BULLETIN

NO. 1

3rd U20 European Deaf Championships - Men and Women

21 August – 26 August 2017 LUBLIN, Poland

GENERAL INFORMATION Polish Deaf Association is proud to organize 3rd U20 European Deaf Basketball Men’s and Women’s Championships from 21 August - 26 August 2017 in Lublin, Voivodeship Lublin and warmly welcome all participants.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Yaakov KEREN Vasyl SANDUGEI EDSO EDSO Technical Director Representative

Aleksias JASIUNAS Juergen ENDRESS DIBF DIBF President Secretary General

Jaroslaw JANIEC Wojciech STEMPURSKI PDSA PDSA Official Poland Official Poland

Stanislaw JANIEC ? PDSA PDSA Official Poland Technical Director Poland (finance) ?

Marek LEMBRYCH Mariusz NAWROCKI PZKosz LZKosz Vice President Chef Referee and LZKosz President

THE CITY OF LUBLIN Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland and the second largest city of Lesser Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship (province) with a population of 349,103 (March 2011). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River. It was recently a candidate for the title of "2016 European Capital of Culture”. Lublin is approximately 170 kilometers (106 miles) southeast of the capital, Warsaw.

Website: http://www.lublin.eu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lublin

PHOTOS – THE CITY OF LUBLIN

VENUES CHAMPIONSHIPS Venues for 3rd U20 European Deaf Basketball Men’s and Women’s Championship will be the City Lublin.

Hall "Globus" - sports hall at street Kazimierza Wielkiego. It is owned by the Municipal Sports and Recreation Centre "Bystrica". The maximum number of seats in the auditorium - 4119 (3781 for the top 312 on the bottom - stands mobile space on the motherboard - 1600.

Hall “Zdzislaw Niedziela” at Al. Zygmuntowskie 4, is used for the games of , , basketball, and organizing cultural events and business for example. Gal and conferences. The auditorium has 900 seats, but during the spectacular events of its capacity increases to 1500.

Website: http://www.mosir.lublin.pl/obiekty

REGISTRATIONS Preliminary entry 20.01.2017 Final entry 20.03.2017 Registration by name 20.07.2017 Roster Form 20.08.2017

COMPETITION PROGRAM

Annex No. 3 – Program

TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

Annex No. 4 – (soon)

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME The Opening Ceremony will be held in GLOBUS Sports Hall on 21 August 2017 at 00:00 - ? The Closing Ceremony will be held in GLOBUS Sports Hall on 26 August 2017 at 00:00 - ?

TECHNICAL MEETING The first Technical Meeting will be held on 20 August 2017 at 20:00 at the conference room in LWOW or VICTORIA Hotel. Each team can have two representatives. The secondo Technical meeting will be held 25 August 2017 at 00:00 - ?

TRAINING From 20 August 2017 to 25 August 2017 from 08:00 to 20:00 in halls sports MOSiR, avenue Jozefa Pilsudskiego 22. Training session lasts only 60-90 min.

TRANSPORT TO LUBLIN AIRPORT LUBLIN

AIRPORT WARSAW

TRAIN STATION LUBLIN

FROM THE AIRPORT TO LUBLIN http://www.airport.lublin.pl/ Map of Destinations The map shows examples of transit connections from destination airports. Please verify information on the carrier websites. http://www.airport.lublin.pl/en/dla-podroznych/planowanie-podrozy/mapa- polaczen.html http://www.airport.lublin.pl/en/dla-podroznych/rozklad-lotow.html

MAP OF DESTINATIONS The map show examples of transit connections from destination airports. Please verify information on the Cartier websites.

ACCOMMODATION LWOW Hotel See here: http://www.hotel-lwow.pl

VICTORIA Hotel See here: http://www.victorialublin.pl

This hotel is located in a large business centre in the centrum city of Lublin. Away from the city center and old town, about 500 m The Hotel offers free Wi-Fi. All rooms are air-conditioned and include a flat-screen TV, desk and a private bathroom.

PRICE OFFER Rooms Quantity of beds in room Price Standard single Standard double 1 person 65 euro

FEE INCLUDES: Prices based on full board accommodation (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) Transportation (airport, station, stadium) Accreditation Waters T-shirt Closing banquet

Annex No. 1 – Reservation Hotel Form

TRANSPORT FORM Please see attached Transport Form. You need to send filled Transport Form back to us no later than the 20 June 2017

Annex No. 2 – Travel Information

TRANSPORT IN LUBLIN Polish Deaf Sports Association is responsible for transport: 1.Airport or Train Station – Hotel – Airport or Train Station 2.Hotel – Venues – Hotel

VISA INFORMATION The following countries require visas Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, ..., ..., it is in order to send you the invitation we need to have your name, surname, date of birth, passport number and a copy of hotel reservation. We can send you necessary forms by e-mail. Despite visa you will need a medical insurance for each participant. It is also available at the Polish Embassy in your country.

ACCREDITATION Each participant of 3rd U20 European Deaf Basketball Men’s and Women’s Championships will receive accreditation with photo. This accreditation allows free entry to all competitions. We ask all to send photo for accreditation to keep time.

FAREWELL PARTY We invite you for the farewell party after the closing ceremony on 26 August 2017 at 20:00 in VICTORIA Restaurant.

MEDIA The LWOW Hotel and VICTORIA Hotel and Sports Halls offers free Wi-Fi.

INTERNET

Website: www.u20edbc2017.pl

CONTACT If there are any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the PDSA Office: E-mail: [email protected]

WELCOME TO POLAND !