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The European Grand Prix managed by European Goalball Club Association (EGCA( season 2024 will be kicked off in Odivelas, Portugal between 13th – 15th September 2024 with eight clubs from seven countries. The tournament is organized by the Clube Atlético e Cultural. This is the first time for the club to organize the EGCA Competition. The tournament director is Mauro Diogo (email: cac.desportoadaptado@gmail.com, phone: +351915802609).
The tournament will take Place in the city of Odivelas which is located very close to the capital of Portugal, Lisbon. Odivelas has been the arena of the SEGL – Champions League 2021 finals as well as the first edition of the Goalball Clubs World Cup 2021. The venue of the Odivelas Grand Prix 2024 is Pavilhão Moinhos da Arroja, Odivelas.
EVENT PARTNERS
Logo of INSTITUTO PORTUGUES DO DESPORTO E JUVENTUDE, I. P.
Logo of LISBOA CAMARA MUNICIPAL
Logo of CAMARA MUNICIPAL Odivelas
Logo of JUNTA DE FREGUESIA Pontinha Famoes
Logo of Junta de freguesia Carnide
Logo of MBD GEST
Logo of Loving the Planet
TEAMS & REFEREES
Please find line-ups of the participating teams here
There are eight clubs in the competition and they are divided in two groups of four clubs:
Group A: Clube Atlético e Cultural (POR) *, Aisti Sport (FIN), Birmingham GC (GBR), GV Waalwijk (NED)
Group B: Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR), Beer sheva (ISR), RGC Hansa (GER), Toulouse CSAVH31 (FRA) *
- = Debutant in the EGCA Competition:
- Portugal | Tiago Oliveira – Level 2 IBSA – Chief Referee
- France | Alexandre Dias – Level 1 IBSA
- Italy | Aurora Zanolin – Level 3 IBSA
- Portugal | Margarida Cabral – Level 1 IBSA
- Portugal | Pedro Figueiredo – Level 1 IBSA
- Spain | Virgínia Rodrigues – Level 1 IBSA
- Colombia | Eliana Guzman – Level II IBSA
- Brazil | Larissa Guimarães – Level 1 IBSA
- Brazil | Juliane Russo – Level 1 IBSA
There are following seven referees in the competition
PLAY SYSTEM
There is a single round robin to be played in the groups. After the round robin two best clubs continue to the semifinals and medal games, 3rd clubs of the groups will play for places 5-6 and 4th clubs of the groups for places 7-8 in the tournament.
Semifinals, medal games and placement games will be played until the winner is determined; if the game is draw after the regular time, there will 2 * 3 minutes over time with the golden goal rule (first scored team will win the game). If the game is Still draw after the over time, there will be extra throws competition organized.
At the Group stage a team earns 3 points from the win, 1 point from a draw and 0 points from a loss. The ranking of the clubs will be determined as follows:
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 all the above criteria are tied between two teams, the advancing team will be determined by a draw.
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the games will be livestreamed with the English commentary on GoalballTV YouTube Channel!
Please find all the results and much more information on the Facebook event page.
Or optionally on Instagram event page.
