Matex MaraBadminton is European Champion. In the final in Oviedo, Maddaloni's team defeated (3-1) the Spanish team of Recreativo IES La Orden and is on the roof of Europe. It was the first time in the approximately forty-year history of the top European club competition that an Italian team took part in the final of the European club championship. Matex even managed to win. Seventeen victories in the group stage, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals, no defeats. A team just over three years old, already with two runners-up finishes in three Serie A appearances in Italy, are now European Champions.
«An extraordinary result», declares the technical director and coach Rosario Maddaloni. «We were able to bring the Cup to Sardinia thanks to a large, united and close-knit group. We faced the best teams in Europe. An extraordinary journey".
Matex participated in this prestigious European competition also with the aim of promoting the archaeological, historical and naturalistic heritage of Sardinia. A video specially created by the club was presented and disseminated via personalized USB keys to be distributed during the tournament, with which, also through the European and international badminton channels, some of the most important treasures were presented together with the team. important on the island.