World Club Championship & Czech Open
1st – 2nd May 2010, Liberec, Czech Republic
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Main Organizer
Club THC Stiga Elites with cooperation of ice-hockey club Bili Tygri Liberec
Organizers
Czech Tabhle Hockey Federation (CASG)
International Table Hockey Federation (ITHF)
Date of Event
Saturday, 1st May 2010 – World Club Champ.
Sunday, 2nd May 2010 – Czech Open 2010
Venue
Tipsport arena, Jeronymova street 570/22, Liberec 7, Czech Republic
Participants
List of clubs and players
Results
Czech Open
World Club Championship
How to register?
Send an mail to stiga@stolnihokej.cz and follow instructions stated below
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Czech Republic got a chance to organize international championship after nine years. You may remember World Championship held in 2001 in Pilsen, now you have a chance to enjoy World Club Championship in Liberec! It means that we will welcome players in club dresses instead of national representatives.
The best club of the season 2009/2010 will be crowned on Saturday 1st May in Tipsport arena in Liberec. Number of participants of club tournament is limited by 32 four-members clubs. The best club from previous World Club Championship - Enkoping HSC, three best clubs from the World ranking valid on 1st March 2010, three Czech clubs and one best club from each ITHF member country can participate. The rest of participants will be selected from other registered clubs according to the World national ranking as described at the ITHF WCC rules.
Your club can also participate - just send us name of your club and squad list with at least 4 and at max 8 players. Organizers will let you know if your club will have a chance to participate in World Club Championship or not.
Since we would like to decide in Liberec not only which club is the best, but also which player is the best, we decided to organize international individual tournament one day after the club championship - therefore Czech Open 2010 will be held on Sunday 2nd May. It will be the seventh edition of the Czech Open and quite sure it will be one of the best tournaments of the World Tour 2009/2010. Czech Open will decide the final standings of the Czech Cup 2009/2010 as well. Also rookies will be welcomed to participate at the Czech Open!
Entrance for audience is free - a good reason to come to support your favourite team or player and enjoy the biggest table hockey event held in the Czech Republic in last years!
Informations for participants
You can register to both tournaments via e-mail stiga@stolnihokej.cz. Do not hesitate to use this e-mail also if you have any questions! If you will need help in the Czech Republic, you can call Mr. Vladimir Kraus by phone number +420 605 821 144.
Both tournaments will be held in Liberec in ice-hockey Tipsport arena – in the home place of ice-hockey club HC Bili Tygri Liberec. You can see how to get to the arena by car, or how to get there from the Liberec train station (which is very close) on the map - google, or mapy.cz. If you will come to Liberec by bus, you can walk to Tipsport arena as it is marked on the map. If you arrive to Prague, you can use bus or train to get to Liberec (find the best transport), or you can order some transport service from the Ruzyne airport - transport company 1, or transport company 2. If you have any problems with transport, write us an e-mail (to stiga@stolnihokej.cz) and we will try to hel you! Entrance to the arena will be allowed only with Entrace P (you can see this entrance in the picture of the arena above - right behind the tree on the right side of the picture), you can have a look at orientation map of the arena.
Since majority of you will stay in Liberec for several nights we already reserved accommodation for you in the hotel Arena, which is situated right in Tipsport arena. In hotel part there are 36 double rooms (equipped with bathroom and WC, fridge and TV) and 4 apartments; in hostel part there are 23 rooms (four to six beds; total 132 beds) – shared social facilities, toilet and kitchenette per five rooms on each floor.
Price of double room is 1 330 CZK, double room apartment costs 1 805 CZK. In hostel part standard price is 260 CZK / person / night. Moreover you can order breakfast for 100 CZK.
We ask all players who will be interested in accommodation in the hotel Arena to write us as soon as possible (preferably when sending registration mail) which room they are interested in and how many nights they will stay there! We will try to meet wishes of all of you!
Dinner can be cooked and served during lunch break for all participants right in Tipsport arena either on Saturday or on Sunday. You can select from two options both days - please check the menu (doc) and let us know if you are be interested in having dinner(s), or not. There are several other restaurants and pubs near Tipsport arena, but we cannot quarantee you will get dinner in time if there will be a lot of guests there. Refreshment will be sold right in Tipsport arena during both days Saturday and Sunday. You can also enjoy evenings and nights in Tipsport arena - in Buddy Bar. If you want to bring home some souvenir, you can buy blue, or white T-shirt with tournament logo which will be available for 250 CZK (10 Euro). If you are interested in T-shirt, please send as an e-mail (to stiga@stolnihokej.cz) at least 2 weeks before the tournaments.
If you come by car, you can park on VIP parking place situated partly under the Tipsport arena. There will be secured dressing rooms available for all participants. Players who need to borrow some chair for playing, just let us know and we will provide enough chairs for you!
