Mano: Eskuz Banakako Txapelketa-Campeonato Manomanista De Lep.M 2019--1/4 Round

Eskuz Banakako Txapelketa-Campeonato Manomanista De Lep.M, the premier professional Mano singles championship competition, began  on April 14, 2019 with two play-in matches. It will end on June 2, 2019 with a final. It is a seeded ladder knockout tournament consisting of 4 1/16 round play in matches, followed by seeded 1/8 and Quarter-finals. Quarter final winners will play a Semi-final and Semi-final winners will play in the final. There will also be a third place match.

The competition will be in four Groups (A-D). The seeding works as follows:

Seeds: (D/F) =delantero/front; (Z/B) = zaguero/back

Group A: 1/8: Irribarria (D/F); 1/4: Altuna III (D/F)

Group B: 1/8: Rezusta (Z/B); 1/4: Elezkano II (D/F)

Group C: 1/8: Bengoetxea VI (D/F); 1/4: Urrutikoetxea (D/F)

Group D: 1/8: Jaka (D/F); 1/4: Ezkurdia (D/F)

2019 schedule (Baiko Pilota--formerly Asegarce) Note: this also links to full results of all Manonista Tournaments back to 1999.

2019 ASPE Schedule 

21Iguales.com complete tournament coverage

21iguales Twitter feed live scoring page

List of previous winners going back to 1940 (Baiko Pilota)

Available Final match videos

1948 (Gallestegi 22 Atano III 6--highlights only) ;

(1991 Galarza III 22 Retegi II 15--added April 17, 2019)  ; (1992 (Galarza III 22 Retegi II 12--added April 27, 2017) ; 1993 (Retegi II 22 Galarza III 19) ; 1995 (Beloki 22 Errandonea 15) ; 1997 (Arretxe 22 Elkoro 18)

2000 (Eugi 22 Beloki 13) ; 2001 (Beloki 22 Eugi 8) ; 2002 (Barriola 22 Beloki 3) ; 2003 (Patxi Ruiz 22 Olaizola II 7) ;  2004 (Mtz. de Irujo 22 Xala 12) : 2005 (Olaizola II 22 Mtz. de Irujo 18) ; 2006  (Mtz. de Irujo 22 Olaizola II 17) ; 2007 (Olaizola II 22 Barriola 10) ; 2008 (Bengoetxea VI 22 Barriola 11) ; 2009 (Mtz. de Irujo 22 Olaizola II 12)

2010 (Mtz. de Irujo 22 Xala 13--1:18:45) 2011 (Xala 22 Olaizola II 19--1:27:27) ; 2012 (Olaizola II 22 Mtz. de Irujo 7) ;  2013 (Olaizola II 22 Mtz. de Irujo 7--1:17:25) ; 2014 (Mtz. de Irujo 22 Retegi BI 9--1:21:40) ;  2015 (Urrutikoetxea 22 Olaizola II 19) ; 2016 (Irribarria 22 Urrutikoetxea 13) ; 2017 (Bengoetxea VI 22-Irribarria 18--added April 17, 2019) ; 2018 (Altuna III 22 Oliazola II 14--added April 17, 2019)

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Play-ins ; 1/16 Round ; 1/8 Round ; 1/4 Round; Semi-Finals; 3rd Place Match--cancelled

FINAL

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1/4

May 6, 2019

Group B

Beotibar, Tolosa (1) (2)

Elezkano II (seeded in) 22 P. Etxeberria 13 (there is no match video for this match)

*Highlights* (EITB)

Condensed linescore (winner always listed first) (21Iguales)

1-0; 1-1; 4-1; 4-2; 6-2; 6-6; 10-6; 10-7; 12-7; 12-8; 13-8; 13-12; 20-12; 20-13; 22-13

Scoring (21Iguales)

Elezkano II +10 (including 2 service aces) -4

P. Etxeberria +9 (2a) -12

Balls in play: 222

Time of the match: 44:00

P. Etxeberria, the last of the "Cinderella's" in this competition, saw the clock strike midnight as Elezkano II used a 7-0 run to turn a close match into a comfortable victory. Etxeberria was his own worst enemy, gifting 12 points to a player who is much to good not to take advantage of such largesse.

May 5, 2019

Group C

Bizkaia, Bilbo (Bilbao) (1) (2)

***Urrutikoetxea (seeded in) 22Bengoetxea VI 8*** (EITB--match begins at 1:00:04)

*Highlights* (EITB)

Condensed linescore (winner always listed first) (21Iguales)

3-0; 3-1; 5-1; 5-2; 6-2; 6-4; 10-4; 10-6; 17-6; 17-7; 19-7; 19-8; 22-8

Scoring (EITB)

Urrutikoetxea +14 -2

Bengoetxea VI +6 (including 1 service ace) -8

Balls in play: 225

Urrutikoetxea 119 Bengoetxea VI 106

Time of the match: 47:39

Match article (21Iguales)

A big 7 point run halfway through the match gave Urrutkoetxea an easy win. He played a fine overall match (+12 net), while Bengoetxea's -2 net (including 8 errors) sealed his fate. 

May 4, 2019

Group D

Labrit, Iruna (Pamplona) (1) (2)

***Ezkurdia (seeded in) 22 Jaka 14*** (EITB--match begins at 1:08:17)

*Highlights* (EITB)

Condensed linescore (winner always listed first) (21Iguales)

0-1; 5-1; 5-2; 11-2; 11-4; 14-4; 14-10; 17-10; 17-13; 20-13; 20-14; 22-14

Scoring (EITB)

Ezkurdia +12 (including 1 service ace) -3

Jaka +11 -10

Balls in play: 282

Ezkurdia 145 Jaka 137

Time of the match: 50:40

Match article (21Iguales)

May 3, 2019

Group A

Atano III, Donostia (San Sebastian) (1) (2)

Ezkurdia built a huge lead (11-2, 14-4), then survived a 6 point run by Jaka and rebuilt the lead almost to its greatest extent, winning going away. Jaka could not stay away from the shoals, caused by 8 errors, that caused him to run aground.

***Irribarria 22 Altuna III (seeded in) 18*** (EITB--match begins at 30:55)

Fronton TV Youtube (Castilian)

*Highlights* (EITB)

Condensed linescore (winner always listed first) (21Iguales)

1-0; 1-5; 9-5; 9-9; 11-9; 11-14; 12-14; 12-16; 20-16; 20-17; 21-17; 21-18; 22-18

Scoring (EITB):

Irribarria +20 (including 2 service aces) -4

Altuna III +14 (5a) -2

Irribarria 8 left wall winners Altuna III 4

Irribarria 4 deep passes Altuna III 1

Balls in play: 234

Irribarria 119 Altuna III 115

Time of the match: 52:23

Match article (21Iguales)

Last week Irribarria played quite poorly in a sloppy 22-20 victory over Victor. He made 9 errors yet survived to "tell the tale". This week, he played a brilliant match, +20 -4. So did defending champion Altuna III (+14 (including 5 service aces) -2). The match featured big runs and 3 lead changes. A 5-0 run put the defending champion ahead. An 8 point run give Irribarria a 9-5 lead. A 4 point run equalized for Altuna III. A 5 point run put him ahead 14-11. At 16-12, he was 6 points from victory but Irribarria answered with an 8 point run that put the match away. Irribarria used his "steam shovel" left hand effectively at the end to repeatedly put Altuna III on the back foot, leading to easy winners and showing how devastating he can be in this format when he is on his game. It was, arguably, the best played match of the tournament so far.