The Sagardoaren Txapelketa IX features 8 Oriamendi2010 roster pairs (7 players from the A Group and 9 from the B Group). The tournament will be contested in two 4 team groups (A and B). Each team corresponds to a cider house sponsor. Letters following the players' names correspond to their Oriamendi2010 groups.
Group A
Bereziartua (Uterga-Labaka) (A-B)
Gaztañaga (Urriza-Zaldua) (A-B)
Larre-Gain (Juanenea-Azpiroz) (B-B)
Petritegi (Segurola-Endika) (B-A)
Group B
Altzueta (Etxarri-Ion) (A-A)
Gurutzeta (Ezkurra II-Garces) (B-B)
Oialume Zar (Goikoetxea V-Barrenetxea IV) (B-A)
Setien (Ansa II-Agirrezabala) (B-A)
Of these pairs, only Segurola-Endika have ever won the Tournament. There are five players who did not play (except as substitutes) last year. They are Ansa II, Etxarri, and Goikoetxea V in the front; Labaka and Zaldua in the back.
The tournament will consist of a League phase, a single round robin in each group. There will be a change in how the Semi-finals are contested this year. The first and second place teams in each group will advance to a Semi-final League, a single round robin. At the end of the Semi-final League the top two teams will play in the Final on May 4. This format makes the League play more important. Under the old format, all teams advanced, but were seeded so that the teams that finished lower had to play more matches to get to the Final.
Scoring for the League phase will be as follows.
Match winner (40 point matches): 4pts.
36-39: 2pts.
31-35: 1pt
26-30: 0pts.
0-25: -1pt
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NOTE: HISTORY OF THE SAGADOAREN TOURNAMENT FROM 2011-2018 HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST. IT INCLUDES SCORES OF ALL FINALS, ALL FINAL MATCH ARTICLES, LINKS TO ALL MATCH SCORES AND ARTICLES, AND LINKS TO PARTIAL OR FULL MATCH VIDEOS WHEN AVAILABLE.
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Preview article (Oriamendi 2010)
Preview article (Diario Vasco)
Preview article (Kronika) (Basque)
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Round 1--Week 1: February 28-March 2, 2019 ; Round 1--Week 2: March 7, 9, 2019 ; Round 2--Week 1: March 14, 16, 2019 ; Round 2--Week 2: March 21, 23, 2019 ; Round 3--Week 1 March 28, 30, 2019 ; Round 3--Week 2 April 4, 6, 2019
Semi-Final League:
Round 1 ; Round 2 ; Round 3;
Final
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FINAL
May 4, 2019
May 4, 2019
Selected linescore (winners always listed first)
15-5; 20-15; 38-28; 40-31
Scoring:
Segurola +10 -2 Endika +19 (including 3 service aces) -4
Ezkurra II +21 -4 Garces +4 (2a) -7*
*Inferred from the other scores (Oriamendi2010 listed his error as -10)
Match preview article (Oriamendi2010)
Match article (Oriamendi2010)
Endika Urrutia became the first Oriamendi2010 player to win the Sagardoeren Txapelketa (Torneo Sidra/Cider Tournament) 3 times and the first to win with the same partner (Benat Segurola) twice as he led his Petritegi team to perfect 7-0 Tournament record with a decisive 40-31 win over Gurutzeta (Ezkurra II-Garces). Though positioned in the back, he "led from the front" with +19 (including only 3 service aces) -4, an almost unbelievable total for winners in play from a back court player. It was not the first time he played dominating offense. Here are his numbers for the 6 matches we have Oriamendi2010 statistics for:
League play (2 matches) +23 -4
Semi-final League play (3 matches) +46 -19
Final: +19 -4
Total: +88 -27 (avg: +14.4 -4.5)
And he saved his best for the most important matches, in the Semi-final League and Final: +10 -4; +18 -10; +18 -5; +19 -4
S-E opened with a 15-5 run, which was countered somewhat, with the excellent play of Joseto Ezkurra, by a 10-5 response. But an 18-13 spurt in mid-match put them in control, and they cruised to a fairly easy victory. S-E completely dominated the Tournament, finishing with a 7-0 record. They won by big scores in the League phase (average score for the 3 League matches was 40-27, including a big 40-24 win over Urriza-Zaldua (Gaztanaga). In the Semi-final League, they showed that they could also "win the close ones", winning the three matches by an average of 40-37, and beating Urriza-Zaldua again, this time 40-38. They needed to score only 26 points in their final Semi-final match. They scored 40 and eked out another victory when they had absolutely nothing to play for during most of the 2nd half. E-G had a fine tournament, finishing 4-3 (two of the defeats coming at the hands of S-E). Their highlight was a great upset win over Urriza-Zaldua in the 3rd Semi-final match, knocking them out of the Final. They had many close matches: (League phase: 39-40; 40-38; 40-37; Semi-final League: 40-34; 36-40; 40-36; 31-40). Ezkurra II was excellent throughout, +66-9 in the League phase, +60 -18 in the Semi-final League. Adding his Final (+21 -4) he averaged +21 -4 for the Tournament. Garces was a little more inconsistent, but his great play in the crucial semi-final against U-Z helped knock his last year's Championship partner out of contention. Quite an impressive performance for a player who began his career at Oriamendi2010 when he was already over 30.
