The 2023 World Winners Cup was the third edition of World's premier beach soccer club competition contested in Alghero from 26 September to 1st October 2023 and won by Napoli Beach Soccer in a 6–3 final against Riga FC.
The Azzurri victory was the first world achievement for a Campania club and the first one for Italy in any BSWW worldwide event.
This was the second edition of the tournament held in Sardegna after the 2022 WWC organized in Cagliari. This was the second major event held in Alghero after 2023 EBSL Superfinal. The small city near Sassari hosted also the 2024 World Winners Cup and EBSL finals.
Group stage Source:
Originally, Minots de Marseille the 32 clubs would compete in the 2023 WWC (8 groups of 4 teams) but they were reduce to 24 so two groups were dropped: Kebbi BS was drawn in Group H but the French club played in the Napoli BS group.
Group A
26 September 2023 Vion v Napoli 2–16 Kebbi v Copenhagen 2–4 27 September 2023 Copenhagen v Vion 9–0 Napoli v Kebbi 7–4 28 September 2023 Kebbi v Vion 15–1 Napoli v Copenhagen 2–1
Group B
Group C
Group D
26 September 2023 Riga FC v Napoli Patron BSC 3–2 Newteam Brussels v Recreativo Huelta 1–8 27 September 2023 Recreativo Huelta v Riga FC 3–2 Napoli Patron BSC v Newteam Brussels 4–0 28 September 2023 Newteam Brussels v Riga FC 6–5 Recreativo Huelta v Napoli Patron BSC 3–2
Group E
Group F
Knockout stage Source:
Round of 16
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Pafos BSC vs Napoli BS
Bahia de Mazarrón vs Riga FC
Third place play-off Pafos BSC vs Bahia DM
Final Napoli BS vs Riga FC Source:
Winning team: Sebastiano Paterniti Barbino and Paolo Palmacci (GK), Antonio Bernardo De Farias Junior, Salvatore Sanfilippo (DEF), Ovidio Alla, Alejandro Sydney Sales, Francesco Fabio Sciacca, Lucas Azevedo (Lucão) and Emmanuele Zurlo (FOW) Manager: Andrea Sannino, Aurelio Venditto (ass.) Chairman/Player: Raffaele Moxedano
Consolation tournaments 5th-8th place Playoff Sources:
9th/16th place Tournament No Classification match was held for the clubs eliminated in the Round of 16 with Catania FC (Italy) and Dalian (China) chosen as the 9th and 10th best clubs of the tournament
17th/24th place Finals 17th/18th place final: Canada BSC vs FC Genappe 6–4 19th/20th place final: Newteam Brussels vs Calibi BSC 5–9 21st/22nd place final: Bologna BSC vs Naxos BS 5–2 23rd/24th place final: CB Viseu vs BS Vion 4–5
Awards and Statistics Source:
Individual Awards Top scorer Alison (Pafos FC)14 goals in 7 gamesBest Player Lucão (Napoli BS) Best GoalkeeperSebastiano Paterniti Barbino (Napoli BS)
Final standings TeamResult1 Napoli BS 2023 WWC Champions (1st title)2 Riga FCRunners-up3 Pafos BSC Third place4 Bahia de Mazarron 5 Real Munstler6 Barra de Santiago7 BSC Artur Music8 Recreativo Huelva9 Catania FC10 Dalian BST
See also Euro Winners Cup Euro Winners Challenge Mundialito de Clubes Women's Euro Winners Cup Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Euro Beach Soccer League Beach Soccer Stars
References
External links World Winners Cup, at Beach Soccer Worldwide