2014 Euro Winners Cup

The second edition of Euro Winners Cup was a beach soccer tournament in Catania, Italy, from 3 – 8 June 2014. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the UEFA Champions League.[1]

2014 Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates3 – 8 June 2014
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsRussia BSC Kristall (1st title)
Runners-upItaly Milano BS
Third placePortugal SC Braga
Fourth placeSwitzerland Sable Dancers Bern
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored453 (8.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Leo (13 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Bruno Xavier
2013
2015

Participating teams

Twenty-five teams from 22 countries confirmed their participation in the tournament:

Group stage

According to the draw realized on May 26, teams were divided in a group stage with four groups of 4 and three groups of 3, then the two best-ranked sides of each group, and the best overall two third-ranked sides advanced to the round of 16.[2]

Group A

TeamPldWW+LGFGA+/–Pts
Catania BS2200117+46
Aluminios Sotelo22011710+76
Kreiss2003617-110
Advances to play-off
Catania BS 4–3 Kreiss
Catania BS 7–4 Aluminios Sotelo
Aluminios Sotelo 8–2 Kreiss

Group B

TeamPldWW+LGFGA+/–Pts
BSC Kristall3300203+179
SC Braga3201126+66
AO Kefallinia3102721-143
SK Augur Enemat3003514-90
Advances to play-off
SC Braga 7–2 AO Kefallinia
SK Augur Enemat 1–6 BSC Kristall
SC Braga 3–1 SK Augur Enemat
BSC Kristall 11–0 AO Kefallinia
AO Kefallinia 5–3 SK Augur Enemat
BSC Kristall 3–2 SC Braga

Group C

TeamPldWW+LGFGA+/–Pts
Artur Music2200127+56
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem2101119+23
Egmond BS20021017-70
Advances to play-off
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem 2–4 Artur Music
Artur Music 8–5 Egmond BS
Egmond BS 5–9 "Falfala" Kfar Qassem

Group D

TeamPldWW+LGFGA+/–Pts
FC BATE Borisov220063+36
Seferihisar CittaSlow210176+13
Ushkyn-Iskra200248-40
Advances to play-off
Ushkyn-Iskra 3–5 Seferihisar CittaSlow
Seferihisar CittaSlow 2–3 FC BATE Borisov
FC BATE Borisov 3–1 Ushkyn-Iskra

Group E

TeamPldWW+LGFGA+/–Pts
Sable Dancers Bern3300228+149
BS Bohemians 190531111312+15
CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău30121012-22
Portsmouth BS3003821-130
Advances to play-off
Portsmouth BS 3–10 Sable Dancers Bern
CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău 3–4 (a.e.t.) BS Bohemians 1905
CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău 4–3 (a.e.t.) Portsmouth BS
Sable Dancers Bern 7–2 BS Bohemians 1905
Sable Dancers Bern 5–3 CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău
BS Bohemians 1905 7–2 Portsmouth BS

Group F

TeamPldWW+LGFGA+/–Pts
Milano BS33001912+79
Grembach Łódź32011312+16
Marseille Beach Team31021514+13
MFC Spartak 2012 Varna30031019-90
Advances to play-off
Grembach Łódź 3–2 MFC Spartak 2012 Varna
Marseille Beach Team 3–5 Milano BS
Grembach Łódź 4–3 Marseille Beach Team
Milano BS 7–3 MFC Spartak 2012 Varna
MFC Spartak 2012 Varna 5–9 Marseille Beach Team
Milano BS 7–6 Grembach Łódź

Group G

TeamPldWW+LGFGA+/–Pts
Lokomotiv Moscow3300177+109
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC3111149+55
AS Terracina BS3102131303
Rostocker Robben3003722-150
Advances to play-off
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 4–3 (a.e.t.) AS Terracina BS
Rostocker Robben 2–7 Lokomotiv Moscow
AS Terracina BS 7–2 Rostocker Robben
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–2 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 8–3 Rostocker Robben
Lokomotiv Moscow 7–3 AS Terracina BS

Play-off

Bracket

First roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
            
BSC Kristall7
Marseille Beach Team1
45 BSC Kristall (p)6 (1)
Lokomotiv Moscow6 (0)
Lokomotiv Moscow6
Aluminios Sotelo2
BSC Kristall7
Sable Dancers Bern4
Artur Music (p)3 (6)
Grembach Łódź3 (5)
46 Artur Music3
Sable Dancers Bern4
Sable Dancers Bern3
Seferihisar CittaSlow0
BSC Kristall2
Milano BS0
FC BATE Borisov4
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC5
47 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC4
Milano BS5
Milano BS3
BS Bohemians 19052
Milano BS6
SC Braga3
SC Braga2Third place
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem0
48 SC Braga10 Sable Dancers Bern1
49 Catania BS7 SC Braga4
Catania BS3
AS Terracina BS2

5th–8th places

qualifying stage5th place
      
Lokomotiv Moscow3
Artur Music4
Artur Music5
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC1
Goldwin Plus Bodon FC (p)4 (4)
Catania BS4 (3)7th place
Lokomotiv Moscow7
Catania BS2

Winners

 Euro Winners Cup
2014 Winners: 

BSC Kristall
First title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Bruno Xavier ( Lokomotiv Moscow)
Top Scorer
Leo ( Milano BS)
13 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Dona ( SC Braga)

Final standings

RankTeam
1 BSC Kristall
2 Milano BS
3 SC Braga
4 Sable Dancers Bern
5 Artur Music
6 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
7 Lokomotiv Moscow
8 Catania BS

See also

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