Welcome to the official website of the EGCA Champions League 2026 Barcelona Qualification Stage that will be held in the city of Barcelona, Spain from 26th February – 1st March 2026. The tournament is head organized by ONCE Catalunya in cooperation with European Goalball Club Association.
The venue of the event is TD ONCE Catalunya (address: c/ Sepúlveda, 1, 08015 Barcelona). Teams and referees will be accommodated at the Hotel Onix and ONCE Residence.
CONTACT DETAILS
The tournament director – David Huguet
WhatsApp: +34 659865041
Email: david.huguet@once.es
EGCA Representative – Emma Evans
Phone: +44 7415479203
Email: fentigers@outlook.com
EVENT SPONSORS & PARTNERS
PARTICIPATING TEAMS, GROUPS AND PLAY SYSTEM
Please find line-ups of the participating teams here
The tournament features 8 clubs, divided into two preliminary groups of four teams as follows:
Group A: Näpäjä (FIN), Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles (BEL), RGC Hansa Rostock (GER), ONCE Catalunya (SPA)
Group B: Northern Allstars (GBR), Aarhus Goalball (DEN), BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow (POL), Sporting CP (POR)
Within the groups, teams play a single round-robin format. After the group stage, the tournament advances to the quarterfinals, where the winner of one group faces the fourth-placed team of the other group, and the second-placed team faces the third-placed team from the other group.
The winners of the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals, while the losing teams play placement matches for places 5–8.
The winners of the semifinals advance to the tournament final, securing their place in the Champions League season’s Final Stage. The teams that lose in the semifinals compete in the bronze medal match, the winner of which qualifies as the third team for the season-ending Final Stage in Berlin, Germany, in September.
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
In the quarterfinals, semifinals, medal matches, and placement matches, each game is played to a decisive result. If the match is tied after regulation time, a 6-minute golden goal overtime is played (the first team to score wins). If the game remains tied after overtime, an extra throws competition is used to determine the winner.
REFEREES, PROTEST & TOURNAMENT JURY
Following referees will officiate in the tournament:
Raquel Aguado – Spain (IBSA level III), Chief Referee
Robert Avery – Great Britain (IBSA level III)
Thomas Baerz – Germany (IBSA level III)
Esamatti Käkelä – Finland (IBSA level III)
Thiago Oliveira – Portugal (IBSA level III)
Aurora Zanolin – Italy (IBSA level III)
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:
Tournament director: David Huguet
Chief Referee: Raquel Aguado (If Raquel has officiated in a match that is the subject of a protest, she will be replaced by another referee selected by the EGCA representative)
EGCA Representative: Emma Evans
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the games will be livestreamed on Goalball TV YouTube channel
The games will be commentated by Marc Barraca and Niall Geddes.
Please follow results on this web page as well as on ONCE Catalunya Instagram
FINAL RANKING
Waiting for the results
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Waiting for the results
GROUP STANDINGS & SCORER LIST
Attention: Time zone of Spain is UTC+1
Friday 27th February 2026
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team – Away Team
1 / 08:00 / Group A / Näpäjä – ONCE Catalunya
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2 / 09:05 / Group A / Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles – RGC Hansa Rostock
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3 / 10:10 / Group B / Northern Allstars – Sporting CP
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4 / 11:15 / Group B / Aarhus Goalball – BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow
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5 / 12:20 / Group A / RGC Hansa Rostock – Näpäjä
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6 / 13:25 / Group A / ONCE Catalunya – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles
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7 / 14:30 / Group B / BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow – Northern Allstars
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8 / 15:35 / Group B / Sporting CP – Aarhus Goalball
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9 / 16:40 / Group A / Näpäjä – Ha. Vi. 2 Bruxelles
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10 / 17:45 / Group A / RGC Hansa Rostock – ONCE Catalunya
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11 / 18:50 / Group B / Northern Allstars – Aarhus Goalball
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12 / 19:55 / Group B / BRUK-BET Termalica Krakow – Sporting CP
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Saturday 28th February 2026
13 / 10:30 / Quarter Final 1 / 1st Group A – 4th Group B
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14 / 11:45 / Quarter Final 2 / 2nd Group B – 3rd Group A
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15 / 13:00 / Quarter Final 3 / 1st Group B – 4th Group A
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16 / 14:15 / Quarter Final 4 / 2nd Group A – 3rd Group B
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17 / 15:30 / Places 5-8 / Loser Game 13 – Loser Game 14
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18 / 16:45 / Semifinal 1 / Winner Game 13 – Winner Game 14
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19 / 18:00 / Places 5-8 / Loser Game 15 – Loser Game 16
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20 / 19:15 / Semifinal 2 / Winner Game 15 – Winner Game 16
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Sunday 1st March 2026
21 / 08:45 / Places 7-8 / Loser Game 17 – Loser Game 19
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22 / 10:00 / Places 5-6 / Winner Game 17 – Winner Game 19
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23 / 11:15 / Bronze Medal Game / Loser Game 18 – Loser Game 20
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24 / 12:30 / Gold Medal Game / Winner Game 18 – Winner Game 20
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