International Futsal Tournament
Hürth - Germany
(31 May - 1 June 2003)


Cologne is the perfect location for a sport-filled weekend. Although actually a single weekend is too short to enjoy everything the city has to offer. The city with the famous Cathedral has a bustling centre with lively shopping streets, museums, restaurants, inviting sidewalk cafes on the banks of the Rhine and of course innumerable ‘Stubes’ in its centuries-old Altstadt. But Cologne is a city of sports as well: a city with clubs that enjoy organising such international tournaments as the Gold Cup for young people – the biggest springtime tournament in Germany -, the Hürth Cup (indoor football) and the Rheintal Trophy for senior and ladies’ teams. In short, a destination that really makes you build up a thirst that you can quench, for example, with a Kölsch. Cheers

TOURNAMENT ORGANIZER(S)
B.C. Hürth-Stotzheim 1948 e.V. is a small club, founded in 1948. The approx. 280 members are almost all involved with football, but there are also gymnastics, jazz-gymnastics and football-tennis sections. The club has 2 senior, 1 veteran, 4 youth teams, and its own club house.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Category: Men
Born on/after 01.01: -
Teams per category: 20
Teams per group: 5
Duration of matches: 1x20'
Players per team: 5
Minimum games: 4
Substitutions: rolling

REMARKS
•A maximum of 10 players + 2 goal keepers per team per match and a maximum of 12 players + 2 goal keepers per team for the whole tournament.

SPORTS FACILITIES
2 sports halls in Hürth (approx. 2 miles from each other)

PRIZES
• Number 1 to 4, a cup per team
• Fair Play Cup

PROGRAMME
The tournament takes place in 2 sports halls in Hürth, approx. 10 km to the south-west of Cologne. The tournament schedule offers plenty of time to visit and enjoy the city of Cologne by day or by night. The tournament starts on Saturday with the preliminaries. On Sunday, after the last preliminaries, the classification matches and finals will be played. Afterwards the prize-giving ceremony will conclude this new indoor football event.

Friday: Afternoon, Arrival Hurth/Cologne (Arrival on Thursday May 29th and also possible!); Evening, Free programme, suggestion: sightseeing Cologne.
Saturday: Day, Tournament - preliminary rounds; Evening, Free programme.
Sunday: Day, Tournament - preliminary rounds, classification matches and finals, followed by the prize giving ceremony; Evening, Free programme, suggestion: visit Cologne city centre. Departure - Depending on arrangement.
Monday: Morning, Departure (departure on Monday June 2nd also possible!)

TOURIST INFORMATION
• Cologne (centre = 10 km). Number 4 city of Germany with a centuries old city centre on the borders of the river Rhine. Cologne is especially known for its "Dom" a marvellous cathedral dominating the area. The compact lively inner city offers many impressing monuments, pretty gardens along the river and a wide range of shopping streets and entertainment.
• Düsseldorf (approx. 35 kilometres) is one of Germany's most popular cities. The city, situated on the river Rhine, offers an abundance of culture and liveliness during the day, as well as in the evening. The centre around the "Königsallee" has the flair of Paris ? large shopping centres and exclusive boutiques between stylish cafes and cosy terraces. The typically German atmosphere can be found in the "Altstadt" in the evening. The "Altstadt" makes Düsseldorf into one of the most lively cities of Europe, because of the amazing string of restaurants, cafes, jazz clubs and discos.

DEADLINE INSCRIPTION
18 April 2003