ITHF table hockey rules and all ITHF tournament rules will be valid during both tournaments, two points will be awarded for win, there will be suplak catcher (made by Zbynek Pilar) and 2 - 3 pucks available at every game. You can listen to the music (mp3, 8 MB) which will be used for measuring of playing time during both tournaments.
World Club Championship
NEW: Information about seeding of teams and distribution into basic groups - PDF file.
You can register your club until 1st April 2010. If there is less than 32 clubs registered on 1st April, second term for registration will be announced. NEW: Since number of registered clubs up to 1st April did not reach capacity of tournament, clubs (groups of four players) can register until 27th April, or until we will get registration from 32th club.
Every club can place 4 to 8 players on squad list. Substitution of players will be allowed during every team match - it means all 8 team members can play each team match with the only restriction that each of them can play against the same opponet at max once. Please send us not only names of players and name of club which can be found at the World ranking, but also name of club you want to use during the World Club Championship.
Registration fee is 1 000 CZK (40 Euro) / club no matter how many players are on the squad list. We kindly ask all participants to bring their own club dresses.
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Preliminary playing system of the World Club Championship
If there is 24 – 32 clubs playing at the championship, there will be four basic groups. The four best clubs will be seeded to first position of each group (the best club to the group A, the second best to the group B etc.) and the other clubs will be drawn with respect to position of three best club members (participants of the tournament) at the World ranking valid on 1st March 2010. NEW: It was decided that there will be no draw and all clubs will be seeded by a “snake system” to basic groups by the World ranking. Clubs will play each other once in basic groups. The best three clubs from each basic group will promote to two final groups (E and F). Group E will consist of three best clubs from basic groups A and D and in group F there will be the best three clubs from groups C and B. Results of mutual matches held in basic groups will be counted also to the final groups - therefore every club will play only three more matches in final group. Best four clubs from each final group will qualify to the quarterfinal which will be played by following system: E1 – F4, E3 – F2, E2 – F3 a E4 – F1. Clubs which will be eliminated in the quarterfinal will not play for their final placement - it will be decided by results of the final groups, respectively by seeding of clubs. In the semifinal there will be matches between winners of following quarterfinal matches: w(E1 – F4) – w(E3 – F2) and w(E2 – F3) – w(E4 – F1). There will be match for final 3rd place for eliminated semifinalists.
Clubs which will be placed on fourth and lower places in basic groups will play in placement groups - in one group there will be all fourth placed clubs, in another all fifth clubs etc. The lowest group will contain at leat 3 and at max 6 clubs.
If there is less than 24 clubs they will be divided into two basic groups where they will play each other once. Then there will be play-off starting with quarterfinal for best four clubs from each group. Clubs placed on the same positions in basic groups will play for their final placement (5th vs. 5th etc.).
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Schedule of the WCC (24 and more clubs)
7:30 – doors opening
7:45 – 8:30 – registration of clubs
9:00 – opening ceremony
9:20 – 12:40 - basic groups - 1st part
12:40 – 14:10 – lunch break
14:10 – 15:30 – basic groups - 2nd part
15:50 – 17:50 – final groups
18:10 – 21:00 – play-off
21:15 – closing ceremony, awarding of winners
Czech Open
Individual tournament will be held on Sunday. You can register until midnight of 30th April. Registration fee for the Czech Open is 200 CZK (8 Euro), tournament is open for everybody, participation at the Club Championship is not required.
NEW: Since the number of registered players became higher, we decided to use another playing system for the Czech Open - there will be 8 basic groups. Best 6 players from each basic group will promote to two final groups - 24 players in each. Mutual matches from basic groups will be counted to the final groups. The best eight players from each final group will qualify to the final play-off played with best of seven matches system. There will be bronze medal game played with best of five matches system!
Preliminary playing system of the Czech Open
All participants will be divided into 6 basic groups (number of basic groups may be changed with respect to the number of registered participants). Seedings of all participants will be done according to the World ranking.
There will be 30 players in one final group A – it means that 5 best players from each basic group will qualify there. Results of mutual matches of players promoting from the same basic group will be counted to the final group. Lower final groups will have 24 (group B and C), respectively 18 (groups D, E, F and G) players. The best 16 players of the final group A will play in final play-off played with best of seven series. In lower final groups there will be only best of five play-off for top 4 players. No placement matches (like bronze medal match) will be held, placement will be set by using table of final groups.
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Schedule of the Czech Open
7:30 – doors opening
7:45 – 8:30 – registration of players
9:15 – opening ceremony
9:30 – 12:00 - 8 basic groups
12:00 – 13:30 – lunch break
13:30 – 15:30 – final groups
16:00 – 20:00 – play-off
20:15 – closing ceremony, awarding of winners
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Not only tournament winners, but also winners of lower final groups (B, C,…), best rookies, ladies, juniors and veterans will be awarded during the closing ceremony.
Come and play with the best table hockey players from all over the world in modern ice-hockey arena in Liberec! You may become part of the best table hockey tournament ever held in the Czech Republic!
