The 2021 Euro Winners Cup was the ninth edition of the

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. Organised by

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(BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré,

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from 12–18 July.Euro Winners Cup 2021 teams confirmed
Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021. The event began with a

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group stage. At its conclusion, the best teams progressed to the knockout stage, a series of

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games to determine the winners, starting with the Round of 32 and ending with the final.

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es were also played to determine other final rankings. Kristall of

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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.Kristall lift 4th Euro Winners Cup
Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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.Euro Winners Cup and Euro Winners Challenge head back to Nazaré
Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020. But as like last year, due to the effect of the

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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

Venues

Four venues are used in one host city: Nazaré,

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. 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

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) on 7 July at BSWW's headquarters in

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.Euro Winners Cup 2021 teams confirmed
Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.Euro Winners Cup groups decided
Beach Soccer Worldwide. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

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,

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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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.

Knockout stage

Bracket (last 16 onwards)

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.Final 32 teams drawn into knockout matches in Nazaré
Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021. 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.Euro Winners Cup Nazaré 2021 - R32 Draw
Beach Soccer Worldwide. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

Matches

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

9th–16th place

1st–8th place

Semi-finals

13th–16th place

9th–12th place

5th–8th place

1st–4th place

Finals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Awards

The following individual awards were presented after the final.

Top goalscorers

''Players with at least seven goals are listed.'' ;18 goals * Bernardo Lopes ( GRAP) ;16 goals * Edson Hulk (

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) ;15 goals *

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( Spartak Varna) ;14 goals * Lucão (

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) ;13 goals * Eudin ( Kfar Qassem) ;12 goals * Aleh Hapon ( Nistru Chișinău) *

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( 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 (

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Final standings

References

External links

Euro Winners Cup 2021
at Beach Soccer Worldwide
Euro Winners Cup 2021
at ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese)
Men's Euro Winners Cup 2021
at BS Russia (in Russian) {{2020–21 European club competitions Euro Winners Cup 2021 in beach soccer

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Sport in Nazaré, Portugal

Teams

Qualification

Entrants

Venues

Draw

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Group M

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Bracket (last 16 onwards)

Round of 32

Draw

Matches

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

9th–16th place

1st–8th place

Semi-finals

13th–16th place

9th–12th place

5th–8th place

1st–4th place

Finals

15th place match

13th place match

11th place match

9th place match

7th place match

5th place match

3rd place match

Final

Awards

Top goalscorers

Final standings

See also

References

External links