The way the team point scoring was set up (see above) Oriamendi2010 considered 36 or more points a close match. Of the 19 matches, 10 were close. 1 was decided by the minimum, 4 by 40-38, 3 by 4-37, and 2 by 40-36.
Finally, in a Tournament which pitted A players with and against B players, the B players held their own very well. Here is a breakdown of matches where there were uneven pairings.
A-A 1-1 A-B 1-1
A-A 1-0 B-B 0-1
B-B 5-3 A-B 3-5
S-E opened with a 15-5 run, which was countered somewhat, with the excellent play of Joseto Ezkurra, by a 10-5 response. But an 18-13 spurt in mid-match put them in control, and they cruised to a fairly easy victory. S-E completely dominated the Tournament, finishing with a 7-0 record. They won by big scores in the League phase (average score for the 3 League matches was 40-27, including a big 40-24 win over Urriza-Zaldua (Gaztanaga). In the Semi-final League, they showed that they could also "win the close ones", winning the three matches by an average of 40-37, and beating Urriza-Zaldua again, this time 40-38. They needed to score only 26 points in their final Semi-final match. They scored 40 and eked out another victory when they had absolutely nothing to play for during most of the 2nd half. E-G had a fine tournament, finishing 4-3 (two of the defeats coming at the hands of S-E). Their highlight was a great upset win over Urriza-Zaldua in the 3rd Semi-final match, knocking them out of the Final. They had many close matches: (League phase: 39-40; 40-38; 40-37; Semi-final League: 40-34; 36-40; 40-36; 31-40). Ezkurra II was excellent throughout, +66-9 in the League phase, +60 -18 in the Semi-final League. Adding his Final (+21 -4) he averaged +21 -4 for the Tournament. Garces was a little more inconsistent, but his great play in the crucial semi-final against U-Z helped knock his last year's Championship partner out of contention. Quite an impressive performance for a player who began his career at Oriamendi2010 when he was already over 30.
The way the team point scoring was set up (see above) Oriamendi2010 considered 36 or more points a close match. Of the 19 matches, 10 were close. 1 was decided by the minimum, 4 by 40-38, 3 by 4-37, and 2 by 40-36.
Finally, in a Tournament which pitted A players with and against B players, the B players held their own very well. Here is a breakdown of matches where there were uneven pairings.
A-A 1-1 A-B 1-1
A-A 1-0 B-B 0-1
B-B 5-3 A-B 3-5
If I were to pick a "Most Valuable Player," in this tournament, Endika would be my choice. Ezkurra II would be a close second.
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Available known Semi-final League Individual Scoring: Where data is for less than the total number of matches, it was due to lack of source data (Source for all unless otherwise specifically stated: Oriamendi2010 match reports).
