The 2012 FIL U19 Men’s World Lacrosse Championships will be played in Turku, Finland in July 2012. The city of Turku welcomes the world of lacrosse to the first ever U19 World Games held in Europe. The exact dates of the tournament are from the 12th to the 21st of July 2012. The finals will be played on Saturday 21st of July.
So far 13 teams have registered for the championships; Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Iroquois Nationals, Netherlands, Scotland, USA and Wales.
Venues
The main venue of the event is Yläkenttä which is located in beautiful Urheilupuisto park walking distance from the city centre. Yläkenttä is the home field of Lacrosse Club Turku Titans, football team Turku Trojans and women’s soccer team FC TPS. The stadium has a seating capacity of 1000. Yläkenttä was built in 1988, but new third generation turf surface was installed in 2008.
Two other fields are located at the Kupittaa Sports Park. The Championships’ games will be played on the newer Kupittaa 2 turf field and Festival games on Kupittaa 5 field. There is free access to the games at Kupittaa area.
Festival tournament
Festival Tournament dates have been confirmed to July 18-21.8.2012. There will be one men’s division. Ticket package will be included to the tournament fee and it will contain all the U19 tournament matches during the festival tournament.
Tickets
All tickets for the games at the main venue will be sold through the official website of the games. Tickets for the finals, as well as season tickets, will be made available as soon as the ticketing service is tested.
Relevant contacts
Matti Tähkäpää – Chairman of Organizing Committee | matti.tahkapaa (at) turkutitans.fi
Oula Lehtinen – Business Development Manager | oula (at) suomilacrosse.com
For specific inquiries:
Festival tournament: Marko Metsäranta | festival (at) 2012worldlacrosse.com
Accomodation, meals and transportation: Tero Keva | terkev (at) utu.fi
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