2019 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2019 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
CityNazaré
Dates5–7 July
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place  Switzerland
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored74 (8.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)Russia Anna Cherniakova
Russia Marina Fedorova
Switzerland Nathalie Schenk
Switzerland Eva Bachmann
England Molly Clark
(4 goals each)
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2021 (League) →

The 2019 Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the fourth edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, an annual European beach soccer championship for women's national teams, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The event was revealed on 25 April 2019.[1]

Six nations took part in a three-day competition, hosted in the same location as the previous two editions, Nazaré, Portugal, between 5 and 7 July, alongside the first stage of the men's 2019 Euro Beach Soccer League.[1] It was the final edition of the competition, being replaced by the Women's Euro Beach Soccer League.

Russia were the defending champions and successfully retained their crown, defeating Spain in the final to win their second successive title,[2] also becoming the first nation to win the tournament more than once.

Teams

For the first time, all six teams from the previous edition of the championship returned and hence no teams made their debut.[3]

Team Appearance Best performance Rank1
 Czech Republic 3rd Fourth place (2017) 5th
 England 4th Champions (2017) 1st
 Netherlands 4th Third place (2017) 6th
 Russia 2nd Champions (2018) 4th
 Spain 4th Champions (2016) 2nd
  Switzerland 4th Runners-up (2016, 2017) 3rd
1. This column shows the European ranking of the teams compiled by BSWW as of June 2019.

Venue


Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) is the host location of the competition for the third year running.
Nazaré is located in Portugal
Nazaré
Nazaré
Location of Nazaré
in Portugal.

All matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro on Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) with a capacity of 2,200,[4] except for one match that took place on an external, purpose built pitch known as "Pitch 2".[5]

Draw

Unlike in previous editions, the draw was not held publicly and its details were not disclosed.

Group stage

The teams compete in a round robin format. The winners of the groups proceed to contest the final. The respective group runners-up and third placed nations play each other in consolation matches to decide third through sixth place in the final standings.

Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 2 2 0 0 0 10 3 +7 6 Advance to the Final
2  England 2 1 0 0 1 6 7 –1 3 Third place play-off
3  Netherlands 2 0 0 0 2 6 12 –6 0 Fifth place play-off
England 1–3 Russia
  • Kempson 23'
 Report(ru)
  • 13' Gorshkova
  • 25', 36' Cherniakova
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Jonathan Mallia (Malta)
Russia 7–2 Netherlands
  • Silina 4'
  • Fedorova 5', 8', 14'
  • Miedema 17' (o.g.)
  • Cherniakova 27'
  • Gorshkova 33'
 Report(ru)
  • 27', 30' Loth
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Saverio Bottalico (Italy)
England 5–4 Netherlands
  • Clark 14', 31'
  • Kempson 18'
  • Barron 19'
  • James 30'
 Report(ru)
  • 11', 27', 28' Verschoor
  • 27' van Velsen
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Wilson Castanheira Soares (Portugal)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 2 1 1 0 0 10 6 +4 5 Advance to the Final
2   Switzerland 2 1 0 0 1 10 8 +2 3 Third place play-off
3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 2 5 11 –6 0 Fifth place play-off
Spain 5–4 (a.e.t.)  Switzerland
  • Grueter 8' (o.g.)
  • Morera 11'
  • C. Gonzalez 11'
  • Miras 24'
  • S. Gonzalez 39'
 Report(ru)
  • 11' Schenk
  • 19', 25' Bachmann
  • 27' Kuffer
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Emmanuel Vocale (Belgium)
Czech Republic 3–6  Switzerland
  • Culova 4'
  • Folprechtova 7'
  • Jungova 20'
 Report(ru)
  • 5', 23' Schenk
  • 12', 16' Kalin
  • 22' Morger
  • 35' Vincenz
Pitch 2
Referee: Bogdan Balaban (Romania)
Spain 5–2 Czech Republic
  • Morera 14', 24'
  • Asensio 17'
  • Mellado 22'
  • S. Gonzalez 27'
 Report(ru)
  • 16' Culova
  • 22' Pychova
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Play-offs

