Caption: Logo of the EGCA Youth Championships
Time: 13th – 16th November 2025
Place: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Head Organizer: USV Hercules-Goalball in cooperation with European Goalball Club Association (EGCA)
Dear Goalball friends, warmly welcome to the website of the EGCA Youth Championships 2025 that were held in the beautiful city of Utrecht, Netherlands from 13th to 16th November organized by USV Hercules and European Goalball Club Association.
The tournament was played at sports hall of USV Hercules. Floor material of the play court is a smooth surface floor. Teams and referees were accommodated at Hotel Mitland in Utrecht at about a 10 minutes’ walk from the venue.
Please find the full summary of the tournament here
CONTACT DETAILS
We hope that you find all the information about the competition on this website, but if you have some questions don’t hesitate to contact us:
Our contact person: Koosje van Zweeden
email: ikgoalball@hotmail.com
WhatsApp: +31638850576
Our Tournament Director: Jolanda Spaans
email: ikgoalball@hotmail.com
EGCA Representative: Erkki Miinala
email: egca.office@gmail.com
WhatsApp: +358442912126
COMPETITION PARTNERS & SPONSORS
PARTICIPATING CLUBS, GROUPS AND GAME SYSTEM
Please find line-ups of the participating teams here
The tournament in Utrecht was the 3rd edition of the EGCA Youth Championships. There were 9 participating clubs from 6 different countries participating in the tournament which is the new record of the competition.
The participating clubs were divided into two groups. Group A included 5 teams and Group B 4 teams as follow:
Group A: RGC Hansa (GER), Northern Allstars (GBR), USV Hercules (NED), BSI Copenhagen (DEN), GC Leipzig (GER)
Group B: FSBU Gothenburg (SWE), Aarhus Goalball (DEN), Aisti Sport (FIN), Füchse Berlin (GER)
Teams played a single round robin in the groups. Group winners continued straight to the semifinals. The runner-ups of the groups took on the 3rd ranked team of the opposite group in the play off games. The winners of the play off games continued to the semifinal & medal games, the losers played for places 5-6 in the tournament. The 4th and 5th ranked teams of the Group A and 4th ranked team of the Group B played a single round robin for the places 7-9 in the tournament. The result of the group stage game between 4th and 5th ranked teams of the Group A remained in the placement games and they only played against the 4th ranked team of the Group B.
In the semifinals the 1st team of the Group A took on the winner from the play off game of 2nd Group B – 3rd Group A while the 1st team of the Group B faced the winner of the play off game between the 2nd team of the Group A – 3rd team of the Group B. The winners of the semifinals played for the European Champion title in the gold medal game and the losers for the bronze in the bronze medal game.
The ranking of teams in the group stage and for places 7-9 was determined by IBSA rule 49:
– Goal Difference – subtracting a team’s goals scored against from their goals scored in the total round robin
– Number of Wins – teams will be assessed on the number of wins in the round robin. Teams with the most wins will be given the higher ranking.
– Goals Against – the team with the lowest goals against in the overall competition will be given the higher ranking.
– Goal Difference – The same procedure shall be used again, but this time only the games in the round robin between the teams that have to be separated shall be included.
– In the event that a tie occurs between more than two teams, the above criteria will be used, in order, until one team has been separated.
REFEREES, RULES & TOURNAMENT JURY
Michal Guminski – Poland
Mirjam Klaver – Netherlands
Ana Rute Medeiros – Portugal
Dina Murdie – Great Britain
Bas Spaans – Netherlands
Filip Szymala – Poland – Netherlands Filip Szymala
Koosje van Zweeden – Netherlands
Vilma Venckutonyte – Lithuania
Pieter Westerhout – Netherlands
Tournament jury:
Bas Spaans – Organizer’s Representative (will be replaced by another referee, if Bas has officiated in the game that is under the protest)
Pieter Westerhout – Technical Delegate (will be replaced by another referee, if Pieter has officiated in the game that is under the protest)
Erkki Miinala – EGCA Representative
The tournament was played under the existing IBSA 2025 goalball rules.
