The final stop of the 2024 European Grand Prix tour is Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, where eight goalball clubs from seven different countries have gathered. From Friday October 25th to Sunday October 27th, the teams will compete for victories at the Mikra National Athletic Center. Between the competition days, the teams will enjoy their stay at Hotel Ambassador.
Caption: Logo of the event poster
The tournament is organized by Kleio Thessaloniki which is one of the most traditional and successful goalball club in Greece. The tournament director is Meni Kessanopoulou (email: menikessa@gmail.com).
EVENT PARTNERS
Logo: City of Thessaloniki
Logo: Hellenic Paralympic Committee
Logo: Hellenic Sport Federation for Persons with Disabilities
Logo: Ethnika Athlitika Kentra Thessalonikhs
Logo: Thessaloniki, European City of Sport 2024
Logo: Sylogos Agapi
Logo: Bikos
PARTICIPATING CLUBS & GROUPS
Please find team line-ups here
Eight clubs are divided in 2 groups of 4 teams. The draw is made randomly.
Group A: Kleio Thessaloniki, BSI (DEN), BSSG Südtirol (ITA), RGC Hansa (GER)
Group B: GC Nais (SRB), Keravnos (GRE), Old Power (FIN), USV Hercules (NED)
PLAY SYSTEM
There is a single round robin to be played in the groups. After the round robin two best clubs continue to the semifinals and medal games, 3rd clubs of the groups will play for places 5-6 and 4th clubs of the groups for places 7-8 in the tournament.
Semifinals, medal games and placement games will be played until the winner is determined; if the game is draw after the regular time, there will 2 * 3 minutes over time with the golden goal rule (first scored team will win the game). If the game is Still draw after the over time, there will be extra throws competition organized.
At the Group stage a team earns 3 points from the win, 1 point from a draw and 0 points from a loss. The ranking of the clubs will be determined as follows:
a) Earned points;
b) Goal Difference;
c) Missed Goals;
d) If parameters A – C are equal between two teams, better is a team who has won their respective match;
e) If the respective match has finished tie, better is a team who has led at half time;
f) If all the above criteria are tied between two teams, the advancing team will be determined by a draw.
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the games of the tournament will be livestreamed on GoalballTV YouTube channel!
You can follow the results and atmosphere also on social media:
FINAL RANKING
- RGC Hansa
- Kleio Thessaloniki
- GC Nais
- USV Hercules
- Keravnos
- BSSG Südtirol
- Old Power
- BSI
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Top Scorer – Sem de Jong (USV Hercules), 48 goals
The most valuable player (MVP) – Celeste Troost (RGC Hansa)
STANDINGS / GROUP A
Position – Team / Games / Wins / Ties / Losses / Goal Difference / Points
- RGC Hansa / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 42-19 +23 / 9
- Kleio Thessaloniki / 3 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 41-33 +8 / 6
- BSSG Südtirol / 3 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 25-38 -13 / 3
- BSI / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 22-40 -18 / 0
STANDINGS / GROUP B
Position – Team / Games / Wins / Ties / Losses / Goal Difference / Points
- USV Hercules 3 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 47-34 +13 / 6
- GC Nais / 3 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 37-42 -5 / 6
- Keravnos / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 33-29 +4 / 4
- Old Power / 3 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 25-37 -12 / 1
SCORER LIST
SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: The time zone of Thessaloniki is UTC+3 and will be changed to UTC+2 during night 26th – 27th October!
