Caption: Logo of the EGCA Women’s Champions League
Welcome to the official web page of the EGCA Women’s Champions League 2025.
The European Goalball Club Association (EGCA) and Füchse Berlin are delighted to invite all European women’s goalball club teams to the EGCA Women’s Champions League 2025.
The event will take place from November 6th to 10th 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
The matches will be held in the hall at Füchse-Sportpark, and the teams will be accommodated at the 3-star superior “Victor’s Residenz Hotel.” From the hotel, many of the city’s attractions can be easily reached by public transport. A shuttle service will be available between the team hotel and the venue. Breakfast for all participants will be served at the hotel, while lunch and dinner will be provided at the club’s own restaurant in Füchse-Sportpark.
CONTACT DETAILS
The contact person of the organizer Füchse Berlin is Michael Dennis at info@fuechse-goalball.de. Erkki Miinala will work as the EGCA representative of the competition (eki.miinala@gmail.com, +358442912126)
For general questions please take contact to EGCA Office: egca.office@gmail.com
PARTICIPATING TEAMS & GAME SYSTEM
Line-ups of the participating clubs will be published finally 10 days before the start of the competition
There are 10 participating clubs in the competition and they are divided in 2 preliminary groups as follow:
Group A: FIFH Malmo (SWE), Old Power (FIN), RGC Hansa (GER), GC Golden Flash (FRA), USV Hercules (NED)
Group B: Füchse Berlin (GER), CSAVH Lyon (FRA), Kleio Thessaloniki (GRE), Näpäjä (FIN), Kahramanmaras (TUR)
Teams will play a sinlge round robin in both groups. Top 2 teams of both groups will continue to the semifinals and medal games. Teams who will be ranked on places 3-4 in both groups will play for places 5-8 in the tournament. 5th ranked club of both groups will play for places 9-10 in the tournament.
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
REFEREES & TOURNAMENT JURY
Sarah Küper – Germany (chief referee)
Eliana Guzman – Colombia
Svitlana Moroz – Ukraine
Joona Somerkivi – Finland
Vilma Venckutonyte – Lithuania
Pieter Westerhout – The Netherlands
Tournament jury is consisted by:
Michael Dennis – Tournament Director
Sarah Küper – Chief Referee (if Sarah has officiated in the game that is under the protest, she will be replaced by another referee who has not officiated in the game that is under the protest)
Erkki Miinala – EGCA representative
Protest fee is 100 € and it must be given by cash when the protest protocol is returned to the chief referee. Protest protocols are available on the official’s table and a team has 30 minutes time to make a protest after a game.
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the games of the tournament will be livestreamed on GoalballTV YouTube channel.
EGCA social media will forward results, photos and videos from the competition:
FINAL RANKING
Waiting for the results
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Waiting for the results
STANDINGS & SCORERS
Group Standings (the page will be published before the start of the competition)
Scorer List(the page will be published before the start of the competition)
GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: Time zone of Germany is UTC+1
FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2025
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team – Away Team / Result (half time result)
1 / 08:30 / Group A / USV Hercules – Old Power
2 / 09:40 / Group A / RGC Hansa – GC Golden Flash
3 / 10:50 / Group B / CSAVH Lyon – Näpäjä
4 / 12:00 / Group B / Füchse Berlin – Kleio Thessaloniki
5 / 13:10 / Group A / FIFH Malmo – USV Hercules
6 / 14:20 / Group A / Old Power – RGC Hansa
7 / 15:30 / Group B / Kahramanmaras – CSAVH Lyon
8 / 16:40 / Group B / Näpäjä – Füchse Berlin
9 / 17:50 / Group A / GC Golden Flash – FIFH Malmo
10 / 19:00 / Group B / Kleio Thessaloniki – Kahramanmaras
SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2025
11 / 08:30 / Group A / RGC Hansa – USV Hercules
12 / 09:40 / Group A / Old Power – FIFH Malmo
13 / 10:50 / Group B / Füchse Berlin – CSAVH Lyon
14 / 12:00 / Group B / Näpäjä – Kahramanmaras
15 / 13:10 / Group A / USV Hercules – GC Golden Flash
16 / 14:20 / Group A / FIFH Malmo – RGC Hansa
17 / 15:30 / Group B / CSAVH Lyon – Kleio Thessaloniki
18 / 16:40 / Group B / Kahramanmaras – Füchse Berlin
19 / 17:50 / Group A / GC Golden Flash – Old Power
20 / 19:00 / Group B / Kleio Thessaloniki – Näpäjä
SUNDAY 9th NOVEMBER 2025
21 / 08:00 / Places 5-8 / 3rd Group A – 4th Group B
22 / 09:10 / Places 5-8 / 3rd Group B – 4th Group A
23 / 10:20 / Semifinal 1 / 1st Group A – 2nd Group B
24 / 11:30 / Semifinal 2 / 1st Group B – 2nd Group A
25 / 12:40 / Places 9-10 / 5th Group A – 5th Group B
26 / 13:50 / Places 7-8 / Loser Game 21 – Loser Game 22
27 / 15:00 / Places 5-6 / Winner Game 21 – Winner Game 22
28 / 16:10 / Bronze Medal Game / Loser Game 23 – Loser Game 24
29 / 17:20 / Gold Medal Game / Winner Game 23 – Winner Game 24