ECL24 – KRAKOW STAGE

Welcome to the official webpage of the EGCA – Champions League 2024 Krakow Qualification Stage. The stage will be held in Krakow, Poland on 22nd – 25th February 2024 organized by WBR Groundhogs Krakow and EGCA. Top 3 clubs of the competition will secure their place at the Final Stage that will be held in Blankenberge, Belgium on 27th June – 1st July 2024.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT AND THE ORGANIZER

Caption: The poster of the ECL24 Krakow Stage

Krakow Stage will be played at the HALA 100-LECIA KS CRACOVIA 1906 (address: AL. MARSZAŁKA FERDINANDA FOCHA 40, 30119 Krakow).

The tournament director is Piotr Skotnicki (WhatsApp: +48733434672, email: piotrs0@onet.pl). The EGCA Representative at the Krakow Stage is Milos Ranitovic (WhatsApp: +38268027260, email: milosranitovicmiki@gmail.com).

WBR Groundhogs Krakow is quite young goalball club from the beautiful city of Krakow. They made their debut in the Polish Goalball League in 2017 and after that the club has developed its goalball activities and achieved a lot of success in the domestic goalball competitions.

Last season Groundhogs Krakow made very outstanding debut performance in the Champions League when it reached the 2nd place at the Lyon Qualification Stage and finally the 5th place at the Final Stage in Vilnius. The team has a lot of young super talent athletes like the fresh U19 IBSA Goalball World Champion and top scorer of the Youth World Championships Marcin Czerwinski.

EVENT PARTNERS

City of Krakow

Małopolska

HALA 100-LECIA KS CRACOVIA 1906

Ibis Krakow Centrum Hotel

Goalball Polska

Grupa Gamp

TEAMS & REFEREES

TEAM LINE-UPS

REFEREES

STANDINGS & SCORERS

GROUP STANDINGS

SCORER LIST

PLAY SYSTEM & GROUPS

There are 10 participating clubs in the competition and they are divided in two groups as follows:

Group A: WBR Groundhogs Krakow (POL), Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles (BEL), Old Power (FIN), Fen Tigers (GBR), FC Porto (POR)

Group B: Invasport Ukraine (UKR), RGC Hansa (GER), ASD Omero Bergamo (ITA), Aisti Sport (FIN), Näpäjä (FIN)

There will be a single round robin played in the groups and the group winners will secure straight their place in the final game of the tournament as well as to the Final Stage of the season. The runner-ups of the groups will take on the 3rd team from an opposite group in the play-off games; winners of play-off games will meet in the bronze game and the winner of that game will be qualified to the Final Stage of the season. There will be also placement games for places 5 – 10 at the stage.

– Teams will earn 3 points from a victory, 1 point from a tie and 0 points from a loss;

– Teams ranking in the tournament with single or double round robin as well as in group stage will be determined as follow:

A. Earned points;

B. Goal Difference;

C. Missed Goals;

D. If parameters A – C are equal between two teams, better is a team who has won their respective match;

E. If the respective match has finished tie, better is a team who has led at half time;

F. If parameters are still equal and two teams are competing the victory of the stage there will be organized extra throws competition to determine the winner of the stage.

If we will have a draw there will be 2 * 3 minutes over time with golden goal rule and possible extra throw competition in the play-off, medal and placement games.

Tournament jury is consisted by:

Chief Referee – Bas Spaans (may be replaced with another referee who has not judged the match subject to protest)

Tournament Director – Piotr Skotnicki (may be replaced with another team representative who has not been a player, coach or staff member in the match subject to protest)

EGCA Representative – Milos Ranitovic

Please find IBSA Goalball rules here

Please download the EGCA – Champions League rules & regulations below:

Regulations-EGCA-Champions-League-2024Download

LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA

All the 27 games of the weekend are easy and enjoyable to follow with English commentary on GoalballTV YoTube channel.

You can find team presentations, game by game results and some photos from the Facebook event page.

Also our EGCA Facebook and Instagram will be active through the competition weekend.

GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Time zone in Poland is (UTC+1)

Friday 23rd February 2024

Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team – Away Team

1 / 9:00 / Group A / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Old Power 2:8 (1:3)

  • HA. VI. Bruxelles: Klison Mapreni 2,
  • Old Power: Erkki Miinala 3, Jani Vesalainen 2, Fatmir Seremeti 3

2 / 10:05 / Group A / Fen Tigers – FC Porto 6:6 (3:2)

  • Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 5, Dom Roper 1,
  • Porto: Diogo Rocha Azevedo 1, Fabio Alexandre Bernardo Oliveira 5,

3 / 11:10 / Group B / RGC Hansa – ASD Omero Bergamo 16:8 (10:6)

  • RGC Hansa: Kilian Kollrep 1, Reno Tiede 6, John Turloff 6, Fabian Diehm 3
  • ASD Omero Bergamo: Gennaro Florio 4, Christian Belotti 2, Dario Merelli 2,

4 / 12:15 / Group B / Aisti Sport – Näpäjä 3:10 (1:6)

  • Aisti sport: Markus Tihumaki 2, Ville Montonen 1
  • Napaja: Petri Posio 7, Joni Yionen 3

5 / 13:20 / Group A / WBR Groundhogs Krakow – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles 16:6 (11:4)

  • WBR Groundhogs Krakow: Marcin Czerwiński 10, Bartłomiej Niesyczyński 5, Paweł Źrebiec 1
  • Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Klison Mapreni 2, Cemil Dzemail 2, Wassime Amnir 2

6 / 14:25 / Group A / Old Power – Fen Tigers 12:10 (8:5)

  • Old Power: Fatmir Seremeti 6, Jani Vesalainen 4, Erkki Miinala 2
  • Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 9, Josh Mcentee 1

7 / 15:30 / Group B / Invasport Ukraine – RGC Hansa 5:13 (4:5)

  • Invasport Ukraine: Olinyk Vasyl 3, Zhyhalin Rodion 1, Sydorenko Fedir 1
  • RGC Hansa: Thomas Steiger 4, John Turloff 5, Fabian Diehm 4

8 / 16:30 / Group B / ASD Omero Bergamo – Aisti Sport 4:6 (3:4)

  • ASD Omero Bergamo: Filippo Pezzotta 1, Dario Merelli 3
  • Aisti Sport: Markus Tihumaki 3, Ville Montonen 2, Eemi Utriainen 1.

9 / 17:30 / Group A / FC Porto – WBR Groundhogs Krakow 5:15 (2:8)

  • FC Porto: Carlos Manuel Teixeira Coutinho 1, Diogo Rocha Azevedo 2, Fabio Alexandre Bernardo Oliveira 2
  • WBR Groundhogs Krakow: Marcin Czerwiński 13, Bartłomiej Niesyczyński 1, Paweł Źrebiec 1

10 / 18:30 / Group A / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Fen Tigers 10:5 (8:3)

  • Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Wassime Amnir 3, Klison Mapreni 7,
  • Fen Tigers :Joe Roper 3, Dom Roper 1, Dave Scott 1

11 / 19:30 / Group B / Näpäjä – Invasport Ukraine 1:1 (0:1)

  • Napaja: Petri Posio 1,
  • Invasport Ukraine: Tsyhanenko Yevheniy 1,

Saturday 24th February 2024

12 / 9:00 / Group B / RGC Hansa – Aisti Sport 12:6 (5:1)

  • RGC Hansa: Reno Tiede 6, Thomas Steiger 2, Fabian Diehm 1, Kilian Kollrep 3
  • Aisti Sport: Markus Tihumaki 5, Ville Montonen 1

13 / 10:00 / Group A / Old Power – FC Porto 5:4 (4:4)

  • Old Power: Erkki Miinala 1, Jani Vesalainen 2, Fatmir Seremeti 2
  • FC Porto: Diogo Rocha Azevedo 1, Fabio Alexandre Bernardo Oliveira 2, Joao Paulo Teixeira Macedo 1.

