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Dear participants of Espoo 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships

A very warm welcome to everyone in to Espoo!

We are ready for the 10th IBSA goalball World Championships. In these games there will

be 164 athletes and 111 staff persons from twenty different countries. Nineteen referees

represent sixteen different countries.

The city of Espoo offers great circumstances for the competition. The organizing

committee has worked over a year to be sure that the competition guests will have the

best possible facilities and atmosphere in Espoo. I am sure that you all will enjoy in these

games in the beautiful Finnish summer. I also wish that every athlete will remember these

games as a true Fair Play games.

My special thanks go to the excellent organizing committee and to the employees of city of

Espoo sport department; it has been a great pleasure to work with you all. Over hundred

skillful volunteers have made it possible to arrange these games. I hope they will

experience unforgettable moments in the international goalball spirit.

The games are ready to start – I wish you all a lot of great moments of joy and success in

the Espoo 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships. In the end of the games we have six

happy teams on their way to Rio Paralympics 2016!

Hannele Pöysti

Secretary General

Content

1 Introduction ......................................... 3

2 Transports ............................................ 4

3 Competition office ............................. 5

4 Info ......................................................... 5

5 Meal service ......................................... 5

6 Meetings ................................................ 7

7 Classification ........................................ 7

8 Medical care ......................................... 7

9 Doping control .................................... 7

10 Training schedule .............................. 8

11 Competition schedule ..................... 9

12 Competition rules ......................... 11

13 Accommodation ............................ 11

14 Welcome party .............................. 11

15 Opening ceremonies ..................... 11

16 Pricing ceremonies ........................ 12

17 Banquet ............................................ 12

18 Free time program ........................ 12

19 Public transport ............................. 13

20 Laundry ............................................ 13

21 Other useful information ............. 13

22 Maps .................................................. 15

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1 INTRODUCTION

Organizing Committee:

Chairman Johanna Ikäheimo

Financial Manager Riikka Juntunen

Secretary General Hannele Pöysti

Competition Manager, Technical Delegate Kari Räsänen

Competition Venues Manager Markku Sistonen

Accomodation, Transportation Manager Petri Räbinä

Volunteer Manager Viivi Kuja-Kyyny

Protocol Manager Timo Pelkonen

Media Manager Lauri Jaakkola

Represantive athlete’s Erkki Miinala

Referees for the World Championships:

Raquel Aguado, Spain Bulent Kimyon, Turkey

Balint Benko, Hungary Dina Murdie, UK

Anthony Connolly, USA Yoshinori Nii, Japan

Carla Da Mata, Brazil Frederic Patenaude, Canada

Claude Degenais, Canada Sivert Sivertsen, Sweden

Reza Dehghan, Iran Vilma Venckutonyte, Lithuania

Johan D’haese, Belgium Juha Vuokila, Finland

Yasser El Gendy, Egypt Aurora Zanolin, Italy

Jarmo Lehtola, Finland Daniel Zonzini, Brazil

Key phone numbers:

Hannele Pöysti: +358 50 517 6151

Kari Räsänen: +358 40 586 1205

Petri Räbinä: + 358 50 596 5014

Please notice: These numbers will be available from June 26th – 6th July 2014, daily between

7:00 am – 10:00 pm.

Welcome all!

Be fair and

have fun!

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2 TRANSPORTS

Arrival Transports to and from the airport will be organized by buses. The

host of your team is waiting you at the airport with a sign: Espoo

2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships & your flag.

You will recognize the hosts from the white shirt & blue trousers.

Your host will escort you to the hotel.

Daily buses Transports between hotel and competition venues will be organized by buses, see the

schedule below.

The bus stop is front of the hotel main door and in the competition near the Tapiola Sport

Hall.

The transport schedule:

Friday 27th June – Friday 4th July

From GLO Hotel Sello: From competition venues:

7:30 am (not on Friday 4th July) 8:00 am (not on Friday 4th July)

8:30 am 9:00 am

9:30 am 10:00 am

10:30 am 11:00 am

11:30 am 12:00 pm

12:30 pm 1:00 pm

1:30 pm 2:00 pm

2:30 pm 3:00 pm

3:30 pm 4:00 pm

4:30 pm (not on Sun 29th June) 5:00 pm

5:30 pm (not on Sun 29th June) 6:00 pm

6:30 pm (not on Fri – Sun 27th - 29th June) 7:00 pm (not on Sun 29th June)

7:30 pm (not on Fri – Sun 27th - 29th June) 8:00 pm (not on Sun 29th June)

9:00 pm (not on Fri – Sun 27th - 29th June, not on Friday 4th July)

Saturday 5th July

From GLO Hotel Sello: From competition venue:

7:30 am 8:00 am

8:30 am 9:00 am

9:30 am 10:00 am

10:30 am 11:00 am

11:30 am 12:00 pm

1:00 pm 3:00 pm

3:30 pm 4:00 pm

4:30 pm

Departure Your team will get the details later.

