Asegarce Competition Page
The competition has 12 players, in two groups. The opening round of four preliminary matches took place October 7-10, 2016. The four winners (two in each group) move on to a quarter final league, where they join four other seeded players (Urrutikoetxea and Altuna III in Gourp A, Oliazola II and Bengoetxea VI in Group B) in a single round robin quarter-final league. The 1st place finishers in each group will then face the 2nd place finishers in the other group in the semi-finals. Semi-final winners will play in the final on November 27, 2016.
Note: Source for all match articles, unless otherwise specifically stated is 21iquales.com.
Source for all match video, unless otherwise specifically stated, is EITB.
Match highlights for all four matches
Group A
October 7, 2010:
At Municipal Fronton, Bergara Irribarria defeated Jaunarena 22-20
Match article:
In a very Urrutikoetxean performance, Irribarria came back from deficits of 4-10, 5-14, 8-16, and 12-19, to win. A 10-1 run at the end of the match got him over the line.
Full match video (Source: fronton.tv) Scroll to Bergara - 07/10/2016
At Beotibar Fronton, Tolosa Victor defeated Untoria 22-17
Match article:
Victor overcame 9 errors with 13 winners (including 2 service aces) to outlast Untoria,
Full match video:
Group B
October 8, 2016:
At Vall d'Hebron Fronton, Barcelona Retegi BI defeated Gorka 22-15
Match article:
7 Gorka errors were the difference in this match.
October 9, 2016:
At Lekunberri Fronton (1) (2) Ezkurdia defeated Arretxe II 22-16
Match article:
Arretxe II suffered a neck injury early in this match (1-2) but came back after treatment. Ezkurdia had 19 winners.
Full match video
