2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League

The 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League was the second 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.

2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League

Tournament details
Host countries	Portugal Italy
Dates	1 July – 11 September
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	121 (6.05 per match)
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Nazaré

Cagliari

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Locations of the fixtures of the 2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League.

The league consisted of two phases: two rounds of fixtures comprising the regular season, and the Superfinal, in which the top four teams qualified to then directly contest the league title, with the winners becoming WEBSL champions.^[1][2]

The league also acted as the qualification route to the 2023 European Games; the top five teams qualified to join hosts Poland.^[1][2]

Russia were defending champions, but were banned from entering the competition this year.^[RUS] The competition was won by Spain for the first time who claimed their second European crown following the 2016 Women's Euro Beach Soccer Cup.

Teams

Six teams took part this season.^[3]

^ In accordance with sanctions imposed by FIFA and UEFA in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the defending champions, the Russian national team, was banned from entering.^[4][5]

The numbers in parentheses show the European ranking of each team prior to the start of the season, out of 9 nations.^[6]

•   Spain (1st)
•   England (3rd)
•   Czech Republic (5th)
•   Portugal (7th)
•   Ukraine (8th)
•   Italy^[a] (n/a)

Notes

^ a: Teams making their debut.

Regular season

Key: Advance to –		Superfinal semi-finals /		Superfinal 5th place match /	(H) Hosts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy (H)	5	4	0	0	1	26	11	+15	12
2	Spain	5	4	0	0	1	17	7	+10	12
3	Portugal (H)	5	3	0	0	2	17	16	+1	9
4	Ukraine	5	2	0	0	3	12	16	–4	6
5	England	5	1	1	0	3	12	15	–3	5
6	Czech Republic	5	0	0	0	5	8	27	–19	0

Spain   v   Italy

1 July 2022	Spain	2–3	Italy	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
10:00 (UTC+1)	M. Corbacho   17' Lorena   30'	Report	3' Pisa   15' Saggion   29' Vecchione	Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

England   v   Ukraine

1 July 2022	England	4–3	Ukraine	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
12:30 (UTC+1)	Barron   15' Haughton   18' Dekhtiar   20' (o.g.) Martin   21'	Report	6' Kostiuk   10' (o.g.) James   21' Slavych	Referee: Ago Kärtmann (Estonia)

Czech Republic   v   Portugal

1 July 2022	Czech Republic	2–5	Portugal	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
16:30 (UTC+1)	Hrušková   13' Čulová   22'	Report	9' Jamila   11' Ema T.   26' Erica   29', 29' Carolina	Referee: Nuno Madeira (Switzerland)

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Czech Republic   v   England

2 July 2022	Czech Republic	2–3 (a.e.t.)	England	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
11:15 (UTC+1)	Mody   3' Slavíková   16'	Report	1' Kempson   34' (o.g.) Dlouhá   39' Hillier	Referee: Francisco Costa (Portugal)

Ukraine   v   Spain

2 July 2022	Ukraine	1–3	Spain	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
13:45 (UTC+1)	Kostiuk   27'	Report	5' Jessi   22', 31' Lorena	Referee: Antoni Madeira (Switzerland)

Portugal   v   Italy

2 July 2022	Portugal	4–3	Italy	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
17:45 (UTC+1)	Flores   4', 15', 20' Ines C.   29'	Report	12' Privitera   16', 27' Vecchione	Referee: Jurijs Ivusins (Latvia)

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Ukraine   v   Czech Republic

3 July 2022	Ukraine	4–0	Czech Republic	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
11:15 (UTC+1)	Vypasniak   6' Dekhtiar   24', 35' Kostiuk   26'	Report		Referee: Wilson Castanheira (Portugal)

England   v   Italy

3 July 2022	England	2–3	Italy	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
13:45 (UTC+1)	Clark   6' Martin   11'	Report	4' (o.g.) Buckingham   5' Naticchioni   35' Vecchione	Referee: Antoni Madeira (Switzerland)

Spain   v   Portugal

3 July 2022	Spain	5–1	Portugal	Estádio do Viveiro, Nazaré
17:45 (UTC+1)	Lorena   2' Maria   14', 29' A. Miron   27' Carol G.   34'	Report	27' Cristina	Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

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Portugal   v   England

8 September 2022	Portugal	5–3	England	Palm Beach, Cagliari
09:45 (UTC+2)	Ema T.   22' Carolina   29', 34' Andreia   29' Cristina   36'	Report	25' Scadding   35', 36' Kempson	Referee: Csaba Baghy (Hungary)

Spain   v   Czech Republic

8 September 2022	Spain	5–2	Czech Republic	Palm Beach, Cagliari
12:15 (UTC+2)	Laura   10' Lorena   12' Andrea Miron   18' Machackova   35' (o.g.) Sara Tui   36'	Report	11' Jungova   14' Slavikova	Referee: Annett Unterbeck (Germany)

