2016 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2016 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	29 – 31 July
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Switzerland
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	68 (7.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Molly Clark (6 goals)
Best player	Andrea Mirón
Best goalkeeper	Suzanne Stutz

The 2016 Women’s Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the inaugural edition of the international, European beach soccer championship for women's national teams. Having promoted women's friendlies and exhibition events since 2009,^[1] and hosting a men's version of the Euro Beach Soccer Cup since 1998, this was the first official competitive international tournament between Women's national squads to be organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).^[2]

Six nations took part in a three day competition hosted in Cascais, Portugal, between 29 and 31 July, alongside the men's 2016 Mundialito tournament.^[3]

The tournament was won by Spain.^[4]

Teams

•   Switzerland
•  England
•  Portugal
•  Greece
•  Netherlands
•  Spain

Group Stage

The draw took place on 1 July, 2016 at BSWW's headquarters in Barcelona.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	1	1	0	0	7	5	+2	5	Advanced to the final
2	Portugal	2	1	0	0	1	7	7	0	3	Play-offs
3	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	2	5	7	–2	0

Netherlands  v  Portugal

29 July 2016 11:30

Netherlands	3–4	Portugal
Brinke Van den Berg De Pater	Report	R. Pereira  (o.g.) De Hoek A. Silva

Portugal  v  Spain

30 July 2016 11:30

Portugal	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Spain
R. Pereira Brasil C. Pereira	Report	S. González Asensio C. Gonzalez

Spain  v  Netherlands

30 July 2016 17:00

Spain	3–2	Netherlands
Asensio Miron	Report	Van der Schoor ?

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	0	12	7	+5	5	Advanced to the final
2	England	2	1	0	0	1	9	8	+1	3	Play-offs
3	Greece	2	0	0	0	2	6	12	–6	0

Greece  v   Switzerland

29 July 2016 10:15

Greece	3–7	Switzerland
Mylona Kossova Tsimpoukaki	Report	Genovesi Krysl Franzi Stutz Imhasly Meyer

Switzerland   v  England

30 July 2016 10:15

Switzerland	5–4 (a.e.t.)	England
Imhasly Krysl Maurer	Report	Rutherford Widdowson Hillier

England  v  Greece

30 July 2016 15:45

England	5–3	Greece
Clark Quinn	Report	Mylona Nikolaou

Classification matches

Fifth place play-off

Netherlands  v  Greece

31 July 2016 09:00

Netherlands	7–0	Greece
Van der Schoor Zech Brinke De Bondt Saaltink	Report

Third place play-off

England  v  Portugal

31 July 2016 11:30

England	6–6 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Widdowson Kempson Quinn Clark	Report	Gomes C. Silva A. Silva
	Penalties
James Kempson	0–2	Pereira Gomes

Final

Switzerland   v  Spain

31 July 2016 10:15

Switzerland	1–2	Spain
Meyer	Report	Alegre C. Gonzalez

Awards

After the final, the following awards were presented.^[5]

Winners' trophy

2016 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup Champions
Spain First Title

Individual awards

Top scorer
Molly Clark
6 goals
Best player
Andrea Mirón
Best goalkeeper
Suzanne Stutz

Goalscorers

Note that one Dutch goal is missing

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Spain	3	2	1	0	0	9	6	+3	8	Champions
2	B	Switzerland	3	1	1	0	1	13	9	+4	5	Runners-up
3	A	Portugal	3	1	0	1	1	13	13	0	4	Third place
4	B	England	3	1	0	0	2	15	14	+1	3	Fourth place
5	A	Netherlands	3	1	0	0	2	12	7	+5	3	Fifth place
6	B	Greece	3	0	0	0	3	6	19	−13	0	Sixth place

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