Kategorie: World Cup 2015

The 8th Pesäpallo World Cup 2015 in Luzern has come to an end. It’s been a flash! Thank you all very much for coming and sharing this unique moments. I’m personally really impressed by the gameplay that caught my eyes and proud to see Switzerland getting its first medal in Pesäpallo. So without further due, here is the ranking:

1. Place Men: Finland

2nd Place Men: Australia

3rd Place Men, Germany

4th Place Men: Switzerland

1st Place Mixed: Finland

2nd Place Mixed: Australia

3rd Place Mixed: Switzerland

4th Place Mixed: Germany

Best Player in Men’s Team
Finland: Jari Vatanen
Australia: Daniel Nyrhinen
Germany: Konstantin Oikonomides
Switzerland: Nathanael Greuter

Best Player in Mixed Team
Finland: Jaana Marjamäki
Australia: Blair Heiskanen
Germany: Antti Wolk
Switzerland: Xavier Langlois

Best Player of the Tournament is Luke Niemi (Australia).

We have had a few boys and girls that got injured this week. I’m sad to see you guys hurt and I wish you to get well soon.

One more special thanks to Henna and Antti who made it possible to have a world cup in Switzerland. Without you guys, international Pesäpallo would definitly not be the same!

As this world cup has just ended, the next one is just around the corner. I hope to see you all in Turku for the 9th Pesäpallo World Cup.

Kiitos!
Stefan

Finland and Australia! The teams will face each other for the finals on Saturday in both men and mixed categories.

We are looking forward to see some great finals, but befor we do that – the game for bronze is due tomorrow. Germany (or shall I say Team International?) will face Switzerland:

Time to go out and have a beer or two! See you there!

Next week we will already be playing and fighting for medals. It is time to get ready. Here’s a few final notes and some infos. I hope to meet most of you at the fields on monday.

Pickup / Guide from Airport
To get from Zürich Airport to Luzern we recommend taking the train. You can look up the timetable on the following website when searching for departure «Zürich Flughafen» to «Luzern»:
http://www.sbb.ch/en/timetable.html

Of course, there will be boards showing up-to-date train connections on the railstation. The station is underground right next to the airport and clearly signaled. You can also find a ticket corner to buy your group tickets right on spot if you do not have any yet.
Feel free to also use this website to look up information on bus connections within lucern or other travel needs within switzerland.

If you require a guide or on site assistance, I’m happy to try and get you someone from the swiss pesäpallo community to come pick you up. Please send me an e-mail (stefanberchtold@web.de) or call one of the swiss contacts listed below.

Check-In
Please have your teams captain or representant get in touch with Stefan or Henna on Monday or Tuesday prior to the games so we can give you the latest and on-site infos.

Insurance
All participants are responsible to have sufficient insurance. Of course we hope everything will go smothly, but in case of damages or even injuries the players in question are liable. Common travel insurances should be sufficient. Please double check to be safe.

Facebook Group
The Group «Pesäpallo World Cup Switzerland 2015» is now open. Feel free to share your pics and comments.

Party on Saturday
If we are blessed with nice weather, we will be holding the medals ceremony on site right after the final games on saturday. In case of bad weather we will shift this into the party which will start at 10pm at the Schüür in Lucern. We’ll have a bar area for participants only and up stairs floor + guarden that is open for public. Entry is free.

Emergency and other useful numbers
117 Plice
118 Fire department
114 Emergency rescue service (Ambulance)
145 Poisioning emergencies

1811 Inquiries for Switzerland (Information Assistance)
162 Weather forecast

+41 78 915 25 21, Swiss Contact: Henna (finnish / english)
+41 79 823 95 52, Swiss Contact: Stefan (english / german)

We are happy to announce the enlisted teams. Though we are still looking for individual Players willing to take part to enhance teams staff. So please let us know at signup@pesis.ch

Enlisted Nations

	Australia
	Finland
	Germany
	Switzerland

All nations are enlisted for both men and mixed category. We will schedule one match for women only and see if we can gather up a swiss and an opponent team. This game is likely to be on friday or saturday morning. If you are a female softball or baseball player and interessted in playing – get in touch with us.

Play Schedule
The following schedule may be subject to slight changes but should remain in general form and timeframe, so you can plan accordingly. We decided to leave monday out of the tournament schedule as some players will be arriving on that day. The fields will be prepared by monday and ready for warm-up and practise games for anyone interessted.

A group phase will be played from Tuesday to Thursday in which all teams face each other once in both categories. The first two teams proceed straight into the Final on saturday. 3rd and 4th place after group phase will play for bronze on friday.

In case you have any questions or conflicts regarding the time schedule don’t hesitate to contact us.

Note: There will be a party on saturday night. Stay tuned for more information on that.

We are getting closer and closer to the event. We are looking forward to meet you all and have a few great play days. The current sign-ups are not as solid as we hoped they would be by now. So we extend the deadline for sign-ups until 30th of April and we will work with you to get your sign-ups confirmed.

Thus far, based on inqueries we had, we are looking at the following teams:
– Finnland
– Astralia
– India
– Individuals (France)
– Switzerland

In the following weeks, we will try to contact you again to get your sign-ups confirmed. Also, we’ll try to reach teams in germany and possibly sweden. It is imperative to us to complete sign-ups by end of April. Please, form your team and get it enlisted.

If you need an invitation letter for possible visa requests (e.g. India), we can send you one – but you have to let us know (Name, Forname, Nationality and year of birth) for all your travelors.

We are happy to announce Luzern as a host city for the 8th Pesäpallo World Cup.

In addition to a breath taking panorama and many buitiful sites nearby to visit, you will also experience our special way of playing pesäpallo on gras. Sadly, sand-like fields are rare and often don’t meet the necessary requirements for our sport. So, gras it is!

Check out the World Cup page where we added more information for you. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.