2024 Women's Euro Winners Cup

2024 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates10–16 June
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Higicontrol Melilla (2nd title)
Runners-upPoland Red Devils Chojnice
Third placeSpain Huelva
Fourth placeSpain Pozoalbense
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The 2024 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for women's top-division European clubs. The championship is viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in its parent sport, association football.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition, from 10 to 16 June.[7][8]

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.

Higicontrol Melilla of Spain were the defending champions[9] and successfully retained the title,[10] becoming the first club to win consecutive titles.

  1. ^ "Euro Winners Cup 2016 to feature Women's competition". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2018. The Euro Winners Cup is a Champions League style competition
  2. ^ Powell, Jennie (8 November 2017). "England Captain Sarah Kempson wins Best Women's Player Award". 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2024. Portsmouth Ladies, were runners up in Beach Soccer's equivalent of the Champions League, the Euro Winners Cup
  3. ^ Raimundo, Rafael (23 July 2021). "Futebol de Praia: BSC Kristall é bicampeão da Euro Winners Cup". Região de Cister (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 May 2024. Já no escalão feminino, o Madrid CFF bateu o WFC Zvezda (3-6) e festejou a conquista daquela que é conhecida como a "Liga dos Campeões" das areias.
  4. ^ Gontier, John (21 July 2022). "Gibraltar Wave has kick started international participation of Gibraltar in Beach Soccer". Gibraltar Insight. Retrieved 22 May 2024. This Championship organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), is viewed as UEFA Beach Soccer Women's Champions League
  5. ^ "BSZ Ladies actief op Women's Euro Winners Cup 2022". Beach Soccer Association Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 May 2024. Van 5 t/m 12 juni wordt de vrouwelijke variant van de Champions League Beach Soccer georganiseerd in Nazaré, Portugal.
  6. ^ "Il Cagliari BS Women sarà alla Euro Winners Cup". Centotrentuno (in Italian). 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024. le rossoblù saranno ufficialmente al via della Euro Winners Cup, la Champions League del Beach Soccer
  7. ^ "The Euro Winners will return to Nazaré in 2024". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Nazaré volta a receber Euro Winners em junho". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ Busto, Carlos R. (18 June 2023). "El C.D. Higicontrol conquista la Euro Winners Cup 2023". MelillaHoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  10. ^ Busto, Carlos R. (17 June 2024). "El Higicontrol Melilla reedita el triunfo del pasado año". MelillaHoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 June 2024.