2018 Euro Winners Cup

2018 Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates25 May – 3 June 2018
Teams58 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Braga (2nd title)
Runners-up Kristall
Third place KP Łódź
Fourth place Lokomotiv Moscow
Tournament statistics
Matches played127
Goals scored1,060 (8.35 per match)
2017
2019

The 2018 Euro Winners Cup was the sixth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the better known UEFA Champions League in association football.[1]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 25 May till 3 June 2018, consisting of a preliminary qualifying round and the competition proper.[2]

Following the qualifying round, the competition proper began with a round-robin group stage. At its conclusion, the best teams progressed to the knockout stage, a series of single-elimination 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.

Braga of Portugal were the defending champions[3] and successfully defended their title after beating Kristall of Russia on penalties in the final.[4]

Teams

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A record 58 teams entered the championship; 26 qualified straight into the main round,[5] whilst 32 competed in the Nazaré Cup / preliminary round to attempt to qualify for the competition proper.[6]

26 different nations were represented.

Qualification

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As per BSWW regulations, qualification for the 2018 EWC is achieved as follows:[7]

  • The reigning champions qualify automatically into the main round (Braga of Portugal).
  • The winners of all European national beach soccer leagues/championships are entitled to automatic qualification into the main round (but no league champion from Portugal qualified as this was Braga who had already qualified as current EWC champions).
  • The host club qualifies automatically to the main round (ACD Sótão), along with the winners and runners-up of its country's national league. (As a Portuguese club, the winners of its country's league was Braga who had already qualified. Therefore, this spot was rewarded to the team that finished third in the FPF Campeonato Nacional.)
  • Any other club who did not win their respective national league can enter the Nazaré Cup / preliminary round for a last attempt to qualify for the main round.

Entrants

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For context, in February 2018, BSWW deemed the top four leagues in Europe to be (in no particular order) the Portuguese, Russian, Italian and Spanish leagues.[8]

Key: H: Hosts \ TH: Title holders

Main round
Braga (TH) Egmond Nõmme Oslo
ACD Sótão (H) Vybor Rostocker Robben West Deva
Sporting CP (2nd) KP Lódz Vamos Braine le Château SK BO EU Teplice
GR Amigos Paz (3rd) Dinamo Batumi Kreiss Djoker Chisinau
Lokomotiv Moscow Alanya Belediyespor Marseille Igol Vilnius
Sambenedettese BATE Borisov AO Kefallinia Copenhagen
Melistar Melilla Spartak Varna
Preliminary round / Nazaré Cup
Chelas BIR Playas de Mazarrón Siófoki Bányász SE
Leixões Benfica Caldas da Rainha AIS Playas de San Javier Olimpia-Stels
GR Olival Basto Casa Benfica de Loures Kristall Portsmouth
Varzim Salgueiros 08 Delta Saratov Falfala Kfar Qassem
GDP Costa de Caparica Viareggio Dunkerquois Littoral Academy
São Domingos Catania Montpellier Hérault APS Napoli Patron
AD Buarcos Atletico Licata Artur Music Boca Gdańsk
Nacional Levante Wuppertaler SV BSMA

Venues

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Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) is the host location of the competition for the second year running.
2018 Euro Winners Cup is located in Portugal
Nazaré
Nazaré

Location of Nazaré in Portugal.

Two venues were used in one host city: Nazaré and Leiria District.[9] Matches took place at Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) on one of two pitches. The main pitch, otherwise known as the Estádio do Viveiro (Viveiro Stadium), with a capacity of 1,600,[10] hosted 79 matches, including all main bracket ties in the knockout stage. Pitch 2, a purpose made pitch, located adjacent to the main stadium, hosted 48 matches.

