ROVERETO / ITALY
24th EDITION
April 23-24, 2011

	IT38F10 :	ESRUSA
	Sport :	Soccer
	Categories :	Boys category A, B, C, D, E and Ladies
	Organisers :	U.S. Rovereto, in collaboration with organising committee Città della Pace and the City of Rovereto
	Region :	Trento/Lake of Garda

Few sports events start as imposing as the international tournament Città della Pace. The municipal organizing committee of Rovereto succeeds every year in presenting another spectacular and striking tournament. It already begins with the impressive opening ceremony. Before the enormous Peace Bell tolls one hundred times, the participants take the oath of fair play and the national anthems of all participating countries are being played. One of the largest discos in the city is in town on Saturday evening to mark this tournament. The finals are played in the local stadium ‘Della Quercia’, for which the stands are completely full up.

Tournament planning

Sports Facilities

The Trofeo Città della Pace will take place on 10 different grass fields on various locations, maximum 6 miles from Rovereto. The main stadium is 'Quercia' in Rovereto. Here the youngest groups will play their preliminaries. On Sunday most finals are played here as well, this because of its stand for over 2,000 people which makes it an ideal stadium for everyone to watch the final matches. One other grass field is situated in Rovereto, all the others are in the surrounding towns. During the tournament different kinds of snacks and drinks will be sold in the canteen and at different stands on the sports grounds.

Remarks

• Due to different deadlines ‑ set by national soccer associations - in category A, the tournament organizer has granted dispensations for teams from: Italy (5 players born after 01.01.89), Switzerland (all players born after 01.01.89) and USA (all players born after 08.01.89)

• In case of bad weather the ladies will play on artificial grass. So please do not forget to bring shoes for that type of sport accommodation

• Player’s numbers are obligatory

• Finals U11 will not be played in the main stadium

• Before each match you have to fill out a players list and to identify the players

Prizes

Per category, a cup per participating team

Referees

The referees are selected by the local tournament committee. Linesmen are provided for the finals. Teams must provide their own linesmen up to the finals.

Participating countries

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.

Program

Many events during the tournament are open for all participants like the opening and closing ceremony and team leader’s reception. In this team leader’s reception, in the town hall of Rovereto clubs get the latest news on the tournament and will get the chance to know their opponents and other clubs, as well as the organizing committee. In the meantime the participants can take a dive into the public swimming pool or explore the town of Rovereto. On Saturday morning the first part of the opening takes place up in the mountains of Rovereto, where all teams get together around the enormous ‘peace bell’ for the formal opening of the tournament. After this all the buses make their way back down to town, where the parade will take place in the center of Rovereto. At noon the competition will start at 10 locations in and around the town. Saturday evening there is a disco which is organized especially for all participants of Euro-Sportring, in a discotheque nearby Rovereto. A special free shuttle takes groups from Rovereto to the discotheque and back. The next days the preliminaries will continue, followed by the intermediaries and classification games. The finals are the real climax with a pleasant ambience because of the many spectators and the 'maccheronata' (macaroni for free). After the prize-giving ceremony a big fireworks display will be the spectacular conclusion of the Torneo Città della Pace.

Touristic Information

• Rovereto (37,000 inhabitants), the second town of the Trentino region, is situated at only 12 miles east from the Lake Garda and about 25 km south of the regional capital Trento. The town has many historical monuments, such as the Castle (now war museum), the town hall on the border of the torrent Leno, the walls and the San Marco church. The center of the town is situated around the nice Piazza Rosmini with its renaissance palace and consists of many small, old lanes, which give a "Venetian" impression. Here you also will find the pleasant store windows, the taverns and pizzerias.

• Riva (15.000 inhabitants, approx. 14 miles ) is a picturesque, jolly bathing resort, the pearl of the Lake Garda, situated at the most northern part of the lake, between the Rochetta mountain on the western side and the Brione hill in the eastern part. The old town, dominated by the Rochetta, has beautiful medieval buildings with the Torre Apponale and the Palazzo Pretorio, the Rocca Castle and some old gates. The newer part with the most hotels is in the north, direction Arco and on the way along the lake, direction Torbole.

• Torbole (3.000 inhabitants, approx. 18 kilometres) is situated in the northern part of the Lake Garda on the banks of the small river Sarca. It is originally a fishing village that the famous German writer Goethe liked very much. It developed into a favourite touristic area, because of its pleasant picturesque position on the lake, its ideal water sports facilities and its many taverns/restaurants.