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2013 Euro Winners Cup

2013 Euro Winners Cup
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates 15 – 19 May 2013
Teams 20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (1st title)
Runners-up Ukraine Griffin Kyiv
Third place Turkey Beşiktaş JK
Fourth place Switzerland Grasshoppers Club Zurich
Tournament statistics
Matches played 42
Goals scored 389 (9.26 per match)
Top scorer(s) Switzerland Dejan Stankovic (13 goals)
Best player Russia Egor Shaykov
2014

The inaugural 2013 Euro Winners Cup was a beach soccer tournament that took place on two pitches at the UMPI Smart Beach Arena stadium, located at the Riviera delle Palme resort in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, from 15 – 19 May 2013. The tournament brought together club champions of many domestic beach soccer leagues across Europe, almost in the same vein as the UEFA Champions League.

Twenty teams confirmed their participation in the inaugural tournament:

The first Beach Soccer Winner Cup was held in the sands of San Benedetto del Tronto, Rive delle Palme which located in Ascoli, Italy from 15–19 May 2013. This Cup is involving all the champions in the different official National Leagues all across the Old Continent, 18 different countries will be represented in this tournament.

In the first stage, the eighteen champions of the officially sanctioned Beach Soccer National Championships, plus the host and the Italian runner-up got distributed into five groups, yet offering interesting battles with powerful teams having to compete for the head of the group.

Only the sides topping the group will be granted a ticket to the quarterfinals stage, accompanied by the three best second-ranked teams.

The stadium that was used is called the UMPI Smart Beach Arena. The new state-of-the-art facility is intended to maximize the technology and the environmental consciousness directives to create a stadium that offers 360-degree amusement possibilities both for citizens and tourists.

Due to the facility not having satellite capabilities, the tournament was not streamed online by BSWW.

The complete rosters for all participating teams can be found on the BSWW web site.

The draw to divide the teams into five groups of four was conducted on 19 April 2013.

All kickoff times are of local time in San Benedetto del Tronto, (UTC+1).


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