22th CityGis World Police Indoor Soccer 2004

Date:
11-15 October 2004

Place:
Eibergen (Netherlands)


22th CityGis World Police Indoor Soccer 2003 Winner:
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Invitation to the 2004 World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament

Dear Colleagues,

Preparations have begun for the year 2004 edition of our World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament.

Herewith we invite you for this year's tournament, marking the 22th edition.

The Tournament of 2003 was a great success. About 1500 colleagues from a 38 countries turned it into a fantastic experience, which was finally won by the Serbian team from Belgrade.

For teams invited for the first time this year, an appendix telling the of the tournament is attached. For the history please click the attachted word document called HISTORY.DOC


2004 World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament

This years edition of the World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament will take place from monday the 11th up to and including Friday the 15th of October 2004. The opening ceremony will be on Monday, the actual games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Part of the accommodations is available to participants some days before and after the tournament. In a next letter you will find more information about this subject.

The World Police Indoor Soccer is the official world championship futsal (indoor soccer) for police teams. It is also the biggest police soccer tournament in the World.

The organization has worked for 22 years now to achieve this standard up to present time teams have been housed in bungalow parks and hotels in the neighbourhood of Eibergen and Groenlo.


ACCOMODATION

The housing will be inclusive breakfast, dinner and local tourist tax. The prices can differ depending on whether teams/people wish to take meals. Without meals the price will go down by about €. 2,50. Meals will be in buffet form.

The teams will receive housing according to the time of their entries; long staying teams (at least 4 nights) will get priority.

Everyone will have to bring their own towels; THESE ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE BUNGALOWS!

Teams from non-European countries have the advantage that in the week from 6th October up to and including 10th October the first 8 persons are free of charge. (Bungalows and meals are free)

Outside this period normal tariff applies and the organization can not provide meals.


TRANSPORT

Teams arriving at Amsterdam of Dusseldorf airport will/can be collected at the airport. The size of the group is inconsequential. Reservations for this transport should be made well before you arrive.

Each foreign team will be assigned a guide to accompany them during the tournament. The designated guide will generally speak the language of the team.

If a team has special wishes during their visit to the Netherlands please contact the organization.

Most teams arrive on Saturday 9th, Sunday 10th or Monday11th October and depart on Friday 15th October. There are possibilities to make an excursion in the region or to visit Amsterdam or other cities.


TOURNAMENT
The tournament will take place in the Pickerhall in Eibergen. Teams will play 5 against 5. The floor of the playing area is synthetic. The Tournament will be played over three days. 64 teams from over 40 countries will be divided into eight pools. This year we expect participants from Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia, North and South America.


RESERVATION

If your team wishes to take part in the 22th World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament your entry must be in by the 30th AUGUST 2004. The exact number of people in your group/team must be stated 1st September 2004. Again, those who enter first will receive priority. You may mail, fax of E-mail your entry. You can get the Application form for the 2004 WPIST Tournament by opening the attached Word Document called Application2004.doc. If you want to know more about the Visa Procedure please please open the attached VisaProcedure2004.doc.
New this year: WPIST reward scheme

The organization of the World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament (WPIST) has initiated a reward scheme for participating teams. If you submit another team from your country as participant in our tournament, your team will receive a 100 euro reward. This reward is only meant to stimulate teams which never before experienced the atmosphere of our tournament. No reward is paid for teams which already particpate for years, participated last year, or have participated a number of times already.

If you submit a team from a country which never before participated in the World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament (WPIST). the reward is even doubled to 200 euro. This reward is meant to stimulate to encourage teams from other nations, e.g. neigbouring countries, to join you to participate in the tournament.

In this way you can earn some money to reduce your own costs to participate in the 22nd World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament in October 2004.
As soon as the maximum number of 84 particpating teams has been reached, the reward scheme will cease to operate. All teams which applied will be informed about this by the tournament organization.


COSTS

The prices for the accommodation by four nights during the tournament week will be approxmatly :

Marveld € 23,50 per person per night.
This is a **** accommodation.
As told this is within breakfast, diner and tourist tax.
(Without meals the price will go down by about €. 2,50 p.p.p.d.)

Other costs:
A week rent of bed furniture costs € 3,50 per set.
Tournament fee € 95 per team.
Transport by bus from Dusseldorf or Amsterdam (distance 140 km.) € 20 per person single journey.

If you do not want to take part of the 2004 WPIST, please send us a note as well, so we can invite another team.
In May 2004 you will receive more information. We hope to see you in Eibergen in October.


With kind regards,

Harry Engels
WPIST Organization


Summary of links to documents:
The documents attached to this email will also be available on the WPIST website. Please use the following links to download the documents.

History WPIST:
www.barthulshof.nl/wpist/docu/history.doc

Application form 2004:
www.barthulshof.nl/wpist/docu/application2004.doc

Visa Procedure 2004:
www.barthulshof.nl/wpist/docu/visaprocedure2004.doc

Email:
hh.engels@planet.nl

Internet:
www.wpist.org

Contact information:
World Police Indoor Soccer Tournament
p/a De Bijvank 5
7091 TA Dinxperlo.
The Netherlands