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WOMEN´S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Bollate (Italy) June 25 – July 1, 2017 Mike Jennings, Competition and Technical Director, [email protected] Cornelia Chwojka, Chair Competition Committee [email protected] WOMEN´S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Bollate (Italy) June 25 – July 1, 2017 Organizer: Bollate Softball Luigi Soldi; [email protected] Officials: Executive ESF: Gabriel Waage Chief Technical Mike Jennings Commissioner: Technical Commissioner: Wout Isbouts, Lis Castro Head Umpire in Chief: Pavel Prachar Umpire in Chief: Hans Hornstra Scorer in Chief: Stefano Pieri Umpires: Beate Utzig Christian Singer Michael Renggli Benny Van der Weehe David Hurley Branislav Susila Mariana Atanasova Angelo Nearco Lewis Hamilton Nikolay Pilev Gianluca Magnani Peter Vonk Alen Magdalenic Gerrit-Jan vd Hoeven Harald Schmidt Vladimir Liss Stanislav Profatilov Brian Aron Michal Zidek Natalia Kasapova Diego Vitale Franck Lautier Luis Ignacio Pardo Ákos Farkas Susan Strafford Location: Bollate – 2 fields, one with lights, Caronno Pertusella, with lights, Rho, Bovisio Participants: Will play single round robin Group A Group B Group C Group D Italy Netherlands Czech Republic Russia Spain Germany Austria Great Britain France Greece Sweden Ukraine Croatia Slovakia Poland Denmark Switzerland Ireland Israel Belgium Lithuania Hungary Bulgaria See CR Appendix art. 02.12.07. for further information concerning the competition system. SATURDAY June 24: 18.30 UIC meeting 20.00 TC meeting Programme for WECh Sunday June 25 Bollate 1 Bollate 2 Caronno Pertusella Rho Bovisio 9:00 1 C1 Sweden Czech Republic 9:00 2 C2 Austria Israel 9:00 3 B1 Ireland Lithuania 9:00 4 B2 Slovakia Germany 9:00 5 C3 Hungary Poland 11:15 6 A1 France Croatia 11:15 7 B3 Greece Netherlands 11:15 8 D1 Ukraine Russia 11:15 9 D2 Great Britain Belgium 11:15 10 D3 Bulgaria Denmark 13:30 11 A2 Spain Switzerland 13:30 12 C4 Austria Sweden 13:30 13 C5 Czech Republic Hungary 13:30 14 B4 Slovakia Ireland 13:30 15 C6 Poland Israel 16:00 16 D4 Russia Great Britain 16:00 17 B5 Netherlands Lithuania 16:00 18 B6 Germany Greece 16:00 19 D5 Denmark Belgium 16:00 20 D6 Ukraine Bulgaria 20:30 Opening Ceremony 18:00 21 A3 Croatia Switzerland 21:00 22 A4 Italy Spain Monday June 26 Bollate 1 Bollate 2 Caronno Pertusella Rho 9:30 25 A5 Switzerland France 9:00 23 C7 Hungary Austria 9:30 26 B8 Ireland Greece 9:00 24 B7 Lithuania Slovakia 11:45 29 C8 Israel Sweden 11:15 27 D7 Great Britain Ukraine 11:45 30 D9 Belgium Bulgaria 11:15 28 D8 Russia Denmark 14:00 33 A6 Switzerland Italy 13:30 31 C9 Czech Republic Poland 14:00 34 B10 Germany Ireland 13:30 32 B9 Greece Lithuania 16:15 37 D11 Belgium Ukraine 15:45 35 B11 Netherlands Slovakia 16:15 38 D12 Russia Bulgaria 15:45 36 D10 Denmark Great Britain 18:30 41 C11 Czech Republic Austria 18:00 39 C10 Sweden Poland 18:30 42 C12 Israel Hungary 18:00 40 A7 Croatia Spain 20:45 43 A8 France Italy 20:45 44 B12 Netherlands Germany Tuesday June 27 Bollate 1 Bollate 2 Caronno Pertusella Rho 9:30 47 C14 Poland Austria 9:00 45 C13 Sweden Hungary 9:30 48 D14 Bulgaria Great Britain 9:00 46 D13 Belgium Russia 11:45 51 B13 Ireland Netherlands 11:15 49 A9 Spain France 11:45 52 A10 Italy Croatia 11:15 50 C15 Israel Czech Republic 14:00 54 B15 Lithuania Germany 14:00 55 D15 Ukraine Denmark 13:30 53 B14 Greece Slovakia 16:15 Coinflip 18:30 57 E1 C2 D1 18:00 56 H1 B3 C3 18:30 58 F1 A2 C1 20:45 59 E2 A1 B2 20:45 60 F2 B1 D2 Wednesday June 28 Bollate 1 Bollate 2 Caronno Pertusella Rho 9:30 63 G1 A3 B4 9:00 61 I1 C6 D6 9:30 64 G2 C4 D3 9:00 62 I2 A5 B6 11:45 67 E3 A1 C2 11:15 65 H2 A4 D4 11:45 68 E4 B2 D1 11:15 66 I3 B5 D5 14:00 71 G3 B4 C4 13:30 69 F3 A2 B1 14:00 72 F4 C1 D2 13:30 70 I4 A5 C5 16:15 74 H3 A4 C3 15:45 73 G4 A3 D3 16:15 75 I5 B5 C6 18:30 77 E5 B2 C2 18:00 76 F5 A2 D2 18:30 78 I6 B6 C5 20:45 79 E6 A1 D1 20:45 80 F6 B1 C1 Thursday June 29 Bollate 1 Bollate 2 Caronno Pertusella Rho 9:30 83 H5 C3 D4 9:00 81 H4 A4 B3 9:30 84 G6 A3 C4 9:00 82 I7 A5 D6 Coinflip for the semifinal 11:45 87 SF2 E1 F2 11:15 85 SF1 E2 F1 11:45 88 I9 B6 D5 11:15 86 I8 B5 C5 14:00 90 SF3 E3 F3 13:30 89 H6 B3 D4 14:00 91 G6 B4 D3 16:15 92 I10 A5 B5 16:15 93 I11 C6 D5 18:30 95 SF4 E2 F3 18:00 94 I12 C5 D6 20:45 96 SF5 E1 F1 20:45 97 SF6 E3 F2 Friday June 30 Bollate 1 Bollate 2 Caronno Pertusella 9:30 99 I14 A5 C6 9:00 98 I13 C5 D5 9:30 100 I15 B6 D6 11:45 102 SF8 E2 F2 11:15 101 SF7 E3 F1 14:00 104 13th G3 H3 13:45 103 SF9 E1 F3 14:00 105 I16 B6 C6 16:15 107 7th E4 F4 15:45 106 I17 A5 D5 16:15 108 15th G4 H4 18:30 110 P1 X3 X4 18:00 109 I18 B5 D6 18:30 111 PP1 G2 H2 20:45 112 P2 X1 X2 20:45 113 PP2 G1 H1 Saturday July 1 Bollate 1 10:30 114 PP3 LPP2 WPP1 13:00 115 P3 LP2 WP1 15:30 116 PP4 WPP2 WPP3 18:00 117 P4 WP2 WP3.
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