A warm welcome to the official website of the EGCA Thessaloniki Grand Prix 2026 tournament that will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece from 23-25 October 2026. This low-threshold international club goalball tournament is head-organized by Kleio Thessaloniki in cooperation with EGCA.
CONTACT DETAILS
The tournament director – Meni Kessanopoulou
Email: menikessa@gmail.com
Phone: +306972884154
EGCA Representative – Erkki Miinala
Email: egca.office@gmail.com
Phone: +358442912126
VENUE & ACCOMMODATION
The venue of the event is Sports Hall of Mandulides Schools
Address: address: 12th km of the Thessaloniki – Nea Moudania National Road, Thermi, 57001, THESSALONIKI
The floor material of the sports hall: wooden parquet
Teams and referees were accommodated at the Ambassador Hotel, that is located only 15 minutes drive from the venue and 10 minutes drive from the Thessaloniki Airport.
EVENT SPONSORS & PARTNERS
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PARTICIPATING CLUBS & GAME SYSTEM
Please find line-ups of the participating clubs here
There are 7 participating clubs from 5 different countries in the tournament:
Kleio Thessaloniki (GRE, the host club), ASD Blind Hawks Trento (ITA), BSSG Südtirol (ITA), Keravnos (GRE), Old Power (FIN), PanCyprian Organization of the Blind (CYP), RGC Hansa Rostock (GER)
The tournament will be played under the current IBSA 2025 rules. Teams will play a single round robin in the tournament. A team earns 3 points from a victory, 1 point from a tie and 0 points for a loss in the round robin. The ranking of the teams in the tournament will be determined with following system:
a) Earned points
b) Goal Difference – subtracting a team’s goals scored against from their goals scored in the total round robin
c) 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.
d) Goals Against – the team with the lowest goals against in the overall competition will be given the higher ranking.
e) 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.
f) If two clubs are still tied after criterions A-E the extra throw competition may be organized to determine the ranking of the teams.
REFEREES & TOURNAMENT JURY
Following referees will officiate in the tournament:
Aurora Zanolin – Italy (Chief Referee)
Tamar Ellis – Israel
Anaëlle Ricque – France
Athanasia Kalamara – Greece
Alexandros Karaiosif – Greece
Irene Karaliota – Greece
Marina Kolovou – Greece
Vasilianna Prepaki – Greece
Theron Todd Ragoonanan – Trinidad & Tobago
Vilma Venckutonyte – Lithuania
Hamdy Wetwet – Egypt
10 Second Referees & Table Officials
Meni Kessanopoulou – Greece
Vasilis Konstantakopoulos – Greece
Chrysa Nanou – Greece
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.
The tournament jury will consider the protest and give its decision as soon as possible.
If the protest is acknowledged, the money is given back. If not, the money will go to the EGCA for development of club goalball.
The tournament jury:
Tournament Director – Meni Kessanopoulou (if Kleio Thessaloniki has played in the game that is under the protest, Meni will be replaced by other teammember or a referee who has not officiated in the game)
Chief Referee – Aurora Zanolin (if Aurora has officiated in the game that is under the protest, she will be replaced by another referee who has not officiated in the game)
EGCA Representative – Erkki Miinala
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the matches will be livestreamed and commentated in English on GoalballTV YouTube Channel.
You can find results, photos and more information about the event on its own Facebook page as well as on EGCA Facebook and Instagram pages.
TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
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SCORER LIST
Please find the scorer list of the tournament here
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
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GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: Time zone in Greece is UTC+3 and will be changed to UTC+2 on Sunday 25th October at 04:00 am.
FRIDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2026
Game Number / Start Time / Home Team – Away Team
1 / 14:00 / PCOB Cyprus – Old Power
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2 / 15:10 / Kleio Thessaloniki – BSSG Südtirol
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3 / 16:20 / Keravnos – RGC Hansa Rostock
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4 / 17:30 / Old Power – Kleio Thessaloniki
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5 / 18:40 / BSSG Südtirol – Keravnos
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6 / 19:50 / ASD Blind Hawks Trento – PCOB Cyprus
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SATURDAY 24th OCTOBER 2026
7 / 09:00 / RGC Hansa Rostock – ASD Blind Hawks Trento
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8 / 10:05 / PCOB Cyprus – Kleio Thessaloniki
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9 / 11:10 / Old Power – Keravnos
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10 / 12:15 / BSSG Südtirol – RGC Hansa Rostock
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11 / 13:20 / Kleio Thessaloniki – ASD Blind Hawks Trento
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12 / 15:10 / Keravnos – PCOB Cyprus
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13 / 16:15 / RGC Hansa Rostock – Old Power
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14 / 17:20 / ASD Blind Hawks Trento – BSSG Südtirol
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15 / 18:25 / Keravnos – Kleio Thessaloniki
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16 / 19:30 / BSSG Südtirol – Old Power
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SUNDAY 25th OCTOBER 2026
17 / 08:40 / RGC Hansa Rostock – PCOB Cyprus
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18 / 09:45 / ASD Blind Hawks Trento – Keravnos
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19 / 10:50 / PCOB Cyprus – BSSG Südtirol
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20 / 11:55 / Kleio Thessaloniki – RGC Hansa Rostock
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21 / 13:00 / Old Power – ASD Blind Hawks Trento
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