The inaugural 2013
Euro Winners Cup
The Euro Winners Cup (EWC) is an annual, continental beach soccer club competition contested between top-division European teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/cup champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) from ...
was a
beach soccer
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tournament that took place on two pitches at the UMPI Smart Beach Arena stadium, located at the Riviera delle Palme resort in
San Benedetto del Tronto
San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and ''comune'' in Marche, Italy. Part of an urban area with 100,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. It is the most populated city in Province of Ascoli P ...
,
Italy
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, from 15 – 19 May 2013. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the
UEFA Champions League
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.
Participating teams
Twenty teams confirmed their participation in the inaugural tournament:
* Baku FC
*
FC BATE Borisov
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* Sandown Sociedad
* SC Montredon Bonneveine
* AO Kefallinia
* Goldwin Pluss
*
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem
* ASD Terracina BS
* Sambenedettese BS
*
Viareggio BS
* Kreiss
* Lexmax
* Beach Soccer Egmond
*
Grembach Łódź
* CF Os Belenenses
*
Lokomotiv Moscow
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* Gimnàstic de Tarragona
* Grasshopper Club Zurich
* Beşiktaş JK
* Griffin Kyiv
Format and draw
The first Beach Soccer Winner Cup was held in the sands of
San Benedetto del Tronto
San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and ''comune'' in Marche, Italy. Part of an urban area with 100,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. It is the most populated city in Province of Ascoli P ...
, Rive delle Palme located in
Ascoli,
Italy
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from 15–19 May 2013. This Cup is involving all the champions in the different official National Leagues all across the Old Continent, 18 different countries will be represented in this tournament.
In the first stage, the eighteen champions of the officially sanctioned Beach Soccer National Championships, plus the host and the Italian runner-up got distributed into five groups, yet offering interesting battles with powerful teams having to compete for the head of the group.
Only the sides topping the group will be granted a ticket to the quarterfinals stage, accompanied by the three best second-ranked teams.
Stadium
The stadium that was used is called the UMPI Smart Beach Arena. The new state-of-the-art facility is intended to maximize the technology and the environmental consciousness directives to create a stadium that offers 360-degree amusement possibilities both for citizens and tourists.
Online
Due to the facility not having satellite capabilities, the tournament was not streamed online by BSWW.
Rosters
The complete rosters for all participating teams can be found on the BSWW web site.
Group stage
The draw to divide the teams into five groups of four was conducted on 19 April 2013.
All kickoff times are of local time in
San Benedetto del Tronto
San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and ''comune'' in Marche, Italy. Part of an urban area with 100,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas along the Adriatic Sea coast. It is the most populated city in Province of Ascoli P ...
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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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Knockout stage
A draw will be held after the group stage matches were completed to determine the quarterfinal pairings.
Quarterfinals
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Fifth-place Semifinals
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Championship Semifinals
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Seventh-place final
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Fifth-place final
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Third-place final
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Championship final
Winners
Awards
Final standings
See also
*
Beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or sand soccer, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand between two teams of five players each.
Association football has long been played informally on ...
*
Beach Soccer Worldwide
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References
External links
Beach Soccer Worldwide
{{2012–13 European club competitions
Euro Winners Cup
2012–13 in Italian football
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
Sport in le Marche
2013 in beach soccer