The 2016 Euro Winners Cup was the fourth edition of
Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental
beach soccer tournament for top European clubs, similar to that of 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 ...
, held in
Catania,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, from 23–29 May 2016.
Russian team
BSC Kristall are the defending champions.
Participating teams
A record 28 nations represented by an increased total of 32 clubs will participate in the tournament. Similarly to 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 ...
, the higher quality leagues received more than one spot in the competition for their respective leagues' clubs to compete.
The other leagues will be represented solely by their champions.
Note: The following teams pulled out:
* Bohemians 1905
* Darsahan
* Rehab
* Kakhaber Mikeladze
They were replaced by:
*
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 ...
* Portsmouth
*
Hemako Sztutowo
* Dinamo Batumi
Group stage
With an increase in the number of teams, eight groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a
round-robin format.
The group allocations were drawn on May 4.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knock-out stage
The top two ranking teams from each group will proceed to the knock-out stage, beginning with the round of 16. Each round will consist of a one-off match.
See also
*
Mundialito de Clubes
References
External links
Euro Winners Cup 2016 beachsoccer.com
{{2015–16 European club competitions
Euro Winners Cup
Euro
The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...
2016
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Sport in Catania
2016 in beach soccer