Caption: The event poster
The 11th season of the EGCA Champions League will begin as a qualification stage in Peterborough, Great Britain. The tournament is hosted by Fen Tigers in co-operation with European Goalball Club Association and GoalballUK. It will be historical moment as the first ever EGCA Competition in UK.
PARTICIPATING CLUBS & PLAY SYSTEM
Please find the line-ups of participating teams and list of referees here
The tournament will run between 21st – 23rd February featuring 8 participating clubs from 7 countries. There are 2 preliminary groups:
Group A: Old Power (FIN), Füchse Berlin (GER), Northern Allstars (GBR), Sporting CP (POR)
Group B: Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles (BEL), CSAVH Lyon (FRA), Aarhus Goalball (DEN), Fen Tigers (GBR).
There is a single round robin played in the preliminary groups. Then there is the knock out stage as we have quarter finals, semifinals, medal & placement games. Top 3 clubs of the tournament will secure their spots at the Final Stage of the season that will be held in Matosinhos, Portugal in June.
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the games will be livestreamed on GoalballTV YouTube channel. Games will be commentated by Bradley Hope and co-commentated with various goalball individuals.
Result updates will come the quickest on Fen Tigers Goalball Facebook page. Also EGCA social media channels will follow actively the tournament.
FINAL RANKING
- Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles
- Old Power
- CSAVH Lyon
- Fen Tigers
- Aarhus Goalball
- Sporting CP
- Northern Allstars
- Füchse Berlin
STANDINGS / GROUP A
Position – Team / Games / Wins / Ties / Losses / Goal Difference / Points
1 – Old Power / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 37-20 +17 / 9
2 – Sporting CP / 3 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 34-19 +15 / 6
3 – Northern Allstars / 3 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 26-31 -5 / 3
4 – Füchse Berlin / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 11-38 -27 / 0
STANDINGS / GROUP B
Position – Team / Games / Wins / Ties / Losses / Goal Difference / Points
1 – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 38-20 +18 / 9
2 – Fen Tigers / 3 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 24-24 0 / 3
3 – CSAVH Lyon / 3 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 17-26 -9 / 3
4 – Aarhus Goalball / 3 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 21-30 -9 / 0
Attention: 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 for the place at the Final Stage there will be organized extra throws competition to determine the Champions League finalist
SCORERS
Please find the scorer list of the Peterborough 2025 Stage here
GAME SCHEDULE
Please notice that time zone in Great Britain is (UTC+0)
FRIDAY 21st February 2025
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team / Away Team / Result (half time)
1 / 08:00 / Group A / Northern Allstars – Füchse Berlin 14-4 (10-3)
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Jack Peters 5, Caleb Nanevie 4, Stuart Hudson 2, Matthew Loftus 2, Lois Turner 1
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Robin Peter 2, Philipp Tauscher 2
2 / 09:00 / Group A / Old Power – Sporting CP 11-9 (4-3)
Scorers / Old Power: Erkki Miinala 6, Jani Vesalainen 4, Seemi Hintsanen 1
Scorers / Sporting CP: Hadiley Sacramento 4, Joao Mota 3, Hugo Cavaco 1, Luis Miguel 1
3 / 10:05 / Group B / CSAVH Lyon – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles 6-12 (2-4)
Scorers / CSAVH Lyon: Kada Boualia 3, Felix Vargas 2, Thomas Ramos-Martins 1
Scorers / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Klison Mapreni 5, Elias Ouni 4, Cemil Dzemail 2, Oljan Mapreni 1
4 / 11:05 / Group B / Aarhus Goalball – Fen Tigers 6-11 (3-5)
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Caspar Gregersen 3, Sigurd Lund 3
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 8, Josh McEntee 3
5 / 12:10 / Group A / Füchse Berlin – Old Power 6-13 (3-6)
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Robin Peter 4, Philipp Tauscher 2
Scorers / Old Power: Ehsan Zoveidavi 7, Erkki Miinala 2, Josh Murphy 2, Jani Vesalainen 2
6 / 13:10 / Group A / Sporting CP – Northern Allstars 14-7 (5-4)
Scorers / Sporting CP: Tomas Delfim 4, Joao Mota 4, Luis Miguel 3, Hadiley Sacramento 3
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Stuart Hudson 2, Caleb Nanevie 2, Jack Peters 2, Matthew Loftus 1
