VIII Torneo Bizkaia de Parejas Dentro del Cinco y Medio (July 21, 25, 28, August 20, 2019)
This was team tournament, with 6 teams named after nearby mountains. Each team consisted of one singles, one pair, and one 4 1/2 member. Singles matches are played to 18, pairs to 22. 2 of the teams, Anboto and Oiz were seeded in at the Semi-Final level.
As with all Tournaments that take place over time, read this from the bottom up if you wish to follow it chronologically.
Preview article (21iguales.com)
Results (along with reults going back to 2012) (baikopilota.eus)
Oliazola II, easing back into the grind at age 39 after returning from a career threatening quadriceps injury earlier in the year, was outstanding in this tournament: +28 -7 for his two matches. Laso was the man who closed out each of Anboto's wins in the 4 1/2 slot was +22 -12. He led each of his matches almost from start to finish.
Altuna III was magnificent. In 2 matches for a Gorbeia team that didn't make the Final, he was +19 -3
August 20, 2019
FINAL
Anboto (seeded into Semi-finals; 2-0) 2 Oiz (Seeded into Semi-finals; 1-1) 1
Highlights (EITB)
Singles: Elordi (O) 18 Arteaga II (A) 13
Condensed linescore (21Iguales.com) (winner always listed 1st)
0-1; 6-1; 6-2; 12-2; 12-12; 13-12; 13-13; 18-13
Scoring (21Iguales.com)
Elordi +15 (including 7 service aces) -1
Arteaga II +12 (4a) -3
Balls in Play: 189
Time of the Match: 41:47
Pairs:
Oliazola II-Aretxabaleta (A) 22
Elezkano II-Zabaleta (O) 21
Condensed linescore (winners always listed 1st)
4-0; 4-5; 5-5; 5-6; 10-6; 10-9; 13-9; 13-10; 14-10; 14-11; 17-11; 17-12; 18-12; 18-14; 19-14; 19-18; 20-18; 20-21; 22-21 (O-A survive 2 match pionts to keep their team alive)
Scoring:
Oliazola II +13 (including 1 service ace) -3; Aretxabaleta +2 -5
Elezkano II +13 (2a) -4; Zabaleta +0 -3
Balls in Play: 640
Time of the Match: 74:24
4 1/2: Laso (A) 18 Jaka (O) 6
Condensed Linescore (winners always listed 1st)
0-1; 4-1; 4-2; 9-2; 9-3; 11-3; 11-4; 12-4; 12-6; 18-6
Scoring:
Laso +12 (including 2 service aces) -3
Jaka +3 -5
(Scoring adds to 17-6)
Balls in Play: 160
Time of the match 29:39
Match articles for all 3 matches(21Iguales.com)
Just as in the Semi-finals the pairs match was the key. Down 21-20 in the match and 1-0 in the competition, O-A survived 2 match points to keep their team alive in the competition. After that 5 and 6 point runs by Laso led to an easy win in the 4 1/2 match and gave Anboto the championship. Elordi got Oiz off to the best possible start by scoring the last 5 points to defeat Arteaga II. 7 service aces helped him.
July 28, 2019
2nd Semi-final
Anboto (seeded into the Semi-finals) 2
Sollube 1
Singles: Urretabizkaia II (SO) 18 Arteaga II (AN) 15
Selected linescore (21Iguales.com) (winner always listed 1st)
1-0; 3-2; 5-5; 5-8; 8-8; 10-12; 11-14; 15-15; 18-15
Scoring (21Iguales):
Urretabizkaia II +12 (including 3 service aces) -7
Arteaga II +8(1a) -6
Balls in play: 187
Time of the match: 43:36
Pairs: Oliazola II-Artxabaleta (AN) 22
Artola-Albisu (SO) 12
Selected linescore (21Iguales.com) (winners always listed 1st)
0-2; 4-3; 12-8; 12-9; 16-9; 16-10; 19-10; 19-11; 21-11; 21-12; 22-12
Scoring: (21Iguales.com)
Oliazola II +15 -4; Aretxabaleta +0 -3
Artola + 5 -4; Albisu +0 -3
Balls in play: 400
Time of the match: 50:20
4 1/2: Laso (AN) 18 Bakaikoa (SO) 14
Condensed linescore (21Iguales.com) (winner always listed 1st)
0-2; 3-2; 3-3; 5-3; 5-4; 8-4; 8-7; 10-7; 10-8; 12-8; 12-10; 15-10; 15-11; 17-11; 17-14; 18-14
Scoring: (21Iguales.com)
Laso +10 (including 1 service ace) -9
Bakaikoa +5(1a) -8
Balls in play: 233
Time of the match: 37:22
Match articles for all 3 matches (21Iguales.com)
This competition went down to the final points of the final match before Laso finally sent Anboto to the final. Oliazola II came through "in the clutch", with his team down 1-0. He had a brilliant +15 -4, most winners for any pairs player, to even the score and keep his team alive. They now will face Oiz in the final on August 20 at Bizkaia, Bilbo (Bilbao).
