The 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League was the second edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer League (WEBSL). It is the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between women's national teams, succeeding the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup (2016–19). Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), it is the women's version of the men's long-running Euro Beach Soccer League, which began in 1998.
The league consisted of two phases: two rounds of fixtures comprising the regular season, and the Superfinal, in which the top four teams qualified to then directly contest the league title, with the winners becoming WEBSL champions.
The league also acted as the qualification route to the 2023 European Games; the top five teams qualified to join hosts Poland.
Russia were defending champions, but were banned from entering the competition this year. The competition was won by Spain for the first time who claimed their second European crown following the 2016 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup.
Teams Six teams took part this season.
In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the defending champions, the Russian national team, were banned from entering.
The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 9 nations.
(1st) (3rd) (5th) (7th) (8th) (n/a)
Notes a: Teams making their debut.
Regular season Key: Advance to –Superfinal semi-finals /Superfinal 5th place match /(H) Hosts Team1 (H)540012611+1512254001177+10123 (H)530021716+194520031216–465511031215–35650005827–190
Awards The following awards were presented after the conclusion of the first round of matches in Nazaré. Nazaré stage trophyTop scorer(s)Best playerBest goalkeeper Lorena Asensio Maria Vecchione 4 goals Joana Flores Angela Ruotolo
Superfinal Consolation Fifth place match
Final four
Semi-finals
Third place match
Superfinal match
Awards Winners trophy 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer LeagueChampions SpainFirst title
Individual awards Top scorer(s) Maria Vecchione10 goalsBest player Adriana Manau Best goalkeeper Laura Gallego Silvente
Final standings Key: TeamResult1 WEBSL Champions (1st title)2 Runners-up3 Third place4 5 6
b. England has no independent National Olympic Committee (NOC) and will instead be represented at the European Games as .
Top scorers The following table list the top 10 scorers of the 2022 WEBSL, including goals scored in both the regular and post season events.
RankPlayerGoals1 Maria Vecchione 102 Veronica Privitera 63 Carolina Ferreira 5 Sarah Kempson Lorena Asensio Ruiz6 Carolina Gonzalez 4 Wendy Martin8 Jana Červeňáková 3 Molly Clark Michaela Čulová Ema Toscano Joana Flores Sandy Iannella Yuliia Kostiuk Anne Meiwald Melania Pisa Myroslava Vypasniak Sources: Matchdays 1–3, Matchdays 4–5 and Superfinal
See also 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League (men's)
References
External links Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website Regular season Women's Euro Beach Soccer League 2022, at ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese)