SEGL – Champions League Season 2023 will begin on Friday 24th February 2023 with the qualification stage of the North Division in the city of Espoo, Finland. There will be a new record, 10 participating clubs in the tornament to compete for the four tickets to the final stage of the season that will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 28th June – 2nd July.
The reigning champion of the SEGL, Saltinis is automatically part of the culmination of the season as the hosting club and also the top 3 clubs of the SEGL South will be qualified to the final stage. SEGL South will be played with 7 clubs in Lyon, France just one week after the SEGL Espoo tournament.
There will be two groups of 5 teams at the SEGL Espoo 2023 and today the draw of groups was held at the venue of the upcoming tournament, Sport Hall Of Tapiola. The event was hosted by the communications manager of the Finnish Paralympic Committee Mr. Lauri Jaakkola and the quests, EGCA president Mr. Erkki Miinala and the chairperson of the participating club Aisti Sport Mr. Miika Honkanen drew the clubs to the groups. You can find the video of the draw from SEGL Facebook page
We just want to remind that all the 25 games of the tournament will be live broadcasted on GoalballTV YouTube channel with English commentary by the brilliant professionals Bradley Hope and Florim Seremeti. We will open the official webpage of the SEGL Espoo 2023 tournament during upcoming weekend.
THE GROUPS OF THE SEGL ESPOO 2023
Group A: Chemnitzer BC (GER), Aisti Sport (FIN), Näpäjä (FIN), Invasport Ukraine (UKR), Birmingham Goalball Club (ENG)
Group B: Old Power (FIN), RGC Hansa (GER), Aarhus Goalball (DEN), Fen Tigers (ENG), GC Perun (CZE)
After group games there will be a placement game for places 9 – 10 in the tournament on Sunday morning and after that game there will be four qualification games: A2-B3, B2-A3, A1-B4 and B1-A4 in order. Please meet the whole game schedule (UTC+2):
FRIDAY 24th FEBRUARY 2023
Start Time / Game Number – Pool / Home Team – Away Team
9:00 / 1 – Pool A / Aisti Sport – Invasport Ukraine
10:05 / 2 – Pool A / Chemnitzer BC – Näpäjä
11:10 / 3 – Pool B / RGC Hansa – Fen Tigers
12:10 ( Opening Ceremony
12:30 / 4 – Pool B / Old Power – Aarhus Goalball
13:40 / 5 – Pool A / Birmingham GC – Aisti Sport
14:45 / 6 – Pool B / GC Perun – RGC Hansa
15:50 / 7 – Pool A / Invasport Ukraine – Chemnitzer BC
16:55 / 8 – Pool A / Näpäjä – Birmingham GC
18:00 / 9 – Pool B / Fen Tigers – Old Power
19:05 / 10 – Pool B / Aarhus Goalball – GC Perun
SATURDAY 25th FEBRUARY 2023
9:00 / 11 – Pool A / Aisti Sport – Näpäjä
10:05 / 12 – Pool A / Invasport Ukraine – Birmingham GC
11:10 / 13 – Pool B / RGC Hansa – Aarhus Goalball
12:15 / 14 – Pool B / Fen Tigers – GC Perun
13:20 / 15 – Pool A / Chemnitzer BC – Aisti Sport
14:25 / 16 – Pool B / Old Power – RGC Hansa
15:30 / 17 – Pool A / Näpäjä – Invasport Ukraine
16:35 / 18 – Pool A / Birmingham GC – Chemnitzer BC
17:40 / 19 – Pool B / Aarhus Goalball – Fen Tigers
18:45 / 20 – Pool B / GC Perun – Old Power
SUNDAY 26th FEBRUARY 2023
9:00 / 21 – Places 9 – 10 / 5th Group A – 5th Group B
10:05 / 22 – Qualification Game 1 / 2nd Group A – 3rd Group B
11:10 / 23 – Qualification Game 2 / 2nd Group B – 3rd Group A
12:15 / 24 – Qualification Game 3 / 1st Group A – 4th Group B
13:20 / 25 – Qualification Game 4 / 1st Group B – 4th Group A
14:30 / Closing Ceremony
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