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.
LIVESTREAM & SOCIAL MEDIA
All the games of the tournament were livestreamed on GoalballTV YouTube channel
EGCA Facebook and EGCA Instagram shared results, photos and atmosphere very actively before, during and after the tournament.
FINAL RANKING
- RGC Hansa
- FSBU Gothenburg
- Aarhus Goalball
- Füchse Berlin
- BSI Copenhagen
- GC Leipzig
- Aisti Sport
- Northern Allstars
- USV Hercules
AWARDS
Best Scorer – Eemi Utriainen (Aisti Sport), 40 goals
The most valuable player (MVP) – Sigurd Lund (Aarhus Goalball)
GROUP STANDINGS & SCORERS
GAME SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Attention: The time zone of Netherlands is (UTC+1)
FRIDAY 14th NOVEMBER 2025
Game Number / Start Time / Group / Home Team – Away Team / Result (half time result)
1 / 09:00 / Group A / RGC Hansa – BSI Copenhagen 10-0 (9-0)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 6, Kilian Kollrep 4
Scorers / BSI Copenhagen: –
2 / 10:05 / Group A / Northern Allstars – USV Hercules 17-7 (10-4)
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Jack Peters 10, Conall Moore 4, Leo Stubbs 3,
Scorers / USV Hercules: Femke Van den Born 4, Sem De Jong 3
3 / 11:10 / Group B / Aarhus Goalball – Aisti Sport 9-8 (5-4)
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Sigurd Lund 8, Valdemar Kristensen 1
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 7, Jasmin Mikkola 1
4 / 12:15 / Group B / FSBU Gothenburg – Füchse Berlin 11-5 (7-4)
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Felix Rosvall 9, Alexander Smedberg 2
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Mogdim Ehzan 4, Novadar Khaliali 1
5 / 13:20 / Group A / GC Leipzig – RGC Hansa 3-13 (3-6)
Scorers / GC Leipzig: Samuel Ketelhut 1, Pascal Lenk 1, Eren Yildiz 1
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Kilian Kollrep 5, John Turloff 5, Phillipp Schrader 2, Davis Hartwig 1
6 / 14:25 / Group A / BSI Copenhagen – Northern Allstars 10-9 (2-8)
Scorers / BSI Copenhagen: Jens Dahl 6, Silas Friis-Hansen 4
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Jack Peters 5, Conall Moore 3, Patrick Harmer 1
7 / 15:30 / Group B / Aisti Sport – FSBU Gothenburg 4-11 (1-4)
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 3, Tuomas Halonen 1
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Felix Rosvall 5, Alexander Smedberg 4, Haoran Hyldgaard 1,Hugo Axell Johansson 1
8 / 16:35 / Group B / Füchse Berlin – Aarhus Goalball 5-15 (4-9)
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Mogdim Ehzan 3, Florian Dörfler 1, Novadar Khaliali 1
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Sigurd Lund 11, Valdemar Kristensen 4
9 / 17:40 / Group A / USV Hercules – GC Leipzig 20-21 (10-12)
Scorers / USV Hercules: Sem De Jong 18, Femke Van den Born 2
Scorers / GC Leipzig: Pascal Lenk 11, Samuel Ketelhut 5, Eren Yildiz 5
10 / 18:45 / Group A / Northern Allstars – RGC Hansa 2-12 (2-12)
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Conall Moore 1, Jack Peters 1
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Kilian Kollrep 6, John Turloff 5, Phillipp Schrade 1
SATURDAY 15th November 2025
11 / 08:30 / Group A / BSI Copenhagen – GC Leipzig 13-3 (8-1)