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3 COMPETITION OFFICE

Competition office will be in Summa Hall.

Only staff members can enter the competition office.

All countries will get all needed information from there.

The office will be daily open: 8:00 am – 9:00 pm

The daily results you can find from the website www.goalball2014.fi and from the score

board on the playing halls.

4 INFO

Info desk will be in the front of Tapiola Sport Hall and it is open 8 am – 8 pm. There you

will find all information from host city Espoo, transportation and competition.

There you can also buy the competition souvenirs.

For sale: T-shirts 15 euros

Pins 3 euros

Reindeer Mascot 5 euros

Flags 5 euros

Hat 15 euros

Tube 5 euros

5 MEAL SERVICE

Meals buffet are served in the GLO Hotel Sello and in the

competition area in Ratiopharm Arena.

Breakfast: In the GLO Hotel Sello dining room

26th June – 6th July at 06:00 am – 10:00 am

Lunch: A warm lunch buffet is in the competition venue, in Ratiopharm Arena

restaurant (2nd floor). A daily ticket will be given for a lunch.

26th June – 5th July at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Dinner: In the GLO Hotel Sello dining room

26th June – 4th July at 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Hotel´s outside terrace will be closed at 9:30 pm daily.

5th July dinner at 8:45 pm in banquet in Dipoli congress centre in Espoo

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GLO dinners 26th June – 4th July:

Daily served two different kinds of salad, bread and butter, juice and ice water.

Thursday 26th June:

Grilled chicken and pasta, chili mayonnaise

Beef á la Stroganoff, mashed potatoes

Fruit smoothie

Friday 27th June:

Shish kebab with rice

Roasted rainbow trout with dill boiled potatoes

Mango- banana quark

Saturday 28th June:

Lamb Summer Cabbage stew

Smoked salmon and potato casserole, pickled cucumber

Fruit salad

Sunday 29th June:

Lindström's Steaks & Mc Cheese

Herring Steak and mashed potatoes

Apple –oatmeal crumble

Monday 30th June:

Sweet & sour chicken with rice

Tuna lasagne

Orange quark

Tuesday 1st July:

Beef Fajitas

Tempura fish and tartar sauce, rice

Chocolate Mousse

Wednesday 2nd July:

Beef satay, noodles

Baked salmon with boiled potatoes

Chocolate swiss roll

Thursday 3rd July:

Indonesian chicken with rice

Salmon terrin in dill sauce and pasta

Blueberry quark

Friday 4th July:

Meatballs in tomato sauce and pasta

Coconut- curry chicken with brown rice

Apple- cinnamon crumble, custard

Saturday 5th July and Sunday 6th July: breakfast only

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6 MEETINGS

Team’s technical meeting

Technical meeting 29th June at 9:00 pm, GLO Hotel Sello, 9th Floor

7 CLASSIFICATION

The classification period is on 27th – 29th June.

Classification will take place in Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired (FFVI).

Transportation to and from the classification will be arranged to the teams.

See Map A for the location; it will take about 25 minutes from the hotel or venue.

The schedule for the classification will be delivered to the teams later.

Note!

Remember to bring all necessary original and valid documents to the classification!

8 MEDICAL CARE

Red Cross - First Aid services

The First Aid room is in Summa Hall.

It is open from June 27th to 5th July at 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.

Phone number to the First Aid staff is +358 40 2162050.

Massage The massage tables are available and free to use for the teams in the Summa Hall.

See Map D.

9 DOPING CONTROL

The Anti-Doping testing team is present at the games.

According to the international IBSA Anti-Doping rules, in case of athlete

necessarily needs to use forbidden drugs, a Standard TUE Application

Template must be valid. This form must be with you when you will come to Espoo 2014

World Championships.