Squads

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Each club must submit a squad of a maximum of 12 players that includes a minimum of two goalkeepers. Players are to be assigned shirt numbers between 1 and 22 (the number 1 must be reserved for a goalkeeper). Three delegates must accompany the players, including at least one medical personnel. A maximum of three foreign players are allowed to be part of the squad.[7] This was later increased to four, however a maximum of three of these players are permitted to play in a match.[11]

Draws

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The draws took place on May 9 at 12:00 local time in Nazaré, at the Biblioteca Municipal de Nazaré (Nazaré Public Library),[12] conducted by the Mayor of Nazaré, Walter Chicharro, PFP Director Pedro Dias, BSWW Deputy Vice-President, Gabino Renales and BSWW Head of Competitions, Josep Ponset.[13]

Nazaré Cup (preliminary round)

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The BSWW organising committee decided to split the 32 teams into eight groups of four, conducting the draw as follows:[14]

Draw procedure
  • The clubs were seeded. Initially, from every country represented, each club that finished highest in its country's national league were grouped together and ordered based upon the final ranking of the club that represented their national association in the previous edition of the championship.
  • The top eight clubs in this order received the top eight seeds and were automatically assigned to the groups, with the 1st seed placed in position A1 through to the 8th seed allocated to H1.
  • Out of the remaining 24 clubs, again, from each country still represented, each club that finished highest in its country's national league were grouped together and ordered based upon the 2017 final ranking once more. These clubs in this order received the next top seeds available.
  • For the countries still represented by one or more clubs, this process repeated until every club was seeded.
  • The 24 teams were split into three pots, with the highest seeds placed into pot 1 down to the lowest seeds placed in pot 3.
  • Each pot consisted of eight teams.
  • One team from each pot was drawn into each of the groups, A through H, chronologically. The teams from pot 1 were assigned to position 2, those from pot 2, assigned to position 3 and those from pot 3, position 4.
  • Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, except for Portuguese clubs due to the volume of teams from said country.
Pots
Auto-assigned clubs Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  • Portugal Nacional (assigned to A1)
  • Ukraine Artur Music (assigned to B1)
  • Russia Kristall (assigned to C1)
  • Spain Levante (assigned to D1)
  • Italy Catania (assigned to E1)
  • Georgia (country) BSMA (assigned to F1)
  • Poland Boca Gdańsk (assigned to G1)
  • Hungary Siófoki Bányász SE (assigned to H1)
  • Portugal Casa Benfica de Loures
  • Russia Delta Saratov
  • Spain Playas de Mazarrón
  • Italy Viareggio
  • Israel Falfala Kfar Qassem
  • Germany Wuppertaler SV
  • England Portsmouth
  • Latvia Academy
  • France Montpellier Hérault
  • Greece APS Napoli Patron
  • Moldova Olimpia-Stels
  • Portugal Leixões
  • Spain AIS Playas de San Javier
  • Italy Atletico Licata
  • France Dunkerque Littoral
  • Portugal Varzim
  • Portugal Benfica Caldas da Rainha
  • Portugal AD Buarcos
  • Portugal GDP Costa de Caparica
  • Portugal Salgueiros 08
  • Portugal GR Olival Basto
  • Portugal Chelas
  • Portugal BIR
  • Portugal São Domingos

Main round

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The BSWW organising committee decided to split the 34 teams into seven groups of four and two groups of three. Two of the groups of four involve the eight qualifiers from the preliminary round. This meant the draw concerned determining just five of the seven groups of four, conducted as follows:[15]

Draw procedure
  • The clubs were seeded. ACD Sótão, as the club of the host city, were given the number 1 seed and assigned to position A1. Braga, as defending champions, were seeded 2nd and assigned to B1.
  • The other clubs were then seeded based upon the final ranking of the club that represented their national association in the previous edition of the championship. (With two Portuguese clubs concerned, GR Amigos Paz were not seeded at this stage as they finished the lower of the two in their national league)
  • The next top five seeded clubs were automatically assigned to the groups, with the 3rd seed placed in position C1 through to the 7th seed allocated to G1.
  • GR Amigos Paz were then added into the ranking with the remaining teams who were then split into three pots, with the highest seeds placed into pot 1 down to the lowest seeds placed in pot 3 (along with four non-seeded teams as there was no representative club of their association in the last edition to calculate a seed from).
  • Pot 1 & 2 consisted of seven teams, whilst pot 3 contained just five teams.
  • From pots 1 and 2, one team from each was drawn into each of the groups, A through G. The teams from pot 1 were assigned to position 2 in that group and those from pot 2, assigned to position 3.
  • From pot 3, the teams were drawn along with another ball from an additional pot, pot 4. The seven balls in this fourth pot were marked with the group positions A4 through G4. The position drawn from pot 4, the club drawn from pot 3 was allocated to.
  • As there were just five pot 3 teams but seven position marked balls, this meant two group positions would not be picked from pot 4, therefore determining which two groups would consist of just three clubs and ensuring this was determined at random.
  • Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Pots
Auto-assigned clubs Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  • Portugal ACD Sótão (assigned to A1)
  • Portugal Braga (assigned to B1)
  • Portugal Sporting CP (assigned to C1)
  • Ukraine Vybor (assigned to D1)
  • Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (assigned to E1)
  • Spain Melistar Melilla (assigned to F1)
  • Italy Sambenedettese (assigned to G1)
  • Portugal GR Amigos Paz
  • Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi
  • Poland KP Lódz
  • Turkey Alanya Belediyespor
  • Bulgaria Spartak Varna
  • Belarus BATE Borisov
  • Estonia Nõmme
  • Germany Rostocker Robben
  • Belgium Vamos Braine le Château
  • Netherlands Egmond
  • Latvia Kreiss
  • France Marseille
  • Greece AO Kefallinia
  • Romania West Deva
  • Moldova Djoker Chisinau
  • Denmark Copenhagen (unseeded)
  • Lithuania Igol Vilnius (unseeded)
  • Norway Oslo (unseeded)
  • Czech Republic SK BO EU Teplice (unseeded)

