2016 Euro Winners Cup

2016 Euro Winners Cup
	Catania, Sicily – host of the competition
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	23–29 May 2016
Teams	32 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Viareggio (1st title)
Runners-up	Artur Music
Third place	SC Braga
Fourth place	Catania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	597 (9.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriele Gori
Best player(s)	Rodrigo Costa
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The 2016 Euro Winners Cup was the fourth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, held in Catania, Italy, from 23–29 May 2016.^[2] Russian team BSC Kristall were the defending champions.

Participating teams

A record 28 nations represented by an increased total of 32 clubs participated in the tournament. Similarly to the UEFA Champions League, the higher quality leagues received more than one spot in the competition for their respective leagues' clubs to compete.^[3]^[4] The other leagues were represented solely by their champions.

Champions and Runners-up
Terracina (1st)	BSC Kristall (1st)	Chargers Baselland (1st)
Viareggio (2nd)	Krylya Sovetov (2nd)	Winti Panthers (2nd)
Catania (3rd)
Champions Only
FC BATE Borisov (1st)	Cartel Waterloo (1st)	FC Odesos (1st)
Bohemians 1905 (1st)	Copenhagen (1st)	WKR Santos (1st)
ASC Peugeot (1st)	Le Grand Motte (1st)	Kakhaber Mikeladze (1st)
Rostocker Robben E.V (1st)	Atlas AO (1st)	ESC Gyöngyös (1st)
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem (1st)	FK ZEP (1st)	IGOL (1st)
Djoker Chisinau (1st)	Zwolle (1st)	Darsahan (1st)
Grembach Łódź (1st)	SC Braga (1st)	Performer Constanta (1st)
Rehab (1st)	Melistar (1st)	Analyaspor (1st)
Artur Music (1st)

Note: The following teams pulled out:

Bohemians 1905
Darsahan
Rehab
Kakhaber Mikeladze

They were replaced by:

Lokomotiv Moscow
Portsmouth
Hemako Sztutowo
Dinamo Batumi

Group stage

With an increase in the number of teams, eight groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format.^[1] The group allocations were drawn on May 4.^[5]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts	Qualification
Catania	3	3	0	22	5	+17	9	Knockout stage
FC BATE Borisov	3	2	1	16	9	+7	6	Knockout stage
Atlas AO	3	1	2	9	15	–6	3	Elimination
Zwolle	3	0	3	6	24	–18	0	Elimination

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts	Qualification
BSC Kristall	3	3	0	20	5	+15	9	Knockout stage
Melistar	3	2	1	16	11	+5	6	Knockout stage
Le Grand Motte	3	1	2	12	12	0	3	Elimination
Cartel Waterloo	3	0	3	6	24	–18	0	Elimination

Group C

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts	Qualification
Viareggio	3	3	0	0	19	9	+10	9	Knockout stage
Krylya Sovetov	3	2	0	1	19	10	9	6	Knockout stage
Rostocker Robben	3	0	1	2	12	17	–5	2	Elimination
FK ZEP	3	0	0	3	7	21	–14	0	Elimination

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts	Qualification
Terracina	3	3	0	18	10	+10	9	Knockout stage
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem	3	2	1	17	9	+8	6	Knockout stage
FC Odesos	3	1	2	10	15	–5	3	Elimination
Winti Panthers	3	0	3	6	17	–11	0	Elimination

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts	Qualification
Artur Music	3	2	1	25	8	+17	6	Knockout stage
Hemako Sztutowo	3	2	1	5	6	–1	6	Knockout stage
BSC Peugeot	3	1	2	5	20	–15	3	Elimination
Dinamo Batumi	3	1	2	13	14	–1	3	Elimination

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts	Qualification
Grembach Łódź	3	3	0	16	7	+9	9	Knockout stage
Lokomotiv Moscow	3	2	1	22	4	+18	6	Knockout stage
Analyaspor	3	1	2	11	17	–6	3	Elimination
IGOL	3	0	3	6	27	–21	0	Elimination

Group G

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts	Qualification
SC Braga	3	3	0	35	2	+33	9	Knockout stage
CS Djoker Chisinau	3	2	1	11	14	–3	6	Knockout stage
Performer Constanta	3	1	2	13	21	–8	3	Elimination
WKR Santos	3	0	3	6	28	-22	0	Elimination

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts	Qualification
Chargers Baselland	3	3	0	34	11	+23	9	Knockout stage
ESC Gyöngyös	3	2	1	23	10	+13	6	Knockout stage
Portsmouth	3	1	2	15	31	–16	3	Elimination
Copenhagen	3	0	3	10	30	–20	0	Elimination

Knock-out stage

The top two ranking teams from each group will proceed to the knock-out stage, beginning with the round of 16. Each round will consist of a one-off match.

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Catania	5

ESC Gyöngyös	3
		Catania	2

		Chargers Baselland	1
Chargers Baselland	8

Melistar	3
				Catania	3

				Artur Music (et)	4
Terracina	11

CS Djoker Chisinau	3
		Terracina	4

		Artur Music	6
Artur Music	4

Grembach Łódź	3
						Artur Music	6(6)

						Viareggio (pen)	6(7)
Viareggio	6

"Falfala" Kfar Qassem	4
		Viareggio	5

		Lokomotiv Moscow	3
Lokomotiv Moscow	3

Hemako Sztutowo	0
				Viareggio (pso)	3(5)

				SC Braga	3(4)	Third place
BSC Kristall	5

Krylya Sovetov	6
		Krylya Sovetov	3(2)			Catania	4

		SC Braga	3(3)			SC Braga	5
SC Braga	5

FC BATE Borisov	2

References

^ ^a ^b "The biggest Euro Winners Cup ever!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 February 2016.
^ "Euro Winners Cup 2016 confirmed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2016.
^ "Euro Winners Cup 2016: clubs revealed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 March 2016.
^ "EURO WINNERS CUP MEN". beachsoccer.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
^ "Draws made for Euro Winners Cup in Catania". beachsoccer.com. 4 May 2016.

External links

Euro Winners Cup 2016, beachsoccer.com

[format-1] "The biggest Euro Winners Cup ever!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 February 2016.

[announcement-2] "Euro Winners Cup 2016 confirmed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2016.

[teams-3] "Euro Winners Cup 2016: clubs revealed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 March 2016.

[teams2-4] "EURO WINNERS CUP MEN". beachsoccer.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2016-04-17.

[5] "Draws made for Euro Winners Cup in Catania". beachsoccer.com. 4 May 2016.

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