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2016 Euro Winners Cup

Catania, Sicily – host of the competition
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	23–29 May 2016
Teams	32 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Viareggio (1st title)
Runners-up	Artur Music
Third place	SC Braga
Fourth place	Catania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	597 (9.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriele Gori
Best player(s)	Rodrigo Costa
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The 2016 Euro Winners Cup was the fourth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, held in Catania, Italy, from 23–29 May 2016. Russian team BSC Kristall were the defending champions.

Participating teams

A record 28 nations represented by an increased total of 32 clubs participated in the tournament. Similarly to the UEFA Champions League, the higher quality leagues received more than one spot in the competition for their respective leagues' clubs to compete. The other leagues were represented solely by their champions.

Champions and Runners-up
Terracina (1st)	BSC Kristall (1st)	Chargers Baselland (1st)
Viareggio (2nd)	Krylya Sovetov (2nd)	Winti Panthers (2nd)
Catania (3rd)
Champions Only
FC BATE Borisov (1st)	Cartel Waterloo (1st)	FC Odesos (1st)
Bohemians 1905 (1st)	Copenhagen (1st)	WKR Santos (1st)
ASC Peugeot (1st)	Le Grand Motte (1st)	Kakhaber Mikeladze (1st)
Rostocker Robben E.V (1st)	Atlas AO (1st)	ESC Gyöngyös (1st)
"Falfala" Kfar Qassem (1st)	FK ZEP (1st)	IGOL (1st)
Djoker Chisinau (1st)	Zwolle (1st)	Darsahan (1st)
Grembach Łódź (1st)	SC Braga (1st)	Performer Constanta (1st)
Rehab (1st)	Melistar (1st)	Analyaspor (1st)
Artur Music (1st)

Group stage

With an increase in the number of teams, eight groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format. The group allocations were drawn on May 4.

Group A Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Catania 3 3 0 0 22 5 +17 9 Knockout stage FC BATE Borisov 3 2 0 1 16 9 +7 6 Atlas AO 3 1 0 2 9 15 –6 3 Elimination Zwolle 3 0 0 3 6 24 –18 0

Group B Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification BSC Kristall 3 3 0 0 20 5 +15 9 Knockout stage Melistar 3 2 0 1 16 11 +5 6 Le Grand Motte 3 1 0 2 12 12 0 3 Elimination Cartel Waterloo 3 0 0 3 6 24 –18 0

Group C Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Viareggio 3 3 0 0 19 9 +10 9 Knockout stage Krylya Sovetov 3 2 0 1 19 10 9 6 Rostocker Robben 3 0 1 2 12 17 –5 2 Elimination FK ZEP 3 0 0 3 7 21 –14 0

Group D Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Terracina 3 3 0 0 18 10 +10 9 Knockout stage "Falfala" Kfar Qassem 3 2 0 1 17 9 +8 6 FC Odesos 3 1 0 2 10 15 –5 3 Elimination Winti Panthers 3 0 0 3 6 17 –11 0

Group E Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Artur Music 3 2 0 1 25 8 +17 6 Knockout stage Hemako Sztutowo 3 2 0 1 5 6 –1 6 BSC Peugeot 3 1 0 2 5 20 –15 3 Elimination Dinamo Batumi 3 1 0 2 13 14 –1 3

Group F Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Grembach Łódź 3 3 0 0 16 7 +9 9 Knockout stage Lokomotiv Moscow 3 2 0 1 22 4 +18 6 Analyaspor 3 1 0 2 11 17 –6 3 Elimination IGOL 3 0 0 3 6 27 –21 0

Group G Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification SC Braga 3 3 0 0 35 2 +33 9 Knockout stage CS Djoker Chisinau 3 2 0 1 11 14 –3 6 Performer Constanta 3 1 0 2 13 21 –8 3 Elimination WKR Santos 3 0 0 3 6 28 -22 0

Group H Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/– Pts Qualification Chargers Baselland 3 3 0 0 34 11 +23 9 Knockout stage ESC Gyöngyös 3 2 0 1 23 10 +13 6 Portsmouth 3 1 0 2 15 31 –16 3 Elimination Copenhagen 3 0 0 3 10 30 –20 0

Knock-out stage

The top two ranking teams from each group will proceed to the knock-out stage, beginning with the round of 16. Each round will consist of a one-off match.

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Catania	5
	ESC Gyöngyös	3
					Catania	2
					Chargers Baselland	1
	Chargers Baselland	8
	Melistar	3
									Catania	3
									Artur Music (et)	4
	Terracina	11
	CS Djoker Chisinau	3
					Terracina	4
					Artur Music	6
	Artur Music	4
	Grembach Łódź	3
													Artur Music	6(6)
													Viareggio (pen)	6(7)
	Viareggio	6
	"Falfala" Kfar Qassem	4
					Viareggio	5
					Lokomotiv Moscow	3
	Lokomotiv Moscow	3
	Hemako Sztutowo	0
									Viareggio (pso)	3(5)
									SC Braga	3(4)			Third place
	BSC Kristall	5
	Krylya Sovetov	6
					Krylya Sovetov	3(2)							Catania	4
					SC Braga	3(3)							SC Braga	5
	SC Braga	5
	FC BATE Borisov	2

See also

• Mundialito de Clubes

References

1. ^ "The biggest Euro Winners Cup ever!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 February 2016.
2. "Euro Winners Cup 2016 confirmed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2016.
3. "Euro Winners Cup 2016: clubs revealed!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 10 March 2016.
4. "EURO WINNERS CUP MEN". beachsoccer.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
5. "Draws made for Euro Winners Cup in Catania". beachsoccer.com. 4 May 2016.

External links

• Euro Winners Cup 2016, beachsoccer.com

• Euro Winners Cup
• 2015–16 in Italian football
• International club association football competitions hosted by Italy
• Association football matches in Italy
• Sport in Catania
• 2016 in beach soccer