Fifth place play-off

Netherlands 6–5 Czech Republic
  • Moudou 4', 17'
  • Drost 8', 20'
  • Van Der Flier 14'
  • van Velsen 19'
 Report(ru)
  • 5', 35' Pychova
  • 8' Pomijova
  • 20' Culova
  • 30' Slavikova
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Sergio Soares (Portugal)

Third place play-off

Switzerland 6–5 (a.e.t.) England
  • Bachmann 1', 39'
  • Grueter 4'
  • Schenk 10'
  • Kuffer 18'
  • Morger 32'
 Report(ru)
  • 2', 8' Clark
  • 16' James
  • 35' Kempson
  • 36' Hillier
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Final

Russia 3–2 Spain
  • Fedorova 22'
  • Cherniakova 23'
  • Gorshkova 25'
 Report(ru)
  • 27' (o.g.) Khutornaia
  • 34' (p) Martinez
Estádio do Viveiro
Referee: Francisco Henriques Costa (Portugal)

Awards

After the final, the following awards were presented.[2]

Winners trophy

2019 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Champions
Russia
Russia
Second Title

Individual awards

Top scorer(s)
England Molly Clark
Russia Anna Cherniakova
Russia Marina Fedorova
Switzerland Nathalie Schenk
Switzerland Eva Bachmann
4 goals
Best player
Russia Marina Fedorova
Best goalkeeper
Russia Viktoriia Silina

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
  • Czech Republic Veronika Pychova
  • Netherlands Aaike Verschoor
  • Czech Republic Michaela Culova
  • England Sarah Kempson
  • Russia Anastasiia Gorshkova
  • Spain Carla Morera
2 goals
  • England Gemma Hillier
  • England Katie James
  • Netherlands Celine van Velsen
  • Switzerland Sandra Kalin
  • Switzerland Pascale Kuffer
  • Netherlands Nancy Loth
  • Netherlands Chelly Drost
  • Switzerland Andrea Morger
  • Netherlands Bouchra Moudou
  • Spain Carolina Gonzalez
  • Spain Alba Mellado
1 goal
  • Netherlands Tess Van Der Flier
  • Spain Sara Gonzalez
  • Switzerland Alina Grueter
  • Czech Republic Martina Folprechtova
  • Russia Viktoriia Silina
  • Czech Republic Katerina Slavikova
  • Spain Lorena Asensio
  • Spain Jessica Miras
  • Switzerland Fabiola Vincenz
  • Czech Republic Barbora Pomijova
  • Czech Republic Aneta Jungova
Own goals
  • Netherlands Mariel Miedema (vs. Russia)
  • Russia Veronika Khutornaia (vs. Spain)
  • Switzerland Alina Grueter (vs. Spain)

Source

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Russia 3 3 0 0 0 13 5 +8 9 Champions
2 B  Spain 3 1 1 0 1 12 9 +3 5 Runners-up
3 B   Switzerland 3 1 1 0 1 16 13 +3 5 Third place
4 A  England 3 1 0 0 2 11 13 −2 3 Fourth place
5 A  Netherlands 3 1 0 0 2 12 17 −5 3 Fifth place
6 B  Czech Republic 3 0 0 0 3 10 17 −7 0 Sixth place
Source: BSWW

References

  1. ^ a b "Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup Nazaré 2019 announced". beachsoccer.com. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Russia retain European crown!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Definitieve selectie Nederlands vrouwen Beach Soccer team bekend" (in Dutch). beachsoccerbond.nl. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ^ ""Тратим на Кубок европейских чемпионов € 200 тыс., но деньги остаются в Назаре"" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Euro Beach Soccer League arranca na Nazaré" (in Portuguese). cm-nazare.pt. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.