Caption: Logo of the EGCA – Champions League
Welcome to the official web page of the EGCA – Champions League 2025 – Rostock Stage. This stage is one of the 3 qualification stages during the season 2025 and it will run between 7th – 9th March in Rostock, Germany. Three best clubs of the tournament will be qualified to the Final Stage of the Champions League 2025 that will be held in Matosinhos, Portugal in June. Teams that will be ranked at places 4-8 have a chance to take part in the EGCA European Cup 2025 in the end of the year.
The Rostock Stage is head organized by RGC Hansa together with European Goalball Club Association. The venue of the tournament is CJD Campus (address: Groß Schwaßer Weg 11, 18057 Rostock). The floor material of the play court is taraflex.
EVENT PARTNERS
Logo: Rostocker, Seit 1878
Logo: Edeka Warnow Park
Logos of partners: Karls 1921, OstseeSparkasse Rostock, Wiro, Warnow Park, Lions Club Warnemunde, MV tut gut and Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock
PARTICIPATING TEAMS & PLAY SYSTEM
Please find line-ups of the participating clubs here (will be available soon)
There are 8 participating clubs from 7 different countries in the tournament and they are divided in two groups of 4 teams:
Group A: RGC Hansa (GER), ASD Omero Bergamo (ITA), Invasport Ukraine (UKR), FSBU Gothenburg (SWE)
Group B: NGA Lions-Acme (LTU), SSG Blista Marburg (GER), Näpäjä (FIN), GC Perun (CZE)
There is a single round robin played at the Group stage. After the Group stage the quarter finals will be played in following system:
- The winner of the Group A – 4th of the Group B
- The 2nd of the Group B – 3rd of the Group A
- The winner of the Group B – 4th of the Group A
- The 2nd of the Group A – 3rd of the Group B
The winners of the quarter finals will play in the semifinals and medal games of the tournament. The losers of the quarter finals will play for places 5-8 in the tournament.
Attention: Teams ranking in the tournament’s 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 match;
e) If the respective match has finished tie, better is a team who has led at half time;
F. If all the parameters above are tied, then we will have extra throw competition to determine the order of teams.
REFEREES & TECHNICAL TEAM
Following referees take part of the tournament:
Alexander Knecht – Germany (head referee)
Jesper Dahl – Denmark
Alexandre Dias – France
Michal Guminski – Poland
Sarah Küper – Germany
Svitlana Moroz – Ukraine
Aurora Zanolin – Italy
Head of tournament practices:
Steffen Lehmann – Germany
Nico Hoffmann – Germany
Venue manager:
Ellen Kollrep – Germany
EGCA Representative:
Milos Ranitovic – Montenegro
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All 24 games of the tournament will be livestreamed and commentated in English on GoalballTV YouTube channel.
Please stay tuned also for European Goalball Club Association Facebook and Instagram pages.
FINAL RANKING
1 – RGC Hansa
2 – Napaja
3 – NGA Lions
4 – SSG Blista Marburg
5 – FSBU Gothneburg
6 – Invasport Ukraina
7 – ASD Omero Bergamo
8 – GC Perun
AWARDS
Topscorrer – John Turloff
MVP – Yuta Kawashima
STANDINGS / GROUP A
Position – Team / Games / Wins / Ties / Losses / Goal Difference / Points
1 -RGC Hansa (GER), / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 / +27 (34-7) / 9
2 -Invasport Ukraine (UKR), / 3 / 2 / 0 / 1 / +4 (21-17) / 6
3 -FSBU Gothenburg (SWE) /3 / 1 / 0 / 2 / -9 (16-25) / 3
4 – ASD Omero Bergamo (ITA), / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3 / -22 (12-34) / 0
STANDINGS / GROUP B
Position – Team / Games / Wins / Ties / Losses / Goal Difference / Points
1- NGA Lions-Acme (LTU), / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 / +18 (33-15) / 9
2 -SSG Blista Marburg (GER), / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / +7 (22-15) / 4
3 – Näpäjä (FIN), / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / +3 (19-16) / 4
4 – GC Perun (CZE)/ 3 / 0 / 0 / 3 / -28 (10-38) / 0
SCORERS
GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: The time zone in Germany is UTC+1.