FINAL RANKING
- RGC Hansa
- Clube Atlético e Cultural
- Sporting CP
- GV Waalwijk
- Aisti Sport
- Beer Sheva
- Birmingham Goalball Club
- Toulouse CSAVH31
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Top Scorer – John Turloff (RGC Hansa) – 32 goals
Best Coach – Mario Turloff (RGC Hansa)
GROUP STANDINGS & SCORERS
GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: The time zone of Portugal is (UTC+1)
FRIDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2024
Game Number / Start Time / Game / Home Team – Away Team / Result (half time)
1 / 19:00 / Group A / CAC – Aisti Sport 12-2 (7-2)
Scorers / CAC: Elias Ouni 7, Javier Serrato 5
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 2
2 / 20:10 / Group B / Sporting CP – RGC Hansa 10-12 (4-8)
Scorers / Sporting: Joao Mota 6, Luis Miguel 2, Hadiley Sacramento 2
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 8, Kilian Kollrep 4
SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 2024
3 / 09:00 / Group A / Birmingham GC – GV Waalwijk 6-8 (3-2)
Scorers / Birmingham: Jack Peters 5, Conall Moore 1
Scorers / Waalwijk: Frank van de Kreeke 3, Joost van de Kreeke 3, Marcel van Beijnen 2
4 / 10:10 / Group B / Beer Sheva – Toulous CSAVH31 7-6 (1-4)
Scorers / Beer Sheva: Lihi Ben David 4, Mor Sharir 2, Shani Raanan 1
Scorers / Toulouse: Ambroise Daudin 4, Dimitri Dallongeville 2
5 / 11:20 / Group A / CAC – Birmingham GC 10-5 (8-2)
Scorers / CAC: Javier Serrato 5, Jose Paixao 3, Elias Ouni 2
Scorers / Birmingham: Conall Moore 2, Jack Peters 2, Bobbie Jack 1
6 / 12:30 / Group B / Sporting CP – Beer Sheva 10-0 (8-0)
Scorers / Sporting: Luis Miguel 4, Hugo Cavaco 3, Tomas Delfim 3
7 / 13:40 / Group A / GV Waalwijk – Aisti Sport 12-5 (5-4)
Scorers / Waalwijk: Frank van de Kreeke 5, Joost van de Kreeke 4, Stephanie Boenink 2, Marcel van Beijnen 1
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 4, Raisa Kuusela 1
8 / 14:50 / Group B / Toulouse CSAVH31 – RGC Hansa 9-9 (2-5)
Scorers / Toulouse: Ambroise Daudin 5, Yassine Ben Khala 1, Nadine Berthier 1, Corto Buscaglia 1, Dimitri Dallongeville 1
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Charrlotte Kaercher 4, Myroslav Medvianov 3, Grietje Gau 2
9 / 16:00 / Group A / CAC – GV Waalwijk 5-4 (3-2)
Scorers / CAC: Javier Serrato 3, Elias Ouni 2
Scorers / Waalwijk: Marcel van Beijnen 2, Joost van de Kreeke 2
10 / 17:10 / Group B / Sporting CP – Toulouse CSAVH31 10-0 (10-0)
Scorers / Sporting: Luis Miguel 4, Hugo Cavaco 3, David Gomes 1, Joao Mota 1, Hadiley Sacramento 1
11 / 18:20 / Group A / Aisti Sport – Birmingham Goalball Club 7-5 (4-2)
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 4, Jarno Saapunki 2, Raisa Kuusela 1
Scorers / Birmingham: Conall Moore 4, Jack Peters 1
12 / 19:30 / Group B / RGC Hansa – Beer Sheva 11-1 (11-1)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 5, Kilian Kollrep 3, Charlotte Kaercher 2, Celeste Troost 1
Scorers / Beer Sheva: Lihi Ben David 1
SUNDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2025
13 / 08:40 / Semifinal 1 / CAC – Sporting CP 8-6 (5-6)
Scorers / CAC: Elias Ouni 5, Javier Serrato 3
Scorers / Sporting: Hadiley Sacramento 3, Joao Mota 2, Luis Miguel 1
14 / 09:50 / Semifinal 2 / RGC Hansa – GV Waalwijk 13-5 (9-0)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 9, Kilian Kollrep 3, Myroslav Medvianov 1
Scorers / Waalwijk: Frank van de Kreeke 3, Stephanie Boenink 1, Marcel van Beijnen 1
15 / 11:00 / Places 7 – 8 / Birmingham Goalball Club – Toulouse CSAVH31 12-2 (9-1)
Scorers / Birmingham: Bobbie Jack 5, Conall Moore 4, Jack Peters 3
Scorers / Toulouse: Yassine Ben Khala 1, Dimitri Dallongeville 1
16 / 12:10 / Places 5 – 6 / Aisti Sport – Beer Sheva 10-6 (4-1)
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 7, Jarno Saapunki 2, Krister Linnas 1
Scorers / Beer Sheva: Shani Raanan 3, Shira Pinto 2, Mor Sharir 1
17 / 13:20 / Places 3 – 4 / Sporting CP – GV Waalwijk 13-3 (5-3)
Scorers / Sporting: Joao Mota 5, Hadiley Sacramento 4, Hugo Cavaco 3, Luis Miguel 1
Scorers / Waalwijk: Joost van de Kreeke 2, Marcel van Beijnen 1
18 / 14:30 / Final Game / CAC – RGC Hansa 8-14 (3-6)
Scorers / CAC: Elias Ouni 6, Javier Serrato 2
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 10, Kilian Kollrep 4
