VIII. Gay Games Cologne 2010

Dates of Event
Sunday, 1 August - Saturday, 7 August 2010 

Venues and Categories 

At this stage the volleyball competitions will take place at following venues. Please consider that allocation of categories and venues may change after end of registration. 

• Doppelte Dreifachturnhalle Gesamtschule Holweide, Burgwiesenstr. 125, Cologne-Holweide

Men / Mixed B

• Vierfachsporthalle Nicolaus-August-Otto-Berufskolleg, Eitorferstr. 18, Cologne-Deutz

Men / MixedC

• Dreifachsporthalle Joseph-DuMont-Berufskolleg, Escherstr. 217, Cologne-Bilderstoeckchen

Women A / Women B / Women C

• Dreifachsporthalle Erich-Gutenberg Berufskolleg, Modemannstr. 25, Cologne-Buchheim

Men / Mixed BB

• Dreifachsporthalle Hansagymnasium, Adolf-Fischer-Str. 1, Cologne-Altstadt-Nord

optional: Men / Mixed C

• Dreifachsporthalle Gymnasium Kreuzgasse, Vogelsangerstr. 1, Cologne-Neustadt-Nord

Men / Mixed AA | Men / Mixed A

• Dreifachsporthall, Peter-Ustinov-Realschule, Neusserstr. 421, Köln-Nippes
  Women AA + Women A / Women BB / Women B / Women C
   
• Dreifachsporthalle Herler Ring, Cologne-Muelheim

optinal: Men / Mixed BB oder Men / Mixed B

Additional venues may be added if necessary. 

Transportation
All venues are located 10-30 minutes away from city center. Details for each venue will be posted later.

Categories and Divisions of Participation

Mixed teams will compete in the men's tournament.

The preliminary rounds will be played in pool play. Every match will have
two sets with a time limit of 50 minutes maximum for the whole match.

The final round will be played in double knock-out. The final round will
be played without time limit with two winning sets per match.

Every team is gonna have to compete at least three of the tournament days.
This is mandatory for all competition levels for all female and male teams.
The number of competition days will increase depending of the number of
games won.

Participation
Maximum of 200-250 teams. Team names must be submitted at time of registration. 
 

Rules
The volleyball tournaments will be played referring to the rules of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), www.fivb.org, and the German Volleyball Federation (DVV),  www.volleyball-verband.de. 
 

Equipment
FIVB-approved volleyballs will be provided  for the competition. Each team must provide its own training and warm-up balls.  

Services 
A wide range of restaurants is located near each venue. 
 

First-Aid
First-aid stations and paramedics will be available.

Tickets
Entrance to tournaments is free for all spectators, subject to space available and security regulations.   


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