Draw for EUROPEADA2016 in Bolzano/Bozen on 14 December 2015
16.10.2015The 3rd European football championship of the autochthonous, national minorities is being held between 18-26.06.2016 in South Tyrol. 24 men’s teams and up to 8 women’s teams are expected to compete.
The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) and the Federation of South Tyrolean Sport Associations (VSS) announce that the group draw will take place in Bolzano/Bozen on 14.12.2015. This will take place immediately after the group draw for UEFA’s EURO2016 in Paris.
FUEN will announce the names of teams taking part before the draw.
The 2016 tournament is being held in the Puster Valley and neighbouring Gader Valley, and is being organised by the German-speaking South Tyroleans and the Ladins. The game venues that have been selected are Sand, Niederdorf, Olang, St. Martin, Pfalzen, Ahrntal, Mühlwald and Enneberg.
The groups will play the preliminary rounds at the selected venues. The EUROPEADA aims to foster partnerships between the teams, their local sport clubs and players. After the group draw on 14.12, the teams and the fans will know exactly where their teams will be contesting the preliminary rounds.
EUROPEADA is a major sporting event that combines the fair competition of a European sports festival with issues concerning autochthonous, national minorities. The focus is on peaceful and tolerant co-existence, diversity, and preservation of Europe’s cultural and linguistic heritage, and the opportunity to experience it here.
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