Nazaré Cup (incl. preliminary round)

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Nazaré Cup
Logo, often accompanied with the main 2018 EWC logo.
Further information
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates25–31 May 2018
Teams32 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Kristall
Runners-up Falfala Kfar Qassem
Tournament statistics
Matches played69
Goals scored515 (7.46 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gabriele Gori
(15 goals)

The preliminary round is open to all clubs who did not automatically qualify for the main round as domestic league champions.

Overview

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Decision to make changes

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The preliminary round has undergone considerable changes. In last season's EWC, five of the eight quarter-finalists and three of the four semifinalists qualified via this route; just three teams in the quarter-finals and one team in the semi-finals was an automatic qualifier / national league champion.[16]

To protect the competition's original purpose as a championship primarily for Europe's league champions, BSWW made changes ensuring that this year only two quarter-finalists and subsequently one semifinalist would be non-champion qualifiers from the preliminary round. Three semifinalists were guaranteed to be a national league champion.[16][7]

This was later revised so that only one team in the quarter-finals would be a qualifier, whilst the other seven would be guaranteed to be a league champion. A qualifier was no longer ensured of a semifinal spot.[17]

Format

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This season, embedded within the wider scope of this edition of the Euro Winners Cup, an additional tournament will be taking place. It has been described as a "tournament within a tournament".[16] This supplementary event is known as the Nazaré Beach Soccer Cup (NBSC):-

The preliminary round of this year's EWC forms the first stage of the NBSC, taking place from 25–27 May:- [2][7]

  1. The NBSC is open to all teams who did not automatically qualify for the Main Round.
  2. The teams that enter will be split into groups of four, competing in a round robin format.
  3. The eight group winners qualify for the Main Round of the EWC.

In the Main Round, the NBSC will continue:- [7]

  1. The eight qualifiers will be kept together in two groups of four.
  2. Four clubs, the two top teams from each group, were originally to planned progress to the Round of 16 of the EWC. This was later reduced to just two clubs, the two group winners.[17]
  3. The two teams will play each other in the Round of 16. This match will therefore also count as the final of the NBSC.
  4. The winner of the NBSC will then be crowned, rewarded with a spot in the EWC quarter-finals.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Playas de Mazarrón 3 3 0 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Main Round
2 Nacional 3 2 0 0 1 13 8 +5 6
3 Olimpia-Stels 3 1 0 0 2 4 12 –8 3
4 GDP Costa da Caparica 3 0 0 0 3 5 11 –6 0
25 May 2018 Playas de Mazarrón Spain 4–0 Moldova Olimpia-Stels Pitch 2
16:30 Castillo 10'
Rigaud 16', 22', 29'
Report(ru)
25 May 2018 GDP Costa da Caparica Portugal 3–6 Portugal Nacional Main pitch
19:00 Santos Júnior 5'
Carrilho 15'
dos Santos 36'
Report(ru) 4', 15' Silva
8' (pen.), 30' Dhaouadi
15', 24' Ribeiro
Referee: Alfredo Pavone (Italy)

