Category: Euro Champs

The hotel booking deadline (12 July) is over and many of you have booked their room at one of our official tournament hotels. We are happy that we could fulfill all your booking wishes and are looking forward to welcome you to Wr. Neudorf and Vienna soon.

If you have not booked your hotel yet, feel free to contact Bettina Reischer in this matter. We cannot guarantee the promo-fees from now on but we will try our best!

Pick up service

Some of you have already sent us their time of arrival at the airport or main train station in Vienna. If you need transportation, please contact Bettina Reischer to check all the details.

Payments in cash

Please notice that all the payments have to be done before your first match at the tournament desk in cash only (max. banknote €100,-). Bookings are to be made in the name of one person. This person is responsible for the payment of the total amount at the tournament desk.

The 2. FIR European Racketlon Championships are a unique event where the organization team has to go new ways to reach the budget, which is needed. “We have not reached the goal but aside our important presenting sponsors GRAWE sidebyside and BABOLAT we already managed to find 24 class sponsors”, says RFA president Marcel Weigl, who is the main promotor of the sponsoring packages. All the class sponsors are already mentioned in the tournament system and can be found here: Juniors & Seniors, Elite & Amateurs.

More class sponsors are needed to safe the budget of the tournament so RFA president himself asks the community to take a class sponsorship by themselves or the help to find one with their friends.

More information to the class sponsorship program can be found at here.

444,- Euro for

… name of the chosen class f.e. „Eco Secure“ Men A – Elite
… handover of prizes of your Class by yourself at the price winning ceremony
… free entry to the centrecourt arenas on all days for two persons (worth of 2 x € 64,- = € 128,)
… two VIP tickets for the final day of your sponsored class (worth of 2 x € 88,- = € 176,-)
… printed program (it will be great)
… participation at the prize game (main prize is a car)
… participation at the World Champ Raffle, winning a doubles start with Christoph Krenn (worth: priceless ;-)) )

On a minium of three days all matches on the Centre Courts in tabletennis, badminton, squash and tennis of the 2. FIR European Championships will be livestreamed on the internationally well known streaming plattform www.laola1.tv. The biggest streaming plattform for sport events in Austria runs live streams of national Bundesliga in soccer or even El Classico between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. “Our aim was to produce a real high quality stream”, says RFA-President Marcel Weigl. Each Centre Court will have one permanent camera plus two portable cameras and a live commentary for the complete Centre Court Arena. Broadcasting will take place on the final day of the Juniors and Seniors events Sunday 27th August as well as the final weekend of the Elite events Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September. On all other days live scoring of all centre court matches will be available via internet.

EURO Finals LIVE on National TV

The highlight of EURO will be the live broadcast of the men and women singles final on national television ORF Sport+ on Sunday 3rd September starting at 2:00 p.m. with the men’s final, followed by the women’s final at around 4:00 p.m. “Ofcourse such a media production costs money, but this is the most important thing to promote our sport.” Especially the videos of our squash glass court (credit: RFA) will be sensational”, says Weigl.

Apply now for online accreditation

Our ambition is to make the 2. FIR European Racketlon Championships the largest and best organized event in the history of Racketlon! We have already told you about our courts, which will have an unprecedented quality. Another milestone will be personalized accreditations with photos that allow players to move freely within venues. The entrance to the courts will only be permitted to players and officials with tournament ID. The shuttle service, which is set up with the support of Renault Vienna between Vienna International Airport, venues and official tournament hotels, can also be used only with a valid accreditation.

How does it work?

All players must submit their data to the EURO organizing team on the accreditation-tab after entering the event on fir.tournamentsoftware.com. In addition to the contact data, a portrait photograph (maximum 2MB in JPG or PNG format) has to be uploaded. No additional costs arise for players if they apply online for accreditation! For organizational reasons, the online accreditation will be closing on August 07. at 11:59pm (Juniors / Seniors) and on August 14. at 11:59pm (Elite / Amateurs). For on-site accrediation, a service fee will be required. A service fee may also be required for incompletely filled out accreditation forms. Please double-check the information before clicking the apply-button!

