CONTENT. The president's of EEGBL speech...3. Game arena...6. Hotel...6. Contacts...9

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1 CONTENT The president's of EEGBL speech...3 Information on Riga, Latvia...4 Stage information...5 Participants...6 Game arena...6 Hotel...6 Location view...7 Game schedule...8 Important informations...9 Contacts...9

2 The president's of EEGBL speech: Year 2000 was special with the fact that exactly when the Olympic Games took place in Sydney, a new sports event was found Eastern European Girls Basketball League (EEGBL), it was established in September 19. In the first year the best teams from 6 countries took place in EEGBL, the best girls teams from Poland (Sokolov Podlaski UKS Olimp, Koszalin UKS 16), Byelorussia (Minsk Horizont), Lithuania (Kaunas and Vilnius basketball schools and basketball club Laisve), Estonia (Tartu Taba - 89), Russia (Moscow Spartak) and sports school Ridzene and Basketball club Kolibri from Riga - Latvia participated in the first season EEGBL. EEGBL have its own president of honor Uljana Semjonova, she was the leading women's basketball player in the world in the 1970s and 1980s. For almost all of her playing career, she played for TTT Riga, which was part of Daugava Voluntary Sports Society. With TTT, she won 15 championships in the Soviet Union and the European Champions Cup 15 times. Semjonova was also very dominant in international play, winning two Olympic Gold medals while playing for the USSR in 1976 and 1980 and never lost a game in official international competition. She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1976, in 1993 became the first non-us woman enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame. She was an inaugural member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in the class of In 2007, she was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame. This year, it is already the 14 season, there are participating the best girls teams from 11 countries, Finland, Sweden,Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Greece and Latvia. Next year in season 2014/2015 EEBL will tart participating girls born in 2001/2002 and the league will be open for new participating countries Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic. These 13 years have been an amazing experience for me, as a president of EEGBL, also for coaches and girls what we have seen growing professionally from kids to professional basketball players. Only together we can make this happen also in future, so I would like to thank everyone who has helped to make these 13 basketball seasons in a high and professional basketball level, also thank you to everybody who believes this leagues strength to make our Eastern European little basketball world better.

3 Information on Riga, Latvia Nearly one third of Latvia's population (800 thousand) lives in the capital city Riga. Riga, the oldest still existing medieval city, was founded in The value of Riga's cultural and historical significance has been recognised by the fact that its old city centre has been included in UNESCO's list of the world's most important cultural and natural sites. Largest Latvian towns and cities: Riga, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jurmala, Liepaja, Ventspils, Rezekne, Valmiera and Jekabpils. Today, 77 towns and cities are located within Latvia's borders. 23 cities have a population of over 10,000. Latvia's divided into four regions - Kurzeme, Zemgale, Latgale and Vidzeme-named after tribes that once dominated the respective areas. Despite sometimes being referred to as the Switzerland of the Baltics (partly because of pretensions of being a regional financial center), Latvia is distinguished by rolling plains and modest hills; the highest hill, Gaizinkalns, is a mere 311 meters. Latvia has a 494-kilometer coastline and thick forests. Population: 2.4 million among them 57% Latvian; 40% Russian-speaking; 2% Lithuanian; 1% Polish Riga Population: 800,000. Other Large Cities: Daugavpils - 125,000; Liepaja - 100,000 Total Territory: 64,600 sq. km, a little smaller than Ireland. Main Religions: Most ethnic Latvians are Lutheran, with Roman Catholics in eastern Latvia. Most ethnic Russians are Orthodox Production: The most prospective production sectors: information technologies, electronics and mechanical engineering, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, wood processing, food processing industry, textiles industry. The largest trade-partner: the European Union Currency: Latvian national currency is the lats (LVL), 1 lats consists of 100 santims. The Latvian currency has remained strong and secure since its inception in The stability of lats is a result of covering the supply of the national currency with gold reserves, hard currency reserves, and investments in a diversified collection of foreign currencies

4 STAGE INFORMATION Dates November 2013 Riga Arrival Arrival of the delegations is expected on 14th of November 2013 Departure Departure of the delegations ir expected on 17nd of November 2013 after closing ceremony. Transfer We can arrange transfer from airport/buss station/ferry/train station to hotel and on the way back. You must to send your arriving and departure time on Delegation According to EYBL regulations, the participating team delegation should be of 14 persons (including players, coaches, referee, bus driver ect.) Financial conditions Delegations are free to have extra persons. The price for each ekstra person is EUR 25 (for 1 nights and full board). According to EYBL regulations, each team should have a referee. If any team will decide to not take the referee, it will be charged of EUR 50 (official fee) in your arriving day in cash. Please inform us soon as possible how many persons will be in your delegations as well confirm will the referee be in the delegation. Please also let us know are you going to have any extra persons in your delegation.

5 PARTICIPANTS A group Belarus U17, Belarus MUKS Unia Basket Ostroleka, Poland Berdiansk DJSS-95 Berdiansk, Ukraine Basketball Club Alvik Basket Stockholm, Sweden B group HBA Marsky Juniors Helsinki, Finland Basketball club Dolphins Norrkoping,Sweden Basketball school Riga/3.BJSS Riga,Latvia Basketball club BG Lulea,Sweden GAME ARENA BA Turiba Sports Hall Address: 68 Graudu street, LV-1058, Riga Phone: HOTEL All teams will be accommodated in hotel Best Hotel Address: 9/11 Gimnastikas street, LV-1004, Riga Phone: Three (3) meals per day will be provided for the teams at Best Hotel dining-room.

6 LOCATION VIEW The distance from hotel Best Hotel to BA Turiba Sports Hall is approximately 700 metres or 10 minutes walking.

7 GAME SCHEDULE :00 Belarus U 17 - MUKS Unia Basket 10:20 Berdiansk DJSS-95 - Basketball Club Alvik Basket 11:40 HBA Marsky Juniors - Basketball club Dolphins 13:00 Basketball school Riga/3.BJSS - Basketball club BG Lulea 15:00 Basketball Club Alvik Basket Belarus U17 16:20 MUKS Unia Basket - Berdiansk DJSS-95 17:40 Basketball club Dolphins - Basketball school Riga/3.BJSS 19:00 Basketball club BG Lulea - HBA Marsky Juniors :00 Basketball club BG Lulea - Basketball club Dolphins 10:20 HBA Marsky Juniors - Basketball school Riga/3.BJSS 11:40 Belarus U17 - Berdiansk DJSS-95 13:00 MUKS Unia Basket - Basketball Club Alvik Basket 16:00 Game 13 A3 B4 17:20 Game 14 A4 B3 18:40 Game 15 ½ final A1 B2 20:00 Game 16 ½ final A2 B : palce game - Loser game 13 Loser game 14 9: place game - Winner game 13 Winner game 14 11: place game - Loser game 15 Loser game 16 12: place game -Winner game 15 Winner game 16 13:45 Closing Ceremony

8 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Meeting Coach seminar CONTACTS Edgars Zanders (ENG and RU) GSM: edgars.zanders@gmail.com Igo Zanders (POL and RU) GSM: info@girlsbasket.eu Ingrida Daugaviete GSM: marketing@eybl.lv