January 3-6, 2016 Gothenburg, Sweden

January 3-6, 2016 Gothenburg, Sweden

Welcome to Gothia Innebandy Cup 2016 Since the start in 1994, Gothia Innebandy Cup has been an annual event in Gothenburg. The tournament has over the years grown from 135 to more than 450 participating teams each year, which makes us the world s biggest floorball tournament. One of the reasons of this success is the challenge for the teams in measuring their skills with other teams, mostly Swedish, but also from other major floorball nations. We emphasize the matches for each team as to maintaining a high quality of the event and as to providing each team with as many matches as possible. That is why we provide five-team groups. Our aim is that the players should feel the tickling stomach feeling before an important match and feel the joy of sharing it with their teammates, regardless the result in the match. Gothia Innebandy Cup creates for young people a rendezvous and brings progress as well as nice memories for life. Over the years, more than 6,500 teams and over 100 000 players from 15 different nations have participated in Gothia Innebandy Cup. In this brochure we want to give you as much information as possible about the Gothia Innebandy Cup s main values. We want in the most informative way possible describe to you how the tournament is organized and what you as a guest can expect during Gothia Innebandy Cup. For many young people and leaders it will be a great sports experience and then it s important to be well prepared. Welcome to Gothenburg Gothia Innebandy Cup 3-6 January 2016! Lena Rönnefors, Tornament Leader

The matches and playing courts The games are what makes the tournament develop and creates joy, excitement and the occasional tear. Without the games there will be no tournament and that is the reason why about 10 000 participants come here. The opportunity to meet talented teams from other nations is a chance for young people to develop, both on and off the playing courts. We want to create memories for the young people involved, memories that they will remember for the rest of their lives. Fair play is something we want to encourage. To behave fair with your team mates, the referees and the opponents. During the Gothia Cup more than 1300 games are played during four days. To accomplish this around 25 courts are required. These centres are located around Gothenburg and you can easily transport yourself between games with our own bus network Gothia Line, or with the Gothenburg public transport system. New! Groups of five New for 2016 is that all groups will consist of at least five teams. This means that all teams will be guaranteed a minimum of five games instead of four as previously. The extra game will be played during the tournament s first two days during the group stage. The first two teams in each group qualify to the A finals, and other teams will play the B finals. Goals in 2015: Goals per game: Played minutes: No. of playing courts: 8242 7 ave. 40 000 25

Gothia Lundbystrand Center Gothia Valhalla Center A 15 minutes bus ride from the city center is Gothia which is the court that has the largest audience capacity. Right in the center of Gothenburg is the heart of the One of the courts in the Gothia Valhalla Centre has a Lundbystrand Center, the largest playing center of More than 1500 spectators can enjoy the same floorball tournament and natural meeting place, Gothia Valhalla larger stand, so you are almost guaranteed a place to sit the Gothia Innebandy Cup. With five full sized playing game. Center. This is where all participants, leaders, supporters and enjoy a floorball game. If there is anything else you courts under the same roof, more than 300 games are If you want to relax from floorball a little while, there is a and locals can meet. For leaders and family members need to know just turn to our information desk, which is played at Lundbystrand. This creates a unique meeting cafeteria with light meals, drinks and some light snacks. who are not participating in any of the current games, we located in the Gothia Valhalla Center. place, which often remains well visited throughout the If there is anything you miss or if you have any questions offer the possibility to enjoy a coffee in our cafeteria and tournament. But it s not just people you see on Lundby- turn to our information desk and we will be happy to help re-charge their batteries for the next match. strand, wherever you turn your eyes, it s almost always a you. floorball game being played on any of the various courts. If you want to sit down, we recommend Lundbystrand 1,

Gothia Innebandy Finals As the tournament goes on and if you are still competing, the closer comes The Big Final. Let us first clarify that all teams will play in some kind of play off. The two first placed teams in the group advance to the A-Play off while the others two go to B-Play off. Depending on how many teams there are in the age category, you might end up playing nearly 10 games before you reach all the way. The finals are played at Valhalla and Lisebergshallen during Wednesday. Age groups that have less number of teams get to play their finals first. Many of those teams that do not make it to the finals come to the court to watch the final in their age category. It gives a sense of how one stands in competition, and additionally it s a very nice way to end your team s Gothia Innebandy Cup adventure. Even if only 12 teams can call themselves champions, all participants are winners to us. Age categories G11 and B11 play under SIBF s (Swedish Floorball Association) regulations for these age categories, meaning that no play-off is applied. Therefore no finals will be played in these age categories. Valhalla Wednesday January 6 Girls 12 Girls 13 Girls 14 Boys 12 Boys 13 Boys 14 11.00 12.10 13.20 14.30 15.40 16.50 Lisebergshallen Wednesday January 6 Girls 15 Boys 18 Girls 16 Girls 18 Boys 15 Boys 16 11.00 12.10 13.20 14.30 15.40 16.50

