13 Aug 2025

ATL - Sarajevo hosts the third stop

With six world champions in the field, the Adriatic Teqball League - Sarajevo offers this season's toughest stop of the tournament.

With 41 registered athletes representing 11 countries, the 2025 Adriatic Teqball League does not slow down. On August 16, a world-class field will clash in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the €3,000 prize money.

After the Adriatic Teqball League's season kicked off in the picturesque city of Ohrid, North Macedonia, and continued with a record-breaking event in Bar, Montenegro, the tournament returns to Sarajevo with two categories: men's singles and doubles. 

In Bar, the unbelievable happened in men's singles: Apor Gyorgdeak (ROU) lost after 87 wins and 20 months. The category's current title holder and FITEQ World Ranking #1 returns to the ATL's next stop. Just like his clubmate, who actually stopped Gyorgydeak's streak in Montenegro, Marek Pokwap (POL). However, he is "only" ranked third in Sarajevo as the record champion; Adam Blazsovics also competes. He is not the only Hungarian world champion. Balazs Katz won in men's doubles in 2023, and his partner, Csaba Banyik, is a three-time world champion. Both of them are unpleasant opponents. The list of the dangerous Hungarians does not stop here. Milan Csabi, who beat Blazsovics at the Hungarian qualifier, already showed his potential in major events as well. The 18-year-old prepares for Teball's first continental youth championships, which will start two days after Sarajevo in Pecs, Hungary. Besides him, Martin Csereklye, who finished third in Bar both in singles and doubles, and Benjamin Patrik Toth, who also reached the third place in Bar in doubles, can easily cause trouble. The list goes on, as the three-time world champions from Serbia, Nikola Mitro and Bogdan Marojevic, who dominated the ATL in the first two years, will be ready to face the new challengers. The two Polish, Stefan Orlowski (POL), who is one of the biggest talents of the next generation and just like Csabi, prepares for Pecs and his compatriot, the experienced Bartlomiej Franczuk, will make sure that even the group stage provides huge battles. Bosnia and Herzegovina will be represented by the 16-year-old Mihajlo Mrdic.

The field of men's singles would be enough for a great European championships, and the case is very similar in men's doubles, too. The 2023 world champion, Katz/Banyik, are the first-seeded double. However, Gyorgydeak/Pokwap lost only one match this season. Marojevic/Mitro can never be underestimated, and a very interesting pair teamed up. Matyas Odnoga (HUN) is known as one of the best attacking athletes, joined forces with Blazsovics, making a dangerous couple. Toth/Franczuk, Orlowski/Csabi will make any branch in the knockout stage a tough one.

An additional campaign started in Bar. In Sarajevo, a different topic will be showcased: 'Organising Sustainable Sports Events: Environmental Responsibility and Financial Sustainability'. The workshop brings together representatives from different stakeholders. The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

The group stage and quarterfinals will be played indoors at Sports Hall Goran Cengic, while the semifinals and finals will be played outdoors at Aria Mall plateau. The SFs and finals will be streamed on TEQ TV.