The EGCA Champions League Season 2026 will begin with the first qualification stage that will be 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 is the Odivelas Multipurpose Pavilion. The second largest venue in the Lisbon metropolitan area. Teams and referees will be accommodated at the Hotel Real Oeiras
CONTACT DETAILS
The tournament director is Mauro Diogo
Email: cac.desportoadaptado@gmail.com
Phone: +351915802609
The EGCA Representative of the tournament is 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 features 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 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:
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 will be livestreamed on Goalball TV YouTube channel
The games will be 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
Waiting for the results
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Waiting for the results
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
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2 / 09:05 / Group A / ASD Omero Bergamo – SSG Blista Marburg
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3 / 10:10 / Group B / ASCND Marseille – CA Cultural
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4 / 11:15 / Group B / FSBU Gothenburg – BSI Copenhagen
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5 / 12:20 / Group A / SSG Blista Marburg – FC Porto
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6 / 13:25 / Group A / Fen Tigers – ASD Omero Bergamo
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7 / 14:30 / Group B / BSI Copenhagen – ASCND Marseille
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8 / 15:35 / Group B / CA Cultural – FSBU Gothenburg
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9 / 16:40 / Group A / FC Porto – ASD Omero Bergamo
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10 / 17:45 / Group A / SSG Blista Marburg – Fen Tigers
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11 / 18:50 / Group B / ASCND Marseille – FSBU Gothenburg
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12 / 19:55 / Group B / BSI Copenhagen – CA Cultural
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Saturday 21st 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 22nd February 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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