INFORMATION EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CUP SEPTEMBER 25 - Second edition th TO 26 th 2013 TABLE OF CONTENT 01 Introduction p3 The European Champions Cup p3 ITSF Official Tables

02 Tournament information p4 Registration and format p5 Qualification and Specific Rules p6 Accommodation - Center Parcs p9 Eurosport - broadcasting partner p10 Kozoom store and Kozoom mag p11 TST - Handle Change system p12 Partners p13 How to get there

03 Contact - Information

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01 INTRODUCTION

ÊÊ2nd Edition of European Champions Cup ÊÊITSF Official Tables

The 60-plus-tournament ITSF World Tour is divided into four categories: Open Tournaments (International, Masters Series & Pro Tour), 5 World Championship Series (WCS) events, 1 World Cup and 1 European Champions Cup.

Following the success of the First edition of The European Champions Cup in 2012, the ITSF is happy to present you the 2nd Edition which will ÂÂLeonhart (Germany) ÂÂBonzini () be held in September 25th & 26th 2013. The organisation of the event www.original-leonhart.com www.bonzini.com is an important goal to develop table soccer in Europe and encourage federation to organize a national league.

The European Champions Cup allows the best European Foosball clubs to meet up during a big tournament. This event is now part of an incontrovertible event for our sport. 8 countries and more than 16 teams are expected for this 2nd edition to try to win the title of the Euro- pean Champions Cup. ÂÂRoberto Sport (Italy) New this year : ITSF is proud to introduce a WOMEN edition with www.robertosport.it the participation of the best women European Teams !

ÂÂGarlando (Italy) ÂÂFireball (China) www.garlando.it www.tablesoccer.com

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01 INTRODUCTION / 02 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION / 03 CONTACT INFORMATION 2013 European Champions Cup www.table-soccer.org 02 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION ÊÊ REGISTRATION AND FORMAT • The deadline for federations registration is Monday, June 17th 2013 included : no registration will be taken into account after this date.

• Federations : They must have a real National Championship (Men and Women league) confirmed by sport and federation assessment commission. They have to give full results from their championship to be able to qualify. The National Champion has to be communicated as National Champion on federation’s website.

• Players who are playing ECC are not allowed to play in any other club during the whole year (2013 season or 2013/2014 season as ECC will take place in September 2013) in a National League in one of the participating countries – the national federations of the participating teams are responsible to control this.

• The European Champions Cup will be organised every year.

• Format system is the same as the Men World Cup & Women World Championship Series :

Men Format : Minimum 4 Teams (teams can be mixed*) - 7 + 2 reserve players (minimum 5 players to make up a team) Single – double – singles – double – singles (S – D – S – D – S)

NEW IN 2013 : Women Format : Minimum 4 teams - 4 + 2 reserve players (minimum 3 players to make up a team) Double – single – doubles – single + extra doubles (D – S – D – S + extra D) Extra double only for elimination phase

* Women who don’t have a women league in their respective country can still play with the men as last year edition.

• Sport dress is compulsory for all players. The city name and the club name must appear on the outfit : players have to wear it du- ring the competition and ceremonies.

• National Federations can register their players and modify the list of players until August, 24th 2013 included.

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ÊÊ Qualification ÊÊSPECIFIC RULES

• For 2013 : • 2 groups of 6 Men’s and 1 groups of 6 women’s All matches (qualification and eliminitation) are played match by match - If federation sport season is organized from January to December : 2012 - except delay. winner is qualified Qualification : One game - First to 7 on each table - If federation sport season is on two years : 2011/2012 winner is Eliminitaion : Best of 3 First to 5 - 2 points difference on last game qualified - If a federation does not have a league yet they have to organize a When 2 teams meet, they have 2 tables at their disposal. The team national championship now to be able to play next year. captains flip a coin twice :

Reminder : Have a national league is compulsory to participate to the - the team who wins the first flip gets to choose the side of the table European Champions Cup. they will play on for ALL the matches against the other team; they must play on the same side on both tables. The Commission will pay particular attention to qualified teams and - the team who wins the second flip will choose which table is played players. first or who gets to serve first. The team who loses this flip has the remaining option. • NEW IN 2013 : ITSF Regular member* will benefit from a wild card. Then before each of the following matches, the losing team of the previous match will get to choose which table is played first or who gets * Men : ONLY ITSF Regular member which have 2 divisions or to serve first.The other team has the remaining option. at least 12 teams in their leagues can beneficiate from a wild Card. The team who loses the first game of a match shall have the first serve to start the second game of that same match. * Women : ONLY ITSF Regular member can beneficiate from a wild card. Qualification : when 2 matches take place at the same time;

In these cases, the first match is played according to the same system as described above, BUT, teams must not wait for their players to be available for the next match. The next available match on the scoresheet must be played on the first available table. In short, whenever possible, 2 matches should be playing at the same time.