Italy   v   Ukraine

8 September 2022	Italy	7–1	Ukraine	Palm Beach, Cagliari
16:15 (UTC+2)	Privitera   2', 32', 33' Vecchione   17', 18' Pisa   20' Ponzini   35'	Report	3' Klipachenko	Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

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Portugal   v   Ukraine

9 September 2022	Portugal	2–3	Ukraine	Palm Beach, Cagliari
09:45 (UTC+2)	J. Meira   1' Jamila   18'	Report	13', 32' Vypasniak   27' Klipachenko	Referee: Vladimir Tashkov (Bulgaria)

England   v   Spain

9 September 2022	England	0–2	Spain	Palm Beach, Cagliari
12:15 (UTC+2)		Report	15' Sara Tui   18' Jessica	Referee: Malte Gerhardt (Germany)

Italy   v   Czech Republic

9 September 2022	Italy	10–2	Czech Republic	Palm Beach, Cagliari
16:15 (UTC+2)	Vecchione   2', 2', 8', 28' Iannella   7', 20', 31' Privitera   12' Olivieri   14' Pisa   27'	Report	28' Cervenakova   34' Culova	Referee: Eduards Borisevics (Latvia)

Awards

The following awards were presented after the conclusion of the first round of matches in Nazaré.^[7]

Nazaré stage trophy		Top scorer(s)		Best player	Best goalkeeper
Spain		Lorena Asensio   Maria Vecchione	4 goals	Joana Flores	Angela Ruotolo

Superfinal

Consolation

Fifth place match

10 September 2022

09:45 (UTC+2)

England	11–4	Czech Republic
Clark   2', 22' Kempson   8', 28' Meiwald   10', 27', 35' Martin   22', 33' James   25', 29'	Report	12' Jungova   23', 32' Cervenakova   29' Culova

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Francisco De Oses (Spain)

Final four

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 September
	Spain	4
					11 September
	Portugal	1
					Spain	2
	10 September
					Italy	0
	Italy	3
	Ukraine	1
					Third place match
					11 September
					Portugal	3
					Ukraine	0

Semi-finals

10 September 2022

15:00 (UTC+2)

Spain	4–1	Portugal
Carol G.   1' Manau   16', 36' Cris G.   36'	Report	5' Ema T.

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Lukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

10 September 2022

16:15 (UTC+2)

Italy	3–1	Ukraine
Privitera   10' Olivieri   28' Saggion   32'	Report	30' Volovenko

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)

Third place match

11 September 2022

13:30 (UTC+2)

Portugal	3–0	Ukraine
Kostiuk   15' (o.g.) Carolina   23' Erica   27'	Report

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Moreno Longo (Italy)

Superfinal match

11 September 2022

16:15 (UTC+2)

Italy	0–2	Spain
	Report	8', 33' C. Glez

Palm Beach, Cagliari

Referee: Sergio Gomes (Portugal)

Awards

Winners trophy

2022 Women's Euro Beach Soccer League Champions
Spain First title

Individual awards

Top scorer(s)
Maria Vecchione
10 goals
Best player
Adriana Manau
Best goalkeeper
Laura Gallego Silvente

Source

Final standings

Key:

Qualified to 2023 European Games

Pos	Team	Result
1	Spain	WEBSL Champions (1st title)
2	Italy	Runners-up
3	Portugal	Third place
4	Ukraine
5	England^[b]
6	Czech Republic

b. ^ England has no independent National Olympic Committee (NOC) and will instead be represented at the European Games as   Great Britain.

Top scorers

The following table list the top 10 scorers of the 2022 WEBSL, including goals scored in both the regular and post season events.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Maria Vecchione	10
2	Veronica Privitera	6
3	Carolina Ferreira	5
	Sarah Kempson
	Lorena Asensio Ruiz
6	Carolina Gonzalez	4
	Wendy Martin
8	Jana Červeňáková	3
	Molly Clark
	Michaela Čulová
	Ema Toscano
	Joana Flores
	Sandy Iannella
	Yuliia Kostiuk
	Anne Meiwald
	Melania Pisa
	Myroslava Vypasniak

Sources: Matchdays 1–3, Matchdays 4–5 and Superfinal

See also

• 2022 Euro Beach Soccer League (men's)

References

1. "Euro Beach Soccer League: 2022 structure announced". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 16 June 2022. from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
2. Filipe Simoes, Bruno (17 June 2022). "Uma Liga Europeia diferente: vai haver final four para definir campeão". ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese). from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
3. "Participating Teams". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
4. "Decision of the UEFA Executive Committee related to Russia" (PDF). UEFA.com (Press release). Union of European Football Associations. 28 February 2022. p. 2. (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
5. "Measures taken by BSWW after the attacks on Ukraine". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 February 2022. from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
6. . Beach Soccer Worldwide. 31 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
7. "Spain lead Women's Euro Beach Soccer League". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022. Vecchione

External links

• Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website
  • Regular season
• Women's Euro Beach Soccer League 2022, at ZeroZero.pt (in Portuguese)