2016 Euro Winners Cup

2016 Euro Winners Cup

Catania, Sicily - host of the competition
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	23–29 May 2016
Teams	32 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 [1] (in 1 host city)

The 2016 Euro Winners Cup will be 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, to be held in Catania, Italy, from 23rd – 29th May 2016.^[2] 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 higher quality leagues received more than one spot in the competition for their respective leagues' clubs to compete.^[3][4] The other leagues will be represented solely by their champions.

Champions and Runners-up
Terracina 1st	Kristall 1st	Chargers Baselland 1st
Viareggio 2nd	Kryiya Sovetov 2nd	Winti Panthers 2nd
Catania 3rd
Champions Only
FC Bate Borisov 1st	Cartel Waterloo 1st	FC Odesos 1st
Bohemians 1905 1st	Copenhagen 1st	WKR Santos 1st
ASC Peugeot 1st	Le Grand Motte 1st	Kakhaber Mikeladze 1st
Rostocker Robben E.V 1st	Atlas AO 1st	ESC Gyöngyös 1st
Falfala Qassem 1st	FK ZEP 1st	IGOL 1st
Djoker Chisinau 1st	Zwolle 1st	Darsahan 1st
Grembach 1st	SC Braga 1st	Preformer Constanta 1st
Rehab 1st	Almeria 1st	ARMH Antalyspor 1st
Artur Music 1st

Note: The following teams pulled out: Bohemians 1905 Darsahan Rehab Kakhaber Mikeladze

They were replaced by: Lokomotiv Moscow 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.^[1] The group allocations are yet to be announced.

Group A Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elimination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group B Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elimination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group C Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elimination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group D Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elimination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group E Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elimination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group F Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elimination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group G Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elimination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

Group H Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elimination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA TBA - TBA

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.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Third Place

See also

• Mundialito de Clubes

References

1. "The biggest Euro Winners Cup ever!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 February 2016.
2. "Euro Winners Cup 2016 confirmed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2016.
3. "Euro Winners Cup 2016: clubs revealed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 March 2016.
4. "EURO WINNERS CUP MEN". beachsoccer.ch.

External links

• Euro Winners Cup 2016, beachsoccer.com