Delanteros (Fronts)
Urriza (Gaztanga) + 24 -2 (O); +16 -0 (EITB); +18 -1(O)
Segurola (Petritegi) + 23 -4 (O); +8 -6 (EITB); +12 -1(O)
Ezkurra II (Gurutzeta) + 23 -5(O); +17 -9 (EITB); +20 -4(O)
Goikoetxea V (Oialume Zar)?; +18 -5 (EITB); +9 -9(O)
Zagueros (Backs)
Barrenetxea IV (Oialume Zar) +16 (O); +12 -7 (EITB); +23 -1(O)
Endika (Petritegi) +10 -4 (O); +18 -10 (EITB); +18 -55(O)
Zaldua (Gaztanaga) +6 -5 (O); +12 -2 (EITB); +11 -6(O)
Garces (Gurutzeta) ?, +4 -5 (EITB); +13 -1(O)
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Qualification League:
Teams-wins-losses +or- Tournament points
Petritegi (Segurola-Endika B-A) (3-0 +12)
Gaztanaga (Urriza- Zaldua A-B) (2-1 +7)
Larre Gain (Juanenea-Apiroz B-B) (1-2 +7)*
Bereziartua (Uterga-Laaka A-B) (0-3 -2)*
*Eliminated
Available League Individual Scoring: Where data is for less than 3 matches, it was due to lack of source data (Source for all: Oriamendi2010 match reports)
Delantero-Front (avg. numbers are rounded)
Urriza (Gaztanaga) +64 -10 (3 matches) avg. +21 -3
Segurola (Petritegi) +38 -1 (2 matches) avg.+19 -1
Juanenea (Larre Gain) +30 -5 (2 matches) avg. +15 -2
Uterga (Bereziartua) +25 -8 (2 matches) avg. +13 -4
Zagueros (backs)
Endika (Petritegi) +23 -4 (2 matches) avg. +12 -2
Azpiroz (Larre Gain) +24 -5 (2 matches) avg. +12 -3
Labaka (Bereziartua) + 10 -4 (1 match) avg. +10 -4
Zaldua (Gaztanaga) +20 -13 (2 matches) avg. +10 -7
Agirrezabala +6 -1(1)
Group B Table: FINAL
Gurutzeta (Ezkurra II-Garces B-B) 2-1 +10
Oialume Zar (Goikoetxea V-Barrenetxea IV B-A) 1-2 +8
Altzueta (Etxarri-Ion A-A) 2-1 +8*
Setien (Ansa II-Agirrezabala B-A) 1-2 +8*
* Eliminated
Oialume Zar qualifies for the second Semi-final League position based on an overall point differntial advantage (114-108); Altzueta (118-116); Setien (115-117)
Available League Individual Scoring: Where data is for less than 3 matches it was due to lack of source data. Source for all: Oriamend2010 match reports:
Delanteros (front)
Ezkurra II +66(3 matches) -9(3)
Ansa II +62 (3) -4 (1)
Etxarri +41 (3) -9 (2)
Goikoetxea V +24 (2) -11(2)
Zagueros (back)
Barrenetxea IV +38(3) -10(3)
Ion +22(2) -3(1)
Garces +12 -4(1)
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Also, these professional Remonte players don't play all their matches at Galarreta. They also play in an annual set of mostly short court (36-38 meters, as opposed to Galarreta's 56 meter court) tournaments sponsored by Fundacion Remonte Euskal Jai (Euskal Jai Berri). Those competitions are covered on a separate Page on the right side of the blog: Euskal Jai Berri Match results. Match scores, articles, and separate player win-loss records are available.
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Previous winners (Source: Oriamendi 2010 Emaitzak/Resultados database)
Note: for all results and match articles for all previous tournaments, I will link to the results. Finals match articles will be linked to directly. To match the results to the match articles for all other matches, I will link to all match articles for that year. Simply match the articles to the result dates. It is a bit cumbersome, but, I think, the easiest way to find non-Final Tournament match stories given the structure of the Oriamendi2010 databases. All match articles, unless otherwise specifically stated, are from Oriamendi2010 or the Viva El Remonte blog via Oriamendi2010. I have yet to find any tournament history in any modality covered as well and as powerfully from the standpoint of easy retrieval of information from one place, as the Oriamendi2010 website. High Cestas to all involved. Esterrik Asko.
2011--Juaristi-Olazar 40 Endika-Urrutia I 36 (match article) (complete match results)--(individual match articles)
2012--Onatz-San Miguel 40 Juaristi-Olazar 31 (match article) (video highlights 35-31--40-31) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2013--Matxin III-Etxeberria III 40 Jauristi-Agirrezabala 33 (match article) (video highlights 36-28--40-33) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2014--Etxeberria IV-Ion 40 Matxin III-Etxeberria III 34 (match article)(video highlights 36-24--39-34) (full tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2015--Zeberio II-Endika 40 Uterga-Olazar 27 (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2016--Segurola-Endika 40 Uterga-Aizpuru III 38 (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles) (BLOG POST--scroll to the Remonte section))
2017--Otaegi-Ion 40 Urriza-Azpiroz 37 (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
2018--Urriza-Garces 40 Uterga-Zubiri 31 (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match by match results)--(individual match articles)
2019--Segurola-Endika 40 Ezkurra II-Garces (match article) (Full match video--EITB) (complete tournament match results)--(individual match articles)
