Euro Winners Challenge
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 BSWW Euro Winners Challenge logo | |
| Organiser(s) | BSWW |
|---|---|
| Founded | 25 April 2018 |
| Region | Europe |
| Teams | 20 |
| Related competitions | Euro Winners Cup Women's Euro Winners Cup |
| Current champions |  Alfarim GD |
| Website | BSWW Euro Winners Challenge |
The Euro Winners Challenge (ECC) is the qualification tournament of the Euro Winners Cup, the annual continental beach soccer club competition. It is contested by additional teams that don't meet the criteria to qualify directly to the EWC. The first edition was held in Portugal in 2018 as Nazaré Cup.[1]
The Beach Soccer Worldwide created the 2018 Nazaré Cup as a Preliminary tournament for the 2018 Euro Winners Cup contested by 32 club in Nazaré from 25 to 31 May with the final that ran in parallel to the EWC Round of 16.[2] In 2019 the tournament was re-branded as Euro Winners Challenge[3] while it kept to work as additional qualification tournament as the UEFA Intertoto Cup in association football and the European Rugby Continental Shield in rugby union. In 2024 the ECC changed its format and became a true secondary continental competition as a sort of beach soccer UEFA Europa League: a one week long tournament that qualify the winner to the following Euro Winners Cup[4].
Champions
| Year | Location | No. of clubs | Final | Semifinalist | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Result | Runners-up | EWC | Lost to Winner | Lost to Runnes-up | |||||
| 2018[5] | Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal |
32 | BSC Kristall  |
3-2 |  Kfar Qassem BS |
Final |  Viareggio BS |
Casa Benfica de Loures | ||
| 2019[6] | Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal |
36 | BSC Lokomotiv Moscow |
6-1 | CSKA Moscow |
Quarterfinal | CF Chelas |
GD Sesimbra | ||
| 2022[7] | Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal |
26 | Rosh HaAyin |
8-7[A] |  Napoli Patron |
Quarterfinal |  Real Münster |
Varzim | ||
| 2023[8] | Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal |
15 | Marseille Minots  |
9-5 | ACD O Sótão B |
Quarterfinal | Buarcos 2017 |
Nazaré 2022 | ||
| 2024[9] | Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal |
20 | Leixões S.C. |
4-3 | GD Sesimbra |
2025 EWC | União Ericeirense |
Vila Flor | ||
| 2025[10] | Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal |
20 | GD Alfarim |
4-3 | Real Münster |
2026 EWC | Cevennes |
Vila Flor | ||
- A. ^ Rosh HaAyin won the penalty shootout 7–6.
Awards
| Year | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Matches | Best player | Best goalkeeper |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Gabriele Gori (Viareggio BS) |
15 | 6 | ||
| 2019 | Boris Nikonorov (L. Moscow) |
9 | 7 | ||
| 2022 |  Takaaki (Real Münster) |
12 | 6 | ||
| 2023 | F. Guerra (AD Buarcos) |
14 | 6 | ||
| 2024 |  Matheus (Leixões SC) |
12 | 6 | Pedrinho (Leixões SC) |
Ruben Regufe (Leixões SC) |
| 2025[11] | Léo Martins (Real Münster) |
14 | 6 | João Cabral (GD Alfarim) |
João Oliveira (GD Alfarim) |