sandshrew
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In collaboration with Asmodee (France) and The Pokemon Company international (TPCi) we proudly present:
Last year the European Challenge Cup was an International Special Premier Event visited by 275 players from 15 European countries!
Location
This tournament will be held on Saturday 18 February (Swiss rounds) and Sunday 19 February 2012 (finals) at Sporthal Elderveld, Breezandpad 13, NL-6843 JM Arnhem, The Netherlands.*
*The venue is just a couple of kilometres from the German border, it's train station one of the major stops of international trains coming from the Airports of Cologna (Köln - Germany), Eindhoven (The Netherlands) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). There is a public tribune where family and nonplaying friends can watch the games from reasonable distance. A catering service is present at the location, just like a shopping mall at a distance of 500 meters with several restaurants and supermarkets. The venue is easily to reach with public transport from the Central Station, where also most of the hotels are located. There are enough possibilities for parking cars in the vicinity of the venue. The whole building will be available for the whole weekend for the tournament exclusively. No food or drinks allowed in the playing area, at the tribunes only drinks in plastic cups.
The tournament starts at 10.00 am, but the registration at the venue opens at 08.00 am (till 09.45 am).
A total of nearly 600 participants can be accommodated.
The size of the divisions are dependent on the number of players. The tournament is open to participants from all over the world.
(Pre)registration
Preregistration starts at: November, 17th, 2011, at the Pokemon Organized Play Benelux site: www.pokemon-organizedplay.nl . The site is now multilingual and digital (pre)registrationforms are present at the site (see buttons at the header) Under button Tournaments > European Challenge Cup information will be provided in eight languages (Italian, Swedish, Danish and Spanish under construction at present, but available soon).
Please add your country code behind your name in the registration form. For example: Danny Player (UK)
All preregistrators will receive a letter of confirmation with all kind of information about the tournament, public transport, hotels, etc.
Tournament structure
Participants play with their own decks in the Modified Constructed format.
That means that the use of cards is limited to certain series. Prior to the tournament, during the player meeting, one has to hand over a decklist and during the tournament there will be deck checks.
Participants are divided into 3 divisions, dependent on the year of birth. These divisions are:
Junior division: born in 2001 or later;
Senior division: born in 1997, 1998, 1999 or 2000;
Masters division: born in 1996 or earlier.
At Saturday the tournament is using Age Modified Swiss pairings, gameplay in rounds of 30 minutes + 3 turns. During this part of the tournament each pairing is made randomly by the Tournament Operations Manager program, the results of the competitors will influence the pairings of the next round. Championships Points are rewarded according to the Regional Championships level. The European Challenge Cup 2012 will have a rating with a K-value of 32. Based on the number of attendants per division there will be a Top-cut (max. Top-32). Top-cut will be played at Sunday being 2-out-of-3 + 3 turns in rounds of 60 minutes.
Program (preliminary)
Saturday 18 February 2012:
8.00 - 9.45 am - Registration players and hand over decklists
10.00 am - opening hall to players to check player roster
10.20 am - pairings
10.30 am - start first round Swiss.
Lunch after round 2 for 1 hour.
Sunday 19 February 2012:
9.30 - 10.00 am - Arrival finalists/pairings
10.00 am - Start first round finals.
10.30 - 11.00 am - Registration Release Event newest set
11.00 am - 16.00 pm Release Event newest set
17.00 pm - End of last round finalists followed by handing out the prizes to the Winners of the ECC 2012
Don’t forget when you participate in this tournament
Take care that you have your PlayerID at hand;
Read the tournament rules, so you know what to bring to this event;
Have your decklist form filled in completely prior to the tournament during deckchecks;
At 10.20 h am the pairings are made up and the tournament starts at 10.30 am;
Be at the venue on time.
Prizes
1st place: 1st place 54 boosters of next destinies and a special for this tournament designed trophy
2nd place: 2nd place 54 boosters of BW Next Destinies
3rd place: 3rd place 36 boosters of BW Next Destinies
4rd place: 4th place 36 boosters of BW Next Destinies
5th-8th place: 18 boosters of BW Next Destinies
9th-16th place: 9 boosters of BW Next Destinies
All participants receive a souvenir token of ECC 2012 at the start of round 1 and an booster Next destinies and an Accelgor promo at registration.
Admission fee: 5 euro
Side Events
On Sunday there will be (a) release event(s) of the newest set for those interested that didn't make Topcut.
Hotels
For those in need of a hotel, feel free to inquire at the sites email-address: [email protected]
Registrees from outside The Netherlands and Belgium will receive a listing of available hotels with their letter of confirmation.
Questions and specified information?
With all questions or in need of specified information you are welcome to send an email to:
[email protected]
Updates will be added to this thread regularly.
