Next weekend, Saturday October 28th and Sunday October 29thit will be decisive for him 2023 Four and a Half Championshipbecause, in the third and final day of the quarterfinal grouptwo games are going to be played, Ezkurdia-Jaka and Artola-Peñawhich will result, in practice, as two direct eliminatory rounds, with a ticket to the semi-final for the winner and a bye to the championship for the loser. They are, furthermore, the only two matches of this day that will be playedgiven that Jokin Altuna, who is already classified, will not play, as a precaution, against Aitor Elordiwho no longer has options, and The confrontation between Iker Salaberria, injured, and Peio Etxeberria will not be played eitheralso classified.

In this context, the second day of Cuatro y Medio concluded on Sunday with a clear victory for Jokin Altuna against Jon Ander Peña, 22-11, in Eibar, in a match that left the player from Amezketa already classified for the semifinal, but also damaged; In the final stretch of the match, Altuna hit his left shoulder against the wall, trying to reach the ball, and was injured in an area where he has had problems since August, since the La Blanca Fair. Altuna was able to finish the game, but he made it clear, thus, that he is not going to play the match he was missing, with Aitor Elordi as his rival.

At the start of the day, on Friday, at the Deportivo in Bilbao, Peio Etxeberria beat Joseba Ezkurdia 22-19, in group A, and thus ensured his place in the semifinals. That same day, Erik Jaka, without playing, scored a 22-0 victory against Iker Salaberria, who, with bad hands, had suspended the match that both were supposed to play in Alsasua. In this way, Ezkurdia and Jaka will play on Saturday, in Bermeo, in a life or death clash, with the winner a place in the semifinals.

In group B, Altuna is guaranteed to be in the semifinals, and Elordi no longer has any chance of playing in them; Iñaki Artola, who defeated the current Manomanista champion on Saturday in Tafalla, will fight with Jon Ander Peña for a place in the semifinal; It will be on Sunday, and the match will be presented as the day before: whoever wins will be in the semifinals, and whoever loses will be eliminated.

The semifinals will be played on November 4 and 5, in Vitoria-Gasteiz and Eibar; The match for third place is scheduled for Sunday the 12th, and The grand final of the Cuatro y Medio of 2023, which will be played in Bilbao, will take place on Sunday the 19th.

Source: Eitb

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