# 2021 Euro Winners Cup

The 2021 Euro Winners Cup was the ninth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the better known UEFA Champions League in association football.
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal from 12–18 July.
The event began with a round robin group stage. At its conclusion, the best teams progressed to the knockout stage, a series of single elimination games to determine the winners, starting with the Round of 32 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings.
Kristall of Russia were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Braga in the final in what was a repeat of the concluding match of the last edition. This moved Kristall clear of Braga in terms of the most titles won, with four.

## Teams
### Qualification

Usually, to enter automatically, a club needed to be the champions of their country's most recent national championship (and for Europe's strongest leagues, the runners-up and third placed clubs can also enter). Any club that didn't meet these requirement was entitled to enter the accompanying Euro Winners Challenge (preliminary round) to take place in the days prior to the competition proper, as a last opportunity to qualify for the EWC main round.
But as with the previous year, due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the competition, the normal rules regarding qualification were abandoned. The Euro Winners Challenge (preliminary round) did not take place; entry restrictions were relaxed: the event was opened up to simply any European club that wished to participate. All clubs entered straight into the group stage.

### Entrants

50 clubs from 16 different nations entered the event.
Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders
Group stage :
| Portugal (17) | ACD O Sótão (H) | Spain (5) | Levante | Germany (2) | Real Münster |
| Portugal (17) | ACD O Sótão Norte | Spain (5) | Melistar | Germany (2) | Rostocker Robben |
| Portugal (17) | Belenenses | Spain (5) | San Javier | Georgia (2) | Dinamo Batumi |
| Portugal (17) | Braga | Spain (5) | San Francisco | Georgia (2) | Telavi |
| Portugal (17) | Buarcos 2017 | Spain (5) | Torrejón | Israel (2) | Kfar Qassem |
| Portugal (17) | Caxinas | Russia (4) | Delta Saratov | Israel (2) | Rosh HaAyin |
| Portugal (17) | CB Caldas Rainha | Russia (4) | Kristall (TH) | Moldova (2) | Djoker Chişinău |
| Portugal (17) | CB Loures | Russia (4) | Krylya Sovetov | Moldova (2) | Nistru Chișinău |
| Portugal (17) | Chaves | Russia (4) | Lokomotiv Moscow | Sweden (2) | Norsjö |
| Portugal (17) | GRAP | Ukraine (3) | Artur Music | Sweden (2) | Stockholm |
| Portugal (17) | Nacional | Ukraine (3) | Molniya | Italy (1) | Viareggio |
| Portugal (17) | Nazarenos | Ukraine (3) | Servit | Denmark (1) | Copenhagen |
| Portugal (17) | Porto Mendo | Belgium (3) | La Louvière | Greece (1) | Napoli Patron |
| Portugal (17) | Sesimbra | Belgium (3) | Newteam Brainois | Czech Republic (1) | Bohemians 1905 |
| Portugal (17) | Sporting CP | Belgium (3) | Newteam Brussels | Bulgaria (1) | Spartak Varna |
| Portugal (17) | Varzim | France (3) | La Grande-Motte Pyramide | | |
| Portugal (17) | Vila Flor | France (3) | Marseille BT | | |
| Portugal (17) | | France (3) | Marseille Minots | | |

## Venues

Four venues are used in one host city: Nazaré, Leiria District, Portugal.
Matches took place at Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) on one of four pitches. One seated arena, the Estádio do Viveiro (Viveiro Stadium), and three purpose made pitches, located adjacent to the main stadium, simply known as Pitch 2, Pitch 3 and Pitch 4.

## Draw

The draw to split the 50 clubs into 13 groups (11 of four and two of three) took place at 13:00 CEST (UTC+2) on 7 July at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona, Spain.

## Group stage

The top two teams from each group, and the best six third places teams, advanced to the round of 32.
All kickoff times are local, WEST (UTC+1) and were those scheduled; actual times may have differed slightly.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACD O Sótão (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Norsjö | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Belenenses | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Djoker Chişinău | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Francisco | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Kristall | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Marseille BT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nazarenos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kfar Qassem | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Varzim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | La Louvière | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Molniya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Marseille Minots | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 2 | |
| 4 | Caxinas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Krylya Sovetov | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Levante | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Newteam Brainois | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Chaves | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melistar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Artur Music | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Buarcos 2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Telavi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 48 | −38 | 0 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Delta Saratov | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Real Münster | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | San Javier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vila Flor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | GRAP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Rosh HaAyin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Viareggio | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Nacional | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nistru Chișinău | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 8 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Rostocker Robben | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Newteam Brussels | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Bemannia Stockholm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group J

