Welcome to the official webpage of the EGCA – Champions League 2024 = ECL2024 (earlier SEGL – Champions League). The season 2024 is the 10th edition in the league history. Champions League has grown and improved season by season and this time the goal is to get 22 European goalball clubs along (10 teams / qualification stage, the host club of the final stage as well as the reigning champion of the league who has secured its place automatically to the final stage) to take part in this greatest and highest level goalball competition for the clubs in Europe. Also one big goal is to break the record 6 participating clubs in the Women’s Champions League. Any time if you have some questions about the league please take contact to the EGCA Competition Committee by email: egca.office@gmail.com
QUALIFICATION STAGES
During the season 2024 there are not North and South Divisions anymore in the league as the qualification stages. EGCA Competition Committee has chosen following two organizers for the qualification stages.
KRAKOW STAGE: 22nd – 25th February 2024, Krakow, Poland organized by: WBR Groundhogs Krakow
BERLIN STAGE: 21st – 24th March 2024, Berlin, Germany
There are 10 participating clubs / qualification stage and three best clubs of both stages will be qualified to the final stage. The stages will run from Thursday (arrival day) to Sunday (departure day). Friday, Saturday and Sunday are the competition days.
FINAL STAGE
Caption: The poster of the EGCA – Champions League Finals 2024
The final stage of the EGCA – Champions League 2024 simultaneously with the Women’s Champions League 2024 will be held in seaside city Blankenberge, Belgium on 27th June – 1st July 2024.
The Final Stage is organized by Vi-Ge Noordzee and the tournament director is Karen Verwulgen (karen@vigenoordzee.be. Bas Spaans is the EGCA representative of the Final Stage (baspaans@hotmail.nl).
EVENT PARTNERS
Logo of G sport Vlaanderen
Logo of Lago
Logo of Paralympic Team Belgium
Logo of Pure Senses
Logo of Sport Vlaanderen
PARTICIPATING CLUBS & GROUPS
Line-ups of the participating teams
There are eight participating clubs at the Final Stage of the EGCA Champions League 2024: Vi-Ge Noordzee (BEL), Saltinis (LTU), RGC Hansa (GER), GC Niksic (MNE), Old Power (FIN), Füchse Berlin (GER), Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles (BEL), Chemnitzer BC (GER)
They are divided in two groups of 4 teams:
Group A: Vi-Ge Noordzee, Saltinis, Old Power, Füchse Berlin
Group B: RGC Hansa, GC Niksic, Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles, Chemnitzer BC
The groups are divided according the EGCA Champions League 2024 regulation: Group A is consisted by the host club, the reigning Champion and the runner-ups of the Qualification Stages while the Group B is consisted by the winners and the 3rd ranked teams of the Qualification Stages.
PLAY SYSTEM
There is a single round robin in both groups. Teams earn 3 points from a victory, 1 point from a tie and 0 points from a loss at the Group Stage. The ranking of teams at the 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 game;
E. If the respective game has finished tie, better is a team who has led at half time;
F. If parameters E-F are still equal between these teams, the extra throw competition and possible sudden death extra throw competition will be organized
After the Group Stage there will be quarter final games where the group winner will take on the 4th ranked team of the opposite group while the runner-up of the group will take on the 3rd ranked team of the opposite group. The winners of the quarter final games will continue to the semifinal and medal games while the losers will play in the placement games for places 5 – 8.
Each quarter final, semifinal, medal and placement game is played until the winner is determined. If the game is tied after regular time 2 * 3-minute overtime periods will be played with a golden goal rule. If the game is tied after the overtime periods the extra throw competition and possible sudden death extra throw competition will be organized.
REFEREES
There are the list of referees who take part in the EGCA Champions League Finals 2024 in Blankenberge, Belgium on 27th June – 1st July:
Pieter Westerhout (chief referee) – The Netherlands
Janne Ahokas – Finland
Robert Avery – Great Britain
Thomas Baerz – Germany
Johan D’haese – Belgium
Mirjam Klaver – The Netherlands
Sarah Küper – Germany
Esamatti Käkelä – Finland
Filip Szymala – Poland
Koosje van Zweden – The Netherlands
Vilma Venckutonyte – Lithuania
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the matches at the EGCA Champions League 2024 Final Stage are livestreamed on GoalballTV YouTube channel!