14 / 11:00 / Group A / Fen Tigers – WBR Groundhogs Krakow 11:12 (3:7)

  • Fen Tigers: Joe Roper 1, Dom Roper 2, Josh mcentee 1, Dave Scott 7
  • WBR Groundhogs Krakow: Bartłomiej Niesyczyński 5, Marcin Czerwiński 4, Paweł Źrebiec 3

15 / 12:00 / Group B / ASD Omero Bergamo – Näpäjä 5:2 (2:1)

  • ASD Omero Bergamo: Christian Belotti 2, Dario Merelli 2, Filippo Pezzotta 1
  • Näpäjä::Petri Posio 1, Joni Ylonen 1

16 / 13:00 / Group B / Aisti Sport – Invasport Ukraine 1:11 (1:7)

  • Aisti Sport: Markus Tihumaki 1,
  • Invasport Ukraine: Olinyk Vasyl 2, Strelchyk Anton 2, Zhyhalin Rodion 6, Sydorenko Fedir 1

17 / 14:00 / Group A / FC Porto – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles 8:9 (6:4)

  • FC Porto: Diogo Rocha Azevedo 1, Fabio Alexandre Bernardo Oliveira 6, Vitor Manuel dos Santos Caixeiro 1
  • Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Klison Mapreni 5, Cemil Dzemail 3, Wassime Amnir 1

18 / 15:00 / Group A / WBR Groundhogs Krakow – Old Power 3:8 (3:2)

  • WBR Groundhogs Krakow: Marcin Czerwiński 3
  • Old Power: Erkki Miinala 3, Jani Vesalainen 2, Fatmir Seremeti 3

19 / 16:00 / Group B / Näpäjä – RGC Hansa 2:6 (0:2)

  • Napaja:: Petri Posio 1, Joni Ylonen 1
  • RGC Hansa: John Turloff 5, Reno Tiede 1

20 / 17:00 / Group B / Invasport Ukraine – ASD Omero Bergamo 9:4 (5:0)

  • Invasport Ukraine: Olinyk Vasyl 2, Strelchyk Anton 3, Zhyhalin Rodion 4
  • ASD Omero Bergamo: Dario Merelli 3, Christian Belotti 1

21 / 19:00 / Places 9 – 10 / FC Porto – Aisti Sport 7:3 (6:2)

  • FC Porto: Diogo Rocha Azevedo 3, Carlos Manuel Teixeira Coutinho 2, Vitor Manuel dos Santos Caixeiro 2
  • Aisti Sport: Markus Tihumaki 1, Ville Montonen 2

Sunday 25th February 2024

22 / 9:00 / Play-off Game 1 / WBR Groundhogs Krakow- Näpäjä 2:3 (2:3)

  • WBR Groundhogs Krakow: Bartłomiej Niesyczyński 1, Marcin Czerwiński 1
  • Näpäjä: Joni Ylonen 1, Petri Posio 2

23 / 10:05 / Play-off Game 2 / Invasport Ukraine – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles 5:6 (1:3)

  • Invasport Ukraine: Olinyk Vasyl 4, Strelchyk Anton 1
  • Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Klison Mapreni 4, Cemil Dzemail 1, Wassime Amnir 1

24 / 11:10 / Places 7 – 8 / ASD Omero Bergamo – Fen Tigers 10:4 (6:1)

  • ASD Omero Bergamo: Christian Belotti 6, Dario Merelli 2, Filippo Pezzotta 2,
  • Fen Tigers: Josh Mcentee 1, Dave Scott 3

25 / 12:15 / Places 5 – 6 / WBR Groundhogs Krakow – Invasport Ukraine 3:4 (1:3)

  • WBR Groundhogs Krakow: Bartłomiej Niesyczyński 1, Paweł Źrebiec 2
  • Invasport Ukraine: Sydorenko Fedir 4,

26 / 13:20 / Places 3 – 4 / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Näpäjä: 5:2 (4:0)

  • Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Klison Mapreni 2, Wassime Amnir 3
  • Näpäjä::Joni Ylonen 1, Petri Posio 1

27 / 14:25 / Final Game / Old Power – RGC Hansa 6:8 (4:4)

  • Old Power: Erkki Miinala 4, Fatmir Seremeti 2
  • RGC Hansa: John Turloff 5, Reno Tiede 1, Fabian Diehm 2

15:30 / Closing Ceremony

FINAL RANKING

  1. RGC Hansa (GER)
  2. Old Power (FIN)
  3. Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles (BEL)
  4. Näpäjä (FIN)
  5. Invasport Ukraine (UKR)
  6. WBR Groundhogs Krakow (POL)
  7. ASD Omero Bergamo (ITA)
  8. Fen Tigers (GBR)
  9. FC Porto (POR)
  10. Aisti Sport (FIN)

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Waiting for the results