2025 Euro Winners Challenge

2025 Euro Winners Challenge

Tournament details
City	Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal
Dates	June 6, 2025 (2025-06-06)– June 12, 2025 (2025-06-12)
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 stage

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]

Group A

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
							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

12th June 2025

19:15 CEST

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'

Final Stadium, Nazaré, Portugal, Portugal

Attendance: ???

Referee: Moreno Francesco Longo

GD de Alfarim

Real Münster e. V

Awards and statistics

Individual Awards^[8]

Best Player
João Cabral (GD Alfarim)
Top scorer
Léo Martins (Real Münster) 14 goals in 6 games
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

See also

• 2025 Euro Winners Cup
• World Winners Cup
• Euro Winners Challenge

References

1. "Euro Winners Challenge – From Beaches to Stadiums".
2. "The main European club competitions will be played between 7 and 16 June".
3. "GD Alfarim and Real Münster to play the Euro Winners Challenge 2025 final".
4. "EURO WINNERS CHALLENGE 2025".
5. "Euro Winners Challenge 2025 - Groups".
6. "Euro Winners Challenge 2025 - Fixures & Results".
7. "Euro Winners Challenge 2025 - Brackets".
8. "Euro Winners Challenge 2025 - Individual Awards".
9. "Euro Winners Challenge 2025 - Topscorer".
10. "Euro Winners Challenge 2025 - Overall".

External links

• Euro Winners Cup 2025, at Beach Soccer Worldwide