You can find updated results and much more about the tournament on EGCA Facebook and EGCA Instagram.
STANDINGS & SCORERS
FINAL RANKING
- Saltinis
- RGC Hansa
- GC Niksic
- Chemnitzer BC
- Old Power
- Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles
- Füchse Berlin
- Vi-Ge Noordzee
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
- Top scorer of the tournament: Michael Dennis (Füchse Berlin)
- Most valuable player (MVP): Mantas Brazauskis (Saltinis)
SEASON SCORERS
Please find the full list of the scorers on EGCA Champions League Season 2024 here
GAME SCHEDULE
Note: Time zone in Belgium is UTC+2.
Please download the game schedule below:
FRIDAY 28th JUNE 2024
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team – Away Team / Result (half time)
1 / 10:30 / Group A / Old Power – Füchse Berlin 13-3 (9-3)
Scorers / Old Power: #9 Vesalainen 5, #8 Miinala 4, #1 Seremeti 2, #7 Zoveidavi 2
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: #1 Dennis 2, #8 Peter 1
2 / 11:45 / Group A / Noordzee – Saltinis 2-12 (1-7)
Scorers / Noordzee: #9 A. Vanhove 1, #4 T. Vanhove 1
Scorers / Saltinis: #1 Montvydas 3. #3 Pazarauskas 3, #6 Prusinksas 2, #2 Jonikaitis 2, #9 Eigminas 2
3 / 13:00 / Group B / RGC Hansa – Chemnitzer BC 6-4 (1-1)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: #3 Turloff 5, #1 Diehm 1
Scorers / Chemnitzer BC: #6 Hörauf 2, #8 Schrader 2
4 / 14:15 / Group B / GC Niksic – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles 14-4 (11-2)
Scorers / GC Niksic: #4 N. Nikolic 5, #2 M. Nikolic 3, #5 Ranitovic 2, #3 Ledinek 2, #9 Obradovic 2
Scorers / Bruxelles: #5 Mapreni 2, #2 Amnir 1, #7 Osmanaj 1
5 / 15:30 / Group A / Füchse Berlin – Noordzee 7-4 (2-3)
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: #1 Dennis 7
Scorers / Noordzee: #4 T. Vanhove 2, #9 A. Vanhove 2
6 / 16:45 / Group A / Saltinis – Old Power 9-7 (4-3)
Scorers / Saltinis: #1 Montvydas 4, #2 Jonikaitis 2, #9 Eigminas 1, #6 Prusinskas 1, #3 Pasarauskas 1
Scorers / Old Power: #8 Miinala 3, #1 Seremeti 3, #9 Vesalainen 1
7 / 18:00 / Group B / RGC Hansa – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles 11-1 (5-1)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: #7 Tiede 4, #1 Diehm 2, #3 Turloff 2, #2 Kollrep 1, #9 Steiger 1, #6 Zholudev 1
Scorers / Bruxelles: #4 Dzemail 1
8 / 19:15 / Group B / Chemnitzer BC – GC Niksic 7-12 (1-1)
Scorers / Chemnitzer BC: #6 Hörauf 5, #8 Schrader 2
Scorers / GC Niksic: #4 N. Nikolic 6, #5 Ranitovic 2, #2 M. Nikolic 2, #3 Ledinek 2
SATURDAY 29th JUNE 2024
9 / 09:00 / Group A / Saltinis – Füchse Berlin 14-7 (5-3)
Scorers / Saltinis: #3 Pazarauskas 4, #1 Montvydas 3, #9 Eigminas 3, #2 Jonikaitis 2, #6 Prusinskas 2
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: #1 Dennis 7
10 / 10:15 / Group A / Noordzee – Old Power 0-10 (0-6)
Scorers / Noordzee: –
Scorers / Old Power: #9 Vesalainen 5, #8 Miinala 3, #1 Seremeti 1, #7 Zoveidavi 1
11 / 11:30 / Group B / GC Niksic – RGC Hansa 2-5 (2-3)
