2025 Euro Winners Challenge
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June 12, 2025
GD Alfarim (1st title) | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| City | Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal |
| Dates | June 6, 2025– June 12, 2025 |
| Teams | 20 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | GD Alfarim (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Real Münster |
| Third place |  Vila Flor SC |
| Fourth place |  Cevennes |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 346 (7.86 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Léo Martins 14 goals (Real Münster) |
| Best player | João Cabral (Alfarim) |
| Best goalkeeper | João Oliveira (Alfarim) |
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The 2025 Euro Winners Challenge was the six edition of the Euro Winners Challenge (ECC), the of Europe's secondary club beach soccer organized by Beach Soccer Worldwide and open to any team that didn't qualify to the main continental competition[1]. The tournament was held from 6th to 12th June in Nazaré in Portugal along-side the 2025 Euro Winners Cup. For the second consecutive year, a Portuguese club, GD Alfarim, won the title and qualify - with the losing finalist - to the following EWC[2][3][4].
Group A
20 clubs from 9 different countries played in group-stage phase, with the 5 winners and the best runner-up qualify to the Quarter-finals with the other 4 runner-ups that compete in a Placement Match to get the last two spots available to Playoffs.[5]
| Pos | Team | Points | GD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AO Kefallinia |
6 | +6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | AD Nazaré |
6 | +4 | Placement Match |
| 3 | AD Pasteis |
6 | -1 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  Brest-Volga |
0 | -29 | |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Points | GD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cevennes |
6 | +6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Vila Flor SC |
6 | +4 | Placement match |
| 3 | Ericerense |
5 | +4 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  FC Genappe |
0 | -8 | |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Points | GD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torrejon |
6 | +4 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Naxos BS |
6 | +4 | |
| 3 | Perwez Vamos |
4 | -4 | Eliminated |
| 4 | ACD O Sótão - B |
0 | -4 | |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Points | GD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Münster |
9 | +22 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Porto Mendo |
6 | +1 | Placement match |
| 3 | CR dos Pinheiros |
3 | -14 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  TBSC Armia |
0 | -9 | |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Points | GD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GD Alfarim |
7 | +10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Mouilleron SF |
6 | +3 | Placement match |
| 3 | Fran Meijas |
3 | -1 | Eliminated |
| 4 | CB Viseu |
0 | -12 | |
Brackets
Placement Matches[6]
- 7th vs 10th place match: Villa Flor SC vs Porto Mendo: 7–2
- 8th vs 9th place match: AD Nazaré vs Mouilleron SF: 4–5
Playoff Matches[7]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Cevennes
| 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Naxos BS | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| GD Alfarim
| 4 (4) | |||||||||||||||
| Cevennes | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||||
| GD Alfarim
| 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Torrejon | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| GD Alfarim | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Real Münster | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| AO Kefallinia
| 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Villa Flor SC | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Real Münster | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Villa Flor SC | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||||
| Real Münster
| 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Mouilleron SF | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Cevennes | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Villa Flor SC | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Consolation tournament
| 5th/8th place Playoff | 5th/6th place final | |||||||||
| Mouilleron SF | 3 | |||||||||
| AO Kefallinia (aet) | 4 | |||||||||
| Torrejón | 5 | |||||||||
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AO Kefallinia | 2 | |||||||||
| Torrejón | 5 | |||||||||
| Naxos BS | 3 | |||||||||
| 7th/8th place Final | ||||||||||
| Naxos BS | 3 | |||||||||
|
Mouilleron SF | 0 | |||||||||
2025 Euro Winners Challenge final
GD Alfarim vs Real Münster
| GD Alfarim | 4-3 aet | Real Münster |
|---|---|---|
Rodrigo Pinhal  14', 25'André Pinto 30'Cabral e.a.t.' |
Report | Jordan 4' Léo Martins 11', 12' |
     GD de Alfarim
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Real Münster e. V
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Awards and statistics
Individual Awards[8]
| Best Player | |
|---|---|
| João Cabral (GD Alfarim) | |
| Top scorer | |
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| Best Goalkeeper | |
| João Oliveira (GD Alfarim) | |
Topscorers[9]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Léo Martins | Real Münster | 14 |
| 2 | Jordan Santos | Real Münster | 13 |
| 3 | Perez Billet |
Naxos BS Mouilleron SF |
12 |
| 5 | Andre | GD Alfarim | 10 |
Final Standings[10]
| Pos | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GD Alfarim |
2025 Euro Winners Challenge and 2026 Euro Winners Cup |
| 2 | Real Münster | 2026 Euro Winners Cup |
| 3 | Vila Flor SC | Third place |
| 4 | Cevennes | |
| 5 | Torrejón | |
| 6 | AO Kefallinia | |
| 7 | Naxos BS | |
| 8 | Mouilleron SF | |
| 9 | AD Nazaré | |
| 10 | Porto Mendo |