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The European championship in Swamp soccer will take place in beautiful surroundings in Isafjordur, Iceland on 31. July - 2. August, 2010!

The date has been set! We've moved the swamp-soccer tournament to the "verslunarmannahelgi" weekend. The reason is that the first weekend in August is the biggest holiday weekend in Iceland and people take a day off during Monday and that gives us the chance to play both Saturday and Sunday. It seems to be necessary measures to have two days to play because we're expecting a lot of teams and we only have maximum three fields to use.

See you all this summer!

 

Registration

Registration is now open. For registration of English speaking/foreign teams and players send an email to Þetta tölvupóstfang er varið gegn ruslpóstsþjörkum, Þú verður að hafa JavaScript virkt til að sjá það. .

If you are a single player(s) that don't want to register a team but as individuals you can send a registration to Þetta tölvupóstfang er varið gegn ruslpóstsþjörkum, Þú verður að hafa JavaScript virkt til að sjá það. . We can help you to get into another team that is already registered in the tournament.

Price per person is ISK 7000. That includes the registration fee for the two days, a meal at the sunday night, which ends in a big party and a ball with live music. It's a bargain.

Background

The history of swamp-soccer is very short. It all started about seven years ago when elite cross country skiers in northern Finland where looking for something different to stay in shape during the summer months. And they started playing soccer in the swamps!

After a while, they realized that this new sport could appeal to other weird people all around the world. So, they started the world championships in swamp-soccer and get about 10.000 people came to the small village of Hyrynsalmi in northern Finland for a weekend of joy, playing and watching swamp-soccer... among other things!

Rules

The rules are simple and are similar to the rules in ordinary soccer:

-The field is appr. 60m x 35m.
-Playing time is 2x12 min.
-There are six players in a team.
-All throws from the sideline and corners, are kicked.
-The goal-keeper is allowed to carry the ball about three meters from the goal.

 

Why come?

We at the European Swamp Soccer tournament asked two canadians participation in the 2009 event why they are coming. here is their answer.

My friend and I first decided to come to Iceland at the beginning of 2009.  We started to plan our itinerary for the 16 day trip and had planned to spend 3 days in the Northwest Fjords.  We were then looking through the Frommers Iceland book when somthing caught our eye.  It was swamp soccer.  We had never heard of or seen swamp soccer but we felt compelled to participate in it when we heard the name of the sport.  We noticed the tournament is usually held at the end of July or beginning of August and though we would investigate further.  We found the Iceland swamp soccer website when we searched on the internet and sent an inquisitive email to find out more.  We were very excited when we found out that we could participate in this tournament because it is a great way to meet Icelandic people and see the culture of another nation.  We decided to come not only because of the tournament but also the beauty of the Northwest Fjords.  We had planned to come to do some kayaking, birdwatching and sightseeing in the area but the swamp soccer is just a great addition to our trip.  After Isafjordur we plan on visiting Akureyri, and area, then Reykjavik, and area.  We have never played swamp soccer before but we play regular soccer on a team together.  This being said we are definately looking foreward to playing swamp soccer when we arrive! 

Thanks for the opportunity to play swamp soccer and to meet new and interesting people.  We are looking foreward to playing!
Regards,

-Allen Fowlis
Canada 

 

Síðast uppfært: Laugardagur, 10. júlí 2010 14:50