The 12th edition of the EGCA Champions League will be played during year 2026. EGCA Champions League 2026 season is managed by the EGCA Competition Committee in cooperation with the organizing clubs.
If you have questions about this greatest club goalball competition of the World don’t hesitate to contact us by email: egca.office@gmail.com or by WhatsApp: Erkki Miinala – Chairperson of the EGCA Competition Committee (+358442912126)
RULES & REGULATIONS
Please find below the documents for rules & regulations of the Champions League & Women’s Champions League 2026 and the requirements & responsibilities of the organizer of the Champions League or Women’s Champions League.
ATHLETE REGULATION
(1) A team can name maximum 10 athletes in its squad during EGCA Champions League 2026 season (qualification stage + final stage). The line-up must be informed by a team no later than 30 days before the start of a qualification stage or the Final Stage. For Women´s Champions League, this has to be done 30 days before the tournament starts. The roster has to be registered with EGCA using an official form or online system.
(2) An athlete can represent only one club during a Champions League season except female athletes who can play for one club in the Champions League and for another in the Women’s Champions League.
(3) There must be always minimum 4 and maximum 6 registered athletes / team at a Champions League or Women’s Champions League stage.
(4) There must be always a minimum one IBSA classified athlete in a squad of a team at a Champions League / Women’s Champions League stage.
(5) Unclassified athletes (also sighted) athletes are eligible in the Champions League / Women’s Champions League.
(6) A club must always have local athletes in its line-up for the EGCA Champions League or Women’s Champions League stage. A local athlete is a player who has played for the club’s team during the last two national league seasons (the current season counts) or in two consecutive national championships (the current year counts) or in three consecutive years in EGCA competitions (current year counts).
(7) If a team registers 6 athletes in its line-up for the EGCA Champions League or Women’s Champions League stage, four of these athletes must be local athletes; if the team registers 5 athletes, three must be local; and if the team registers 4 athletes, three must be local. The nationality of the athlete does not matter, as long as the athlete meets the above-mentioned local player criteria. This rule also applies to athletes who come from the same country as the club.
(8) A club may register EU citizens in its line-up who does not meet the local athlete criteria.
(9) A club may register one non-EU citizen in its lineup who does not meet the local athlete criteria.
(10) A female athlete can take part in the Champions League and it will not prevent them to take part inWomen’s Champions League, Youth Championships or EGCA Grand Prix tournaments. A female athlete can also represent another club in another competition like one in the Champions League and another in the EGCA Grand Prix.
(11) A U23 male athlete can take part in the Champions League and Youth Championships during the same year. A youth athlete can also represent one club in the Champions League and another at the EGCA Youth Championships.
(12) A male athlete who has taken part of the Champions League can’t play the EGCA Grand Prix during the same year except U20 athletes.
(13) An athlete who has participated in the Champions League qualification stage but whose team has not advanced to the Final Stage, can take part in the EGCA European Cup representing the same team as in the Champions League qualification stage.
(14) Failure to comply with registration rules results in a 10-0 loss in the game.
QUALIFICATION STAGES
There are three qualification stages during the Champions League 2026 season:
- 19th – 22nd February 2026, Odivelas, Portugal organized by Clube Atlético E Cultural
- Qualified clubs to the Final Stage: FSBU Gothenburg (SWE), Fen Tigers (GBR), CA Cultural (POR)
- 26th February – 1st March 2026, Barcelona, Spain organized by ONCE Catalunya
- Qualified clubs to the Final Stage: Aarhus Goalball (DEN), BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow (POL), RGC Hansa Rostock (GER)
- 26th – 29th March 2026, Nis, Serbia organized by GC NAIS
- Qualified clubs to the Final Stage: Old Power (FIN), Nilüfer Buges (TUR), Cankaya (TUR)
FINAL STAGE
The official website of the Final Stage in Berlin
The Final Stage of the EGCA Champions League 2026 will take Place in the capital of Germany, Berlin from 16th to 20th September 2026. There are 3 best clubs from each 3 qualification stages and the host club Füchse Berlin (qualified automatically) competing at the Final Stage for the European Championships medals.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2026 RANKING
You can find the official ECL26 ranking here (updated after the Final stage)
The ranking will be used primarily for the qualification of the clubs to the EGCA European Cup 2026 and place in the Champions League in 2027 (in conjunction with existing rules).