One guest for free!

The tournament participants may also accredit a guest (coach, family member or friend). Accreditation of the guest must occur without exception via the online form. A guest can only apply for accreditation together with a player. Accreditation for one guests per player is also free of charge! After the player has sent the online-accreditation, no more guest can be registered! For all other guests of the tournament participants, the regular entry fees will apply.

For further information about accreditation, contact Peter Robič via E-Mail.

EC favourites are from Austria

The SWT King of Rackets in Belgium from 4 to 6 June, one of the most important tournaments on the FIR World Tour, was dominated by the athletes of the Racketlon Federation Austria. The Austrian players won all Elite classes (Men´s Singles, Women´s Singles, Men´s Doubles, Women´s Doubles, Mixed Doubles); and Emanual Schöpf won the U21 class. What is more, third places were contributed by Michi Dickert and Bettina Bugl in Singles, as well as by Emanuel Schöpf in Doubles.

Best ranked players from Austria

On 1 June 2017, the Austrian Lukas Windischberger replaced Kasper Jønsson (Denmark) as number two in the world ranking, making him the worldwide best active player. World number 1 Jesper Ratzer, who finished his carrier in February, is still leading the ranking, which is calculated based on the best results of the past 24 months. Together with longtime world champion Christine Seehofer and 2017 tour dominator Windischberger, the Racketlon Federation Austria is excellently positioned for the European Championship coming home to Austria from 25 August to 3 September 2017. Most of the Austrian top players have already entered the tournament: Christine and Elisabeth Seehofer, Lukas Windischberger, Bettina Bugl, Emanuel Schöpf, Hans Sherpa, Tom Wagner; furthermore, world number 2 Amke Fischer and world number 6 Kresten Hougaard have already signed up. Deadline for Entry is 21 August.

We want to introduce GRAWE sidebyside, the Presenting Sponsor of the 2. FIR European Racketlon Championships Juniors & Seniors:

Grazer Wechselseitige was founded in 1828 by Archduke Johann. His motto was “Reliable insurance cover for all”. Since then, a multilateral, international company, which unites insurance companies, banks and real estate under its umbrella, has developed from the initial fire insurance company. Now GRAWE is the 6th largest insurance company in Austria. Annual income derived from premium payments amount to 541.1 million EUR; and managed insurance policies amount to some 2.17 million. Our headquarters are in Graz. Main offices in provincial capitals, 113 customer-friendly customer centers and around 1,500 highly-trained staff throughout Austria guarantee that our customers can be comprehensively advised and expertly taken care of.

Thirteen Central and Eastern European insurance subsidiaries are responsible for the company’s international orientation. These are located in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Hungary, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldavia, Macedonia and in the Kosovo. In addition to their own head offices, they also have an expanded network of customer care centers. The GRAWE Group thus represents an important economic factor in Central and Eastern Europe.

GRAWE supports national and regional projects and events in the fields of art & culture, sports, youth or science.

The youth brand GRAWE sidebyside offers best possible insurance cover and special benefits for all up to 25 years.

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The best courts in Racketlon history

The preparations for the European Championships from 25. August to 3. September are ongoing. The centrecourt arenas have been sketched and the organisation team can guarantee highest international standards for the courts. Such courts were never seen before at an international Racketlon event! The highlights are a brand new Squash-Glasscourt (PSA-approved) and a Tennis Hardcourt with ATP surface! In Wr. Neudorf matches will be played on five courts parallel, in Vienna on six – and all courts will secure perfect conditions. Continue reading →

Grewe and Renault support Euro

The Racketlon Federation Austria is proud to announce new partners! The Presenting Sponsor for the 2. FIR European Racketlon Championshops Juniors & Seniors is GRAWE sidebyside. The youth brand of the “Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung” insurance company will support the biggest Racketlon event in history, which will now will have the official name:

2. FIR European Racketlon Championships Juniors & Seniors presented by GRAWE sidebyside Continue reading →