The EGCA Champions League Season 2026 began with the first qualification stage that was held in Odivelas, Portugal from 20th to 22nd February, head organized by Clube Atlético E Cultural in cooperation with European Goalball Club Association.
The venue was the Odivelas Multipurpose Pavilion. The second largest sport venue in the Lisbon metropolitan area. Teams and referees were accommodated at the Hotel Real Oeiras
Please read the exlusive tournament summary here
CONTACT DETAILS
The tournament director was Mauro Diogo
Email: cac.desportoadaptado@gmail.com
Phone: +351915802609
The EGCA Representative of the tournament was Erkki Miinala
Email: egca.office@gmail.com
Phone: +358442912126
EVENT SPONSORS & PARTNERS
PARTICIPATING CLUBS, GROUPS AND PLAY SYSTEM
Please find line-ups of the participating clubs here
The tournament featured 8 clubs, divided into two preliminary groups of four teams as follows:
Group A: FC Porto (POR), ASD Omero Bergamo (ITA), SSG Blista Marburg (GER), Fen Tigers (GBR)
Group B: ASCND Marseille (FRA), FSBU Gothenburg (SWE), BSI Copenhagen (DEN), CA Cultural (POR)
Within the groups, teams played a single round-robin format. After the group stage, the tournament advanced to the quarterfinals, where the winner of one group faced the fourth-placed team of the other group, and the second-placed team faced the third-placed team from the other group.
The winners of the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals, while the losing teams played placement matches for places 5–8.
The winners of the semifinals advanced to the tournament final, securing their place in the Champions League season’s Final Stage. The teams that lose in the semifinals competed in the bronze medal match, the winner of which qualified as the third team for the season-ending Final Stage in Berlin, Germany, in September.
The tournament was played under existing IBSA 2025 rules.
A team earned 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 was 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:
Margarida Cabral – Portugal – Technical Delegate
Raquel Aguado – Spain
Michal Guminski – Poland
Rute Medeiros – Portugal
Fabiana Milioransa – Brazil
Larissa Quimaraes – Brazil
Bas Spaans – The Netherlands
Virginia Rodriguez – Spain (table official / 10 second timer)
A protest should be given literally to the technical delegate 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: Mauro Diogo
Technical Delegate: Ana Margarida Cabral
EGCA Representative: Erkki Miinala
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the games were livestreamed on Goalball TV YouTube channel
The games were commentated by Christoph Scholtz, Margarida Cabral and Erkki Miinala.
The results and stats are available on this web page as well as on EGCA Odivelas Champions League on Facebook and Instagram.
FINAL RANKING
- FSBU Gothenburg
- Fen Tigers
- CA Cultural
- ASCND Marseille
- ASD Omero Bergamo
- FC Porto
- SSG Blista Marburg
- BSI Copenhagen
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Top Scorer – Elias Ouni (ASCND Marseille(, 32 goals
GROUP STANDINGS & SCORER LIST
GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: Time zone of Portugal is UTC+0
Friday 20th February 2026
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team – Away Team
1 / 08:00 / Group A / FC Porto – Fen Tigers 6-6 (3-5)
Scorers / FC Porto: Diego Azevedo 4, Fabio Oliveira 2
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Josh McEntee 3, Dan Roper 3
2 / 09:05 / Group A / ASD Omero Bergamo – SSG Blista Marburg 6-5 (6-3)
Scorers / Bergamo: Christian Belotti 2, Christian Mair 2, Giuseppe Pratico 2
Scorers / Marburg: Daniel Arendar 3, Nils Emig 2
3 / 10:10 / Group B / ASCND Marseille – CA Cultural 4-8 (2-2)
Scorers / Marseille: Elias Ouni 2, Wassime Amnir 1, Thomas Ramos-Martins 1
Scorers / CAC: Javier Serrato 5, Joao Mota 3
4 / 11:15 / Group B / FSBU Gothenburg – BSI Copenhagen 3-5 (0-1)
Scorers / FSBU: Felix Rosvall 2, Olof Ryberg 1
