1. Players from which countries, of what age, teams of what level are expected to take part in the YFF?
Football teams of U9 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 2000), U10 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1999), U11 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1998), U12 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1997), U13 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1996), U14 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1995), U15 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1994), U16 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1993), U17 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1992), U18 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1991), U19 (boys and girls born after 1st Jan 1990), from any country recognized by the Hungarian Republic or countries that are members of the FIFA are welcome to the festival. Football teams supposed to participate in the competition do not have to be members of a club by all means. District or region, town or county or representative teams, school teams, sports academies or further youth football teams can take part in the festival.
2. Who can participate in the YFF?
All kinds of teams mentioned under point 1, and under the following conditions:
a;all members of the participant team, their leaders and attendants have valid permission to enter the Hungarian territory. (Concerning visas please click on the link which enlists the names of the countries citizens of which do not need a visa to enter Hungary. Team members from all the other countries will have to obtain a visa.)
b;Sportsmen, leaders and attendants of the participating teams are to submit to accreditation before the contest. Each member, leader and attendant of the team has to agree to be identified on the basis of passports or identity cards provided with a photo, which contain the date of birth and citizenship of the participants. These are needed to keep the fairness of the competition and for preparing the participation and identity cards with individual code numbers. They will be used during the whole period of the festival.
c;On accreditation the leader of the team in the name of all the team members and attendants approves by his/her signature of the fact that the organizing committee does not take the responsibility for any kinds of injuries ensued during the festival or damages to people or objects during festival events. The whole responsibility is taken by the leader of the group, its members and attendants themselves who are in charge of their own health, possessions, valuables and themselves. The leader of the team also admits that the organizing committee does not take any responsibility for any sorts of accidents, damages of possessions or any other kinds of damages during the time of the event, during the travel to the festival or travelling back home.
d;On arrival at the accreditation the leader of the team signs a statement about the fact that all the members of the team, the leader and the attendants have responsibility insurance and in case of proved damages made by the members, trainers or attendants the team assumes financial responsibility. (e.g. for damaging objects of the hotel, losing them, hooliganism or damages in values relied on the members of the team, etc.)
3. About the acceptance of the rules and spirit of the YFF
The teams and their leaders and attendants that wish to
take part in the YFF have to accept the rules of the festival. Concerning the
rules, please consult the "Rules and Regulations" link. Your registration for
the festival (qualifying for the entry and paying the registration
fee) will mean that you accept the arrangement rules of the festival,
the rules of refereeing the matches and in case of possible arguments you accept
the decisions of the referre and arbiter. All teams, their leaders
and attendants who wish to participate in the festival have to behave in the
spirit of fair play. Since teams are arriving from all parts
of the world, it's of basic importance to be tolerant and respectful
towards other teams and play an honest game during the contest.
Members of the team who do not observe the basic rules of human behavior
after several requesting and commands and disturb the process of the festival
events for several times ( for example, act as racists, hurt other
people's dignity, do not recognize the Fair Play spirit, are violent, aggressive
and bully) in the opinion of the organizing committee, can be disqualified
from the YFF on the basis of the resolution of the festival director. In that
case the organizing committee of the YFF will break up all kinds of contracts
unilaterally and will refer to law.
4. Registration and payment deadline
The basic condition of taking part in the YFF is that the teams contact the organizing committee and pay the registration fee via bank transfer, which will confirm their wish of participation. The registration fee is 10% of accommodation price. The registration fee will be part of accommodation expenses. Obviously, the team that qualifies among the firsts and pays the registration fee will have some advantages concerning accommodation and will also have a better choice of entertaining facilities and programs of other kinds. Another reason for early contacting the chief organizers of the festival is that in groups of certain ages the number of participant teams is limited. Thus, it can happen that months before the deadline of the payment of the registration fee in groups of certain ages the appointed number of teams will reach the top, and the team will not be able to join the festival in the appropriate age group. Registration deadline is 10 of May, 2009.
One can qualify for the INTERSPORT Youth Football Festival by filling in the registration form at the 'Registration' link of our web site, or sending an e-mail to the organizing committee, fax or postal letter .
E-mail address: Tel: (+36) 30 501 2572 Fax: (+36) 1 257 6978 Post address: INTERSPORT Youth Football Festival Organizing Office Jogo Bonito Európa Kft. 1173 Budapest, Tápiósüly u. 6. Hungary, Europe
5. Accommodation fees, payment for the meals, payment deadlines
A further condition of taking part in the festival is that the teams make the payment for their accommodation and meals on the basis of former agreement with the organizing committee on their category and type. Teams that arrive not by own bus will have to pay for bus transfer from the airport or railway station. The participation fees depend on the category of accommodation but they do not differ within a category. 30 of May, 2009 is the deadline of paying for accommodation and meals, for teams arriving not by bus paying for the airport transfer. All these fees should be paid by bank transfer.
Participants of the YFF can only be put up in accommodation places offered by the chief organizers of the tournament. If any of the teams wishes to arrange accommodation individually, they have to pay 25 EUR / playing day / person till 30 of May 2009, by bank transfer onto the YFF bank account.
6. Safety/Medical Support
It is very important to mention the whole YFF is strictly guarded (I mean accommodation, at the football pitches, teams' buses…etc.) and the organizers do everything about your maximum safety. Although there are no terrorist activities in Hungary, it is very important to us to make sure about 100% safety to all participant teams from their arrival to their departure.
The medical support in the YFF is perfect. Highly skilled doctors and medical teams are working for YFF. We came to an agreement with all the hospitals in the vicinity of YFF. In case of serious injuries an ambulance car will be ready to take the injured person immediately to the nearest hospital. All YFF participant players (posessing the official YFF card) are entitled for maximum medical support during the tournament.