26 May 2018 Playas de Mazarrón Spain 2–1 Portugal GDP Costa da Caparica Pitch 2
16:30 Alfredo 11'
Juan Manuel 21'
Report(ru) 15' Karilyo
26 May 2018 Nacional Portugal 7–1 Moldova Olimpia-Stels Main pitch
19:00 Oliveira 1', 24'
Silva 5'
Jasmins 8', 29'
Ribeiro 14'
Gomez 15'
Report(ru) 1' Capsamun Referee: Raffaele Delvecchio (Italy)

27 May 2018 Olimpia-Stels Moldova 3–1 Portugal GDP Costa da Caparica Pitch 2
16:30 Trofim 13'
Melnikov 26', 31'
Report(ru) 20' Dias
27 May 2018 Nacional Portugal 0–4 Spain Playas de Mazarrón Main pitch
19:00 Report(ru) Pampero 7'
Domingo 11'
Castillo 15'
Rigaud 34'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Artur Music 3 3 0 0 0 13 8 +5 9 Main Round
2 Delta Saratov 3 2 0 0 1 11 6 +5 6
3 AIS Playas de San Javier 3 1 0 0 2 11 10 +1 3
4 BIR 3 0 0 0 3 5 16 –11 0
25 May 2018 Delta Saratov Russia 2–1 Spain AIS Playas de San Javier Pitch 2
15:15 Nasimento 12'
Pankratov 13'
Report(ru) 16' Barbotti
25 May 2018 BIR Portugal 1–4 Ukraine Artur Music Main pitch
17:45 Murrakash 30' Report(ru) 9' Rafinha
15', 29' Borsuk
27' Medved
Referee: Richard De Bruijn (Netherlands)

26 May 2018 Delta Saratov Russia 6–1 Portugal BIR Pitch 2
15:15 Mateus 2', 21'
Andreev 6', 17'
Sakharov 28'
Soldatov 35'
Report(ru) 23' Fernandez
26 May 2018 Artur Music Ukraine 5–4 Spain AIS Playas de San Javier Main pitch
17:45 El Hadoui 14'
Stepliani 16', 29'
Medved 30'
Rafinha 31'
Report(ru) 4', 35' Barqueros
16' Barbotti
33' Carro Juan
Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)

27 May 2018 AIS Playas de San Javier Spain 6–3 Portugal BIR Pitch 2
15:15 Nene 16'
Barbotti 16', 29'
Carro Juan 17'
Maiquez 22', 33'
Report(ru) 22' Fernandez
33' Pombinha
34' Ilario
27 May 2018 Artur Music Ukraine 4–3 Russia Delta Saratov Main pitch
17:45 Glutsky 8'
Medved 12' (pen.)
Korniichuk 32', 36'
Report(ru) 28' Mateus
32' Konnov
33' Andreev

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kristall 3 3 0 0 0 32 1 +31 9 Main Round
2 Salgueiros 08 3 2 0 0 1 11 16 –5 6
3 Academy 3 1 0 0 2 6 17 –11 3
4 Varzim 3 0 0 0 3 6 21 –15 0
25 May 2018 Academy Latvia 4–2 Portugal Varzim Pitch 2
14:00 Skuratovic 12'
Josifovs 16'
Pastars 29'
Pupols 34' (pen.)
Report(ru) 7', 36' Luca
25 May 2018 Salgueiros 08 Portugal 1–10 Russia Kristall Main pitch
16:30 Gilberto 28' Report(ru) 7', 36' Mauricinho
12', 18', 23' Romanov
19' Shishin
22' Rodrigo
25' (pen.), 31' Zharikov
26' Kartashov
Referee: Nuno Madeira Baptista (Switzerland)

26 May 2018 Academy Latvia 2–5 Portugal Salgueiros 08 Pitch 2
14:00 Seb Huck 2' (o.g.)
Pastars 36'
Report(ru) 1' Freddy
3' Trivelas
22' Marco
28' (pen.) Resend
29' Vasco
26 May 2018 Kristall Russia 12–0 Portugal Varzim Main pitch
16:30 Rodrigo 4', 9', 33'
Paporotnyi 13'
Shishin 20'
Romanov 23', 31'
Datinha 23'
Kartashov 26', 35'
Mauricinho 30'
Zharikov 35'
Report(ru)

