2024 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League Explained

Tourney Name:Women's Euro Beach Soccer League
Year:2024
Dates:30 August – 15 September
Num Teams:9
Confederations:1
Country:Portugal
Country2:Italy
Venues:3
Cities:2
Count:1
Matches:32
Goals:197
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League was the fourth edition of the Women's Euro Beach Soccer League (WEBSL). It is the annual, premier competition in European beach soccer contested between women's national teams, succeeding the Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup (2016–19). Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), it is the women's version of the men's long-running Euro Beach Soccer League, which began in 1998.

The league consisted of two phases: a single round of fixtures comprising the regular season, which determined the seedings for the playoff event, the Superfinal, in which the teams then directly contested the league title, with the winners becoming WEBSL champions.

Spain were the two-time defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Portugal. The title was won by Poland, who claimed their first WEBSL title.[1] [2]

Teams

Nine teams enter this season.[3] [4] Italy enter straight into the Superfinal as hosts.[5]

No teams make their debut this season. Switzerland return after a two-season absence.[3]

The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 10 nations.[6]

Notes
  • a: In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 2021 champions, Russia, have been suspended from participating in the competition since 2022.[7] [8]

    Regular season (Nazaré, 30 August – 1 September)

    Matches are listed as local time in Nazaré, WEST (UTC+1) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may differ somewhat.

    All matches took place at the Estádio do Viveiro – Jordan Santos on Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach).

    All teams qualify for the Superfinal; the final standings of the regular season event are used to determine the seedings for the Superfinal.[9]

    Draw

    The draw to split the eight participating teams into two groups of four took place on 8 August.[10]

    Portugal, as hosts, were assigned to the head of Group A, and Spain, as the defending champions, were assigned to the head of Group B. The other six teams were split into three pots of two based on their final placement in the 2023 WEBSL, in order from the highest placing teams placed in Pot 1, down to the lowest placed in Pot 3. From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.[3]

    Group stage

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    Key:Event winners /(H) Hosts

    Group 1

    Team
    1 (H)3200193+76
    23200195+46
    33101165+14
    430003314–110
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    Group 2

    Team
    133000234+199
    232001109+16
    331002813–53
    430003419–150
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    Awards

    The following were presented after the conclusion of the final day's matches.[11]

    width=160Event winners trophyTop scorer(s)width=190Best playerwidth=190Best goalkeeper
    Paqui Campoy6 goals Andrea Mirón Anastasiia Terekh

    Superfinal (Alghero, 10–15 September)

    Matches are listed as local time in Alghero, CEST (UTC+2) and are those scheduled; actual kick-off times may differ somewhat.

    All matches took place on Lido San Giovanni Beach, the majority in an arena with a capacity of 1,200,[12] [13] whilst a few matches take place on an rudimentary auxiliary pitch.

    The Netherlands were also due to compete but withdrew before the draw took place.[14]

    Group stage

    Draw

    The draw to divide the teams into their respective groups took place on 3 September 2024.[15]

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    Key: Advance to –Semi-finals /5th–8th place play-offs /(H) Hosts

    Group A

    Team
    1 (H)33000100+109
    23200198+16
    331002612–63
    43000338–50
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    Group B

    Team
    133000256+199
    23100279–23
    331002810–23
    430102722–152
    --------

    Play-offs

    5th–8th place

    Semi-finals

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    5th place match

    1st–4th place

    Semi-finals

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    Final

    Awards

    Individual awards

    width=300 colspan=2Top scorer(s)
    Adriana Manau
    6 goals
    Best player
    Paulina Bednarska
    Best goalkeeper
    Adriana Banaszkiewicz

    Final standings

    TeamResult
    1 WEBSL Champions (1st title)
    2Runners-up
    3Third place
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Polki mistrzyniami Europy! Nie dały szans finałowym rywalkom . Kruczkowski . Michał . . 15 September 2024 . 16 September 2024 . pl.
    2. Web site: Wielki sukces reprezentacji Polski! W finale rozgromiła Portugalię . Iwanek, Robert . . 15 September 2024 . 16 September 2024 . pl.
    3. Web site: Španělsko, Nizozemsko a Švýcarsko. České reprezentantky znají skupinu pro WEBSL v Nazaré . Beach Soccer Czech . 8 August 2024 . 11 August 2024 . cs.
    4. Web site: Ukraine women’s beach soccer team draws opponents for Women’s Euro Beach Soccer League 2024 . . 8 August 2024 . 11 August 2024 . uk.
    5. Web site: Raduno dal 19 al 24 agosto a Tirrenia: le convocate del Ct Emiliano Del Duca in preparazione dell'Euro Beach Soccer League . . 9 August 2024 . 11 August 2024 . it .
    6. Web site: Rankings - Women's National Teams . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 8 August 2024 . 11 August 2024 .
    7. Decision of the UEFA Executive Committee related to Russia . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . PDF . 2 . 28 February 2022 . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302024748/https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0273-148f20d27980-23a90d5c0d62-1000/20220228_circular_2022_10_en.pdf . live .
    8. Web site: 28 February 2022 . Measures taken by BSWW after the attacks on Ukraine . 5 May 2022 . . 9 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220309130443/https://beachsoccer.com/official-announcement . live .
    9. Web site: Euro Beach Soccer League Nazaré 2024 - Regular Phase - Division A - Women - Official Draw . BeachSoccerTV . 8 August 2024 . 11 August 2024 .
    10. Web site: Women's Euro Beach Soccer League Nazaré 2024 official draw to take place on Thursday . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 6 August 2024 . 11 August 2024 .
    11. Web site: Women's Euro Beach Soccer League Nazaré 2024 - Regular Phase - Individual awards . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 1 September 2024 . 1 September 2024 .
    12. Web site: Lo spettacolo del Beach Soccer sarà di nuovo ad Alghero. I Vertici della Figc-LND Sarda Cadoni e Desini dal Sindaco Cacciotto . Algherolive . 23 August 2024 . 13 September 2024 .
    13. Web site: World Beach Soccer Cup 2024: presentata la competizione ad Alghero, tra Europeo e Mondiale per Club . . 9 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . it.
    14. Web site: The Road to Alghero: EBSL 2024 Season Highlights. . Beach Soccer Magazine . 7 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 .
    15. Web site: Super Final vai opor portuguesas a italianas, ucranianas e checas . . 3 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . pt .