VADISTANBUL SPORTSFEST

Vadistanbul Fest acquainted different sports branches with Vadistanbul visitors throughout 3 weekends. Vadistanbul Sports Fest started with the Istanbul Cup 2018 European Championship bringing the most important beach soccer teams of together. Valencia from , Chelsea from England, Marseille from France and Türkiye All Stars from Turkey held a competition against each other at the sand field arranged carrying 550 ton sand in Vadistanbul. According to the results of the championship which continued 3 days, Chelsea was crowned champion taking 6 points and became the greatest of the Istanbul Cup 2018. The tournament was broadcast live through the Aspor channel could be watched by the lovers on the TV.

Vadistanbul continued to host the new championships in the 2nd week of the Sports Fest. The championship of beach Leauge which is one of the most rough games of the world and the beach which is one of the most aesthetic sports of the world were realized with participation of the most successful women and men teams of Turkey. The champions of Istanbul Beach Cup 2018 All Stars Rugby Championship and 2018 Turkish Volleyball Federation Turkey Series Pro Beach Tour Vadistanbul Stage where a pitched battle was experienced from time to time and easy scores were achieved from time to time were determined at the end of about 50 matches which continued two days. 4 men and 4 women Rugby Leauge teams consisting of 96 Rugby Leauge players held a competition in the Rugby Leauge for a period of two days. In the Istanbul Beach Cup 2018 All Stars Championship organized through the contributions of Vadistanbul and the Turkish Rugby League Association supported by the Rugby League European Federation (RLEF) and the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF), Kadıköy Ladies team won the first place in women and Kadıköy Bulls team won the first place in men. 2018 Turkish Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball Turkey Series Pro Beach Tour Vadistanbul Stage has also caused the spectators to have exciteful moments. 27 volleyball teams held competition in the matches continued for a period of two days with participation of 15 teams in the category of men and 12 teams in the category of women. In the category of women, Selin Yurtsever and Buğra Eryıldız become champion, whilst Alizera Ahghajani Ghasab and Ahad Emamgolipourahangar won the first place in the category of men.

Vadistanbul SportsFest ended in its 3rd week with ‘Vadistanbul Extreme Fest’ where all limits were forced and which had the highest energy. In the festival which continued for a period of two days, the demonstrations such as “Big Jump” which was a freefall practice from the height of 10 meters upon an air bag, the BMX FreeFall consisting of a bycycle acrobatics which was realized for the first time, skateboard competitions and the demonstrations of the athletes included in the organization of Slackline Turkey competing at a racing track on a rope at an height of 15 meters and in length of 30 meters caused the participants of the festival to have unforgettable moments. In addition to watching demonstrations which are more beautiful than the other, visitors of the festival shared this excitement participating in the climbing wall workshops and different trainings of the athletes. In addition to the sporting games, the motorcycle and drift demonstrations displaying difficult actions forced the limits. The motocross and drift shows of the Enduro Istanbul and Apexmasters teams attracted intensive attention of the Vadistanbul visitors.

VADISTANBUL SPORTSFEST BUDGET Project AVE ($) AVE (₺) AVE (€) Beach Soccer Championship $9.000,00 45.000 ₺ 7.500,00 € Beach Rugby & Volleyball $9.000,00 45.000 ₺ 7.500,00 € ExtremeFest $20.000,00 100.000 ₺ 16.666,67 € TOTAL $38.000,00 190.000 ₺ 31.666,67 €