The second edition of Euro Winners Cup was a beach soccer tournament in Catania, Italy, from 3 – 8 June 2014. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the UEFA Champions League.
Participating teams Twenty-five teams from 22 countries confirmed their participation in the tournament:
Catania BS (Host team) Milano BS (Host Country National champion 2013) AS Terracina BS (Host Country National Runner-up 2013) Lokomotiv Moscow (2013 Euro Winners Cup Champion) BSC Kristall Aluminios Sotelo AO Kefallinia Artur Music FC BATE Borisov BS Bohemians 1905 CS Djoker - Tornado Chișinău "Falfala" Kfar Qassem Goldwin Plus Bodon FC Grembach Łódź Kreiss Marseille Beach Team MFC Spartak 2012 Varna Rostocker Robben Sable Dancers Bern SC Braga Seferihisar CittaSlow SK Augur Enemat Portsmouth BS Ushkyn-Iskra Egmond BS
Group stage According to the draw realized on May 26, teams were divided in a group stage with four groups of 4 and three groups of 3, then the two best-ranked sides of each group, and the best overall two third-ranked sides advanced to the round of 16.Teams and rosters set for Euro Winners Cup 2014
Group A
Team Catania BS2200117+46 Aluminios Sotelo22011710+76 Kreiss2003617-110 Advances to play-off Catania BS 4–3 KreissCatania BS 7–4 Aluminios SoteloAluminios Sotelo 8–2 Kreiss
Group B
Team BSC Kristall3300203+179 SC Braga3201126+66 AO Kefallinia3102721-143 SK Augur Enemat3003514-90 Advances to play-off SC Braga 7–2 AO KefalliniaSK Augur Enemat 1–6 BSC KristallSC Braga 3–1 SK Augur EnematBSC Kristall 11–0 AO KefalliniaAO Kefallinia 5–3 SK Augur EnematBSC Kristall 3–2 SC Braga
Group C
Team Artur Music2200127+56 "Falfala" Kfar Qassem2101119+23 Egmond BS20021017-70 Advances to play-off "Falfala" Kfar Qassem 2–4 Artur MusicArtur Music 8–5 Egmond BSEgmond BS 5–9 "Falfala" Kfar Qassem
Group D
Team FC BATE Borisov220063+36 Seferihisar CittaSlow210176+13 Ushkyn-Iskra200248-40 Advances to play-off Ushkyn-Iskra 3–5 Seferihisar CittaSlowSeferihisar CittaSlow 2–3 FC BATE BorisovFC BATE Borisov 3–1 Ushkyn-Iskra
Group E
Team Sable Dancers Bern3300228+149 BS Bohemians 1905 31111312+15 CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău30121012-22 Portsmouth BS3003821-130 Advances to play-off Portsmouth BS 3–10 Sable Dancers BernCS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău 3–4 BS Bohemians 1905CS Djoker – Tornado Chișinău 4–3 Portsmouth BSSable Dancers Bern 7–2BS Bohemians 1905Sable Dancers Bern 5–3 CS Djoker – Tornado ChișinăuBS Bohemians 1905 7–2 Portsmouth BS
Group F
Team Milano BS 33001912+79 Grembach Łódź32011312+16 Marseille Beach Team31021514+13 MFC Spartak 2012 Varna30031019-90 Advances to play-off Grembach Łódź 3–2 MFC Spartak 2012 VarnaMarseille Beach Team 3–5 Milano BSGrembach Łódź 4–3 Marseille Beach TeamMilano BS 7–3 MFC Spartak 2012 VarnaMFC Spartak 2012 Varna 5–9 Marseille Beach TeamMilano BS 7–6 Grembach Łódź
Group G
Team Lokomotiv Moscow3300177+109 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 3111149+55 AS Terracina BS3102131303 Rostocker Robben3003722-150 Advances to play-off Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 4–3 AS Terracina BSRostocker Robben 2–7 Lokomotiv MoscowAS Terracina BS 7–2 Rostocker RobbenLokomotiv Moscow 3–2 Goldwin Plus Bodon FCGoldwin Plus Bodon FC 8–3 Rostocker RobbenLokomotiv Moscow 7–3 AS Terracina BS
Play-off
Bracket
5th–8th places
Winners
Awards Best Player (MVP) Bruno Xavier ( Lokomotiv Moscow) Top Scorer Leo ( Milano BS) 13 goals Best Goalkeeper Dona ( SC Braga)
Final standings RankTeam 1 BSC Kristall 2 Milano BS 3 SC Braga 4 Sable Dancers Bern 5 Artur Music 6 Goldwin Plus Bodon FC 7 Lokomotiv Moscow 8 Catania BS
See also Beach soccer Beach Soccer Worldwide
References
External links Beach Soccer Worldwide