FRIDAY 25th OCTOBER
Game Number / Start Time / Home Team – Away Team / Result (half time)
1 / 15:30 / Kleio Thessaloniki – BSSG Südtirol 21-13 (10-4)
Scorers / Kleio: Athanasios Chatzipantou 15, Ivailo Vatov 5, Evlampia Mavrovounioti 1
Scorers / Südtirol: Peter Mair 10, Christian Mair 3
2 / 16:40 / USV Hercules – GC Nais 23-15 (15-10)
Scorers / Hercules: Sem de Jong 16, Rob van der Linden 7
Scorers / GC Nais: Charalampos Kourdakis 8, Milos Grlica 3, Vladimir Pavicevic 2, Stefan Stevanovic 1, Luka Bulatovic 1
3 / 17:50 / BSI – Kleio Thessaloniki 5-15 (2-7)
Scorers / BSI: Silas Sepstrup Friis-Hansen 3, Yousef Abdin Yousef 2
Scorers / Kleio: Athanasios Chatzipantou 9, Ivailo Vatov 4, Eleftherios Liakos 1, Evlampia Mavrovounioti 1
4 / 19:00 / Keravnos – Old Power 10-10 (6-5)
Scorers / Keravnos: Adriano Bezhani 5, Konstantinos Chatzis 3, Grigorios Tatsis 2
Scorers / Old Power: Ibrahim Milanovic 6, Arttu Cowell 4
5 / 20:10 / BSSG Südtirol – RGC Hansa 2-12 (2-11)
Scorers / Südtirol: Christian Mair 2
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 9, Kilian Kollrep 3
SATURDAY 26th OCTOBER
6 / 08:30 / GC Nais – Keravnos 9-8 (6-4)
Scorers / GC Nais: Milos Grlica 4, Charalampos Kourdakis 4, Luka Bulatovic 1
Scorers / Keravnos: Adriano Bezhani 5, Grigorios Tatsis 3
7 / 09:40 / RGC Hansa – BSI 15-12 (7-3)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 10, Celeste Troost 4, Serhiy Zholudev 1
Scorers / BSI: Silas Sepstrup Friis-Hansen 7, Gustav Norrelund 2, Yousef Abdin Yousef 2, Hazel Gezen 1
8 / 10:50 / Old Power – USV Hercules 4-14 (1-7)
Scorers / Old Power: Ibrahim Milanovic 3, Arttu Cowell 1
Scorers / Hercules: Sem de Jong 9, Rob van der Linden 5
9 / 12:00 / BSSG Südtirol – BSI 10-5 (5-1)
Scorers / Südtirol: Peter Mair 5, Christian Mair 2, Franz Gatscher 2, Manfred Wieser 1
Scorers / BSI: Silas Sepstrup Friis-Hansen 4, Gustav Norrelund 1
10 / 13:10 / USV Hercules – Keravnos 10-15 (6-8)
Scorers / Hercules: Sem de Jong 9, Femke van dern Born 1
Scorers / Keravnos: Grigorios Tatsis 8, Adriano Bezhani 4, Konstantinos Chatzis 2, Adriana Samoili 1
11 / 14:20 / Kleio Thessaloniki – RGC Hansa 5-15 (5-14)
Scorers / Kleio: Athanasios Chatzipantou 5
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Kilian Kollrep 10, John Turloff 4, Celeste Troost 1
12 / 15:30 / GC Nais – Old Power 13-11 (10-7)
Scorers / GC Nais: Charalampos Kourdakis 9, Milos Grlica 2, Luka Bulatovic 1, Stefan Stevanovic 1
Scorers / Old Power: Ibrahim Milanovic 8, Arttu Luiro 2, Arttu Cowell 1
13 / 17:30 / Places 7-8: BSI – Old Power 3-11 (2-7)
Scorers / BSI: Hazel Gezen 2, Silas Sepstrup Friis-Hansen 1
Scorers / Old Power: Ibrahim Milanovic 7, Susanna Halme 3, Arttu Luiro 1
14 / 18:40 / Semifinal 1: RGC Hansa – GC Nais 10-0 (10-0)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Kilian Kollrep 5, John Turloff 5
Scorers / GC Nais: –
15 / 19:50 / Semifinal: USV Hercules – Kleio Thessaloniki 8-14 (7-8)
Scorers / USV Hercules: Sem de Jong 5, Femke van dern Born 2, Rob van der Linden 1
Scorers / Kleio Thessaloniki: Athanasios Chatzipantou 8, Ivailo Vatov 6
SUNDAY 27th OCTOBER
16 / 08:30 / Places 5 – 6 / BSSG Südtirol – Keravnos 6-7 (2-3)
Scorers / Südtirol: Christian Mair 3, Peter Mair 3
Scorers / Keravnos: Eva Gritzali 4, Konstantinos Chatzis 2, Adriano Bezhani 1
17 / 09:45 / Bronze Medal Game / GC Nais – USV Hercules 16-14 (8-7)
Scorers / GC Nais: Charalampos Kourdakis 12, Vladimir Pavicevic 4
Scorers / USV Hercules: Sem de Jong 9, Rob van der Linden 5
18 / 11:00 / Gold Medal Game / RGC Hansa – Kleio Thessaloniki 15-5 (13-5)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Kilian Kollrep 7, John Turloff 6, Celeste Troost 2
Scorers / Kleio Thessaloniki: Athanasios Chatzipantou 4, Ivailo Vatov 1