Transports If you choose to leave the car at home and want to get around to the courts, schools or hotels in the Gothia Innebandy Cup, there is a wide range of transport options. You can either take any of the 12 different tramlines, one of the approximately 200 bus routes or our own Gothia Line buses. Trams operate in most parts of the city and are well synchronised with the buses so it is easy to get around. To further facilitate travel for visitors, we have different routs of Gothia Line. We operate these routes where public transport can be difficult or time consuming for visitors to use. Event and Activities Gothenburg With more than 550,000 citizens, Gothenburg is Sweden s second largest city, but the city is Sweden s most popular city to live in. We are very proud of that. The closeness to the harbour and the sea is what people usually value highly. Everybody talks about the small big town where everything is close. Others appreciate the hospitality you meet wherever you go. Not forgetting the very typical Gothenburg humour. Gothenburg is one of Europe s foremost event cities. The city is used to host happenings and events and that also makes us use to taking care of visitors. You will most certainly feel welcome here. We want the Gothia Innebandy Cup to be a meeting place for the world s young floorball players. During the tournament great meetings are created during games, in schools and even spontaneous meetings out in the town and in the playing halls. It is these encounters that make the tournament an extraordinary experience. During the Gothia Innebandy Cup, we also want to create a social platform where everyone can come together and meet. Each year we therefore arrange different events and activities for all participants. In previous years we have organized opening ceremonies, discos and activity areas. We have also been in Liseberg s arcade hall and arranged national elite games as well as international. What this year s Gothia Cup will offer remains to be revealed, but we can guarantee that whatever we do it will create a social platform and activities where meetings and friendships are in focus.

Result Service Gothia Innebandy Cup perhaps has the market s most advanced and easy to use result and game schedule system. Full schedule and all results are available both on our website and in our apps for Android, iphone and ipad. In addition, all the goals from all the games are reported live. From 2016, we will also broadcast live from some courts. All matches are reported live All matches, all the goals Updated in real time All goals in the Gothia Cup are registered on our website. Both Matches are updated in real time so you can keep up with the scorer and assistant are registered. If the team leader additionally has filled in the players names in My Team Info also the when a goal was made and who made the goal and assisted. results. You can see game time, the current results in the game, name on the person is registered. The reports are in real time and visible on the website immediately after a goal is scored. Apps With our app you will find all the information you need during the tournament. Latest news, Web TV, regulations, tournament information and of course the whole game schedule with all the results. Our intention with live reporting is that you can follow your team, whether you are on location in Gothenburg or not, as the event unfolds. Now, anyone can visit our website to find out what the current position is in a match and follow its development. To make our games more accessible to more people this is a development we are proud of! We also broadcast some of the games live, including all finals. So that those who cannot be there also can witness the drama that unfolds on the courts. More and more people are using smartphones and therefore we have developed an app that is available for both ios and Android. You can also use the app to easily find your way to where your team is playing the next game, your position in the group or who your opponent is in the next playoff game. Obviously, you can also follow the games live in the app, goal by goal, who scored and who assisted. New! Livestreaming In previous years, we have broadcasted all the finals live on our website. For 2016, we are developing this further and will broadcast live from several halls throughout the tournament. This means that you will be able to see the teams play even if you can not be there. More information about which halls etc will be announced on the website during the fall. With Västtrafik s (Local commute system) travel planner application you can easily plan your trip within the Gothenburg region. Here you can search a trip, see the next departure and calculate the travel time. This is a great tool that we recommend for all participating teams and our visitors. Travel Planner application is available for both iphone and Android.

Age categories 2016 Boys B18 Boys born 1/1-97 and later B16 Boys born 1/1-99 and later B15 Boys born 1/1-00 and later B14 Boys born 1/1-01 and later B13 Boys born 1/1-02 and later B12 Boys born 1/1-03 and later B11 Boys born 1/1-04 and later Girls G18 Girls born 1/1-97 and later G16 Girls born 1/1-99 and later G15 Girls born 1/1-00 and later G14 Girls born 1/1-01 and later G13 Girls born 1/1-02 and later G12 Girls born 1/1-03 and later G11 Girls born 1/1-04 and later

PARTNERS Gothia Innebandy Cup. Box 220 52 SE-400 72 Gothenburg, Sweden Tel: +46 (0)31-50 67 80 Fax: +46 (0)31-50 67 99 E-mail: info@gothiainnebandycup.se Internet: www.gothiainnebandycup.se