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10 TRAINING SCHEDULE Venue A Summa Hall

Venue B Tapiola Sports Hall

Friday 27th June Summa Hall Tapiola Sports Hall

Time Venue A Team Gender Venue B Team Gender

9:00 - 10:00 am A SWE W B ISR W

10:00 - 11:00 am A CHN W B CHN M

11:00 - 12:00 pm A RUS W B LTU M

12:00 - 1:00 pm A UKR W B UKR M

1:00 - 2:00 pm A BRA W B BRA M

2:00 - 3:00 pm A TUR W B TUR M

3:00 - 4:00 pm A CAN M B BEL M

4:00 - 5:00 pm A GER W B GER M

5:00 - 6:00 pm A ALG M B ESP M

6:00 - 7:00 pm A IRI W B IRI M

Saturday 28th June Summa Hall Tapiola Sports Hall

Time Venue A Team Gender Venue B Team Gender

9:00 - 10:00 am A JPN M B JPN W

10:00 - 11:00 am A USA M B USA W

11:00 - 12:00 pm A LTU M B RUS W

12:00 - 1:00 pm A BEL M B CAN M

1:00 - 2:00 pm A FIN M B EGY M

2:00 - 3:00 pm A ESP M B ALG M

3:00 - 4:00 pm A TUR M B TUR W

4:00 - 5:00 pm A CZE M B FIN W

5:00 - 6:00 pm A ISR W B SWE W

6:00 - 7:00 pm A BRA M B BRA W

Sunday 29th June Summa Hall Tapiola Sports Hall

Time Hall A Team Gender Hall B Team Gender

9:00 - 10:00 am A CHN M B CHN W

10:00 - 11:00 am A UKR M B UKR W

11:00 - 12:00 pm A EGY M B FIN M

12:00 - 1:00 pm A GER M B GER W

1:00 - 2:00 pm A FIN W B CZE M

2:00 - 3:00 pm A USA W B USA M

3:00 - 4:00 pm A IRI M B IRI W

4:00 - 5:00 pm A JPN W B JPN M

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11 COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Pools

Men Pool A: Men Pool B:

Algeria Belgium

Czech Republic Brazil

Finland Canada

Germany China

Iran Egypt

Spain Japan

Ukraine Lithuania

USA Turkey

Women Pool X: Women Pool Y:

Finland Brazil

Germany China

Japan Israel

Russia Sweden

Turkey Ukraine

USA Australia

Hall A = Sport Hall Tapiola, Hall B = Sport Hall Summa, M = Men, W = Women

Monday 30th June 09:00 am Hall A M Pool A USA - Spain 09:00 am Hall B M Pool B Brazil - Belgium

10:00 am Hall A M Pool A Algeria - Ukraine 10:00 am Hall B M Pool B Turkey - China

11:00 am Hall A M Pool A Iran - Germany 11:00 am Hall B M Pool B Lithuania - Japan

12:00 pm Hall A M Pool A Finland–Czech Republic 12:00 pm Hall B M Pool B Canada - Egypt

1:00 pm Hall A W Pool X Japan - Germany 1:00 pm Hall B W Pool Y China - Israel

2:00 pm Hall A W Pool X Finland - Turkey 2:00 pm Hall B W Pool Y Sweden - Ukraine

3:00 pm Hall A W Pool X Russia - USA 3:00 pm Hall B W Pool Y Australia - Brazil

4:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Brazil - China 4:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Finland - Ukraine

5:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Belgium - Turkey 5:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Czech Republic - Algeria

6:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Japan - Egypt 6:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Germany - Spain

7:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Lithuania - Canada

7:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Iran - USA

Tuesday 1st July

09:00 am Hall A W Pool Y Ukraine - China 09:00 am Hall B W Pool X Turkey - Japan

10:00 am Hall A M Pool A Algeria - Germany 10:00 am Hall B M Pool B Turkey - Japan

11:00 am Hall A W Pool Y Israel - Australia 11:00 am Hall B W Pool X Germany - Russia

12:00 pm Hall A M Pool A Spain - Finland 12:00 pm Hall B M Pool B Egypt - Brazil

1:00 pm Hall A W Pool Y Brazil - Sweden 1:00 pm Hall B W Pool X USA - Finland

2:00 pm Hall A M Pool A USA - Ukraine 2:00 pm Hall B M Pool B Canada - China

3:00 pm Hall A M Pool A Czech Republic - Iran 3:00 pm Hall B M Pool B Belgium - Lithuania

4:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Brazil - Japan 4:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Finland - Germany

5:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Turkey - Egypt 5:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Algeria - Spain

6:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Belgium - Canada 6:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Czech Republic - USA

