# 2019 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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.
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. 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, 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.
| Team | Appearance | Best performance | Rank |
| 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. | NazaréLocation of Nazaré in Portugal. | NazaréLocation 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, except for one match that took place on an external, purpose built pitch known as "Pitch 2".

## 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 |

### 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 |

## Awards

After the final, the following awards were presented.

### Winners trophy

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

### Individual awards

Top scorer(s) :
* Molly Clark Anna Cherniakova Marina Fedorova Nathalie Schenk Eva Bachmann
* 4 goals ||||
* Best player ||||
* Marina Fedorova ||||
* Best goalkeeper ||||
* Viktoriia Silina ||||

## Goalscorers
### 4 goals

* Molly Clark
* Anna Cherniakova
* Marina Fedorova
* Nathalie Schenk
* Eva Bachmann

### 3 goals

* Veronika Pychova
* Aaike Verschoor
* Michaela Culova
* Sarah Kempson
* Anastasiia Gorshkova
* Carla Morera

### 2 goals

* Gemma Hillier
* Katie James
* Celine van Velsen
* Sandra Kalin
* Pascale Kuffer
* Nancy Loth
* Chelly Drost
* Andrea Morger
* Bouchra Moudou
* Carolina Gonzalez
* Alba Mellado

### 1 goal

* Tess Van Der Flier
* Sara Gonzalez
* Alina Grueter
* Martina Folprechtova
* Viktoriia Silina
* Katerina Slavikova
* Lorena Asensio
* Jessica Miras
* Fabiola Vincenz
* Barbora Pomijova
* Aneta Jungova

### Own goals

* Mariel Miedema (vs. Russia)
* Veronika Khutornaia (vs. Spain)
* 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 |