Caption: The logo of the Champions League
Welcome to the official web page of the EGCA Champions League 2025 – Podgorica Qualification Stage. The tournament will be held in the capital of Montenegro from 21st to 23rd March. The venue is Verde Sports Center of the Hotel Voco (address: Oktoih 2, Podgorica, Montenegro). The floor material is wooden parquet floor. The tournament is head organized by GC Nikšić together with the European Goalball Club Association.
There are seven participating clubs from 7 different countries in the tournament. Top 3 ranked clubs of the tournament will be qualified to the Final Stage of the Champions League 2025 season that will be held in Matosinhos, Portugal from 19th to 23rd June. There are already 7 clubs qualified to the Final Stage.
EVENT PARTNERS
Will be updated soon
PARTICIPATING CLUBS & PLAY SYSTEM
Please find line-ups of the participating clubs here
There are 7 participating clubs in the tournament: GC Nikšić (MNE)BSI – Blinde og Svagsynedes Idrætsforening (DEN), BRUK-BET Termalica Kraków (POL), GC NAIS (SRB), IFAS Stokholm (SWE), Kleio Thessaloniki (GRE), Nilüfer Belediyesi Görme Engelliler Spor Kulübü (TUR)
The teams will play a single round robin so each team will have six games during the tournament weekend.
A team earns 3 points from a victory, 1 point from a tie and 0 points from a loss. Teams ranking in the tournament’s single round robin 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 all the parameters above are tied, then we will have extra throw competition to determine the order of teams.
REFEREES & TECHNICAL TEAM
Following referees will take part of the tournament:
Bülent Kimyon – Turkiye – Chief Referee
Sarah Küper – Germany
Sorin Lapadatu – Romania
Patrik Larsson – Sweden
Bas Spaans – The Netherlands
Jacoba Van Zweeden – The Netherlands
Vilma Venckutonyte – Lithuania
Tournament Director:
Milo Kastratovic – Montenegro
EGCA Representative:
Erkki Miinala – Finland
Tournament jury is consisted by:
- Bülent Kimyon – Chief Referee- or another referee if the chief referee has whistled in a game that is under the protest. A referee works as the chairperson of the tournament jury;
- Erkki Miinala – EGCA representative;
- Club representative (the chief referee will name a representative from the club that has not played in the game that is under the protest)
Protest fee is 100 € and it should be paid by cash. The protest must be made in writing using the protest form, which can be found at the officials’ table. The protest form must be submitted, and the protest fee must be paid within 30 minutes of the end of the match in question. The protest form must clearly state which IBSA rule or specific EGCA rule the protest concerns. The tournament’s livestream video may be used as evidence in connection with the protest.
We are using IBSA 2022-2024 rules on the EGCA – Champions League 2025 season.
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
Please follow all the 21 games of the tournament by livestream on GoalballTV YouTube channel.
Please follow also European Goalball Club Association’s Instagram and Facebook pages to get more information, results and photos of the tournament.
FINAL RANKING & STANDINGS OF THE ROUND ROBIN
Position – Team / Games / Wins / Ties / Losses / Goal Difference / Points
AWARDS
Waiting for the results
SCORERS
Please find the scorer list of the tournament here (will be available soon)
GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: Time zone of Montenegro is UTC+1
FRIDAY 21st March 2025
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team / Away Team
1 / 10:00 / BSI – GC NAIS
Scorers / BSI:
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2 / 11:10 / IFAS Stockholm – Kleio Thessaloniki
Scorers / IFAS Stockholm
Scorers / Kleio Thessaloniki:
3 / 12:20 / Nilüfer Belediyesi – Bruk-Bet Termalica Krakow
Scorers / Nilüfer Belediüesi:
Scorers / Termalica Krakow:
4 / 13:30 / GC Nikšić – BSI
Scorers / GC
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5 / 14:40 / GC NAIS – IFAS Stockholm
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6 / 15:50 / Kleio Thessaloniki – Nilüfer Belediyesi
Scorers / Kleio Thessaloniki:
Scorers / Nilüfer Belediüesi:
7 / 17:00 / Bruk-Bet Termalica Krakow – GC Nikšić
Scorers / Termalica Krakow:
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8 / 18:10 / IFAS Stockholm – BSI
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SATURDAY 22nd MARCH 2025
9 / 09:00 / GC NAIS – Nilüfer Belediyesi
Scorers / GC NAIS:
Scorers / Nilüfer Belediüesi:
10 / 10:10 / Kleio Thessaloniki – GC Nikšić
Scorers / Kleio Thessaloniki:
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11 / 11:20 / BSI – Bruk-Bet Termalica Krakow
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12 / 12:30 / Nilüfer Belediyesi – IFAS Stockholm
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13 / 13:40 / GC Nikšić – GC NAIS
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14 / 14:50 / Bruk-Bet Termalica Krakow – Kleio Thessaloniki
Scorers / Termalica Krakow:
Scorers / Kleio Thessaloniki:
15 / 16:00 / Nilüfer Belediyesi – BSI
Scorers / Nilüfer Belediüesi:
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16 / 17:10 / IFAS Stockholm – GC Nikšić
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17 / 18:20 / Kleio Thessaloniki – GC NAIS
Scorers / Kleio Thessaloniki:
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SUNDAY 23rd MARCH 2025
18 / 08:30 / Bruk-Bet Termalica Krakow – IFAS Stockholm
Scorers / Termalica Krakow:
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19 / 09:40 / GC Nikšić – Nilüfer Belediyesi
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20 / 10:50 / BSI – Kleio Thessaloniki
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21 / 12:00 / GC NAIS – Bruk-Bet Termalica Krakow
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