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2018 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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2018 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
CityNazaré
Dates6–8 July
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place  Switzerland
Fourth place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored60 (6.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Russia Anastasia Gorshkova
(5 goals)
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The 2018 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the third edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup, an annual European beach soccer championship for women's national teams, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). The event was revealed on 28 March 2018.[1]

Six nations took part in a three-day competition, hosted in the same location as the 2017 edition, Nazaré, Portugal, between 6 and 8 July, alongside stage 2 of the men's 2018 Euro Beach Soccer League.[2]

England were the defending champions, but failed to progress pass the group stage, ultimately finishing in fourth place. The championship was claimed by Russia, who won the title at their first attempt.[3]

Teams

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All six teams from the previous edition returned, except for Greece, who were replaced by Russia.

Superscript key:
1. Teams making their debut

Venue

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

All matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro on Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach).

The stadium had recently been undergoing redevelopment, increasing its capacity from 1,600 to 2,200.[4] However, one part of the stadium was still awaiting upgrades,[5] meaning the new capacity figure was yet to be fully reached.

Draw

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The draw took place on June 12, 2018, at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona. The six teams were split into two groups of three.[2]

Two teams were seeded and automatically allocated to the groups: England, as reigning champions, were allocated to position A1 and Switzerland, as runners up in the last edition, were allocated to B1. The unseeded nations were then drawn to accompany them in the two groups, with placement of the nations alternating back and forth between Groups A and B as each team was drawn out in turn.[6]

Seeded nations Unseeded nations
 England (assigned to A1)
  Switzerland (assigned to B1) 		 Czech Republic
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Spain

Group stage

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The teams compete in a round robin format. The winners of the groups proceed to contest the final. The respective group runners-up and third placed nations play each other in consolation matches to decide third through sixth place in the final standings.

Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1)

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 2 2 0 0 0 12 0 +12 6 Advance to the Final
2  England 2 1 0 0 1 5 6 –1 3 Third place play-off
3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 0 2 2 13 –11 0 Fifth place play-off
England 5–2 Czech Republic
James 15'
Clark 16'
Kempson 25' (pen.), 36'
Bazan 32'		 Report(ru) 11' Matejkova
25' Jungova
Referee: Dario Minder (Switzerland)
Spain 8–0 Czech Republic
Mellado 12', 19', 24'
Miron 13', 18', 24'
Gomez 23', 35' (pen.)		 Report(ru)
Referee: Francisco Henriques Costa (Portugal)
England 0–4 Spain
Report(ru) 9' Pascual
29' Morera
30' Asensio
35' Miron
Referee: Christian Zimmermann (Switzerland)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 2 2 0 0 0 14 8 +6 6 Advance to the Final
2   Switzerland 2 1 0 0 1 9 10 –1 3 Third place play-off
3  Netherlands 2 0 0 0 2 4 9 –5 0 Fifth place play-off
Switzerland 6–8 Russia
Heer 6'
Schenk 11'
Meyer 13', 27'
Samorodova 15' (o.g.)
Birrfelder 16'		 Report(ru) 4', 26' Gorshkova
11' (pen.), 25' Fedorova
12', 16', 35' Zaitseva
28' Cherniakova
Referee: Torsten Guenther (Germany)
Netherlands 2–6 Russia
De Bondt 11'
Verschoor 18'		 Report(ru) 1' Samorodova
8' Zaitseva
15' Ivashkina
25', 27' (pen.), 32' Gorshkova
Referee: Luca Romani (Italy)
Switzerland 3–2 Netherlands
Morger 9', 28'
Birrfelder 22'		 Report(ru) 6' De Hoek
20' (o.g.) Morger
Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

Play-offs

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Fifth place play-off

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Netherlands 1–2 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Moudou 8' Report(ru) 26' Pilouskova
39' (pen.) Culova
Referee: Ivan Kirilov (Bulgaria)

Third place play-off

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Switzerland 6–3 England
Heer 3'
Grüter 8', 20'
Morger 19'
Schenk 26'
Kehrli 30'		 Report(ru) 7' Hillier
19', 28' Cheshire
Referee: Gary Christien (Belgium)

Final

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Russia 2–0 Spain
Cherniakova 29'
Fedorova 34'		 Report(ru)
Referee: Sergio Gomes Soares (Portugal)

Awards

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After the final, the following awards were presented.[7]

Winners trophy

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2018 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Champions
Russia
Russia
First Title

Individual awards

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Top scorer
Russia Anastasia Gorshkova
5 goals
Best player
Russia Marina Fedorova
Best goalkeeper
Spain María José Pons

Goalscorers

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5 goals
  • Russia Anastasia Gorshkova
4 goals
  • Russia Natalia Zaitseva
  • Spain Andrea Miron
3 goals
  • Spain Alba Mellado
  • Switzerland Andrea Morger
  • Russia Marina Fedorova
2 goals
  • England Sarah Kempson
  • Switzerland Ramona Birrfelder
  • Switzerland Alina Grueter
  • Switzerland Vanessa Meyer
  • Switzerland Nicole Heer
  • England Lauren Cheshire
  • Switzerland Nathalie Schenk
  • Spain Natalia de Francisco Gomez
  • Russia Anna Cherniakova
1 goal
  • England Molly Clark
  • England Nadine Bazan
  • Netherlands Aaike Verschoor
  • Netherlands Aafke de Hoek
  • England Katie James
  • Russia Elena Ivashkina
  • Switzerland Deborah Kehrli
  • Czech Republic Michaela Culova
  • Czech Republic Marketa Matejkova
  • Spain Carla Morera
  • Netherlands Bouchra Moudou
  • Czech Republic Veronika Pychova
  • Spain Ana Pascual
  • Spain Lorena Asensio
  • Russia Aleksandra Samorodova
  • England Gemma Hillier
  • Czech Republic Aneta Jungova
  • Netherlands Joelle de Bondt
Own goals
  • Russia Aleksandra Samorodova (vs. Switzerland)
  • Switzerland Andrea Morger (vs. Netherlands)

Source

Final standings

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Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Russia 3 3 0 0 0 16 8 +8 9 Champions
2 A  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 12 2 +10 6 Runners-up
3 B   Switzerland 3 2 0 0 1 15 13 +2 6 Third place
4 A  England 3 1 0 0 2 8 12 −4 3 Fourth place
5 A  Czech Republic 3 0 1 0 2 4 14 −10 2 Fifth place
6 B  Netherlands 3 0 0 0 3 5 11 −6 0 Sixth place
Source: [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup lands in Nazaré again!". beachsoccer.com. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Draw held for Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup". beachsoccer.com. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Russia see off Spain with two late golazos". beachsoccer.com. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  4. ^ ""Тратим на Кубок европейских чемпионов € 200 тыс., но деньги остаются в Назаре"" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Nazaré é o centro do andebol da Europa" (in Portuguese). TripSeek. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ^ "LIVE: Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup Nazaré 2018!". Beach Soccer Worldwide - Facebook. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Фёдорова - MVP женского Кубка Европы, Горшкова - лучший бомбардир" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. 8 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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