The 17th European Deaf Champions League Football was held in Manisa (Türkiye) from 27th April to 2nd May 2026.
There were 12 men’s teams registered in the DCL competition, with a total of 315 players and officials. At the last moment, two teams (PAOK Morias and Istanbul Sessizler) withdrew, and the competition was therefore played with 10 teams, distributed into three groups. The tournament progressed well throughout the week, and we would like to thank the organising committee of Manisa IESK for their efforts.
The winner was CSS Reims from France, repeating their success from the previous year. In the final match against GSG Stuttgart (Germany), the result was 2–2, with CSS Reims winning 4–3 on penalties. It was a tough and exciting match between both teams, and either side could have won, but it ultimately had to be decided by penalties, which is never an easy outcome for either team.
Third place was obtained by GSV Düsseldorf (Germany), who faced Barnet DFC in a match that ended 2–2 and was decided on penalties.
The awards were presented to the following teams and players:
- Best Young Player (U-21): Spyros Ilias (POK Athens)
- Best Goalkeeper: Evangelos Pantelidis (POK Athens
- Best Player: Shinichiro Hoshikawa (CSS Reims)
- Best Coach: Philippe Guyon (CSS Reims)
- Top Scorer: Steven Nowark (GSG Stuttgart) (7 goals)
- Fair Play: GSG Stuttgart (Germany)
- Top 11 players:
- Evangelos Pantelidis (P.O.K. Athens)
- Yuto Nakao (C.S.S. Reims)
- Ahmed Arabo (G.T.S.V. Frankfurt)
- Matthew Wheeler (Barnet D.F.C.)
- Shion Sato (G.S.G. Stuttgart)
- Fabian Kuppe (G.S.G. Stuttgart)
- Paul Recober (C.S.S. Reims)
- Shinichiro Hoshikawa (C.S.S. Reims)
- Bastian Hoffmeyer (G.S.G. Stuttgart)
- Steven Nowark (G.S.G. Stuttgart)
- Mete Kilic (Manisa I.E.S.K.)
The next edition (2027) will be announced in the next months.
Link to results: https://www.deafchampionsleague.eu/manisa2026/football/men/results/results
 DCL Football 11 Manisa Türkiye 2026.pdf | 558 kB |