Warmly welcome to the official website of the EGCA Espoo Grand Prix 2026 tournament. The tournament was organised by the traditional Finnish goalball club Old Power in Espoo, Finland, from 25–27 September 2026.
It was a low-threshold international tournament for the European clubs.
Please find the exlusive tournament summary here
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
PARTICIPATING TEAMS, GROUPS & COMPETITION FORMAT
You can find the rosters of the participating teams here
Eight teams from five different countries participated 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 were played under the existing IBSA 2025 rules. The teams played 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 advanced to the semi-finals and medal matches. The teams finishing third in their respective groups played for 5th–6th place, while the teams finishing fourth played for 7th–8th place.
All semi-final, placement and medal matches were played to a decisive result.
If a match was tied after regulation time, a 6-minute golden-goal overtime was played. The first team to score won the match. If the match remained tied after overtime, an extra throws competition was held to determine the winner.
In the group stage, teams earned 3 points from a victory, 1 point from a tie and 0 points from a loss. Teams wree 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 officiated 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
- Winchester GC
- Näpäjä
- USV Hercules
- Goalball Klub Odense
- Goalball Navarra
- Aragon GC
- Old Power
- Aisti Sport
- Goalball
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
The most valuable player (MVP) – Patrick Harmer, Winchester GC
Top Scorer – Aleksi Aittola, Näpäjä (30 goals)
GROUP STANDINGS & SCORER LIST
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 9-6 (7-4)
Scorers / Näpäjä: Aleksi Aittola 7, Oskari Nyström 2
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Jarno Saapunki 2, Lauri Saapunki 2, Jasmin Mikkola 1, Henriikka Toivola 1
2 / 16:10 / Group B / Winchester GC – Goalball Navarra 12-6 (4-1)
Scorers / Winchester: Devante Claridge 7, Leo Stubbs 3, Conall Moore 2
Scorers / Navarra: Aritz Huarte 5, Dimitri Odrel Dzoake 1
3 / 17:20 / Group A / Old Power – Goalball Klub Odense 12-6 (5-3)
Scorers / Old Power: Ali Reza Ahmadi 4, Iida Kauppila 3, Arttu Luiro 3, Bruno Owiti 2
Scorers / Odense: Gustav Norrelund Pedersen 3, Aasmund Kjellstadt 2, Brian Rasmussen 1
4 / 18:30 / Group A / Aragon GC – USV Hercules 8-8 (3-3)
Scorers / Aragon: Ruben Esteras 5, Ander Cornejo 2, Ruben Moreno 1
Scorers / Hercules: Corne Speksnijder 5, Ronald Klaver 2, Femke van den Born 1
5 / 19:40 / Group B / Goalball Navarra – Näpäjä 6-11 (3-6)
Scorers / Navarra: Aritz Huarte 4, Jon Moran 2
Scorers / Näpäjä: Aleksi Aittola 10, Oskari Nyström 1
Saturday 26th September
6 / 09:00 / Group B / Aisti Sport – Winchester GC 3-10 (3-5)
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Jarno Saapunki 2, Lauri Saapunki 1
Scorers / Winchester: Devante Claridge 4, Conall Moore 4, Patrick Harmer 1, Scott Murphy 1
7 / 10:05 / Group A / USV Hercules – Old Power 9-7 (2-4)
Scorers / Hercules: Ronald Klaver 6, Corne Speksnijder 2, Femke van den Born 1
Scorers / Old Power: Ali Reza Ahmadi 2, Bruno Owiti 2, Iida Kauppila 1, Arttu Luiro 1, Ibrahim Milanovic 1
8 / 11:10 / Group A / Goalball Klub Odense – Aragon GC 7-5 (2-3)
Scorers / Odense: Aasmund Kjellstadt 4, Gustav Norrelund Pedersen 2, Kim Enevold Sorensen 1
Scorers / Aragon: Ruben Moreno 4, Ander Cornejo 1
9 / 12:15 / Group B / Näpäjä – Winchester GC 4-12 (4-6)
Scorers / Näpäjä: Aleksi Aittola 4
Scorers / Winchester: Conal Moore 5, Devante Claridge 4, Patrick Harmer 1, Scott Murphy 1, Leo Stubbs 1
10 / 13:20 / Group B / Goalball Navarra – Aisti Sport 9-7 (8-4)
Scorers / Navarra: Aritz Huarte 6, David Bardino 2, Dimitri Odrel Dzoake 1
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Jarno Saapunki 4, Lauri Saapunki 3
11 / 14:25 / Group A / Old Power – Aragon GC 5-6 (3-4)
Scorers / Old Power: Ali Reza Ahmadi 3, Iida Kauppila 1, Ibrahim Milanovic 1
Scorers / Aragon: Ruben Moreno 4, Ander Cornejo 1, Rube Esteras 1
12 / 15:30 / Group A / USV Hercules – Goalball Klub Odense 8-9 (2-3)
Scorers / Hercules: Ronald Klaver 7, Femke van den Born 1
Scorers / Odense: Asmund Kjellstadt 4, Brian Rasmussen 4, Gustav Norrelund Pedersen 1
13 / 17:50 / Semifinal 1 ( Winchester GC – USV Hercules 8-3 (7-2)
Scorers / Winchester: Devante Claridge 4, Conal Moore 4
Scorers / Hercules: Corne Speksnijder 2, Ronald Klaver 1
14 / 19:00 / Semifinal 2 / Goalball Club Odense – Näpäjä 7-12 (2-8)
Scorers / Odense: Aasmund Kjellstadt 3, Gustav Norrelund Pedersen 3, Brian Rasmussen 1
Scorers / Näpäjä: Aleksi Aittola 6, Oskari Nyström 6
Sunday 27th September
15 / 08:40 / Places 7-8 / Old Power – Aisti Sport 18-9 (8-5)
Scorers / Old Power: Ali Reza Ahmadi 6, Bruno Owiti 5, Ibrahim Milanovic 4, Arttu Luiro 2, Iida Kauppila 1
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Jarno Saapunki 5, Lauri Saapunki 4
16 / 09:50 / Places 5-6 / Aragon GC – Goalball Navarra 5-13 (3-3)
Scorers / Aragon: Ruben Moreno 4, Ander Cornejo 1
Scorers / Navarra: Jon Moran 4, Aritz Huarte 3, Dimitri Odrel Dzoake 3, David Bardino 2, Ibai Lopez 1
17 / 11:00 / Bronze Medal Game / USV Hercules – Goalball Klub Odense 11-4 (2-4)
Scorers / Hercules: Ronald Klaver 7, Corne Speksnijder 4
Scorers / Odense: Aasmund Kjellstadt 2, Gustav Norrelund Pedersen 1, Brian Rasmussen 1
18 / 12:10 / Gold Medal Game / Winchester GC – Näpäjä 7-4 (3-1)
Scorers / Winchester: Conall Moore 4, Devante Claridge 2, Patrick Harmer 1
Scorers / Näpäjä: Aleksi Aittola 3, Oskari Nyström 1