2024 Euro Winners Challenge

2025 Euro Winners Challenge
Tournament details
CityNazaré, Portugal, Portugal
DatesJune 7, 2025 (2025-06-07)–
June 13, 2025 (2025-06-13)
Teams20
Final positions
Champions Leixões S.C. (1st title)
Runners-up G.D. Sesimbra
Third place Vila Flor SC
Fourth place GDU Ericeirense
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored361 (8.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Matheus Nascimento
12 goals (Leixões S.C.)
Best player Pedrinho (Leixões S.C.)
Best goalkeeper Rúben(Leixões S.C.)
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The 2024 Euro Winners Challenge was the fifth edition of the Euro Winners Challenge (ECC), the of Europe's secondary club beach soccer organized by Beach Soccer Worldwide and open to any team that didn't qualify to the main continental competition.[1] The tournament was held from 7 to 13 June in Nazaré in Portugal alongside the 2024 Euro Winners Cup. It is the first edition of the cup to be played as a sort of beach soccer UEFA Europa League and the first one to be win by a Portuguese club, Leixões SC, who qualify - with the losing finalist - to the following EWC.[2]

Group stage

20 clubs from 7 different countries played in the group-stage phase, with the 5 winners and the best runner-up that qualify to the Quarter-finals with the other 4 runner-ups that compete in a Placement Match to get the last two spots available to Playoff.[3][4]

Key
  •   Qualification to the quarter-finals
  •   Qualification to the placement matches

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sesimbra 3 3 0 0 0 22 8 +14 9
2 AO Kefallinia 3 2 0 0 1 8 8 0 6
3 Chelas 3 1 0 0 2 10 15 −5 3
4 Naxos 3 0 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: BSWW
7 June Sesimbra 11–4 Chelas
7 June AO Kefallinia 3–2 Naxos
8 June Sesimbra 5–2 AO Kefallinia
8 June Naxos 1–5 Chelas
9 June Chelas 1–3 AO Kefallinia
9 June Naxos 2–6 Sesimbra

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 União Ericeirense 3 2 0 1 0 14 9 +5 7
2 Alfarim 3 1 0 1 1 13 8 +5 4
3 O Sótão "B" 3 1 0 0 2 11 9 +2 3
4 Armia Tbilisi 3 0 0 0 3 7 19 −12 0
Source: BSWW
7 June Alfarim 3–4 União Ericeirense
7 June Armia Tbilisi 3–5 O Sótão "B"
8 June Alfarim 7–1 Armia Tbilisi
8 June O Sótão "B" 3–3 (1–4 p.) União Ericeirense
9 June União Ericeirense 7–3 Armia Tbilisi
9 June O Sótão "B" 3–3 (4–5 p.) Alfarim

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Leixões 3 3 0 0 0 36 7 +29 9
2 Benfica Viseu 3 1 0 1 1 16 15 +1 4
3 Perwez 3 1 0 0 2 9 20 −11 3
4 Pinheiros 3 0 0 0 3 7 26 −19 0
Source: BSWW
7 June Leixões 11–3 Pinheiros
7 June Perwez 3–3 (1–3 p.) Benfica Viseu
8 June Leixões 14–1 Perwez
8 June Benfica Viseu 10–1 Pinheiros
9 June Pinheiros 3–5 Perwez
9 June Benfica Viseu 3–11 Leixões

Group D

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Genappe 3 2 0 0 1 6 5 +1 6
2 Porto Mendo 3 0 2 0 1 16 14 +2 4
3 SM Jalles 3 1 0 0 2 12 13 −1 3
4 São Domingos 3 1 0 0 2 9 11 −2 3
Source: BSWW
7 June São Domingos 4–6 (a.e.t.) Porto Mendo
7 June SM Jalles 1–2 Genappe
8 June São Domingos 3–4 SM Jalles
8 June Genappe 3–2 Porto Mendo
9 June Porto Mendo 8–7 (a.e.t.) SM Jalles
9 June Genappe 1–2 São Domingos