27 May 2018 Varzim Portugal 4–5 Portugal Salgueiros 08 Pitch 2
14:00 Peixoto 2'
Rajoel 17'
Novo 30'
Hugo Pinto 30' (o.g.)
Report(ru) 1', 8', 25', 31' Marco
17' Resend
27 May 2018 Kristall Russia 10–0 Latvia Academy Main pitch
16:30 Datinha 2', 36'
Rodrigo 4'
Mauricinho 17', 23'
Krasheninnikov 23'
Paporotnyi 25', 32'
Romanov 30'
Chuzhkov 30'
Report(ru)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Falfala Kfar Qassem 3 3 0 0 0 27 15 +12 9 Main Round
2 Levante 3 2 0 0 1 20 12 +8 6
3 AD Buarcos 3 1 0 0 2 11 21 –10 3
4 Dunkerquois Littoral 3 0 0 0 3 7 17 –10 0
25 May 2018 Falfala Kfar Qassem Israel 7–4 France Dunkerquois Littoral Pitch 2
12:45 Ott 2' (pen.), 16'
Llorenç 3', 34'
Ozu 14'
Sarsur 19'
Yatim 27'
Report(ru) 20' Herinckx
27', 33' (pen.) Venza
31' Marche
25 May 2018 AD Buarcos Portugal 2–8 Spain Levante Main pitch
15:15 Mendes 4'
Guerra 25'
Report(ru) 1', 11' Thiago H.
8' José Enrique
13', 25' Sanfilippo
17' Miralles
22', 36' Clarke

26 May 2018 Falfala Kfar Qassem Israel 11–4 Portugal AD Buarcos Pitch 2
12:45 Ott 3' (pen.), 4'
Moad 5', 23'
Yatim 7'
Llorenç 16', 16', 22'
Danin 17', 18'
Bruno Xavier 32' (pen.)
Report(ru) 1', 26' Da Silva
9' Guerra
20' Mendes
26 May 2018 Levante Spain 5–1 France Dunkerquois Littoral Main pitch
15:15 José Enrique 4'
Antonio 9', 25'
Fernando 16'
Sanfilippo 29'
Report(ru) 1' Herinckx Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal)

27 May 2018 Dunkerquois Littoral France 2–5 Portugal AD Buarcos Pitch 2
12:45 Marche 6'
Favolini 28'
Report(ru) 1', 15' Mendes
20', 23' Oliveira
21' Filipe Gaspar
27 May 2018 Levante Spain 7–9 Israel Falfala Kfar Qassem Main pitch
15:15 José Enrique 2', 11'
Antonio 5', 11', 36'
Thiago H. 31'
Clarke 31'
Report(ru) 1' Yatim
3', 20' Bruno Xavier
11', 12', 12', 18', 35' Ott
30' Jabareen
Referee: Oezcan Sultanolu (Turkey)

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Catania 3 3 0 0 0 27 9 +18 9 Main Round
2 Wuppertaler SV 3 2 0 0 1 10 10 0 6
3 Montpellier Hérault 3 0 0 1 2 9 15 –6 1
4 Benfica Caldas da Rainha 3 0 0 0 3 8 20 –12 0
25 May 2018 Wuppertaler SV Germany 3–2 France Montpellier Hérault Pitch 2
11:30 Report(ru)
25 May 2018 Benfica Caldas da Rainha Portugal 3–12 Italy Catania Main pitch
14:00 Report(ru) Referee: Viktor Listratov (Russia)

26 May 2018 Wuppertaler SV Germany 4–1 Portugal Benfica Caldas da Rainha Pitch 2
11:30 Report(ru)
26 May 2018 Catania Italy 8–3 France Montpellier Hérault Main pitch
14:00 Report(ru)

27 May 2018 Montpellier Hérault France 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
Portugal Benfica Caldas da Rainha Pitch 2
11:30 Report(ru)
27 May 2018 Catania Italy 7–3 Germany Wuppertaler SV Main pitch
14:00 Report(ru)

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Viareggio 3 3 0 0 0 32 8 +24 9 Main Round
2 APS Napoli Patron 3 2 0 0 1 11 8 +3 6
3 GR Olival Basto 3 1 0 0 2 5 10 –5 3
4 BSMA 3 0 0 0 3 5 27 –22 0
25 May 2018 Viareggio Italy 5–4 Greece APS Napoli Patron Pitch 2
10:15 Gori 7', 7', 9'
Yano 25'
Ramaciotti 30'
Report(ru) 5' Semenov
7' Chachalis
7' Panikin
20' Tsimpitsis
25 May 2018 GR Olival Basto Portugal 3–0 Georgia (country) BSMA Main pitch
12:45 Varao 31'
Cardoso 31'
Pinneiro 33'
Report(ru)