SCORER LIST OF THE SEASON
Position – Player’s Name / Team / Total
1 – John Turloff / RGC Hansa Rostock / 92
2 – Marcin Czerwinski / Termalica Krakow / 84
3 – Ekrem Gündogdu / Cankaya / 70
4 – Nerijus Montvydas / Old Power / 56
5 – Dan Roper / Fen Tigers / 54
6 – Bilal Tekin / Nilüfer Buges / 45
7 – Javier Serrato / CA Cultural / 40
8 – Caspar Gregersen / Aarhus Goalball / 39
9 – Erkki Miinala / Old Power / 37
10 – Felix Rosvall / FSBU Gothenburg / 36
11 – Elias Ouni / ASCND Marseille / 32
11 – Hadiley Sacramento / Sporting CP / 32
13 – Olof Ryberg / FSBU Gothenburg / 30
14 – Ehsan Zoveidavi / Old Power / 28
15 – Ebubekir Siddik Kara / Nilüfer Buges / 27
15 – Nikola Nikolic / GC Niksic / 27
17 – Josh McEntee / Fen Tigers / 26
18 – Joao Mota / CA Cultural / 25
19 – Michael Dennis / Füchse Berlin / 24
19 – Sigurd Lund / Aarhus Goalball / 24
19 – Dominik Medrala / Termalica Krakow / 24
22 – Fabio Oliveira / FC Porto / 23
23 – Diego Azevedo / FC Porto / 22
23 – Nils Emig / SSG Blista Marburg / 22
23 – Felix Vargas / ONCE Catalunya / 22
26 – Oguzhan Yimaz / Cankaya / 21
27 – Daniel Arendar / SSG Blista Marburg / 20
27 – Gustav Koch Rasmussen / BSI Copenhagen / 20
29 – Christian Belotti / ASD Omero Bergamo / 19
30 – Caleb Nanevie / Northern Allstars / 18
30 – Caner Keles / Nilüfer Buges / 18
30 – Markus Tihumäki / Aisti Sport / 18
30 – Baris Tosun / Cankaya / 18
34 – Abdullah Aydogdu / Cankaya / 15
35 – Arttu Cowell / Aisti Sport / 14
35 – Kilian Kollrep / RGC Hansa Rostock / 14
35 – Dimitrije Ostojic / GC NAIS / 14
38 – Bartlomiej Niesyczynski / Termalica Krakow / 13
39 – Alesio Delia / Kleio Thessaloniki / 12
39 – Hilmi Uslu / Nilüfer Buges / 12
41 – Mads Faurholt Laursen / Aarhus Goalball / 11
41 – Seemi Hintsanen / Old Power / 11
41 – Tom Vanhove / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles / 11
44 – Genís Quiroga / ONCE Catalunya / 10
44 – Ivailo Vatov / Kleio Thessaloniki / 10
46 – Tomas Delfim / Sporting CP / 9
46 – Furkan Deymez / Nilüfer Buges / 9
46 – Silas Friis-Hansen / BSI Copenhagen / 9
46 – Luis Miguel / Sporting CP / 9
46 – Felix Rogge / Old Power / 9
51 – Wassime Amnir / ASCND Marseille / 8
51 – Leo Hintsanen / Aisti Sport / 8
51 – Matej Ledinek / GC Niksic / 8
51 – Jack Peters / Fen Tigers / 8
51 – David Scott / Northern Allstars / 8
51 – Eemi Utriainen / Näpäjä / 8
57 – Cemil Dzemail / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles / 7
57 – Miika Honkanen / Aisti Sport / 7
57 – Veselin Kushnerenkov / GC NAIS / 7
57 – Marko Nikolic / GC Niksic / 7
57 – Vladimir Pavicevic / GC NAIS / 7
57 – Joni Ylönen / Näpäjä / 7
63 – Jens Dahl / BSI Copenhagen / 6
63 – Fabian Diehm / RGC Hansa Rostock / 6
63 – Milosh Grlica / Club Fenix / 6
63 – Sercan Kaya / Cankaya / 6
63 – Matthew Loftus / Northern Allstars / 6
63 – Giuseppe Pratico / ASD Omero Bergamo / 6
63 – Miroslav Topalov / Club Fenix / 6
70 – Christian Mair / ASD Omero Bergamo / 5
70 – Joao Pereira / CA Cultural / 5
70 – Daniel Sanchez / CA Cultural / 5
70 – Valdemar Schmidt-Kristensen / Aarhus Goalball / 5
70 – Phillipp Schrader / RGC Hansa Rostock / 5
70 – Reno Tiede / RGC Hansa Rostock / 5
70 – Justin Verplancke / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles / 5
70 – Stanislav Yordanov / GC NAIS / 5
78 – Kali Holder / Füchse Berlin / 4
78 – Oljan Mapreni / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles / 4
78 – Dom Roper / Fen Tigers / 4
78 – Tomi Vesalainen / Näpäjä / 4
82 – Filip Arsov / Club Fenix / 3
82 – Nabil Baich / ASCND Marseille / 3
82 – Sergi Baron / ONCE Catalunya / 3
82 – Haris Crnovrshanin / Club Fenix / 3
82 – Mathias Jensen / Aarhus Goalball / 3
82 – Thomas Ramos-Martins / ASCND Marseille / 3
82 – Peter Refer / BSI Copenhagen / 3
82 – Kürsat Özdemir / SSG Blista Marburg / 3
90 – Vasiliki Agko / Kleio Thessaloniki / 2
90 – Onur Cakel / Nilüfer Buges / 2
90 – Volkan Demir / Cankaya / 2
90 – Krister Linnas / Kleio Thessaloniki / 2
90 – Velizar Obradovic / GC Niksic / 2
90 – Endrit Osmanaj / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles / 2
90 – Georgios Papadopoulos / Kleio Thessaloniki / 2
90 – Alexander Smedberg / FSBU Gothenburg / 2
90 – Lois Turner / Northern Allstars / 2
90 – Krystian Tyburski / Termalica Krakow / 2
90 – Szymon Tyburski / Termalica Krakow / 2
101 – Mantas Brazauskis / Old Power / 1
101 – David Butler / Northern Allstars / 1
101 – Hugo Cavaco / Sporting CP / 1
101 – Carlos Coutinho / FC Porto / 1
101 – Sem De Jong / Aarhus Goalball / 1
101 – Guillermo Fernandez / ONCE Catalunya / 1
101 – Juan Garcia / ONCE Catalunya / 1
101 – David Gomes / Sporting CP / 1
101 – Hugo Axell Johansson / FSBU Gothenburg / 1
101 – Jose Paixao / CA Cultural / 1
101 – Rodolfo Pereira / CA Cultural / 1