Tel. +972 52 275 1387 – Fax +972 77 558 2703 e-mail : [email protected] – website : www.europeansoftball.org 4 March 2015 To: ESF Affiliated Federations From: Gabriel Waage ESF First Vice President Re: ESF Competition Situation 2015 Dear ESF members, Let me inform you about the ESF competition situation 2015. European Championship Women and European Championship Cadet Girls 2015: The ESF Competition Committee had to restructure the pools of the European Championship Women 2015 due to the withdrawals of two teams – Belgium and Bulgaria. In this specific situation the ESF Competition Committee followed the principle in respect to the ESF rating system and decided to leave pool D just with 4 (four) teams and to move Poland from pool C to pool B. Below is the final set up of the pools for EChW 2015. If there will be any other withdrawals, the ESF Competition Committee might need to make changes. European Championship Women Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Netherlands Russia Czech Republic Italy Sweden Spain Austria Great Britain Germany Poland Ukraine Slovakia Denmark Croatia Slovenia Switzerland Israel France Ireland The ESF Competition Committee had to restructure the pools of the European Championship Cadet Girls 2015 due to the withdrawals of four teams – Serbia, Netherlands, Israel and Lithuania. The ESF Competition Committee used ESF Specific Competitions Regulations Appendix 02.06. and based on official ratting decided to restructure teams into two pools. If there will be any other withdrawals, the ESF Competition Committee might need to make changes. Tel. +972 52 275 1387 – Fax +972 77 558 2703 e-mail : [email protected] – website : www.europeansoftball.org European Championship Cadet Girls Pool A Pool B Czech Republic Russia Belgium Great Britain Ukraine Slovakia Italy Spain Official game ball for ESF Fast Pitch Competitions 2015: ESF Fast Pitch competitions 2015 will be played with the ball Wilson, which is announced as a official ball for ESF Fast Pitch competitions 2015. Below is exact type of the ball, which will be used: WTA9011BSST NFSHSA 12" SOFTBALL - (SST) If you have any questions, please let me know. Best regards Gabriel Waage ESF First Vice President .