Scorers / BSI: Gustav Koch Rasmussen 5
5 / 12:20 / Group A / SSG Blista Marburg – FC Porto 7-11 (2-8)
Scorers / Marburg: Daniel Arendar 3, Nils Emig 2, Kürsat Özdemir 2
Scorers / FC Porto: Diego Azevedo 5, Fabio Oliveira 4, Carlos Coutinho 1, Opponent’s own goal 1
6 / 13:25 / Group A / Fen Tigers – ASD Omero Bergamo 7-3 (2-3)
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 5, Josh McEntee 1, Dom Roper 1
Scorers / Bergamo: Christian Belotti 3
7 / 14:30 / Group B / BSI Copenhagen – ASCND Marseille 13-18 (8-11)
Scorers / BSI: Gustav Koch Rasmussen 8, Silas Friis-Hansen 2, Peter Refer 2, Jens Dahl 1
Scorers / Marseille: Elias Ouni 12, Wassime Amnir 4, Thomas Ramos-Martins 1, Opponent’s own goal 1
8 / 15:35 / Group B / CA Cultural – FSBU Gothenburg 10-1 (6-1)
Scorers / CAC: Javier Serrato 6, Joao Pereira 2, Joao Mota 1, Rodolfo Pereira 1
Scorers / FSBU: Felix Rosvall 1
9 / 16:40 / Group A / FC Porto – ASD Omero Bergamo 10-3 (5-2)
Scorers / FC Porto: Fabio Oliveira 7, Diego Azevedo 3
Scorers / Bergamo: Giuseppe Pratico 3
10 / 17:45 / Group A / SSG Blista Marburg – Fen Tigers 9-1 (6-1)
Scorers / Marburg: Nils Emig 6, Daniel Arendar 3
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Josh McEntee 1
11 / 18:50 / Group B / ASCND Marseille – FSBU Gothenburg 9-11 (3-6)
Scorers / Marseille: Elias Ouni 6, Wassime Amnir 2, Opponent’s own goal 1
Scorers / FSBU: Felix Rosvall 7, Olof Ryberg 4
12 / 19:55 / Group B / BSI Copenhagen – CA Cultural 3-7 (0-4)
Scorers / BSI: Silas Friis-Hansen 2, Gustav Koch Rasmussen 1
Scorers / CAC: Joao Mota 2, Joao Pereira 2, Javier Serrato 2, Jose Paixao 1
Saturday 21st February 2026
13 / 10:30 / Quarter Final 1 / FC Porto – FSBU Gothenburg 5-7 (0-4)
Scorers / FC Porto: Diego Azevedo 3, Fabio Oliveira 2
Scorers / FSBU: Felix Rosvall 4, Olof Ryberg 3
14 / 11:45 / Quarter Final 2 / ASCND Marseille – SSG Blista Marburg 9-5 (5-2)
Scorers / Marseille: Elias Ouni 6, Wassime Amnir 1, Nabil Baich 1, Thomas Ramos-Martins 1
Scorers / Marburg: Nils Emig 3, Daniel Arendar 1, Kürsat Özdemir 1
15 / 13:00 / Quarter Final 3 / CA Cultural – ASD Omero Bergamo 5-2 (1-1)
Scorers / CA Cultural: Joao Mota 4, Javier Serrato 1
Scorers / Bergamo: Christian Belotti 1, Christian Mair 1
16 / 14:15 / Quarter Final 4 / Fen Tigers – BSI Copenhagen 6-3 (4-3)
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Josh McEntee 5, Dan Roper 1
Scorers / BSI: Gustav Koch Rasmussen 2, Silas Friis-Hansen 1
17 / 15:30 / Places 5-8 / FC Porto – SSG Blista Marburg 9-8 (4-4)
Scorers / FC Porto: Fabio Oliveira 6, Diego Azevedo 3
Scorers / Marburg: Daniel Arendar 4, Nils Emig 4
18 / 16:45 / Semifinal 1 / FSBU Gothenburg – ASCND Marseille 8-3 (3-2)
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Olof Ryberg 6, Felix Rosvall 2
Scorers / Marseille: Elias Ouni 3
19 / 18:00 / Places 5-8 / ASD Omero Bergamo – BSI Copenhagen 9-8 (4-4)
Scorers / Bergamo: Christian Belotti 7, Christian Mair 1, Giuseppe Pratico 1
Scorers / BSI: Jens Dahl 3, Gustav Koch Rasmussen 3, Silas Friis-Hansen 1, Peter Refer 1
20 / 19:15 / Semifinal 2 / CA Cultural – Fen Tigers 6-7 (2-6)
Scorers / CA Cultural: Joao Mota 3, Javier Serrato 3
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 6, Josh McEntee 1
Sunday 22nd February 2026
21 / 08:45 / Places 7-8 / SSG Blista Marburg – BSI Copenhagen 11-6 (9-4)
Scorers / Marburg: Daniel Arendar 6, Nils Emig 5
Scorers / BSI: Silas Friis-Hansen 3, Jens Dahl 2, Gustav Koch Rasmussen 1
22 / 10:00 / Places 5-6 / FC Porto – ASD Omero Bergamo 6-7 (3-1)
Scorers / FC Porto: Diego Azevedo 4, Fabio Oliveira 2
Scorers / Bergamo: Christian Belotti 6, Christian Mair 1
23 / 11:15 / Bronze Medal Game / ASCND Marseille – CA Cultural 5-14 (2-4)
Scorers / Marseille: Elias Ouni 3, Nabil Baich 2
Scorers / CA Cultural: Javier Serrato 9, Joao Mota 5
24 / 12:30 / Gold Medal Game / FSBU Gothenburg – Fen Tigers 10-6 (6-2)
Scorers / Gothenburg: Felix Rjosvall 8, Olof Ryberg 2
Scorers / Fen Tigers: Dan Roper 3, Dom Roper 2, Josh McEntee 1