HaPé Wagner (TO ECC 2012)
Organized Play Coördinator Benelux
European Challenge Cup 2012
Last year the European Challenge Cup was an International Special Premier Event visited by 275 players from 15 European countries!
Location
This tournament will be held on Saturday 18 February (Swiss rounds) and Sunday 19 February 2012 (finals) at Sporthal Elderveld, Breezandpad 13, NL-6843 JM Arnhem, The Netherlands.*
*The venue is just a couple of kilometres from the German border, it's train station one of the major stops of international trains coming from the Airports of Cologna (Köln - Germany), Eindhoven (The Netherlands) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). There is a public tribune where family and nonplaying friends can watch the games from reasonable distance. A catering service is present at the location, just like a shopping mall at a distance of 500 meters with several restaurants and supermarkets. The venue is easily to reach with public transport from the Central Station, where also most of the hotels are located. There are enough possibilities for parking cars in the vicinity of the venue. The whole building will be available for the whole weekend for the tournament exclusively. No food or drinks allowed in the playing area, at the tribunes only drinks in plastic cups.
The tournament starts at 10.00 am, but the registration at the venue opens at 08.00 am (till 09.45 am).
A total of nearly 600 participants can be accommodated.
The size of the divisions are dependent on the number of players. The tournament is open to participants from all over the world.
(Pre)registration
Preregistration starts at: November, 17th, 2011, at the Pokemon Organized Play Benelux site: www.pokemon-organizedplay.nl . The site is now multilingual and digital (pre)registrationforms are present at the site (see buttons at the header) Under button Tournaments > European Challenge Cup information will be provided in eight languages (Italian, Swedish, Danish and Spanish under construction at present, but available soon).
Please add your country code behind your name in the registration form. For example: Danny Player (UK)
All preregistrators will receive a letter of confirmation with all kind of information about the tournament, public transport, hotels, etc.
Tournament structure
Participants play with their own decks in the Modified Constructed format.
That means that the use of cards is limited to certain series. Prior to the tournament, during the player meeting, one has to hand over a decklist and during the tournament there will be deck checks.
Participants are divided into 3 divisions, dependent on the year of birth. These divisions are:
Junior division: born in 2001 or later;
Senior division: born in 1997, 1998, 1999 or 2000;
Masters division: born in 1996 or earlier.
At Saturday the tournament is using Age Modified Swiss pairings, gameplay in rounds of 30 minutes + 3 turns. During this part of the tournament each pairing is made randomly by the Tournament Operations Manager program, the results of the competitors will influence the pairings of the next round. Championships Points are rewarded according to the Regional Championships level. The European Challenge Cup 2012 will have a rating with a K-value of 32. Based on the number of attendants per division there will be a Top-cut (max. Top-32). Top-cut will be played at Sunday being 2-out-of-3 + 3 turns in rounds of 60 minutes.
Program (preliminary)
Saturday 18 February 2012:
8.00 - 9.45 am - Registration players and hand over decklists
10.00 am - opening hall to players to check player roster
10.20 am - pairings
10.30 am - start first round Swiss.
Lunch after round 2 for 1 hour.
Sunday 19 February 2012:
9.30 - 10.00 am - Arrival finalists/pairings
10.00 am - Start first round finals.
10.30 - 11.00 am - Registration Release Event newest set
11.00 am - 16.00 pm Release Event newest set
17.00 pm - End of last round finalists followed by handing out the prizes to the Winners of the ECC 2012
Don’t forget when you participate in this tournament
Take care that you have your PlayerID at hand;
Read the tournament rules, so you know what to bring to this event;
Have your decklist form filled in completely prior to the tournament during deckchecks;
At 10.20 h am the pairings are made up and the tournament starts at 10.30 am;
Be at the venue on time.
Prizes
1st place: 1st place 54 boosters of next destinies and a special for this tournament designed trophy
2nd place: 2nd place 54 boosters of BW Next Destinies
3rd place: 3rd place 36 boosters of BW Next Destinies
4rd place: 4th place 36 boosters of BW Next Destinies
5th-8th place: 18 boosters of BW Next Destinies
9th-16th place: 9 boosters of BW Next Destinies
All participants receive a souvenir token of ECC 2012 at the start of round 1 and an booster Next destinies and an Accelgor promo at registration.
Admission fee: 5 euro
Side Events
On Sunday there will be (a) release event(s) of the newest set for those interested that didn't make Topcut.
Hotels
For those in need of a hotel, feel free to inquire at the sites email-address: [email protected]
Registrees from outside The Netherlands and Belgium will receive a listing of available hotels with their letter of confirmation.
Questions and specified information?
With all questions or in need of specified information you are welcome to send an email to:
[email protected]
Updates will be added to this thread regularly.
HaPé Wagner (TO ECC 2012)
Organized Play Coördinator Benelux
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