 2009 ITSF Tour
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / WORLD CUP
Key dates and times
Wednesday, January 6th - 6:00 pm:
- Welcome Party at the Wilton's
Address: 23 rue de Rieux
To get there from the medieval castle downtown, take the special bus route BusWay 4 (click on link on the page) going to "Porte de Vertou" and get out at the "Cité Internationale des Congrès" (one stop from the castle).
Walk one block and turn right in Rue des Rieux.
Please make sure to convey that information to all the members of your delegation.
Playing tables will be available for competitors to train; please note that the tournament hall will be closed that day.
Thursday, January 7th - 8:00 am:
- Registration confirmation* and player card pick-up
*All Junior and Senior players will be required to provide proof of their age when they confirm their registration.
Please remind all your Junior and Senior players to bring an ID indicating their birthdates.
Address: Complexe Mangin-Beaulieu, 2 rue Louis Joxe
To get there from downtown Nantes, take the tramway line 2 (click on link on the page) OR tramway line 3 going to "Gare de Point Rousseau" and "Neustrie" respectively, and get out at Wattignies station.
Friday, January 8th - 5:00 pm:
- Opening Ceremony (presentation of national teams)
- World Championships Award Ceremony for Singles categories
Saturday, January 9th - 2:00 pm:
- World Championships Award Ceremony for Doubles categories
Sunday, January 10th - 7:00 pm:
- World Cup Award Ceremony
Sunday, January 10th - 9:00 pm:
- Farewell Party at the Wilton's
Group draw
The draw to determine the World Cup groups took place on December 14th at 2:00 pm, in the offices of a major newspaper publisher in Nantes, called Presse-Océan.
The draw was filmed by the newspaper firm.
You can also find pictures of the draw on our website.
Review the list of countries in each group.
You can also check the elimination charts for the Men's, Women's, Junior and Senior events to check which teams the winners of each group will compete against in the elimination phase.
Players' photographs and Dress code
If you are one of the team members, qualified players, national champions or wild cards holders and your picture is not online, please make sure to send one to us, so we can include it in our World Cup and World Championships pages.
Players registered in the World Championships and World Cup must abide by the Dress Code:
- Each player must have 4 "national" shirts: one for each day of the event. A jogging suit (top and bottom) is also required of all players.
- The name of the country must be clearly displayed on the players' shirts and jogging suit; players can also add their names and country's flag on their shirts and jogging suits, if they wish.
- Players must wear their national shirt during ceremonies and matches; players who do not abide by this rule will not be allowed to compete. Players are strongly encouraged to wear their national sport dress during the whole event, even if they don't play every day.
Also please note that Partners in Doubles events must wear exactly the same sport dress.
Referee training and certification
The ITSF Rules Commission will run sessions of training and evaluation of new referees (Official Clinics) during the 2010 World Cup.
These sessions will take place at the tournament venue (specific dates and times TBD).
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Match schedule
Please note that all matches will start on time.
Players who arrive late will forfeit their matches.
2010 ITSF Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT RESULTS
| December 2009 |
FINAL ESPAñOLA DE FUTBOLIN 2009
(Cehegin, Spain)
Pro Tour
December 05 - 07
1- Guillermo CORDOBA RAMIRO (ESP)
2- Jose luis GONZALEZ PEDROTE (ESP)
3- Jorge GOMEZ LLANO (ESP)
3- Hector NUÑEZ SAEZ (ESP)
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Full Results
OTHER UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
The next tournaments in the 2010 Tour are as follows:
- Open Sardi Sport (Yaounde, Cameroon) – December 26-28
- Danish Open (Kolding, Denmark) – February 13-14
- Danube Open (Linz, Austria) – February 20-21
Check the current calendar of the 2010 Tour.
See you at the World Cup!
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