Group E

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Vila Flor 3 3 0 0 0 15 7 +8 9
2 Southern Cévennes 3 1 0 0 2 13 12 +1 3
3 Portsmouth 3 0 1 0 2 11 14 −3 2
4 Pastéis 3 0 1 0 2 10 16 −6 2
Source: BSWW
7 June Vila Flor 7–1 Pastéis
7 June Southern Cévennes 6–3 Portsmouth
8 June Vila Flor 3–2 Southern Cévennes
8 June Portsmouth 4–3 (a.e.t.) Pastéis
9 June Pastéis 6–5 (a.e.t.) Southern Cévennes
9 June Portsmouth 4–5 Vila Flor

Brackets

Placement Matches[5]

  • Porto Mendo vs Benfica Viseu: 4–2
  • GD Alfarim vs Southern Cévennes: 6–5

Playoff Matches[6]

The two finalists earn direct qualification for the 2025 Euro Winners Cup.

Fifth place5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
11 June; Report
Vila Flor3
12 June; Report Porto Mendo212 June; Report
Porto Mendo1 Vila Flor1
Genappe311 June; Report Sesimbra5
Sesimbra8
13 June; Report Genappe413 June; Report
Genappe3 Sesimbra3
AO Kefallinia411 June; Report Leixões4
União Ericeirense5
12 June; Report AO Kefallinia412 June; Report
Seventh place AO Kefallinia8 União Ericeirense3Third place
13 June; Report Alfarim611 June; Report Leixões413 June; Report
Porto Mendo5 Leixões5 Vila Flor5
Alfarim3 Alfarim1 União Ericeirense4

2024 Euro Winners Challenge final

G.D. Sesimbra vs Leixões S.C.[7]

G.D. Sesimbra3-4 Leixões S.C.
Goncalo Loureiro
Diogo Bernardo
Bernardo Paulo 		Report Trivelas
Ruben
Pedrinho
Final Stadium, Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal
Attendance: ???
Referee: Malte Gerhardt
GD de Sesimbra
Leixões Sport Club

Awards and statistics

Individual Awards[8]

Best Player
Pedrinho (Leixões S.C.)
Top scorer

Matheus Nascimento (Leixões S.C.)
12 goals in 6 games

Best Goalkeeper
Rúben M. P. Regufe (Leixões S.C.)

Topscorers[9]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Matheus
Caçula 		Leixões S.C.
Porto Mendo 		12
3 Pedinho Leixões S.C. 10
4 Diogo Bernanrdo GD Sesimbra 9
5 Miguel Junior
Andre 		Leixões SC
Vila Flor SC 		8

Final Standings[10]

Pos Team Result
1 Leixões S.C. 2024 Euro Winners Challenge
and 2025 Euro Winners Cup
2 G.D. Sesimbra 2025 Euro Winners Cup
3 Vila Flor SC Third place
4 GDU Ericeirense
5 AO Kefallinia
6 FC Genappe
7 Porto Mendo
8 GD Alfarim
9 CB Viseu
10 Cevennes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Euro Winners Challenge – From Beaches to Stadiums".
  2. ^ "The Euro Winners will return to Nazaré in 2024".
  3. ^ "The groups for this year's competitions have been officially announced".
  4. ^ "Euro Winners Challenge 2024 - Standings Groups".
  5. ^ "Euro Winners Challenge 2024 - Standings PLACEMENT MATCHES".
  6. ^ "Euro Winners Challenge 2024 - Standings PLAYOFF MATCHES".
  7. ^ "Euro Winners Challenge 2024 - FIXURES & RESULTS".
  8. ^ "Euro Winners Challenge 2024 - Individual Awards".
  9. ^ "Euro Winners Challenge 2024 - Topscorer".
  10. ^ "Euro Winners Challenge 2024 - Overall".
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