{"id":213,"date":"2016-02-12T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T12:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/baltic-cup-2016\/?p=213"},"modified":"2016-07-10T11:58:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T11:58:43","slug":"welcome-to-baltic-cup-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esba-basket.com\/baltic-cup-2016\/2016\/02\/12\/welcome-to-baltic-cup-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Baltic Cup 2016!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a successful inaugural edition of the <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #003366;\" title=\"Baltic Cup 2015\" href=\"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/baltic-cup-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baltic Cup<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in the Estonian resort of Parnu, the rights to host the event in 2016 were awarded to Liepaja in Latvia. The Baltic Cup is a tournament organized by <strong><span style=\"color: #981e32;\">NGO Esto Maxibasket<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>(Estonia), <span style=\"color: #981e32;\"><strong>BK Vecmeistari <\/strong><\/span>(Latvia), <span style=\"color: #981e32;\"><strong>Lithuanian Veterans Basketball League<\/strong><\/span> (Lithuania) and the <span style=\"color: #981e32;\"><strong>European Seniors Basketball Association<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The competition brings together the best veterans\u2019 basketball teams from <span style=\"color: #981e32;\"><strong>Estonia<\/strong>,<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #981e32;\"> Latvia<\/span> <\/strong>and<span style=\"color: #981e32;\"><strong> Lithuania<\/strong><\/span>, who compete for the Baltic Cup in different age and gender categories.<\/p>\n<p>The three countries will rotate in hosting the championship, with the organizing country determining the age groups, time, location and system of play. Additional participating countries are also decided by the organizer of the cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2016, the tournament will be held in Liepaja at the Liepaja Olympic Center (39 Brivibas Street, LV-3401) on 2-4 September.<\/strong> Situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, the resort offers not only top level sports infrastructure, but also a variety of recreation and entertainment options.<\/p>\n<p>The right to participate in Baltic Cup 2016 belongs to the national champions of the three Baltic countries in the 2015-16 season. If a champion waives its rights to participate, the rights are then awarded to the runners-up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/baltic-cup-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/ESTO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-319 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/baltic-cup-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/02\/ESTO.jpg\" alt=\"ESTO\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basket.ee\/et\/seeniorid\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.basket.ee\/et\/seeniorid<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Estonian championsip<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/maxibasketlv.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1745 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/maxibasketlv.png\" alt=\"maxibasketlv\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maxibasket.lv\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maxibasket.lv\/<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Latvian\u00a0championsip<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lkvl.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1743 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lkvl.png\" alt=\"lkvl\" width=\"97\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lkvlyga.lt\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.lkvlyga.lt\/<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Lithuanian\u00a0championsip<\/p>\n<p>The biggest change from last year\u2019s tournament will be the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>wildcard*<\/strong><\/span> system, which provides a possibility for teams from other countries,\u00a0primarily, along the Baltic Sea shoreline (Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Russia) to participate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Baltic Cup 2016 will have the following age groups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men\u2019s 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+<\/li>\n<li>Women 35+, 40+, 45+, 50+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Competition format:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At least 2 teams have to apply in each age category, with a maximum of 4.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4-team format:\u00a0<\/strong>Teams are drawn into Semi-Final pairs, playing the round of Friday, with the Finals held on Saturday; the draw has to be done before the games and with the all four team managers participating; the team, who made the longest journey, gets the right to draw first;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>3-team format:\u00a0<\/strong>Teams play each other: guests play in two days (one game per day), host team plays two games on Saturday;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2-team format:\u00a0<\/strong>Teams play each other twice on Friday and Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Game system:<\/strong> 4*8 min, FIBA rules.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prizes:<\/strong> In each age group, the winner will be awarded with the Baltic Cup trophy, as well as special awards organized by the tournament sponsor.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Who can qualify for a *<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>wildcard<\/strong><\/span>?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Countries, which have shorelines along the Baltic Sea: <strong>Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Russia<\/strong>;\u00a0Registration deadline is July 14, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If there are more candidates than one, the team, who\u00a0 applies for participation and makes the Tournament Entry fee payment of 200 Euros, gets the rights to a wildcard;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If there are no candidates for the wild card from the countries along the Baltic Sea shoreline after July 14, 2016, participant teams from <strong>any other country <\/strong>are acceptable;\u00a0Registration deadline is July 28, 2016;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If there are no candidates from other countries, a<strong> second team from the host country<\/strong> is acceptable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>5) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If any of the teams from Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania refuses to participate, an additional wildcard will be available.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a successful inaugural edition of the Baltic Cup in the Estonian resort of Parnu, the rights to host the event in 2016 were awarded to Liepaja in Latvia. 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