The 2024 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the ninth edition of the

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(WEWC), an annual continental

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tournament for women's top-division European clubs. The championship is viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the

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in its parent sport,

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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 10 to 16 June. The event began with a round robin 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 16 and ending with the final. Consolation matches were also played to determine other final rankings. Higicontrol Melilla of Spain were the defending champions and successfully retained the title, becoming the first club to win consecutive titles.

Teams

24 clubs from ten different nations enter the event. In accordance with sanctions imposed by

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and

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in 2022 in response to the

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, clubs from Russia remain banned from entering this year. Key: H: Host club \ TH: Title holders

Draw

The draw to split the 24 clubs into six groups of four took place on 16 May.

Group stage

All group winners and runners-up, along with the four best third-placed teams, progress to the knockout stage. The two worst third-placed teams and all fourth placed teams recede to a set of consolation matches to determine final placements.

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Placement matches

Matches took place on 13 June.

Knockout stage

Round of 16 onwards

Championship match details

Awards

The following individual awards were presented after the final.

Top goalscorers

''Players with at least four goals are listed.'' ;13 goals * Cristina Gonzalez ( Málaga) ;12 goals * Patri Miñano ( Mazarrón) ;11 goals * Marin Fujisawa ( Huelva) * Alba Mellado ( Málaga) ;8 goals * Lorena Medeiros ( Marseille Minots) * Louise Arseneault ( FAL Cádiz) * Sil Neves ( Pastéis) * Adriana Manau ( Málaga) ;7 goals * Natalia Cuadrado ( Higicontrol Melilla) ;6 goals * Tatia Shainidze ( Dinamo Batumi) * Agostina Tasinazzo ( Zeeland) * Andrea Mirón ( Higicontrol Melilla) * María Soto ( Huelva) * María Pilar Sánchez ( Pozoalbense) * Danielle Barboza ( Marseille BT) *

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( Marseille BT) * Laura Mulero ( Mazarrón) ;5 goals * Lydia Raja ( Zeeland) * Jéssica Santos ( O Sótão) * Nerea Miralles ( Higicontrol Melilla) * Laura Gallego ( Higicontrol Melilla) * Aleksandra Sudyk ( Red Devils Chojnice) * Eva Castaño ( Huelva) * Saki Kushiyama ( Marseille BT) ;4 goals * Maria Vecchione ( Cagliari) * Marissa Vasquez ( Isle of Wight) * Alisha Buckingham ( Isle of Wight) * Laurine Herbster ( Southern Cévennes) * Marta Simões ( Ilha) * Inês Bastos ( Ilha) * Mariam Artmeladze ( Dinamo Batumi) * Myroslava Vypasniak ( Riga) * Petra Niceia ( O Sótão) * Mariana Prazeres ( Estoril) * Sara Tui ( Higicontrol Melilla) * Carolina Gonzalez ( Higicontrol Melilla) * Paqui Campoy ( Pozoalbense) * Irene Mateos ( Pozoalbense) * Maria Milene ( Pastéis) * Kornelia Okoniewska ( Higicontrol Melilla) Source
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Final standings

References

External links

Women's Euro Winners Cup 2024
at Beach Soccer Worldwide
Women's Euro Winners Cup 2024
at ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese) {{2023–24 European club competitions Women's Euro Winners Cup

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Sport in Nazaré, Portugal