From August 24th - 28th, 2016 the traditional pre-season floorball tournament "Latvian Open" will take place for the 10th time. "Latvian Open" is officially recognized by Latvian Floorball Union (LFU) and is included in the International Floorball Federation's calendar of the summer tournaments for Elite teams. In cooperation with LFU all matches will be served by licensed referees. The tournament will take place on three fields, covered with Gerflor flooring.
Novelty of this year: Men’s "Open 1" and "Open 2" groups!
New category system is implemented to provide more even matches with equal level opponents for all teams: Men’s "Elite" (top league and 1st league teams), Men’s "Open 1" (1st and 2nd league teams), Men’s "Open 2" (lower league and non-league teams).
The standard participation fee for tournament is 200 EUR for one team in Men’s "Elite", Women’s "Elite" and 150 EUR in Men’s "Open 1" and Men’s "Open 2" group. As previous years, if the participation fee is paid before June, the 15th, the participation fee for one team in Men’s "Elite" and Women’s "Elite" group is 150 EUR, in Men’s "Open 1" and Men’s "Open 2" group 100 EUR. For clubs, participating with Men’s and Women’s team – discount 50 EUR from the total fee of two teams.
As usually, it will be possible to follow tournament news on webpage: www.latvianopen.com , as well as on Twitter and Facebook profiles.
Latvian Open 2016
Time: 24th – 28th of August, 2016
Place: Valmiera, Koceni, Cesis
Groups: Invited Men's teams group, Men's "Elite" group, Women’s "Elite" group, Men’s "Open 1" group, Men’s "Open 2" group
Fields: 3 fields – 20 m x 40 m, all – with Gerflor flooring
The tournament system: group tournament (4 matches guaranteed) + play-off matches
Contact person: Aris Aldins
Phone: + 371 26073337
E-mail: info@latvianopen.com