Scorers / BSI Copenhagen: Jens Dahl 7, Silas Friis-Hansen 4, Hanna Svensson 1, Opponent’s own goal 1
Scorers / GC Leipzig: Pascal Lenk 2, Samuel Ketelhut 1
12 / 09:35 / Group A / RGC Hansa – USV Hercules 13-3 (12-3)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: Morice Köntopp 7, Davis Hartwig 3, Morits Schroiff 3
Scorers / USV Hercules: Sem De Jong 3
13 / 10:40 / Group B / FSBU Gothenburg – Aarhus Goalball 6-4 (1-1)
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Felix Rosvall 4, Alexander Smedberg 2
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Valdemar Kristensen 2, Sigurd Lund 2
14 / 11:45 / Group B / Aisti Sport – Füchse Berlin 10-14 (6-7)
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 10
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Mogdim Ehzan 12, Florian Dörfler 1, Opponent’s own goal 1
15 / 12:50 / Group A / GC Leipzig – Northern Allstars 6-5 (4-2)
Scorers / GC Leipzig: Samuel Ketelhut 4, Pascal Lenk 2
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Jack Peters 3, Jacob Hare 1, Conall Moore 1
16 / 13:55 / Group A / USV Hercules – BSI Copenhagen 1-11 (0-5)
Scorers / USV Hercules: Sem De Jong 1
Scorers / BSI Copenhagen: Jens Dahl 5, Silas Friis-Hansen 5, Hanna Svensson 1
17 / 16:00 / Places 7-9 / Aisti Sport – USV Hercules 15-5 (10-2)
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 10, Lauri Saapunki 4, Tuomas Halonen 1
Scorers / USV Hercules: Sem De Jong 5
18 / 17:05 / Play-Off Game 1 / Aarhus Goalball – GC Leipzig 14-4 (10-4)
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Sigurd Lund 10, Valdemar Kristensen 3, Opponent’s own goal 1
Scorers / GC Leipzig: Samuel Ketelhut 4
19 / 18:10 / Play-Off Game 2 / BSI Copenhagen – Füchse Berlin 8-10 (4-2)
Scorers / BSI Copenhagen: Silas Friis-Hansen 5, Jens Dahl 3
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Mogdim Ehzan 9, Opponent’s own goal 1
20 / 19:15 / Places 7-9 / Northern Allstars – Aisti Sport 6-12 (2-6)
Scorers / Northern Allstars: Jack Peters 4, Conall Moore 1, Leo Stubbs 1
Scorers / Aisti Sport: Eemi Utriainen 10, Jasmin Mikkola 2
SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2025
21 / 08:30 / Semifinal 1 / RGC Hansa – Aarhus Goalball 11-1 (11-1)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 8, Kilian Kollrep 3
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Sigurd Lund 1
22 / 09:40 / Semifinal 2 / FSBU Gothenburg – Füchse Berlin 15-5 (6-1)
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Felix Rosvall 10, Alexander Smedberg 3, Hugo Axell Johansson 1, Elsa Oscarsson 1
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Mogdim Ehzan 4, Novadar Khaliali 1
23 / 10:50 / Places 5-6 / GC Leipzig – BSI Copenhagen 1-11 (1-8)
Scorers / GC Leipzig: Samuel Ketelhut 1
Scorers / BSI Copenhagen: Jens Dahl 6, Silas Friis-Hansen 5
24 / 12:00 / Bronze Medal Game / Aarhus Goalball – Füchse Berlin 11-1 (7-0)
Scorers / Aarhus Goalball: Sigurd Lund 6, Valdemar Kristensen 5
Scorers / Füchse Berlin: Mogdim Ehzan 1
25 / 13:10 / Gold Medal Game / RGC Hansa – FSBu Gothenburg Ot. 11-10, 10-10 (4-4)
Scorers / RGC Hansa: John Turloff 9, Kilian Kollrep 2
Scorers / FSBU Gothenburg: Felix Rosvall 6, Jacob Hansson-Bärring 3, Alexander Smedberg 1
14:15 / Closing & Prize Ceremony