The second edition of
Euro Winners Cup was a
beach soccer tournament in
Catania,
Italy
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, 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
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
.
Participating teams
Twenty-five teams from 22 countries confirmed their participation in the tournament:
* Catania BS (Host team)
* Milano BS (Host Country National champion 2013)
* AS Terracina BS (Host Country National Runner-up 2013)
*
Lokomotiv Moscow
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...
(
2013 Euro Winners Cup Champion)
*
BSC Kristall
* Aluminios Sotelo
* AO Kefallinia
*
Artur Music
*
FC BATE Borisov
FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarus ...
* BS Bohemians 1905
* CS Djoker - Tornado Chișinău
*
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem
* Goldwin Plus Bodon FC
*
Grembach Łódź
* Kreiss
* Marseille Beach Team
* MFC Spartak 2012 Varna
* Rostocker Robben
* Sable Dancers Bern
*
SC Braga
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* Seferihisar CittaSlow
* SK Augur Enemat
* Portsmouth BS
* Ushkyn-Iskra
* Egmond BS
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 will advance to the round of 16.
Teams and rosters set for Euro Winners Cup 2014
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Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Play-off
Bracket
5th–8th places
Winners
Awards
Final standings
See also
* Beach soccer
*Beach Soccer Worldwide
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References
External links
Beach Soccer Worldwide
{{2013–14 European club competitions
Euro Winners Cup
Euro
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Sport in Catania
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