Basque bare hand pelota

Berriatua in the final of the Jai Alai Masters defeated Lur and Maia by defeating Ihart and Arai: 8-15, 15-13, 5-1. In the male category, Erkiaga and Aratz beat Urreisti and Lekerika in two sets: 15-14 and 15-13. 

Elordi and Zabaleta have won a huge victory in the Couples Championship after defeating Altuna and Ezkurdia 21-22. They have turned the score against 18-13, and the last time the match was decided was spectacular!

In order to give more professionalism to the tip basket, the "Pole Performance" project of the Jai Alai League has been presented in San Juan de Luz, based on high-level training and aimed at providing physical, technical, tactical and mental training to the puntists. 

Alegia's striker ended last Saturday's match in San Sebastian with pain in his left hand. Agirre will replace Peña in the Serie B tournament.

After half the first phase of the Couples Championship, the classification is in full swing. Altuna-Ezkurdia, Larrazabal-Mariezkurrena, Zabala-Martija, Elordi-Zabaleta, Jaka-Iztueta and Artola-Imaz are tied with four victories.

Alex Goitia, Eñaut Urreisti and Unai Lekerika have been the protagonists of the first day of the Eusko Label Winter Series semifinals.

Jokin Altuna and Joseba Ezkurdia have won 22-15 for Peio Etxeberria and Beñat Rezusta in the match that closed the eighth day of the Couples Championship.

The winners went back 10 and 15 in a crazy game, thanks to a partial of 11 and 0. The second part of the meeting was exciting. It was a huge fight between the backers, and Jaka was more right in his remates.

Urreisti-Lopez and Goitia-Lekerika, the two leaders of the first phase group, have today faced each other in Gernika on the first day of the Eusko Label Winter Series semifinals. The second couple has won a valuable victory in three games (13-15, 15-10 and 4-5) with a controversial final that will give something to talk about.

The Biscayan couple beat the Guipuzcoan in three games (13-15, 15-10 and 4-5) in a controversial ending.

Goitia and Lekerika have won Urreisti and Lopez in three games (13-15, 15-10 and 4-5) at the Jai Alai fronton in Gernika. The last one will have to speak, as the arbitral decision has been controversial.

2025 has been a perfect year for the pelotari Enara Gaminde, so she has received a warm tribute in her village, Laukiz.

Zabala and Martija have added their fourth win by defeating Elordi and Zabaleta 15-22. This is the longest game played so far, and the one with the most balls, with a total of 861 balls counted. 

Laso and Albisu have won their seventh win in the Couples Championship by defeating Artola and Imaz 12-22. The couple who lead the tournament have been brilliant and, although they have struggled to score the last so much, they have finally pocketed the victory.

After four consecutive defeats in the Couples Championship, Aspe's couple have started the year well, beating Jaka and Iztueta 22-16.

Imanol Ansa and Aritz Zubiri have won the final of the Remonte Couples Championship. Urnietarra and Goizueta have fulfilled the forecasts, but having suffered a lot, the fight has been decided in the kits game (14-15, 15-6 and 8-3).

The Baiko couple have six wins in the seven contested days and, after the first round of the league, remain in the first place. In the match played at Astelena, they have been ahead on the scoreboard, but in the end they have had to suffer until they get the point. 

Laso and Albisu were winning 5-4, when the tenth both of the match was in play, when Javi Zabala made a good run, but Jon Ander Albisu picked it up brilliantly and the four pelotaris played a spectacular amount, and in the end the blues took it.

On the 1st of January, Astelena, there was a rarity: before the match between Laso-Albisu and Zabala-Martija began, the badge that was to determine which couple was going to make the first outlet stood and had to be thrown out again.

In this video we review the most memorable moments left by the Basque ball in 2025, with Altuna, Etxeberria, Ezkurdia and Rezusta as hand champions, while Enara Gaminde has prevailed in the Women's Master Cup.