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All players must register on site and pay fee.


Participation fee: 15 EUR

Participation fee for players who pre-registered after 23:59 of November 27: 20 EUR

Pre-registration of players for qualification up to 22:00 of November 29.

If player is playing in qualifications, but do not qualify for the next round, he/she will have returned half of participation fee.

Pre-register players and results

Playing system:

Tournament is organized in accordance with ITHF Tournament Rules.

The Riga Cup will take place over two days. On the first day, all participants will play. There will be 3 rounds on the first day: qualification (only for players with lower rank), group stage (all other players start here), divisions and semi-final groups (all players from group stage continue). Only the best players from the semi-final groups will qualify for the next day.

On the second day, the best 12 from both final groups will qualify for play-offs. The best 4 from each of these two groups will start from 1/8 finals, but players placed 5th-12th in the final groups will play 1/16 finals.

The qualification round is for all players ranked below 1700 in the World Ranking (WR) on November 19, 2018. If the list of pre-registered players on November 12, 2018 has more than 170 players with WR above 1701, the qualification round must be played by all players who are not among the 170 highest-ranked pre-registered players.

The maximum number of players in the qualification stage is 190. The best 10-20 players from qualification will join the group stage.
The maximum number of players in the group stage is 190.

Planned time schedule:
November 30

8:45 - 9:45 registration for qualification only.
10:00 - 12:15 Round 1. Qualification.(only low ranked players)
Playing system depends on a number of players.

10:05 - 11:55 registration for all other players.
12:15 - 12:45 Opening ceremony.

12:45 - 15:30 Round 2. Groups.
Playing system depends on a number of players.

15:30 - 16:15 Break

Lunch
It is possible during the pre-registration also to pre-order lunch set (soup, main dish, salad, drink) for price 5 EUR. This pre-order must be made before November 28. Money should be paid at registration on Saturday.

16:15 - 19:30 Round 3. Divisions and Semi-Final groups.
Playing system depends on a number of players.


In conclusion, awarding ceremony for winners of Divisions 2, 3 and 4 and also, if possible, of the best ladies/juniors/veterans.

December 1

9:30 - 9:50 registration, warm-up.

10:00 - 13:15 Round 4. Final Groups.
48 players who qualified on the first day will be split into 2 final groups. Top12 of both groups will qualify to play-offs.

13:15 - 14:15 Break

Lunch
It is possible during the pre-registration also to pre-order lunch set (soup, main dish, salad, drink) for price 5 EUR. This pre-order must be made before November 28. Money should be paid at registration on Saturday.


from 14:15 Round 5. Play-offs.

After play-offs (aprox. after 18:00) awarding ceremony.

Reminder

Accommodations

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Map of Riga and Latvia

Public Transport in Riga:
Bus, Tram & Trolleybus.
Tickets:
On board at driver: 2 EUR. Prepaid (can be found in newsstands, like Narvessen; need validation on board; 1 ticket per person): 1 trip = 1.15 EUR; 5 trips = 5.75 EUR; 10 trips = 10.90 EUR; 24 h = 5 EUR; 72 h = 10 EUR)

The nearest to the venue stop is called Pētersalas iela where stops trolleybuses 1 , 19 and 24, buses 2 and 20, as well as stop Kultūru vidusskola for tram 5.

Budget air services to and from Riga:

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