Euskaraz irakurri: Urdaibaik Eusko Label Ligako bederatzigarren titulua nahi du irabazi asteburu honetan

Urdaibai look for this weekend, September 16 and 17, your ninth Eusko Label League title and its fourth Liga-Bandera double for La Concha, since last Sunday he achieved victory in the regatta held in San Sebastián. In the absence of the last two regattas of the Eusko Label Leagueplanned for today, Saturday, in Bermeo and to tomorrow, Sunday, in PortugaleteUrdaibai has 182 points, Hondarribia 173, and Zierbena 170. In addition, the play-offs of the Liga Eusko Label and the Liga Euskotren will take place, also in Bermeo on Saturday and in Portugalete, which will completely determine which clubs They will participate in the 2024 edition of both championships.

In fact, Urdaibai could achieve the title mathematically this afternoon, at home, in Bermeo; If the trawler skippered by Gorka Aranberri maintains the excellent line of regularity shown throughout the season, also confirmed by its great moment of form, the Bou Bizkaia, depending also on what Hondarribia and Zierbena do, could be the champion trawler without waiting to the last regatta of the competition.

Urdaibai has, for the moment, the League titles of 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022. In the 2010, 2016 and 2022 seasons, in addition, the Bermeo club won on the La Concha Flag, making it three times that he has achieved that double that he could repeat now, if he is proclaimed champion of the Eusko Label League.

Pending their title chances, Hondarribia and Zierbena will fight for the runner-up position, and Donostiarra will complete the honorable round; Orio, Getaria, Cabo and Lekittarra, for their part, will row in the first round.

Play-offs of the Euskotren League and the Eusko Label League

In addition to the title of the Eusko Label League and the chances of each team to obtain the highest possible place in the final classification, the other point of great interest of the weekend is in the play-offs of the Euskotren League and the Eusko Label League that will also be played today and tomorrow, also in Bermeo and Portugalete.

In the Euskotren League (competition already completed, with victory by Arraun Lagunak), Hibaika, sixth in the League, and Kaiku and Zumaia, first and second in the ETE League, will participate. The team that wins the play-off will compete in the 2024 Euskotren League, while the other two will compete in the next edition of the ETE League.

In the play-off of the Eusko Label League, there are five teams in the running: Santurtzi, eleventh in the 2023 Eusko Label League standings, Sanpedrotarra and Lapurdi, first and second in the ARC-1 League, and Ares and Bueu, qualified from the Galician League. The clubs that get the first two places in the play-off will be among the twelve that make up the 2024 Eusko Label League.

Today, the Bermeo competition will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the play-off of the Euskotren League, which will be followed by the play-off of the Eusko Label League (6:04 p.m.) and the XLI Ikurriña de Bermeo (18 :47 hours). For tomorrow, in Portugalete, the play-off times, in the time trial mode, are 11:25 and 11:59 hours, respectively, for the Euskotren League and for the Eusko Label League, while the XLIX Bandera El Corte Inglés, which will close the season in the Nervión estuary, is scheduled to start at 12:42 p.m.

Source: Eitb

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