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CB Caldas Rainha | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Napoli Patron | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Bohemians 1905 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Sesimbra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group K

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CB Loures | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | La Grande-Motte Pyramide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Porto Mendo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 | |

### Group L

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Braga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Servit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Torrejón | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 3 | |
| 4 | Copenhagen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group M

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spartak Varna | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Dinamo Batumi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | ACD O Sótão Norte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | Knockout stage |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

Since Groups K and M consisted of three teams, for the third placed teams from Groups A–J and L, their results against the teams finishing in fourth place in their groups were discounted for this ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | J | Bohemians 1905 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | F | Buarcos 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | I | Newteam Brussels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | H | Viareggio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 5 | M | ACD O Sótão Norte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 6 | C | Varzim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 7 | G | San Javier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |
| 8 | A | Belenenses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |
| 9 | B | Marseille BT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 0 | |
| 10 | D | Marseille Minots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 0 | |
| 11 | E | Newteam Brainois | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 0 | |
| 12 | L | Torrejón | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | |
| 13 | K | Porto Mendo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket (last 16 onwards)

| Ninth place | Ninth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation quarterfinals | Consolation quarterfinals | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | Delta Saratov | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Real Münster | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | Delta Saratov | 7 | Real Münster | 6 | Real Münster | 1 | | | |
| | | | | Nistru Chișinău | 4 | | | ACD O Sótão | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Nistru Chișinău | 4 | ACD O Sótão | 5 | ACD O Sótão | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Nistru Chișinău | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Delta Saratov | 5 | | | Nistru Chișinău | 4 | | | Real Münster | | | 2 |
| | | Artur Music | 4 | | | | | | | Kristall | | 5 | |
| | | Artur Music | 4 | | | CB Loures | 0 | | | Kristall | | 5 | |
| | | | | | | Kristall | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | CB Loures | 3 | Kristall | 1 | Kristall | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | Artur Music | 4 | | | Lokomotiv | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Artur Music | 4 | Lokomotiv | 6 | Lokomotiv | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Artur Music | 1 | | | | | | |
| Delta Saratov | 9 | | | | | Artur Music | 1 | | | | Kristall | 6 | |
| Kfar Qassem | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Kristall | | Braga | 3 |
| Kfar Qassem | 4 | | | | | San Francisco | 5 | | | | | | Braga | 3 |
| | | | | | | GM Pyramide | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Eleventh place | Eleventh place | | | GM Pyramide | 9 (3) | GM Pyramide | 2 | San Francisco | 5 | | | | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | Kfar Qassem (p) | 9 (4) | | | Krylya Sovetov | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | Kfar Qassem (p) | 9 (4) | Kfar Qassem | 2 | Krylya Sovetov | 4 | | | | | |
| Artur Music | 3 | | | | | Kfar Qassem | 2 | | | | | | Real Münster | 4 |
| Artur Music | 3 | | | | | Krylya Sovetov | 5 | | | | | | Real Münster | 4 |
| GRAP | 2 | Kfar Qassem | 5 | | | Krylya Sovetov | 5 | | | San Francisco | 4 | | San Francisco | 7 |
| | | GRAP | 4 | | | | | | | Braga | 7 | | | |
| | | GRAP | 4 | | | Braga | 12 | | | Braga | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | GRAP | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place | 13th–16th classification | 13th–16th classification | GRAP | 5 | GRAP | 7 | Braga | 6 | 5th–8th classification | 5th–8th classification | | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| | | | | CB C. Rainha | 4 | | | Spartak Varna | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | CB C. Rainha | 4 | Spartak Varna | 5 | Spartak Varna | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Nistru Chișinău | 3 | | | Spartak Varna | 5 | | | ACD O Sótão | 2 | | | |
| | | Nistru Chișinău | 3 | | | CB C. Rainha | 1 | | | ACD O Sótão | 2 | | | |
| | | CB Loures | 2 | | | CB C. Rainha | 1 | | | Lokomotiv | 6 | | | |
| Nistru Chișinău | 6 | CB Loures | 2 | | | | | | | Lokomotiv | 6 | | Lokomotiv | 4 |
| GM Pyramide | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | Krylya Sovetov | 3 |
| GM Pyramide | 2 | GM Pyramide | 7 | | | | | | | Krylya Sovetov | 7 | | Krylya Sovetov | 3 |
| | | CB C. Rainha | 0 | | | | | | | Spartak Varna | 4 | | | |
| Fifteenth place | Fifteenth place | CB C. Rainha | 0 | | | | | | | Spartak Varna | 4 | | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| CB Loures | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | ACD O Sótão (p) | 2(4) |
| CB C. Rainha | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | Spartak Varna | 2(2) |