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ÊÊ SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY 18 : TUESDAY 24 : ECC 2013 groups draw will be held one week before the Team welcome at : Center Parcs Hoschsauerland event kick-off address : Park Hochsauerland 59964 Medebach (Open 24hrs)

WEDNESDAY 25 THURSDAY 26

10.00 AM : Team composition registration

10.30 AM : First round Men & Women 10.00 AM : Quarter Finals Men 12.30 PM : Second round Men & Women 12.00 PM : Semi Finals Women

3.00 PM : Presentation of teams and photos 2.00 PM : Semi Finals Men

6.00 PM : Final Women (Final Area) 4.00 PM : Third round Men & Women 8.00 PM : Final Men (Final Area) 6.00 PM: Fourth round Men & Women

8.00 PM : Fifth round Men & Women

Players Party on Wednesday night !

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ÊÊACCOMMODATION

ITSF and DTFB is pleased to present you the Center Parcs Hochsauerland for the European Champions Cup.

CENTER PARCS HOCHSAUERLAND

Center Parcs Hochsauerland is a family friendly holiday village. Outside the resort, 1.5 km from the centre of Medebach, the village is in a quiet position on a slope, in the countryside. For sha- red use: indoor pool heated. In the complex: reception, restaurant, internet access, sauna, mas- sage, solarium, whirlpool, bowling, table-tennis, billiards table, table football, shops, boutique, central heating, bike rental. The holiday complex also has a 4000m2 subtropical adventure pool, «Aqua Mundo» (free) with slides, wave pool (outside) and kids’ fun pool («Water Playhouse»). The roofed «Market Dome» is the centre of the complex and offers different restaurants and shops as well as indoor leisure activities such as the football arena with football school, the «House of Games» or the «Wannabe» animation for younger kids. The outside area also has an adventure mini golf court («Mountain Golf» ) and a sports arena (volleyball, football, basketball). Bicycle- and fun bike hire.

Aqua Mundo After all the excitement of the plays during the WCS, you can go for a quiet swim in the Aqua Mundo, the indoor aquatic paradise. Also indoor and outdoor slides and a water rapid are in the Aqua Mundo. For complete relaxation come and enjoy a pleasant massage or unwind in the sauna.

Market Dome In Park Hochsauerland you can find 6 different restaurants for lunch and dinner. Every night the Market Dome will be filled with live concert which you can enjoy whilst having a drink.

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ÊÊ RATES

Option A* : Monday to Monday (one week) SL776, 4er Comfort € 369,00 SL779, 6er Comfort € 369,00 SL781, 8er Comfort € 479,00

Option B* : Thursday to Monday (4 nights) SL776, 4er Comfort € 359,00 SL779, 6er Comfort € 359,00 SL781, 8er Comfort € 459,00

Option C* : Friday to Monday (3 nights) SL776, 4er Comfort € 285,00 SL779, 6er Comfort € 324,00 SL781, 8er Comfort € 459,00

*Aqua Mundo access included

Hotel (double room, breakfast included) : Thursday to Sunday (3 nights) € 213.00 Friday to sunday (2 nights) € 158.00 Additionnal night : € 60.00

To book these options, players have to use these contacts:

Booking by phone: +49 (0) 2982 / 95 – 4004 Booking by mail: [email protected]

Address : Park Hochsauerland Sonnenallee 1 59964 Medebach Tél. : 0049 (0) 2982 95 00 http://www.centerparcs.com/EN/GB/villages/park_hochsauerland  p.8

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ÊÊ EUROSPORT 2 : broadcasting partner