July 25, 2019
1st Semi-final
Oiz (seeded into Semi-finals) 2 Gorbeia 1
Singles: Elordi (OI) 18 Egiguren V (substituting for Zabala) (GO) 16
Condensed linescore (21Iguales.com) (winner always listed 1st)
0-1; 4-1; 4-2; 6-2; 6-3; 8-3; 8-4; 10-4; 10-7; 11-7; 11-11; 13-11; 13-14; 17-14; 17-16; 18-16
Scoring:
Elordi +13 (including 2 service aces) -7
Egiguren V +9(1a) -5
Time of the match: 47:26
Pairs: Altuna III-L. Galarza (substituting for Rezusta) (GO) 22 Elezkano II-Zabaleta (OI) 10
Condensed linescore (21Iguales.com) (winners always listed 1st
2-0; 2-1; 9-1; 9-5; 13-5; 13-8; 21-8; 21-10; 22-10
Scoring (Deia)
Altuna III +11 (including 1 service ace) -1; L. Galarza +3 -4
Elezkano II +3 -2; Zabaleta +1 -6
(scoring adds to 22-9)
Balls in play: 301
Time of the match: 46:10
4 1/2: Jaka (OI) 18 Retegi BI (GO) 9
Condensed linescore (21Iguales.com) (winner always listed 1st)
2-0; 2-2; 4-2; 4-3; 5-3; 5-5; 12-5; 12-6; 16-6; 16-7; 17-7; 17-9; 18-9
Scoring (21Iguales.com)
Jaka +14 -5 (including 1 service fault)
Retegi BI +4(including 1 service ace) -3
(scoring adds to 17-9)
Balls in play: 176
Time of the match: 24:45
No video available for these matches at this time.
For the 2nd time, Retegi BI had a chance to win the day for his team. But this time it was Jaka who had the big mid-match run (7-0) to send Oiz to the final. It was a bitter pill for Altuna III to swallow, having won both his pairs matches for Gorbeia with total figures of +19 -3.
Match articles for all 3 matches(21Iguales.com)
July 21, 2019
Quarter-finals
Gorbeia 2 Ganekogorta 1
Singles: Zabala (GA) 18 Dario (GO) 2
Condensed linescore (21Iguales.com) (winner always listed first)
15-0; 15-1; 16-1; 16-2; 18-2
Scoring:
Zabala +7 -2; Dario +0 -11
Dario's only 2 points came on Zabala errors.
Balls in play: 134
Time of the match 30:18
Pairs: Altuna III-Rezusta (GO) 22
Ezkurdia-Martja 18
Condensed linescore (21Iguales.com) (winners always listed 1st)
0-2; 1-2; 1-3; 3-3; 3-8; 4-8; 4-9; 6-9; 6-10; 9-10; 9-11; 14-11; 14-13; 17-13; 17-14; 18-14; 18-16; 19-16; 19-18; 22-18
Scoring (EITB)
Altuna III +8 -2; Rezusta +1 -6
Ezkurdia +8 -10; Martija +2 -3
Balls in play: 740
Altuna 187, Rezusta 185; Ezkurdia 197, Martija 171
Time of the match: 80:53
An epic struggle that saw Ezkurdia put the pelota on the wall almost 200 times, but his 10 errors were the difference.
4 1/2: Retegi BI (GO) 18 P. Etxeberria (GA) 11
Condensed linescore (21Iguales.com) (winner always listed 1st)
0-5; 3-5; 3-6; 7-6; 7-8; 15-8; 15-10; 16-10; 16-11; 18-11
Scoring (21Iguales.com)
Retegi BI +10 (including 3 service aces) -4 (including 1 service fault)
P. Etxeberria +7(2a), -8
Balls in play: 202
Time of the match: 34:41
With his team's back to the wall at 0-5, Retegi BI fights his way back into the match, and then wins, aided by an 8-0 run in mid-match. Gorbea, after an exhausting day that started out disastrously, moves on to the Semi-finals.
Match articles for all three matches (21Iguales.com)
Sollube 3 Kolitz 0
Singles: Urretabizkaia (SO) 18 Agirre (KO) 14
Pairs: Artola-Albisu 22 Urrutikoetxea-Mariezkurrena II 20
4 1/2: Bakaikoa 18 Victor 10
No match video available at this time
Match article (baikopilota.eus)
Match article (Deia)
