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. Organised by

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(BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré,

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, in tandem with the larger men's edition, from 12–18 July.Euro Winners Cup 2021 teams confirmed
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games to determine the winners, starting with the semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings. Mriya 2006 of

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated at the group stage. The title was won by Madrid CFF, who claimed their first title in their second appearance in the final.

Teams

Qualification

Usually, to enter, a club needed to be the champions of their country's most recent national championship. If a national association wished to enter more than one club, they could request for permission to do so from the organisers BSWW who would grant or reject the clubs a berth at the tournament depending on the total number of teams already registered.Euro Winners Cup and Euro Winners Challenge head back to Nazaré
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on the competition, the normal rules regarding qualification were suspended and entry requirements relaxed: the event was opened up to simply any European club that wished to participate.

Entrants

18 clubs from eight different nations entered the event. Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Draw

The draw to split the 18 clubs into three groups of six took place at 13:00 CEST (

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) on 7 July at BSWW's headquarters in

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.Euro Winners Cup 2021 teams confirmed
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Group stage

The winners of each group, and the best second-placed team, advanced to the semi-finals. All kickoff times are local,

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) and were those scheduled; actual times may have differed slightly.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Since Groups B consisted of five teams, for the second placed teams from Groups A and C, their results against the teams finishing in sixth place in their groups were discounted for this ranking.

Placement matches

Thirteenth place match

9th–12th place play-offs

Semi-finals

Eleventh place match

Ninth place match

5th–8th place play-offs

Semi-finals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards

The following individual awards were presented after the final.Superstar Alba Mellado grabs European glory for Madrid
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Top goalscorers

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( Newteam Brussels) * Erika Ferrara ( Lokrians) ;6 goals * Joana Carvalho ( Pastéis) * Anna Shulha ( Domino's) * Ali Hall ( Newteam Brainois) * Carmen Fresneda ( San Javier) ;5 goals * Marianna Kramna ( Domino's) * Laurine Herbster ( Newteam Brainois) * Adriele Rocha ( Marseille BT) * Maria Barquero ( Cáceres) * Federica Dall'ara ( Lokrians) * Nataliia Kanaeva ( Zvezda) * Anna Akylbaeva ( Zvezda) ;4 goals * Wendy Martin ( Roquetas 2018) * Laura Chamizo ( Bonaire Terrassa) * Julia Serrat ( Bonaire Terrassa) * Iryna Vasyliuk ( Domino's) * Julie Bernard ( Marseille BT) * Yuliia Kostiuk ( Mriya 2006) * Katie James ( San Javier) * Andrea Miron ( San Javier) * Carolina González ( San Javier) * Letícia Villar ( Lokrians) * Iana Zubilova ( Zvezda) Source
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Final standings

References

External links

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

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