Asia and Pacific Countries Western and Northern Central and Eastern 1. Australia A member of the TF1 group, the Eurosport 2 channel Europe Europe and 2. Brunei other countries gathers the largest audiences of the cable (source: Sport 3. Fiji Islands 1. Strategies), which makes it one of the major actors of 4. Hong Kong 2. 1. Albania sport in Europe and worldwide. 5. Indonesia 3. Denmark 2. Armenia 6. Malaysia 4. Finland 3. Belarus 7. Mongolia 5. France 4. Bosnia-Herzegovina The Eurosport 2 channel broadcasts in nearly 8. Myanmar 6. Germany 5. Bulgaria 9. Papua New Guinee 7. Ireland 6. Croatia 50 million homes. 10. Philippines 8. Iceland 7. Czech Republic ITSF benefits from a broadcasting partnership in the form of 11. Singapore 9. Luxembourg 8. Estonia 12. Tonga Islands 10. 9. Georgia 26’ highlight programs 13. South Korea 11. 10. Hungary 14. Sri Lanka 12. Sweden 11. Kazakhstan recalling each step of the ITSF World Tour. 15. Vietnam 13. Switzerland 12. Kosovo 14. United Kingdom 13. Latvia ÂÂ16 LANGUAGES, including 14. Lithuania www.eurosport.fr 15. Macedonia English Southern Europe and 16. Moldavia French Mediterranean countries German 17. Montenegro 18. Greek 1. Cyprus 19. Romania 8 hours of Hungarian 2. Spain 20. Russia programs* Italian 3. Greece 21. Serbia Polish 4. Israel 22. Slovakia Portuguese 5. Italy 23. Slovenia (* including rebroadcast) Romanian 6. Lebanon 24. Ukraine Russian 7. Malta 8. Portugal Serbian 9. Turkey Swedish Turkish

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ÊÊ KOZOOM : production partner

With its 10 years of experience, this company, based in France, became well known by filming billard tournaments throughout the world. In April 2008, Kozoom was the first company to record a billiard tournament - the Artistic Billiard World Championships - in high definition.

In 2009 and 2010, Kozoom filmed the ITSF Table Soccer World Cup. The programs they produced were then broadcast on the Eurosport 2 TV channel. A new step was reached in January 2011 with the LIVE broadcasting. Kozoom was also partner of the 2012 & 2013 ITSF World Cup.

ÊÊ KOZOOM STORE : official partner store

ITSF partnership with Kozoom has moved one step further with a store available online where you will find all your favourite ITSF sanctioned products: tables, balls, handles, accessories, videos...

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ÊÊ TST - HANDLE CHANGE SYSTEM

ÂÂ Players will play exclusively with handles TST or Bonzini

ÂÂ TST and Bonzini handles & adaptators will be available on-the-spot.

Rental Prices :

€ 2.50 per TST handle € 2.00 per Bonzini handle €1.50 per TST adaptator

A pledge of the purchase price will be asked for every rent

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ÊÊPARTNERS

www.original-leonhart.com www.garlando.it www.bonzini.com www.tablesoccer.com www.robertosport.it

http://www.centerparcs.com/EN/GB/villages/park_ www.kozoomcorp.com www.eurosport.fr hochsauerland

http://www.dtfb.de/ www.tst-systems.com www.table-soccer.org

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ÊÊACCESS

Map of the Village by clicking here

Center Parcs Hochsauerland Sonnenallee - 59964 Medebach, Germany

ROAD : Follow, from Dortmund (A1) at Autobahnkreuz Dortmund/, the PUBLIC TRANSPORT : A44in the direction . The route continues via the A44 in the At Dortmund Hbf station take the train going to Iserlohn Bf (platform 6) and get off at Schwerte Bf station. At Schwerte Bf direction Kassel up to Autobahnkreuz . Take the exit in the direc- station take the train going to Warburg Bf (platform 1) and get off at Olsberg Bf station. From here you take bus number tion (A445). Continue the A445 in the direction , S30 to Medebach. The park is an 8 minute walk from here. it will turn into a short piece of B7 and subsequently in the A46. From the A46 continue in the direction (B7). From Olsberg you will pass Assinghausen, Wiemeringhausen and Niederfeld. Turn left to Medebach approximately 9 km after Niedersfeld. You pass the village AIRPORTS : Küstelberg. Just before you enter Medebach you will find the entrance Paderborn- Airport : 46 km of Park Hochsauerland on your left. Dortmund Wickede Airport : 82 km Koeln Bonn Airport : 110 km  p.13

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CONTACT US :

 : Deutscher Tischfussballbund  : International Table Soccer Federation Im Banngarten 1 3 rue Clermont 65510 Hünstetten 44000 Nantes GERMANY FRANCE

: (+49) 6438 925675 (from Monday to Friday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm) @: [email protected] : +33 (0)2 40 47 90 84 : www.dtfb.de : +33 (0)2 40 20 44 59 @: [email protected] : www.table-soccer.org

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