7 / 14:15 / Group B / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Aarhus Goalball 15-7 (9-5)
Scorers / Ha, Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Elias Ouni 7, Klison Mapreni 6, Oljan Mapreni 1, Endrit Osmanaj 1
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Sigurd Lund 5, Caspar Gregersen 1, Mads Larsen 1
8 / 15:15 / Group B / Fen Tigers – CSAVH Lyon 6-7 (4-3)
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 5, Dave Scott 1
Scorers / CSAVH Lyon: Kada Boualia 4, Felix Vargas 3
9 / 16:20 / Group A / Northen Allstars – Old Power 5-13 (2-9)
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Caleb Nanevie 3, Jack Peters 2
Scorers / Old Power: Jani Vesalainen 6, Erkki Miinala 4, Seemi Hintsanen 2, Ehsan Zoveidavi 1
10 / 17:20 / Group A / Füchse Berlin – Sporting CP 1-11 (1-11)
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Robin Peter 1
Scorers / Sporting CP: Joao Mota 4, Luis Miguel 3, Hugo Cavaco 2, Hadiley Sacramento 2
11 / 18:25 / Group B / CSAVH Lyon – Aarhus Goalball 4-8 (1-5)
Scorers / CSAVH Lyon: Thomas Ramons-Martins 2, Felix Vargas 2
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Mads Laursen 3, Sigurd Lund 3, Caspar Gregersen 2
12 / 19:25 / Group B / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Fen Tigers 11-7 (8-3)
Scorers / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Elias Ouni 5, Cemil Dzemail 4, Oljan Mapreni 2
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 6, Own goal 1
Saturday 22nd February 2025
13 / 08:15 / Quarter Final 1 / Old Power – Aarhus Goalball 10-4 (4-2)
Scorers / Old Power: Erkki Miinala 4, Jani Vesalainen 4, Ehsan Zoveidavi 2
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Caspar Gregersen 3, Sigurd Lund 1
14 / 09:25 / Quarter Final 2 / Fen Tigers – Northern Allstars 6-3 (1-2)
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 6
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Stuart Hudson 1, Matthew Loftus 1, Jack Peters 1
15 / 10:35 / Quarter Final 3 / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Füchse Berlin 10-3 (5-1)
Scorers / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Klison Mapreni 4, Elias Ouni, Cemil Dzemail 2
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Pilipp Tauscher 2, Daniel Friebel 1
16 / 11:45 / Quarter Final 4 / Sporting CP – CSAVH Lyon 6-8 (2-5)
Scorers / Sporting CP: Joao Mota 5, Hadiley Sacramento 1
Scorers / CSAVH Lyon: Felix Vargas 3, Alexandre Almeida 2, Kada Boualia 2, Own goal 1
17 / 12:55 Places 5-8 / Aarhus Goalball – Northern Allstars 10-2 (7-1)
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Caspar Gregersen 7, Sigurd Lund 2, Mads Laursen 1
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Matthew Loftus 1, Jack Peters 1
18 / 14:05 / Semifinal 1 / Old Power – Fen Tigers 8-5 (4-3)
Scorers / Old Power: Ehsan Zoveidavi 4, Erkki Miinala 2, Jani Vesalainen 2
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 3, Josh McEntee 1, Dave Scott 1
19 / 15:15 / Places 5-8 / Füchse Berlin – Sporting CP 6-11 (3-5)
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Philipp Tauscher 4, Daniel Friebel 1, Robin Peter 1
Scorers / Sporting CP: Hadiley Sacramento 5, Tomas Delfim 3, Hugo Cavaco 2, Joao Mota 1
20 / 16:25 / Semifinal 2 / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – CSAVH Lyon 10-4 (4-1)
Scorers / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Elias Ouni 6, Klison Mapreni 3, Cemil Dzemail 1
Scorers / CSAVH Lyon: Alexandre Almeida 2, Felix Vargas 2
Sunday 23rd February 2025
21 / 08:15 / Places 7-8 / Northern Allstars – Füchse Berlin 11-1 (5-1
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Peter Doyle 4, Jack Peters 3, Stuart Hudson 2, Lois Turner 2
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Robin Peter 1
22 / 09:30 / Places 5-6 / Aarhus Goalball – Sporting CP 7-3 (4-2)
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Caspar Gregersen 6, Matias Jensen 1
Scorers / Sporting CP: Joao Mota 2, Tomas Delfim 1
23 / 10:55 / Places 3-4 / Fen Tigers – CSAVH Lyon 4-7 (2-3)
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 4
Scorers / CSAVH Lyon: Thomas Ramos-Martins 4, Alexandre Almeida 2, Felix Vargas 1
24 / 12:15 / Final Game / Old Power – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles 8-10 (4-4)
Scorers / Old Power: Ehsan Zoveidavi 4, Erkki Miinala 3, Jani Vesalainen 1
Scorers / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles: Elias Ouni 9, Klison Mapreni 1