# 2013 Euro Winners Cup

The inaugural 2013 Euro Winners Cup was a beach soccer tournament that took place on two pitches at the UMPI Smart Beach Arena stadium, located at the Riviera delle Palme resort in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, from 15 – 19 May 2013. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the UEFA Champions League.

## Participating teams

Twenty teams confirmed their participation in the inaugural tournament:
* Baku FC
* FC BATE Borisov
* Sandown Sociedad
* SC Montredon Bonneveine
* AO Kefallinia
* Goldwin Pluss
* "Falfala" Kfar Qassem
* ASD Terracina BS
* Sambenedettese BS
* Viareggio BS
* Kreiss
* Lexmax
* Beach Soccer Egmond
* Grembach Łódź
* CF Os Belenenses
* Lokomotiv Moscow
* Gimnàstic de Tarragona
* Grasshopper Club Zurich
* Beşiktaş JK
* Griffin Kyiv

## Format and draw

The first Beach Soccer Winner Cup was held in the sands of San Benedetto del Tronto, Rive delle Palme located in Ascoli, Italy from 15–19 May 2013. This Cup is involving all the champions in the different official National Leagues all across the Old Continent, 18 different countries will be represented in this tournament.
In the first stage, the eighteen champions of the officially sanctioned Beach Soccer National Championships, plus the host and the Italian runner-up got distributed into five groups, yet offering interesting battles with powerful teams having to compete for the head of the group.
Only the sides topping the group will be granted a ticket to the quarterfinals stage, accompanied by the three best second-ranked teams.
| GROUP A | GROUP B | GROUP C | Group D | Group E |
| Sambenedettese BS | Lexmax | Goldwin Pluss | Griffin | ASD Terracina BS |
| "Falfala" Kfar Qassem | CF Os Belenenses | AO Kefallinia | Viareggio BS | Grembach Łódź |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | SC Montredon Bonneveine | Bate Borisov | Grasshopper Club Zurich | Kreiss |
| Gimnàstic de Tarragona | Besiktas JK | Beach Soccer Egmond | Sandown Sociedad | Baku FC |

## Stadium

The stadium that was used is called the UMPI Smart Beach Arena. The new state-of-the-art facility is intended to maximize the technology and the environmental consciousness directives to create a stadium that offers 360-degree amusement possibilities both for citizens and tourists.

## Online

Due to the facility not having satellite capabilities, the tournament was not streamed online by BSWW.

## Rosters

The complete rosters for all participating teams can be found on the BSWW web site.

## Group stage

The draw to divide the teams into five groups of four was conducted on 19 April 2013.
All kickoff times are of local time in San Benedetto del Tronto, (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 9 |
| Sambenedettese BS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +3 | 3 |
| Gimnàstic de Tarragona | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 | –6 | 2 |
| "Falfala" Kfar Qassem | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | –7 | 2 |
* Clinched quarterfinal berth

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Beşiktaş JK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 9 |
| CF Os Belenenses | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 6 |
| SC Montredon Bonneveine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 21 | –8 | 3 |
| Lexmax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | –6 | 0 |
* Clinched quarterfinal berth

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| FC BATE Borisov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 6 |
| Goldwin Pluss | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 6 |
| AO Kefallinia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | –1 | 6 |
| Beach Soccer Egmond | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | –12 | 0 |
| Clinched quarterfinal berth | Clinched wild card berth |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Grasshoppers Club Zurich | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 8 |
| Griffin Kyiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 6 |
| Viareggio BS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 3 |
| Sandown Sociedad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 31 | –18 | 0 |
| Clinched quarterfinal berth | Clinched wild card berth |

### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| Grembach Łódź | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 |
| ASD Terracina BS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 |
| Baku FC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 2 |
| Kreiss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | –9 | 0 |
| Clinched quarterfinal berth | Clinched wild card berth |

## Knockout stage

A draw will be held after the group stage matches were completed to determine the quarterfinal pairings.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | | | |
| Grasshoppers Club Zurich | 10 | | | |
| Grasshoppers Club Zurich | 10 | 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | | |
| Goldwin Pluss | 9 | 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | |
| Goldwin Pluss | 9 | Grasshoppers Club Zurich | 4 | |
| 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | | Grasshoppers Club Zurich | 4 | |
| 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | Griffin Kyiv | 5 | |
| Grembach Łódź | 4 | Griffin Kyiv | 5 | |
| Grembach Łódź | 4 | | | | 19 May 2013 | 19 May 2013 |
| Griffin Kyiv | 5 | | | | 19 May 2013 | 19 May 2013 |
| Griffin Kyiv | 5 | | | | Griffin Kyiv | 0 |
| 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | | | | | Griffin Kyiv | 0 |
| 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | | | | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 |
| Beşiktaş JK (a.e.t.) | 4 (1) | | | | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 |
| Beşiktaş JK (a.e.t.) | 4 (1) | 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | | | |
| FC BATE Borisov | 4 (0) | 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | | | |
| FC BATE Borisov | 4 (0) | Beşiktaş JK | 4 (2) | | | |
| 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | | Beşiktaş JK | 4 (2) | | | |
| 18 May 2013 | 18 May 2013 | Lokomotiv Moscow (a.e.t.) | 4 (3) | | Third place | Third place |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow (a.e.t.) | 4 (3) | | Third place | Third place |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | | | | 19 May 2013 | 19 May 2013 |
| ASD Terracina BS | 0 | | | | 19 May 2013 | 19 May 2013 |
| ASD Terracina BS | 0 | | | | Grasshoppers Club Zurich | 1 |
| | | | | | Beşiktaş JK | 3 |

### Championship final
## Winners

* Euro Winners Cup 2013 Winners:
* FC Lokomotiv Moscow (beach soccer) First title

## Awards

Best Player (MVP) :
* Egor Shaykov ( Lokomotiv Moscow) ||
* Top Scorer ||
* Dejan Stankovic ( Grasshoppers Club Zurich) ||
* 13 goals ||
* Best Goalkeeper ||
* Vitali Sydorenko ( Griffin Kyiv) ||

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 2 | Griffin |
| 3 | Besiktas JK |
| 4 | Grasshopper Club Zurich |
| 5 | ASD Terracina BS |
| 6 | Grembach Łódź |
| 7 | Bate Borisov |
| 8 | Goldwin Pluss |