The Women's Euro Winners Cup is an annual continentalbeach soccer club competition contested between top-division European women's teams; the clubs that are their country's national league/championship champions from countries all across Europe take part. Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide, the championship is viewed as the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football. Offering the strongest level of club competition on the old continent, it is the most prestigious women's club beach soccer championship in Europe, the winners becoming continental champions. Citing the many national women's leagues in Europe and one of their "strongest commitments" to develop women's beach soccer going into the year of the tournament's establishment, BSWW created the championship in 2016, following the founding of the men's edition of the Euro Winners Cup in 2013. The tournament takes place within the framework of the larger men's version of the tournament, happening during the same dates and location over the course of about a week. Of the three editions to date, Swiss clubs have won two and one was won by a Russian side.
Organisation
As of 2017
Qualification
The champions of each of Europe's national women's beach soccer leagues qualify to play in the event. In countries where women's clubs exist but a national women's league or championship does not yet exist in that nation, clubs can contact BSWW to register themselves as that country's representative. If a national association wishes to enter additional clubs, they can request for permission to do so from the organisers BSWW who will grant or reject the clubs a berth at the tournament depending on the total number of teams already registered.
Format
The tournament starts with the group stage. The clubs are split into groups and compete in round robin format. At the end of the group stage, the top eight clubs advance to the knockout stage. The teams then compete in single-elimination matches; the quarter-finals, semi-finals and ending with the final. Consolation matches are also played to determine the final rankings involving the clubs knocked out of these rounds.
