Warmly welcome to the official website of the EGCA Espoo Grand Prix 2026 tournament. The tournament will be organised by the traditional Finnish goalball club Old Power in Espoo, Finland, from 25–27 September 2026.
CONTACT DETAILS
The Tournament Director is Erkki Miinala
Email: oldpowerespoo@gmail.com
Phone: +358 44 291 2126
The EGCA Representative is Nerijus Montvydas
Email: nerijus.montvydas@gmail.com
Phone: +370 601 76912
VENUE & ACCOMMODATION
The tournament venue is Sport Hall of Leppävaara
Address: Veräjäpellonkatu 6, Espoo
The hall has a wooden parquet floor and a spectator capacity of 450.
Teams, referees and some volunteers will be accommodated at Comfort Hotel Sello
Address: Leppävaarankatu 1, Espoo
The distance between the venue and the hotel is 1.4 kilometres on foot.
TOURNAMENT SPONSORS & PARTNERS
Information will be updated soon.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS, GROUPS & COMPETITION FORMAT
You can find the rosters of the participating teams here
Eight teams from five different countries will participate in the tournament. The teams have been divided into two groups of four as follows:
Group A: Old Power (FIN), Aragon GC (ESP), Goalball Klub Odense (DEN), USV Hercules (NED)
Group B: Aisti Sport (FIN), Goalball Navarra (ESP), Näpäjä (FIN), Winchester GC (GBR)
All the matches will be played under the existing IBSA 2025 rules. The teams will play a single round-robin in the group stage, with each team playing against every other team in their group.
After the group stage, the two highest-ranked teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals and medal matches. The teams finishing third in their respective groups will play for 5th–6th place, while the teams finishing fourth will play for 7th–8th place.
All semi-final, placement and medal matches will be played to a decisive result.
If a match is tied after regulation time, a 6-minute golden-goal overtime will be played. The first team to score wins the match. If the match remains tied after overtime, an extra throws competition will be held to determine the winner.
In the group stage, teams earn 3 points from a victory, 1 point from a tie and 0 points from a loss. Teams will be ranked according to the following criteria:
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
REFEREES, PROTEST PROCEDURES & TOURNAMENT JURY
The following referees will officiate at the tournament:
Esamatti Käkelä – Finland (Chief Referee)
Ana Margarida Capral – Portugal
Maija Huitu – Finland
Mirjam Klaver – Netherlands
Mischa Olsen – Denmark
Joona Somerkivi – Finland
Mohamed Yassine – Algeria
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.
Tournament Jury
Esamatti Käkelä – Chief Referee
Erkki Miinala – Tournament Director
Nerijus Montvydas – EGCA Representative
FINAL RANKING
Will be updated after the tournament.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Will be updated after the tournament.
GROUP STANDINGS & SCORER LIST
Group Standings (Link will be published closer to the event))
Scorer List (Link will be published closer to the event)
SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: Time zone of Finland is (UTC+3).
Friday 25th September
Start Time / Game Number / Home Team – Away Team
1 / 15:00 / Group B / Näpäjä – Aisti Sport
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2 / 16:10 / Group B / Winchester GC – Goalball Navarra
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3 / 17:20 / Group A / Old Power – Goalball Klub Odense
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4 / 18:30 / Group A / Aragon GC – USV Hercules
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5 / 19:40 / Group B / Goalball Navarra – Näpäjä
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Saturday 26th September
6 / 09:00 / Group B / Aisti Sport – Winchester GC
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7 / 10:05 / Group A / USV Hercules – Old Power
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8 / 11:10 / Group A / Goalball Klub Odense – Aragon GC
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9 / 12:15 / Group B / Näpäjä – Winchester GC
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10 / 13:20 / Group B / Goalball Navarra – Aisti Sport
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11 / 14:25 / Group A / Old Power – Aragon GC
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12 / 15:30 / Group A / USV Hercules – Goalball Klub Odense
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13 / 17:50 / Semifinal 1 / 1st Group B – 2nd Group A
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14 / 19:00 / Semifinal 2 / 1st Group A – 2nd Group B
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Sunday 27th September
15 / 08:40 / Places 7-8 / 4th Group A – 4th Group B
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16 / 09:50 / Places 5-6 / 3rd Group A – 3rd Group B
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17 / 11:00 / Bronze Medal Game / Loser Semifinal 1 – Loser Semifinal 2
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18 / 12:10 / Gold Medal Game / Winner Semifinal 1 – Winner Semifinal 2
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