BULLETIN

No. 1

2019 World Deaf Championships

27 June – 06 July 2019

LUBLIN, Poland

GENERAL INFORMATION Polish Deaf Association is proud to organize 2019 World Deaf Basketball Championships from 27 June - 06 July 2019 in Lublin, Voivodeship Lublin and warmly welcome all participants.

Rebecca ADAM ??? ICSD ICSD President of honor ? Representative

Juergen ENDRESS Yaakov KEREN ICSD ICSD Technical Director Assistant Director Basketball Basketball and DIBF Secretary General Basketball

Krzysztof Beata STEPANIUK- ZUK KUSMIERCZAK President Deputy Mayor of the of the City of Lublin City of Lublin for Culture, and Participation

Jakub Marek KOSOWSKI LEMBRYCH Director Department PZKosz Department of the Vice President City of Lublin and LZKosz President

Jaroslaw JANIEC Wojciech PDSA STEMPURSKI Official Poland PDSA Official Poland (finance)

Stanislaw JANIEC Mariusz PDSA NAWROCKI Official Poland LZKosz (finance) Chief Referee

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 2019 World 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

NOT EXECUTED Preliminary Team Registration Form 31 January 2019 Final Team Registration Form 27 March 2019 Preliminary Name Registration Form 18 athletes 26 June 2019 Final Name Registration 12 athletes

COMPETITION PROGRAM

Annex no. 1 – Preliminary Program

TECHNICAL REGULATIONS

Annex – (soon)

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME The Opening Ceremony will be held in GLOBUS Sports Hall on 27 June 2019 at 00:00 - ?? The Closing Ceremony will be held in GLOBUS Sports Hall on 06 July 2019 at 00:00 - ??

TECHNICAL MEETING The first Technical Meeting will be held on 26 June 2019 at 00:00 at the conference room in ? Each team can have two representatives. The secondo Technical meeting will be held 05 July 2019 at 00:00

TRAINING From 24 June 2019 to 05 July 2019 from 08:00 to 20:00 in halls sports MOSiR, avenue Jozefa Pilsudskiego 22 in halls sports UP avenue Gleboka. Training session lasts only 60-90 min.

TRANSPORT TO LUBLIN AIRPORT LUBLIN

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.

WARSZAWA (WAW) – LUBLIN (LUZ) DAYS OF DEPARTURE ARRIVAL FLIGHT PLANE AIRLINE PERIOD THE WEEK NO.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13:40 14:25 LO 3965 DH4 LOT 30.03.2019 - 30.09.2019

LUBLIN (LUZ) - WARSZAWA (WAW) DAYS OF DEPARTURE ARRIVAL FLIGHT PLANE AIRLINE PERIOD THE WEEK NO.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LO 3965 DH4 15:10 16:00 LOT 30.03.2019 - 30.09.2019

ACCOMMODATION

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

75 euro Standard single/double 1 person or 85 USD

FEE INCLUDES: Prices based on full board accommodation (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) Transportation (airport, station, hotels) Closing banquet

Annex No. 2 – Reservation Hotel Form

REGISTRATION FEE Committee Organizing – registration fee of 50 USD per person (accreditation, t-shirt, trip)

ICSD Participation Fee: Each athlete/official 40 USD

TRANSPORT FORM Please see attached Transport Form. You need to send filled Transport Form back to us no later than the 27 May 2019

Annex No. 3 – 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, Venezuela, ..., ..., 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 World Deaf Basketball 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 06 July 2019 at 20:00 in “ ? “ Restaurant.

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

INTERNET Website: www.2019wdbc.pl - (soon)

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

WELCOME TO POLAND !