Caption: Logo of the EGCA Youth Championships
Time: 13th – 16th November 2025
Place: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Head Organizer: USV Hercules-Goalball in cooperation with European Goalball Club Association (EGCA)
Dear Goalball friends, warmly welcome to the website of the EGCA Youth Championships 2025 that will be held in the beautiful city of Utrecht, Netherlands from 13th to 16th November organized by USV Hercules and European Goalball Club Association.
The tournament will be played at sports hall of USV Hercules. Floor material of the play court is a smooth surface floor. Teams and referees will be accommodated at Hotel Mitland in Utrecht at about a 10 minutes’ walk from the venue.
CONTACT DETAILS
We hope that you find all the information about the competition on this website, but if you have some questions don’t hesitate to contact us:
Our contact person: Koosje van Zweeden
email: ikgoalball@hotmail.com
WhatsApp: +31638850576
Our Tournament Director: Jolanda Spaans
email: ikgoalball@hotmail.com
EGCA Representative: Erkki Miinala
email: egca.office@gmail.com
WhatsApp: +358442912126
COMPETITION PARTNERS & SPONSORS
Will be updated soon
PARTICIPATING CLUBS, GROUPS AND GAME SYSTEM
This tournament in Utrecht will be the 3rd edition of the EGCA Youth Championships. There are 10 participating clubs from 7 different countries participating in the tournament which is the new record of the competition. There are 2 clubs on the waiting list in following order: Bonner Hockey Und Tennis Verening (GER), GC Leipzig (GER)
The participating clubs are divided into two groups of five teams as follow:
Group A: RGC Hansa (GER), Aarhus Goalball (DEN), Northern Allstars (GBR), Aisti Sport (FIN), CSAVH Lyon (FRA)
Group B: FSBU Gothenburg (SWE), GC Golden Flash (FRA), USV Hercules (NED), BSI Copenhagen (DEN), Füchse Berlin (GER)
Teams will play a single round robin in the groups and Top 2 clubs of both groups will continue to the semifinal and medal games. The 3rd teams of the groups will play for places 5-6, 4th teams of the groups for places 7-8 and 5th teams of the groups for places 9-10 in the tournament.
In the semifinal the 1st team of the Group A will take on the 2nd team of the Group B and 1st team of the Group B will face the 2nd team of the Group A. Winners of the semifinals will play for the gold medal and losers for the bronze medal.
The ranking of teams in the group stage will be determined by IBSA rule 49:
– Goal Difference – subtracting a team’s goals scored against from their goals scored in the total round robin
– Number of Wins – teams will be assessed on the number of wins in the round robin. Teams with the most wins will be given the higher ranking.
– Goals Against – the team with the lowest goals against in the overall competition will be given the higher ranking.
– Goal Difference – The same procedure shall be used again, but this time only the games in the round robin between the teams that have to be separated shall be included.
– In the event that a tie occurs between more than two teams, the above criteria will be used, in order, until one team has been separated.
REFEREES, RULES & TOURNAMENT JURY
List of participating referees will be updated closer to the event.
The tournament will be played under the existing IBSA 2025 goalball rules.
Protest: A protest should be given literally to the chief referee or EGCA representative within an half hour after a game. Protest fee is 100 € and it must be paid by cash at the same time than a club is leaving the protest to the chief referee or EGCA representative. You can find protest document on the official table.
If the protest is acknowledged, the money is given back. If not, the money goes to the EGCA for development of club goalball.
The tournament jury will talk about the protest and give a decision as soon as possible.
The tournament jury is:
Tournament director: Will be updated soon
Referee representative: Will be updated soon
EGCA Representative: Erkki Miinala
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
Information will be updated soon
FINAL RANKING
Waiting for the results
AWARDS
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GROUP STANDINGS
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SCORERS
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GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: The time zone of Netherlands is (UTC+1)
FRIDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2025
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team – Away Team / Result (half time result)
1 / 09:00 / Group A / Aarhus Goalball – Northern Allstars
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2 / 10:05 / Group A / Aisti Sport – CSAVH Lyon
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3 / 11:10 / Group B / GC Golden Flash – USV Hercules
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4 / 12:15 / Group B / BSI Copenhagen – Füchse Berlin
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5 / 13:20 / Group A / Northern Allstars – RGC Hansa
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6 / 14:25 / Group A / CSAVH Lyon – Aarhus Goalball
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7 / 15:30 / Group B / USV Hercules – FSBU Gothenburg
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8 / 16:35 / Group B / Füchse Berlin – GC Golden Flash
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9 / 17:40 / Group A / RGC Hansa – Aisti Sport
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10 / 18:45 / Group B / FSBU Gothenburg – BSI Copenhagen
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SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER 2025
11 / 09:00 / Group A / CSAVH Lyon – Northern Allstars
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12 / 10:05 / Group A / Aarhus Goalball – RGC Hansa
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13 / 11:10 / Group B / Füchse Berlin – USV Hercules
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14 / 12:15 / Group B / GC Golden Flash – FSBU Gothenburg
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15 / 13:20 / Group A / Northern Allstars – Aisti Sport
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16 / 14:25 / Group A / RGC Hansa – CSAVH Lyon
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17 / 15:30 / Group B / USV Hercules – BSI Copenhagen
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18 / 16:35 / Group B / FSBU Gothenburg – Füchse Berlin
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19 / 17:40 / Group A / Aisti Sport – Aarhus Goalball
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20 / 18:45 / Group B / BSI Copenhagen – GC Golden Flash
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SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2025
21 / 08:00 / Places 9-10 / 5th Group A – 5th Group B
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22 / 09:00 / Semifinal 1 / 1st Group A – 2nd Group B
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23 / 10:00 / Semifinal 2 / 1st Group B – 2nd Group A
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24 / 11:00 / Places 7-8 / 4th Group A – 4th Group B
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25 / 12:00 / Places 5-6 / 3rd Group A – 3rd Group B
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26 / 13:00 / Bronze Medal Game / Loser Semifinal 1 – Loser Semifinal 2
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27 / 14:00 / Gold Medal Game / Winner Semifinal 1 – Winner Semifinal 2
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15:15 / Medal Ceremony