FRIDAY 7th March 2025
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team / Away Team
1 / 08:15 / Group A / Invasport Ukraine – RGC Hansa (0:4) 1:11
Scorers / Invasport Ukraine: Vasyl Oliinyk 1
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Fabian Diehm 4, John Turloof 6, Thomas Steiger 1
2 / 09:20 / Group A / ASD Omero Bergamo – FSBU Gothenburg (2:3) 4:12
Scorers / ASD Omero Bergamo: Christian Belotti 3, Gennaro Florio 1
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Ludvig Nilsson 1, Felix Rosvall 7, olof Ryberg 4
3 / 10:25 / Group B / NGA Lions – GC Perun (6:4) 17:7
Scorers / NGA Lions: Arturas Jonikaitis 5, Nerijus Montvydas 5, Normantas Prusinskas 6, Nojus Vaiciakauskas 1
Scorers / GC Perun: Jan Bosek 6, Martin Jozifek 1
4 / 11:30 / Group B / Näpäjä – SSG Blista Marburg (4:1) 6:6
Scorers / Näpäjä: Joni Ylönen 2, Petri Posio 3, Jarno Mattila 1
Scorers / SSG Blista Marburg: Daniel Arendar 4, Nils Emig 2
5 / 12:35 / Group A / RGC Hansa – ASD Omero Bergamo (4:2) 10:3
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Kilian Kollrep 3, John Turloff 5, Fabian Diehm 1, Reno Tiede 1
Scorers / ASD Omero Bergamo: Dario Merelli 3
6 / 13:40 / Group A / FSBU Gothenburg – Invasport Ukraine (1:4) 1:8
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Olof Ryberg 1
Scorers / Invasport Ukraine: Vasyl Oliinyk 5, Rodion Zhyhalin 2, Anton Strelchyk 1
7 / 14:45 / Group B / GC Perun – Näpäjä (2:5) 2:10
Scorers / GC Perun: Jan Bosek 2
Scorers / Näpäjä: Petri Posio 5, Joni Ylönen 2, Leo Hintsanen 1, Yuta Kawashima 2
8 / 15:50 / Group B / SSG Blista Marburg – NGA Lions (1:6) 5:8
Scorers / SSG Blista Marburg: Nils Emig 1, Roman Qayumi 3, Annkathrin Denker 1
Scorers / NGA Lions: Arturas Jonikaitis 3, Nerijus Montvydas 5
9 / 16:55 / Group A / Invasport Ukraine – ASD Omero Bergamo (5:2) 12:5
Scorers / Invasport Ukraine: Yevheniy Tsyhanenko 4, Vasyl Oliinyk 3, Anton Strelchyk 4, Fedir Sydorenko 1
Scorers / ASD Omero Bergamo: Christian Belotti 3, Gennaro Florio 1, Dario Merelli 1
10 / 18:00 / Group A / RGC Hansa – FSBU Gothenburg (6:2) 13:3
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 7, Reno Tiede 2, Kilian Kollrep 4
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Felix Rosvall 2, Olof Ryberg 1
11 / 19:05 / Group B / NGA Lions – Näpäjä (3:1) 8:3
Scorers / NGA Lions: Arturas Jonikaitis 4, Nerijus Montvydas 4
Scorers / Näpäjä: Jarno Mattila 3
12 / 20:10 / Group B / GC Perun – SSG Blista Marburg (1:11) 1:11
Scorers / GC Perun: jan Singer 1
Scorers / SSG Blista Marburg: Nils Emig 4, Jonah Schmitt 2, Annkatrin Denker 2, Kürsat Özdemir 3
Saturday 8th March 2025
13 / 10:00 / Quarter Final 1 / RGC Hansa – GC Perun (10:0) 10:0
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 8, Fabian Diehm 1, Thomas Steiger 1
Scorers / GC Perun:
14 / 11:15 / Quarter Final 2 / SSG Blista Marburg – FSBU Gothenburg (4:4) 10:5
Scorers / SSG Blista Marburg: Daniel Arendar 5, Nils Emig 4, Kürsat Özdemir 1
Scorers / SFBU Gothenburg: Felix Rosvall 3, Olof Ryberg 2
15 / 12:30 / Quarter Final 3 / NGA Lions – ASD Omero Bergamo (3:1) 4:4 After over time 5:4
Scorers / NGA Lions: Normantas Prusinskas 1, Arturas Jonikaitis 1, Nerijus Montvydas 3 (including over time goal)
Scorers / ASD Omero Bergamo: Christian Belotti 4
16 / 13:45 / Quarter Final 4 / Invasport Ukraine – Näpäjä (2:3) 2:4
Scorers / Invasport Ukraine: Vasyl Oliinyk 1, Anton Strelchyk 1
Scorers / Näpäjä: Petri Posio 2, Jarno Mattila 2
17 / 15:00 / Places 5-8 / GC Perun – FSBU Gothenburg (2:9) 7:14
Scorers / GC Perun: Martin Jozifek 5, Jan Bosek 2
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg Olof Ryberg 8, Felix Rosvall 4, Hugo Axel Johansson 2
18 / 16:15 / Semifinal 1 / RGC Hansa – SSG Blista Marburg (5:3) 13:5
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 8, Kilian Kollrep 4, Fabian Diehm 1
Scorers / SSG Blista Marburg: Daniel Arendar 4, Roman Qayumi 1
19 / 17:30 / Places 5-8 / ASD Omero Bergamo – Invasport Ukraine (4:8) 9:11
Scorers / ASD Omero Bergamo: Christian Belotti 5, Dario Merelli 2, Filippo Pezzotta 2
Scorers / Invasport Ukraine: Yevheniy Tsyhanenko 8, Fedir Sydorenko 1, Oleksandr Toporkov 1, Vasyl Oliinyk 1
20 / 18:45 / Semifinal 2 / NGA Lions – Näpäjä (0:1) 2:4
Scorers / NGA Lions: Arturas Jonikaitis 2
Scorers / Näpäjä: Petri Posio 3, Joni Ylönen 1
Sunday 9th March 2025
21 / 08:15 / Places 7-8 / GC Perun – ASD Omero Bergamo (3:9) 3:13
Scorers / GC Perun: Jan Bosek 3
Scorers / ASD Omero Bergamo: Dario Merelli 7, Christian Belotti 6
22 / 09:30 / Places 5-6 / FSBU Gothenburg – Invasport Ukraine (1:1) 3:2
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Felix Rosvall 2, Olof Ryberg 1
Scorers / Invasport Ukraine: Vasyl Oliinyk 1, Anton Strelchyk 1
23 / 10:45 / Places 3-4 / SSG Blista Marburg – NGA Lions (2:5) 5:15
Scorers / SSG Blista Marburg: Nils Emig 2, Jonah Schmit 1, Roman Quayumi 1, Annkathrin Denker 1
Scorers / NGA Lions: Arturas Jonikaitis 8, Normantas Prusinskas 4 Nojus Vaiciakauskas 3
24 / 12:00 / Final Game / RGC Hansa – Näpäjä (1:1) 4:4 After over time 5:4
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 3, Kilian Kolrep 2
Scorers / Näpäjä: Jarno Mattila 1, Yuta Kawashima 1, Petri Posio 2