### Round of 32
#### Draw

The draw to determine the round of 32 ties and composition of the knockout stage bracket took place on 14 July after the conclusion of all group stage matches.
The 32 clubs were split into four pots of eight based on their group stage performance, with the best performing clubs placed in Pot 1 down to the worst performing octet in Pot 4. Teams from Pot 1 were drawn against teams from Pot 4; teams from Pot 2 were drawn against teams from Pot 3. The drawing of ties alternated as such and were allocated to the bracket from top to bottom in the order they were drawn.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| CB Loures Braga ACD O Sótão Delta Saratov Kfar Qassem San Francisco Spartak Varna Lokomotiv Moscow | Melistar CB Caldas Rainha Krylya Sovetov Nistru Chișinău GRAP Levante La Grande-Motte Pyramide Kristall | Norsjö Sporting CP Artur Music Real Münster Rosh HaAyin Napoli Patron Servit Dinamo Batumi | Molniya Rostocker Robben Bohemians 1905 Buarcos 2017 Newteam Brussels Viareggio ACD O Sótão Norte Varzim |

#### Matches
### Finals
#### 15th place match
#### Final
## Awards

The following individual awards were presented after the final.
Top scorer(s) :
* Bernardo Lopes ( GRAP)
* 18 goals
* Best player ||
* Mauricinho ( Kristall)
* Best goalkeeper ||
* Maxim Chuzhkov ( Kristall)

## Top goalscorers

Players with at least seven goals are listed.

### 18 goals

* Bernardo Lopes ( GRAP)

### 16 goals

* Edson Hulk ( Rosh HaAyin)

### 15 goals

* Marian Măciucă ( Spartak Varna)

### 14 goals

* Lucão ( Braga)

### 13 goals

* Eudin ( Kfar Qassem)

### 12 goals

* Aleh Hapon ( Nistru Chișinău)
* Chiky Ardil ( CB Loures)
* Andrei Pankratov ( Delta Saratov)
* Andrey Kotenev ( Krylya Sovetov)

### 10 goals

* Hugo Liborio ( CB Caldas Rainha)
* Diogo Oliveira ( GRAP)
* Duarte Vivo ( ACD O Sótão)
* Filipe da Silva ( Braga)

### 9 goals

* Dejan Stankovic ( Viareggio)
* Nikolai Kryshanov ( Delta Saratov)
* Anatoliy Ryabko ( Real Münster)
* Rodrigo ( Kristall)

### 8 goals

* Lansana Diassy ( Marseille BT)
* Stéphane Belhomme ( La Grande-Motte Pyramide)
* Amar Yatim ( Kfar Qassem)
* Miguel Pintado ( CB Loures)
* Joscha Metzler ( Real Münster)
* Fedor Zemskov ( Lokomotiv Moscow)
* Boris Nikonorov ( Lokomotiv Moscow)
* Bê Martins ( Braga)
* Léo Martins ( Braga)

### 7 goals

* Llorenç Gómez ( San Francisco)
* Victor Angeletti ( La Grande-Motte Pyramide)
* Serhii Dubovyk ( Molniya)
* Camilo Augusto ( Kfar Qassem)
* André Pinto ( CB Loures)
* Fabinho ( ACD O Sótão)
* Sven Körner ( Rostocker Robben)
* Catarino ( Real Münster)
* Oleg Zborovskyi ( Artur Music)
* Roman Pachev ( Artur Music)
Source: BSWW

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Result |
| 1 | Kristall | Champions (4th title) |
| 2 | Braga | Runners-up |
| 3 | San Francisco | Third place |
| 4 | Real Münster | |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | |
| 6 | Krylia Sovetov | |
| 7 | ACD O Sotão | |
| 8 | Spartak Varna | |
| 9 | Delta Saratov | |
| 10 | Kfar Qassem | |
| 11 | Artur Music | |
| 12 | GRAP | |
| 13 | Nistru Chișinău | |
| 14 | La Grande-Motte Pyramide | |
| 15 | CB Loures | |
| 16 | CB Caldas Rainha | |