Scorers / GC Niksic: #2 M. Nikolic 1, #4 N. Nikolic 1
Scorers / RGC Hansa: #3 Turloff 2, #7 Tiede 2, #1 Diehm 1
12 / 12:45 / Group B / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Chemnitzer BC 6-13 (1-8)
Scorers / Bruxelles: #5 Mapreni 5, #2 Amnir 1
Scorers / Chemnitzer BC: #6 Hörauf 5, #4 Inaev 3, #8 Schrader 3, #3 Schetelich 2
13 / 15:45 / Quarter Final 1 / Saltinis – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles 12-8 (7-2)
Scorers / Saltinis: #3 Pazarauskas 10, #2 Jonikaitis 1, #6 Prusinskas 1
Scorers / Bruxelles: #5 Mapreni 4, #2 Amnir 3, #4 Dzemail 1
14 / 17:00 / Quarter Final 2 / GC Niksic – Füchse Berlin 14-8 (5-0)
Scorers / GC Niksic: #4 N. Nikolic 6, #2 M. Nikolic 4, #3 Ledinek 3, #5 Ranitovic 1
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: #1 Dennis 7, #8 Peter 1
15 / 18:15 / Quarter Final 3 / RGC Hansa – Noordzee 8-6 (3-2)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: #3 Turloff 5, #7 Tiede 1, #9 Steiger 1, #1 Diehm 1
Scorers / Noordzee: #4 T. Vanhove 4, #9 A. Vanhove 2
16 / 19:30 / Quarter Final 4 / Old Power – Chemnitzer BC 3-7 (1-2)
Scorers / Old Power: #9 Vesalainen 1, #1 Seremeti 1, #8 Miinala 1
Scorers / Chemnitzer: #6 Hörauf 5, #3 Schetelich 2
SUNDAY 30th JUNE 2024
17 / 08:45 / Places 5 – 8: Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Füchse Berlin 13-3 (13-3)
Scorers / Bruxelles: #5 Mapreni 10, #9 Pwati 2, #7 Osmanaj 1
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: #8 Peter 2, #6 Tauscher 1
18 / 10:00 / Places 5 – 8: Noordzee – Old Power 4-8 (1-4)
Scorers / Noordzee: #4 T. Vanhove 2, #9 A. Vanhove 2
Scorers / Old Power: #7 Zoveidavi 5, #8 Miinala 2, #1 Seremeti 1
19 / 11:15 / Semifinal 1: Saltinis – GC Niksic 9-5 (3-4)
Scorers / Saltinis: #3 Pazarauskas 5, #1 Montvydas 4
Scorers / GC Niksic: #4 N. Nikolic 3, #5 Ranitovic 2
20 / 12:30 / Semifinal 2: RGC Hansa – Chemnitzer BC 9-4 (4-3)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: #1 Diehm 5, #3 Turloff 3, #9 Steiger 1
Scorers / Chemnitzer BC: #6 Hörauf 4
21 / 13:45 / Places 7 – 8 / Füchse Berlin – Noordzee 14-6 (6-3)
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: #1 Dennis 12, #8 Peter 2
Scorers / Noordzee: #4 T. Vanhove 6
22 / 15:00 / Places 5 – 6 / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – Old Power 6-7 (3-3)
Scorers / Bruxelles: #4 Dzemail 3, #5 Mapreni 3
Scorers / Old Power: #7 Zoveidavi 4, #8 Miinala 1, #9 Vesalainen 1, #1 Seremeti 1
23 / 16:15 / Bronze Medal Game / GC Niksic – Chemnitzer BC 11-3 (7-1)
Scorers / GC Niksic: #4 N. Nikolic 5, #2 M. Nikolic 3, #3 Ledinek 3
Scorers / Chemnitzer: #6 Hörauf 3
24 / 17:30 / Gold Medal Game / Saltinis – RGC Hansa 4-2 (3-0)
Scorers / Saltinis: #1 Montvydas 2, #3 Pazarauskas 2
Scorers / RGC Hansa: #3 Turloff 2
Top 3 clubs of the EGCA – Champions League & Women’s Champions League 2024 will represent Europe at the Clubs World Cup 2025 tournament in Espoo, Finland!
REGULATIONS
For stage organizers:
For participating clubs: EGCA – Champions League 2024 official rules & regulations