Member Associations | 2 Jun 2021

Mirandela won their 21st National Championship

Mirandela won the Portuguese National championship, the 21st in the history of the club, by beating GDSC Juncal by 3-1 in the second leg of the Play off Final. Match took place in the Azorean Island of Terceira.

On the first leg, held in Mirandela, the new national champions won by 3-0.

The club, founded in 1990, won the National title in 1992/93, 1994/95, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2020/21.

Coach XIE Juan, said “This season went as we expected, although we had a few setups with one of our foreign players. We prepared the whole season very well. On the Final, we played really well on the first game and came to Azores prepared for everything. We were much focused and we showed our strength, our focus and our power to win.”

 

Playoff – Final – 2nd leg

Venue: Pavilhão Desportivo do Juncal (Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores)

Umpires: Alda Fagundes / Margarida Dias Ferreira

Raquel Andrade / Tatiana Garnova, 0 – Olga Chramko / Rita Fins, 3 (f.c.)

Janet Effion, 3 – Olga Chramko, 0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-7)

Raquel Andrade, 0 – Annamaria Erdelyi, 3 (3-11, 7-11, 3-11)

Rita Coelho, 0 – Rita Fins, 3 (2-22, 2-11, 5-11)

GDCS Juncal Coach: Hugo Sousa

CTM Mirandela Coach: Xie Juan

 

Playoff – Final – 1st leg

Venue: Pavilhão Reginorde (Mirandela)

Umpires: Serafim Mendes / Álvaro Guimarães

Annamaria Erdelyi / Olga Chramko, 3 – Janet Effiom / Raquel Vieira, 2 (4-11, 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9)

Rita Fins, 3 – Raquel Andrade, 0 (11-7, 11-4, 11-2)

Annamaria Erdelyi, 3 – Tatiana Garnova, 0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-9)

GDCS Juncal Coach: Hugo Sousa

CTM Mirandela Coach: Xie Juan