The Swedish Frisbeesport Federation (SFF) and Linköpings Unika Frisbee Sällskap (LUFS) are hereby proud to invite YOU to the Freestyler Player Association’s (FPA) European Freestyle Championships (EFC) - 2010.

On the 10th and 11th of July 2010, LUFS, as the hosting club, will be happy to invite all Frisbee Freestylers from all over Europe to the city of Linköping in Sweden. If necessary, due to many registered players, Friday 9th of July may have to be used as well.

SFF has been a major player in the development of the sport of Frisbee, since the early 70’s and 80’s. For instance, the WFDF of today was formed and organized due to the organizing capacity of SFF. Over the years, SFF has been running European and World Championship tournaments in all Frisbee disciplines, with great success. After a couple of years without running any international championships, it is time again to prove what SFF and Swedish Frisbee has to offer…

EFC 2010 is the next call…



LUFS
LUFS will during 2010 be celebrating 30th anniversary as a local Frisbee club in Linköping. The club has been very successful, numerous victories have been won, nationally and internationally, in all the Frisbee disciplines, ranging from early 80’s to the present. In 1993 and 1995 the Swedisc Open was formed and hosted by LUFS, which at the time was the largest European Frisbee tournament. The event was a success for players, spectators and media. In 1997 LUFS hosted the first (since 1986) European Disc Golf Championships, which since then became a success story of tournaments all over Europe.

LUFS is now ready to take on the next challenge…
EFC 2010 is the next call…

Linköping
Linköping is Sweden’s fifth largest city, with approximately 140,000 inhabitants. Linköping proud itself for being a very active and successful city in sports. Apart from all Frisbee victories, the hockey team, women’s soccer team, swimming teams, etc, are part of the European top scene.

Linköping is located in the southern parts of Sweden, with great transportation options.

The Stockholm/Skavsta airport manages the Ryanair network from all over Europe, and the direct bus trip to Linköping is just one hour. Linköping City Airport manages the KLM network from Amsterdam.

The train from Copenhagen to Stockholm stops at Linköping Central Station.

Fields
The historical Stångebro will be the arena for EFC, the same field as where “the Battle of Stångebro” took place in 1598. The Stångebro Sportsfield is located in walking distance from city centre, lodging, restaurants, and all other important locations for such a tournament. The field is made of perfect cut green grass, and the multiple soccer field size makes the wind conditions great. Lots of training area is available.

Gym
In the case of bad weather, a large gym is available as backup.

Lodging
Various lodging alternatives will be offered, from low budget to hotels. All within walking distance to the fields.

Divisions
Depending on number of registered players (according to FPA recommendations), competition will be in Open Pair, Open Coop, Women Pair and Mixed divisions.

Updated information
We will continuously provide necessary updates, on Jammers-on-the-net, Eurofreestyle and on the Website, which will be released later this spring.

Registration and Fee
We will later this spring provide information regarding how and when to register, etc.

Player expectations
We will be following the recommendations from FPA Competition Manual, and expect all registered players to help out in fulfilling all required duties, as presented in the Manual.

We will be very strict on paragraph 708.02 Drugs and Alcohol. Potentially, the Swedish Sports Confederation may have an Anti-doping/drug testing of players during EFC.

Organizing committee
LUFS and SFF will be running this EFC 2010, in cooperation with another local Frisbee club, KFUM (YMCA) Linköping, Frisbee-section. Tournament Director is Joakim Arveskär, Tournament Coordinator is Stefan Karlsson and Co-Tournament Director is Peter Karlsson (Tournament Director for WFDF-99 in Kalmar). All these have been involved in the sport since the early 80’s and have been travelling all over the world to competitions, gathering a lot of experience in running tournaments, which they now intend to make use for…

EFC 2010 is the next call…

SFF and LUFS are very happy and proud to host EFC 2010. We will do our outmost in setting up a professional tournament, with the touch of that specific Frisbee Family-feeling, which defines our beloved sport.

On behalf of Linköpings Unika Frisbee Sällskap,

Joakim Arveskär,Tournament Director & Stefan Karlsson, LUFS, President, stefdisc@live.se

On behalf of Swedish Frisbeesport Federation,

Peter Lundmark
General Secretary
2010-01-20