7:00 pm Hall A M Pool B China - Lithuania

7:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Ukraine - Iran

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Wednesday 2nd July

09:00 am Hall A W Pool X Finland - Germany 09:00 am Hall B W Pool Y Sweden - Israel

10:00 am Hall A M Pool A Finland - Algeria 10:00 am Hall B M Pool B Brazil - Turkey

11:00 am Hall A M Pool A USA - Germany 11:00 am Hall B M Pool B Canada - Japan

12:00 pm Hall A W Pool X Japan - Russia 12:00 pm Hall B W Pool Y China - Australia

1:00 pm Hall A M Pool A Spain - Czech Republic 1:00 pm Hall B M Pool B Egypt - Belgium

2:00 pm Hall A W Pool X Turkey - USA 2:00 pm Hall B W Pool Y Ukraine - Brazil

3:00 pm Hall A M Pool A Ukraine - Germany 3:00 pm Hall B M Pool B China - Japan

4:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Lithuania - Turkey 4:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Iran - Algeria

5:00 pm Hall A W Pool Y Brazil - China 5:00 pm Hall B W Pool X USA - Japan

6:00 pm Hall A W Pool Y Sweden - Australia 6:00 pm Hall B W Pool X Finland - Russia

Thursday 3rd June

09:00 am Hall A M Pool B Turkey - Canada 09:00 am Hall B M Pool A Algeria - USA

10:00 am Hall A W Pool Y Israel - Ukraine 10:00 am Hall B W Pool X Germany - Turkey

11:00 am Hall A M Pool B China - Belgium 11:00 am Hall B M Pool A Ukraine - Czech Republic

12:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Egypt - Lithuania 12:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Spain - Iran

1:00 pm Hall A W Pool X Japan - Finland 1:00 pm Hall B W Pool Y China - Sweden

2:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Canada - Brazil 2:00 pm Hall B M Pool A USA - Finland

3:00 pm Hall A W Pool X Russia - Turkey 3:00 pm Hall B W Pool Y Australia - Ukraine

4:00 pm Hall A W Pool X USA - Germany 4:00 pm Hall B W Pool Y Brazil - Israel

5:00 pm Hall A M Pool B Japan - Belgium 5:00 pm Hall B M Pool A Germany - Czech Republic

6:00 pm Hall A M Pool A Ukraine - Spain 6:00 pm Hall B M Pool B China - Egypt

7:00 pm Hall A M Pool A Iran - Finland

7:00 pm Hall B M Pool B Lithuania - Brazil

Friday 4th July

11:00 am Hall A W Quarterfinal 1 X1 - Y4 11:00 am Hall B W Quarterfinal 2 Y2 - X3

12:15 pm Hall A W Quarterfinal 3 X2 - Y3 12:15 pm Hall B W Quarterfinal 4 Y1 - X4

1:30 pm Hall A M Quarterfinal 1 A1 - B4 1:30 pm Hall B M Quarterfinal 2 B2 - A3

2:45 pm Hall A M Quarterfinal 3 A2 - B3 2:45 pm Hall B M Quarterfinal 4 B1 - A4

4:30 pm Hall A W Semifinal 1 Winner QF1 - Winner QF2 4:30 pm Hall B W Semifinal 2 Winner QF3 - Winner QF4

6:00 pm Hall A M Semifinal 1 Winner QF1 - Winner QF2 6:00 pm Hall B M Semifinal 2 Winner QF3 - Winner QF4

If Finland plays in quarterfinals and/or semifinals, the match will be played in Sport Hall Tapiola.

Saturday 5th July

9:20 am Hall A W Bronze medal game Loser SF1 - Loser SF2

10:50 am Hall A M Bronze medal game Loser SF1 - Loser SF2

12:20 pm Hall A W Gold medal game Winner SF1 - Winner SF2

1:50 pm Hall A M Gold medal game Winner SF1 - Winner SF2

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12 COMPETITION RULES

The tournament will follow the IBSA goalball rules.

13 ACCOMMODATION

The accommodation for the teams is in GLO Hotel Sello in

Espoo, Leppävaara. There are rooms for two persons with

bathroom and toilet.

GLO Hotel Sello in Espoo:

http://glohotels.fi/en/hotels/glo-hotel-sello

14 WELCOME PARTY

The Welcome Party is on Friday 27th June at 7:00 – 8:30 pm

in Sello Hall in foyer.

Two persons from each team are welcome to join the Welcome Party.