26 May 2018 Viareggio Italy 8–1 Portugal GR Olival Basto Pitch 2
10:15 Gori 3', 36'
Marinai 3'
Yano 5', 29'
Cardoso 5' (pen.)
Valenti 6'
Ramaciotti 12'
Report(ru)
26 May 2018 BSMA Georgia (country) 2–5 Greece APS Napoli Patron Main pitch
12:45 Mikeladze 3'
Kakashvili 10'
Report(ru) 5', 19' Panikin
7', 22' (pen.) Semenov
Referee: Yeliz Topaloglu (Turkey)

27 May 2018 APS Napoli Patron Greece 2–1 Portugal GR Olival Basto Main pitch
09:00 Semenov 25'
Panikin 26'
Report(ru) 9' Rosa
27 May 2018 BSMA Georgia (country) 3–19 Italy Viareggio Main pitch
12:45 Mikeladze 5'
Kakashvili 20', 32'
Report(ru) 5', 6', 21' (pen.), 22', 30', 31' Gori
12' Cinquini
15' Marinai
18', 34', 35' Marinai
16', 17' Yano
19' Carpita
20' Ramaciotti
26' D'onofrio
28' Dias
32' (pen.) Spacca
36' Capo

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Boca Gdańsk 3 2 1 0 0 25 6 +19 8 Main Round
2 Leixões 3 2 0 0 1 13 13 0 6
3 São Domingos 3 0 1 0 2 8 17 –9 2
4 Portsmouth 3 0 0 0 3 8 18 –10 0
25 May 2018 Portsmouth England 4–5 Portugal Leixões Main pitch
09:00 Report(ru)
25 May 2018 São Domingos Portugal 1–10 Poland Boca Gdańsk Main pitch
11:30 Report(ru) Referee: Gionni Matticoli (Italy)

26 May 2018 Portsmouth England 3–4 (a.e.t.) Portugal São Domingos Pitch 2
09:00 Report(ru)
26 May 2018 Boca Gdańsk Poland 6–4 (a.e.t.) Portugal Leixões Main pitch
11:30 Report(ru) Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)

27 May 2018 Leixões Portugal 4–3 Portugal São Domingos Pitch 2
09:00 Report(ru)
27 May 2018 Boca Gdańsk Poland 9–1 England Portsmouth Main pitch
11:30 Report(ru)

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Casa Benfica de Loures 3 3 0 0 0 34 10 +24 9 Main Round
2 Siófoki Bányász SE 3 1 0 1 1 10 11 –1 4
3 Chelas 3 1 0 0 2 14 16 –2 3
4 Atletico Licata 3 0 0 0 3 6 27 –21 0
25 May 2018 Casa Benfica de Loures Portugal 17–2 Italy Atletico Licata Pitch 2
09:00 Report(ru)
25 May 2018 Chelas Portugal 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)
Hungary Siófoki Bányász SE Main pitch
10:15 Report(ru)

26 May 2018 Casa Benfica de Loures Portugal 11–6 Portugal Chelas Main pitch
09:00 Report(ru)
26 May 2018 Siófoki Bányász SE Hungary 5–2 Italy Atletico Licata Main pitch
10:15 Report(ru) Referee: Alberto Gomez Lameiro (Spain)

27 May 2018 Atletico Licata Italy 2–5 Portugal Chelas Pitch 2
10:15 Report(ru)
27 May 2018 Siófoki Bányász SE Hungary 2–6 Portugal Casa Benfica de Loures Main pitch
10:15 Report(ru)

Subsequent rounds

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Second group stage

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The eight qualifiers progressed to the second group stage that took place as part of the main round of the EWC.

Final

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The best two teams of the second group stage advanced to the final that took place as part of the round of 16 of the EWC.

Main round

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2018 Euro Winners Cup is located in Europe
BATE Borisov
BATE Borisov
Vamos Braine le Château
Vamos Braine le Château
Spartak Varna
Spartak Varna
SK BO EU Teplice
SK BO EU Teplice
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Nõmme
Nõmme
Marseille
Marseille
Dinamo Batumi
Dinamo Batumi
Rostocker Robben
Rostocker Robben
AO Kefallinia
AO Kefallinia
Falfala Kfar Qassem
Falfala Kfar Qassem
Sambenedettese
Sambenedettese
Viareggio
Viareggio
Catania
Catania
Kriess
Kriess
Igol Vilnius
Igol Vilnius
Djoker Chisinau
Djoker Chisinau
Egmond
Egmond
Oslo
Oslo
KP Łódź
KP Łódź
Boca Gdańsk
Boca Gdańsk
Braga
Braga
Leiria District
Leiria District
Lisbon
Lisbon
West Deva
West Deva
Lokomotiv Moscow
Lokomotiv Moscow
Kristall
Kristall
Melistar Melilla
Melistar Melilla
Playas de Mazarrón
Playas de Mazarrón
Alanya Belediyespor
Alanya Belediyespor
Vybor
Vybor
Artur Music
Artur Music
Lisbon clubs: Casa Benfica de Loures Sporting CP Leiria District clubs: ACD Sótão GR Amigos da Paz
Lisbon clubs:
Casa Benfica de Loures
Sporting CP


Leiria District clubs:
ACD Sótão
GR Amigos da Paz
Location of teams in the 2018 Euro Winners Cup main round.
Groups key: A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I.

The Main Round commenced on 28 May and ended on 30 May.[2]

34 teams entered into the Main Round – 26 European domestic league champions (and select league runners-up) who qualify automatically plus eight qualifiers from the preliminary round,[2][7] competing in a round robin format.

Official practice sessions for the automatic qualifiers took place on 26 and 27 May.[7]

  • Nazaré Cup qualifiers draw:
The draw to split the eight Nazaré Cup qualifiers into two groups of four took place on 27 May, after the conclusion of the day's matches.[18]
All eight clubs were placed in one pot. As the clubs were drawn, they were alternately placed in Groups H and I. The draw was conducted by Leticia Villar of AIS Playas de San Javier Women and Aaron Clarke of Levante.[19]

The Main Round fixtures for Groups A–G were announced on 17 May. The matches for the Nazaré Cup qualifiers groups (H and I) were released on 27 May once the composition of said groups was confirmed.[20]

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 KP Łódź 2 2 0 0 0 9 5 +4 6 Knockout stage
2 Kreiss 2 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 ACD Sótão 2 0 0 0 2 4 8 –4 0
28 May 2018 ACD Sótão Portugal 1–2 Latvia Kreiss Main pitch
19:00 Carmo 1' Report(ru) 19' Novozhilov
32' Jak
Referee: Pablo Brea (Spain)

29 May 2018 KP Łódź Poland 3–2 Latvia Kreiss Pitch 2
17:45 Saganowski 8'
Kubiak 11'
Gac 23'
Report(ru) 5' Ruba
22' Jak

30 May 2018 ACD Sótão Portugal 3–6 Poland KP Łódź Main pitch
19:00 Goto 1'
Carmo 11'
Lauro 31'
Report(ru) 10', 25' Krawczyk
14' Poplawski
21' Jesionowski
24' Paulinho
29' Kubiak
Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Braga 3 3 0 0 0 34 4 +30 9 Knockout stage
2 Spartak Varna 3 2 0 0 1 12 17 –5 6
3 Marseille 3 1 0 0 2 13 19 –6 3
4 SK BO EU Teplice 3 0 0 0 3 10 29 –19 0
28 May 2018 SK BO EU Teplice Czech Republic 2–14 Portugal Braga Main pitch
16:30 Report(ru) Referee: Richard De Bruijn (Netherlands)
28 May 2018 Spartak Varna Bulgaria 5–3 France Marseille Pitch 2
17:45 Iliev 26'
Adamov 29'
Papastathopoulos 32', 36'
Filipov 34'
Report(ru) 5', 31' (pen.) Mendy
17' Bru

29 May 2018 Spartak Varna Bulgaria 7–3 Czech Republic SK BO EU Teplice Pitch 2
16:30 Filipov 3', 5', 35'
Papastathopoulos 6'
Tsvetkov 12', 33'
Bowes 13'
Report(ru) 18' Baran
22' Cerny
30' Husty
29 May 2018 Braga Portugal 9–2 France Marseille Main pitch
19:00 Report(ru) Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)

30 May 2018 Braga