Portugal were the defending champions[3] and successfully defended their title after beating Kristall of Russia on penalties in the final.[4]
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- ^ "Dates finalised for trio of Nazaré tournaments". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Утверждены сроки проведения Кубка Назаре и Кубка европейских чемпионов-2018" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Braga retain Euro Winners title". Beach Soccer Russia. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.