15 OPENING CEREMONIES

The Opening Ceremonies are on Sunday 29th June at 7:00 – 8:00 pm in Sello Hall, on the

upper floor of Sello shopping centre.

The gathering for the opening ceremonies will start at 6:30 pm outside Sellosali (the hosts

will assist the teams).

All teams are welcome to the opening ceremonies. It is recommended that all teams will

wear the team’s uniform.

Schedule of the Opening Ceremonies:

The march of the teams

Speeches

Music: by Iiris Aittola and Mikko Herranen

The Golden Baton – message of the clean sport

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16 PRICING CEREMONIES

The pricing ceremonies will take place right after the men’s final game in Tapiola Sports

Hall on Saturday 5th July.

17 BANQUET

The banquet is in Dipoli congress centre in Espoo. http://dipoli.aalto.fi/en/

The transportation will be arranged to the all teams.

Schedule of the banquet:

Departure from the hotel at 7:15 pm (by bus)

Arrival in Dipoli 7:30 – 8:00 pm

Speeches 8:00 – 8:30 pm

Dance show 8:30 pm

Dinner (served) 8:45 – 10:00 pm

Party 10:00 pm – 00:30 am

Departure from Dipoli to the hotel will be after dinner and after party.

Banquet dinner menu:

Beetroot marinated salmon with rye malt bread

Potato mosaic seasoned with mustard

Herb vinaigrette

Roasted duck breast

Dark cranberry sauce

Potato gratin with thyme

Sweet pepper and mushroom salad (warm)

Lemon flavoured yoghurt ice cream with cherry sauce

Dressing: smart casual recommended

18 FREE TIME PROGRAM

Sport Plaza

Come and mingle with each other in the Sport Plaza, near the Tapiola

Sport Hall!

The Sport Plaza will be open during the games:

Wed 2nd – Fri 4th July at 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm and

Sat 5th July 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Athletes’ lounge in GLO Hotel Sello

The athletes lounge is in GLO Hotel Sello in the 9th floor. Lounge is open 24 h.

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Public transport

All teams will get a free public transport travel card during their stay.

More: https://www.hsl.fi/en/information/travel-card/using-travel-card

Trains from Leppävaara station to city of Helsinki:

about 25 min with local trains (for example A, E and U)

Check the timetable in http://www.reittiopas.fi/en/index.php

The buses from Tapiola Urheilupuisto to Helsinki:

about 35 min for example by buses 105, 107, 109 and 110.

19 LAUNDRY

SOL laundry service can be found from the Sello shopping mall.

When you leave the laundry, you will get it back on the next day. Remember to check the

time to pick!

Open: Mon – Fri: 9 am – 9 pm, Sat 10 am – 6 pm

Address: Sello shopping mall, Viaporintori, 2nd floor (in the front of the library)

Phone: +358 40 779 7216

Each team will get two free laundry.

If you need more, you will pay: shirts/trousers: 10,20 €/kg

20 OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

Wireless connection:

Wireless connection is available as follows:

GLO Hotel Sello (free):

network name: GLO

sign in using your room number, first name and last name

In case you need high speed 10Mb, it is 9,99 €/24 h.

Tapiola Sports Hall and Summa Hall:

Wi-Fi is available and you get the details from the competition office.

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Electrical plug and socket types in Finland

These are the plug and socket types in Finland

(see the pictures) and the voltage is 230 V.

Competition web pages

You will find the results and all the latest information from the web pages:

www.goalball2014.fi .

Watch the games via Internet and TV!

Finnish National Broadcast Company (Yle) broadcasts 2014 IBSA Goalball World

Championships. Matches from Sport Hall Tapiola can be followed via Internet, from Yle

Areena service. At the start of the tournament the matches are broadcasted without

commentary and at the final matches there will be a Finnish commentary. The gold medal

matches are broadcasted in Yle TV2 television channel and at least men’s final will be live

coverage.

All the matches from Sport Hall Tapiola are broadcasted in Yle Areena and they will be

available also for foreign viewers also. How to find the streaming?

When the games are ongoing, go to web site

http://areena.yle.fi/tv and search with a

Finnish word maalipallo (= goalball).

Time in Finland

Finland is in the Eastern European Time Zone, and it is summer time at the moment.

Finnish time now = EEST (Eastern European Summer Time) = GMT +3

Tap water

Tap water in Finland is drinkable!

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21 MAPS OF THE AREA

Map A:

Map B:

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Map C:

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Map D: