The 2026 Euro Winners Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Euro Winners Cup (EWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for men's top-division European clubs. The championship is widely viewed as beach soccer's rudimentary version of the better known UEFA Champions League in its parent sport, association football.
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 7 to 14 June.
The event 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 are also played to determine other final rankings.
Catania were the defending champions but did not enter this year due to the club's dissolution in April 2026. The tournament was won by BSC 54 from Baden, Switzerland, who claimed their first title.
Teams Qualification Qualification for the competition is similar to the UEFA Champions League, whereby clubs qualify via their country’s national beach soccer league (being a country which is a member association of UEFA).
The exact number of clubs which qualify from each association depends on the perceived "strength" of their country’s league. BSWW determine the strength of each league by analysing the performance of all clubs in the EWC on a country-by-country basis over the previous five editions; a points-based ranking is produced from the data. From the most recent edition of their respective leagues, the best performing nations in the ranking are permitted to enter multiple top placing clubs (being their league champions and one or more runners-up), whilst the worst performing are allowed to enter just one club (being their league champions). This is similar in concept to that of the UEFA coefficient ranking. The top placing clubs from the previous year's Euro Winners Challenge also qualify.
Eligible clubs may choose not to, or are unable to participate. Thus, in reality, some countries fill their quota with clubs placed lower down in their league, don’t claim all their slots, sometimes fill none of their slots at all, and sometimes unclaimed slots are transferred to other associations at the discretion of BSWW.
Entrants 35 clubs from 23 different nations entered the event.
In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, clubs from Russia remain banned from entering this year.
The draw to split the teams into nine groups of four for the group stage took place on 13 May 2026. An unnamed 36th team was included in the draw but never materialised.
+Participating clubs in the 2026 Euro Winners Cup (3)O Sótão (2)Kfar Qassem (1)PortsmouthNazaré 2022Rosh HaAyin (1)HobbyAlfarim (2)Pisa (1)Napoli Patron (3)AvenirViareggio (1)BonyhádCévennes (2)Alanya Belediyespor (1)SliemaMontpellierManavgat Belediyespor (1)Nistru Chișinău (3)Bavaria Beach Bazis (2)Partizan (1)AltenaBeach Royals DüsseldorfSunrise Kyiv (1)KFUM StavangerRostocker Robben (1)Minsk (1)KP Łódź (3)Cádiz (1)SA-MVR Sofia (1)HustýHuelva (1)Pafos (1)BSC 54Atlético Torroxeño (1)Bosnia Teplice
Group stage All eight group winners, along with the five best runners-up, progress to the round of 16 (total of 14 teams).
The worst four runners-up progress to a play-off round to decide the final two round of 16 berths.
All third-placed and fourth-placed teams are consigned to a set of consolation matches to determine final placements.
Key Group A 7 June O Sótão 7–1 Rostocker Robben 8 June Rostocker Robben 1–7 KP Łódź 8 June O Sótão 3–3 (4–2 p.) KP Łódź 9 June KP Łódź 1–4 Rostocker Robben
Group B 7 June Viareggio 5–2 Bavaria Beach Bazis 7 June Sliema 0–13 Kfar Qassem 8 June Viareggio 11–2 Sliema 8 June Kfar Qassem 10–4 Bavaria Beach Bazis 9 June Bavaria Beach Bazis 7–3 Sliema 9 June Kfar Qassem 3–5 Viareggio
Group C 7 June Napoli Patron 5–4 BSC 54 7 June Bosnia Teplice 4–2 Alfarim 8 June Napoli Patron 6–0 Bosnia Teplice 8 June Alfarim 5–9 BSC 54 9 June BSC 54 14–5 Bosnia Teplice 9 June Alfarim 3–4 Napoli Patron
Group D 7 June Pisa 13–4 Portsmouth 8 June Portsmouth 3–2 KFUM Stavanger 8 June Pisa 4–3 KFUM Stavanger 9 June Portsmouth 3–7 KFUM Stavanger
Group E 7 June Nazaré 2022 3–6 Cádiz 7 June Manavgat Belediyespor 0–4 Rosh HaAyin 8 June Nazaré 2022 2–3 Manavgat Belediyespor 8 June Rosh HaAyin 6–2 Cádiz 9 June Cádiz 10–0 Manavgat Belediyespor 9 June Rosh HaAyin 6–2 Nazaré 2022
Group F 7 June Pafos 16–0 Altena 7 June Cévennes 8–3 SA-MVR Sofia 8 June Pafos 9–4 SA-MVR Sofia 8 June Cévennes 7–4 Altena 9 June Cévennes 5–7 (a.e.t) Pafos 9 June SA-MVR Sofia 7–5 Altena
Group G 7 June Hustý 8–3 Alanya Belediyespor 7 June Partizan 6–7 (a.e.t) Huelva 8 June Hustý 2–7 Partizan 8 June Huelva 5–3 Alanya Belediyespor 9 June Alanya Belediyespor 2–6 Partizan 9 June Huelva 7–6 Hustý
Group H 7 June Hobby 2–8 Montpellier 7 June Minsk 4–3 Beach Royals Düsseldorf 8 June Hobby 3–14 Minsk 8 June Beach Royals Düsseldorf 7–5 Montpellier 9 June Montpellier 1–7 Minsk 9 June Beach Royals Düsseldorf 11–4 Hobby
Group I 7 June Bonyhád 6–2 Nistru Chișinău 7 June Avenir 2–6 Sunrise Kyiv 8 June Bonyhád 3–2 Avenir 8 June Sunrise Kyiv 9–2 Nistru Chișinău 9 June Nistru Chișinău 2–2 (1–3 p.) Avenir 9 June Sunrise Kyiv 7–1 Bonyhád
Placement matches Matches take place on 10 June.
33rd place Hobby 5–6 Sliema 31st place Nistru Chișinău 7–4 Altena 29th place Nazaré 2022 2–7 Alanya Belediyespor 27th place Avenir 2–5 Alfarim 25th place Bosnia Teplice 7–6 (a.e.t.) Manavgat Belediyespor 23rd place Rostocker Robben 5–1 Portsmouth 21st place Bavaria Beach Bazis 5–1 SA-MVR Sofia 19th place Hustý 7–2 Montpellier
Knockout stage Play-off round The two winners qualify for the Round of 16. +
Bracket
See also 2026 Women's Euro Winners Cup 2025–26 UEFA Futsal Champions League
References
External links Euro Winners Cup 2026, at Beach Soccer Worldwide