Welcome to the official website of the EGCA Champions League 2026 Final Stage which will take Place in Berlin, Germany between 17th – 20th September. There are the Top 10 clubs of Europe in this tournament competing for the European Championships medals. Amon the host club Füchse Berlin which is automatically qualified to the tournament, there are 3 best clubs from 3 qualification stages which were played during February and March 2026. Results of those qualification stages are available here
TOURNAMENT VENUE & HOTEL
The tournament will be played at the Füchse-Sportpark (address: Kopehagener Str. 33, 13407 Berlin). There is synthetic floor in the sport hall.
Teams and officials will be accommodated at the Victor’s Residenz Hotel Berlin Tegel throughout the event.
CONTACT PERSONS
Organizer: Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf e. V. – Goalball
Contact person: Michael Dennis
EMail info@fuechse-goalball.de
Phone: +49 176 20274391
EGCA Representative of the tournament: Milos Ranitovic
Email: milosranitovicmiki@gmail.com
Phone: +38268027260
EVENT PARTNERS & SPONSORS
Will be updated soon
DRAW OF GROUPS
EGCA Competition Committee has used the current EGCA Champions League ranking and qualification stage placements in the group allocation process. You can find the current Champions League Ranking here
Step 1: The highest-ranked qualification stage winner, Old Power, and the host team, Füchse Berlin, are placed in Group A. The second highest-ranked qualification stage winner, Aarhus Goalball, and the third highest-ranked qualification stage winner, FSBU Gothenburg, are placed in Group B.
Step 2: The highest-ranked qualification stage runner-up, BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow, is placed in Group A, while the second highest-ranked runner-up, Nilüfer Buges, is placed in Group B. The third highest-ranked team, Fen Tigers, is also placed in Group A.
Step 3: First, Group B is completed with the highest-ranked team that finished third in the qualification stage, RGC Hansa Rostock. After that, Cankaya is placed in Group A to avoid two clubs from the same country being drawn into the same preliminary group. As a result, CA Cultural is placed in Group B. The group allocation is now complete.
GROUPS AND PLAY SYSTEM
Line-ups of the participating clubs will be updated closer to the tournament.
Group A: Old Power (FIN), Füchse Berlin (GER), BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow (POL), Fen Tigers (GBR), Cankaya (TUR)
Group B: Aarhus Goalball (DEN), FSBU Gothenburg (SWE), Nilüfer Buges (TUR), RGC Hansa Rostock (GER), CA Cultural (POR)
In the preliminary round, each group plays a single round-robin format, after which the top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. The teams finishing fifth in their respective groups will play for 9th–10th place.
In the quarter-finals, the winners of each group will face the fourth-placed team from the opposite group, while the runners-up will face the third-placed team from the opposite group. The quarter-final winners advance to the semi-finals, while the losing teams compete for places 5–8.
The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final, while the losing teams compete in the bronze medal match.
All quarter-finals, semi-finals, medal matches, and classification matches will be played to a decision. If a match is tied at the end of regular playing time, a 6-minute golden goal overtime period will be played (the first team to score wins). If no winner is determined during overtime, the match will be decided by an extra throw competition.
The tournament will be played under existing IBSA 2025 rules.
A team earns 3 points from awin, 1 point from a draw and 0 points for a loss in a preliminary group game. The ranking of teams in a preliminary group is determined by following system:
A. Earned points
B. Goal difference
C. Missed goals
D. If two teams remain tied after criteria A–C, priority shall be given to the team that won the head-to-head match between them
E. If 2 teams remain tied after A-D criteria, there is an extra throw competition organized between those teams to determine their ranking
REFEREES, PROTEST & TOURNAMENT JURY
Following referees officiated in the tournament:
Patrik Larsson (SWE)
Janne Ahokas (FIN)
Svitlana Morosz (UKR)
Ana Cabral (POR)
Pieter Westerhout (NED)
Bas Spaans (NED)
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:
Chief Referee – ?
EGCA Representative – Milos Ranitovic
Tournament Director – Michael Dennis (if Michael’s team Füchse Berlin has played in the game which under the protest, he will be replaced by either by a coach from another team or by an available referee representative)
FINAL RANKING
Waiting for the results
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Waiting for the results
GROUP STANDINGS & SCORER LIST
Will be updated closer to the tournament
GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: Time zone in Germany is UTC+2
THURSDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 2026
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team – Away Team
1 / 09:00 / Group A / Füchse Berlin – Cankaya
2 / 10:10 / Group A / BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow – Fen Tigers
3 / 11:20 / Group B / FSBU Gothenburg – CA Cultural
4 / 12:30 / Group B / Nilüfer Buges – RGC Hansa Rostock
5 / 13:40 / Group A / Cankaya – Old Power
6 / 14:50 / Group A / Fen Tigers – Füchse Berlin
7 / 16:00 / Group B / CA Cultural – Aarhus Goalball
8 / 17:10 / Group B / RGC Hansa Rostock – FSBU Gothenburg
9 / 18:20 / Group A / Old Power – BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow
10 / 19:30 / Group B / Aarhus Goalball – Nilüfer Buges
Friday 18th SEPTEMBER 2026
11 / 09:00 / Group B / CA Cultural – RGC Hansa Rostock
12 / 10:10 / Group B / Aarhus Goalball – FSBU Gothenburg
13 / 11:20 / Group A / Cankaya – Fen Tigers
14 / 12:30 / Group A / Old Power – Füchse Berlin
15 / 13:40 / Group B / Nilüfer Buges – CA Cultural
16 / 14:50 / Group B / RGC Hansa Rostock – Aarhus Goalball
17 / 16:00 / Group A / BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow – Cankaya
18 / 17:10 / Group A / Fen Tigers – Old Power
19 / 18:20 / Group B / FSBU Gothenburg – Nilüfer Buges
20 / 19:30 / Group A / Füchse Berlin – BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow
SATURDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 2026
21 / 09:30 / Quarter Final 1 / 1st Group A – 4th Group B
22 / 10:45 / Quarter Final 2 / 2nd Group B – 3rd Group A
23 / 12:00 / Quarter Final 3 / 1st Group B – 4th Group A
24 / 13:15 / Quarter Final 4 / 2nd Group A – 3rd Group B
25 / 14:30 / Places 9-10 / 5th Group A – 5th Group B
26 / 15:45 / Places 5-8 / Loser Game 21 – Loser Game 22
27 / 17:00 / Places 5-8 / Loser Game 23 – Loser Game 24
28 / 18:15 / Semifinal 1 / Winner Game 21 – Winner Game 22
29 / 19:30 / Semifinal 2 / Winner Game 23 – Winner Game 24
SUNDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2026
30 / 08:45 / Places 7-8 / Loser Game 26 – Loser Game 27
31 / 10:00 / Places 5-6 / Winner Game 26 – Winner Game 27
32 / 11:15 / Bronze Medal Game / Loser Game 28 – Loser Game 29
33 / 12:30 / Gold Medal Game / Winner Game 28 – Winner Game 29