29 September 2008

2009 RECOMMENDED TOURNAMENTS
There are many tournaments from which to choose and most of them, at the very least, are OK. Sports Tours International recommends the following tournaments because of the many years of cooperation with the directors and our confidence in the accommodations and organization to give each team a good experience.

When a choosing a tournament, there are a few things to keep in mind. Most summer European tournaments are OPEN tournaments so depending on the quality of your team, you should discuss with one of our representatives what would be the best choices for you. The most-important question to ask is what is the focus of the tour; the best competition or the cultural aspects. If you have a girl's team, the ONLY place to go for the best competition is Scandinavia since Denmark, Norway and Sweden take girl's and ladies' soccer as seriously is done in the United States.

TOURNAMENT	DATES	COUNTRY	BOY'S AGES	GIRL'S AGES	APPROX # OF TEAMS
	July 21 - 25	Northern Ireland	U-12, U-14, U-16, U-18	OPEN LADIES	110
	June 30 - July 05	Sweden	01.01.97 - 91	01.01.00 - 90	150
	July 05 - 11	Finland	01.01.88 - 96	01.01.88 - 96	800
	July 06 - 11	Italy	01.01.88 - 90	01.01.88 - OPEN	100
	July 06 - 11	Austria	01.01.99 - 91	NONE	150
	July 06 -11	Denmark	01.01.90 - 96	01.01.90 - 94	300
	July 05 - 11	Sweden	01.01.90 - 95	01.01.90	250
	July 06 - 11	Denmark	01.01.90 - 97	01.01.90 - 97	120
	July 12 - 18	Sweden	01.01.91 - 97	01.01.90 - 96	1500
	July 20 - 25	Denmark	01.01.90 - 97	01.01.90 - 95	850
	July 19 - 23	Denmark	01.01.91 - 97	01.01.91 - 97	125
	July 30 August 02	Denmark	01.01.92 - 97	01.01.95 - 98	125
HAARLEM CUP	July 21 - 25	Holland	01.01.89 - 98	01.01.93 - OPEN	350
	July 21 - 25	England	31.08.88 - 94	31.08.90 - 92	250
	July 29 - August 02	England	31.08.90 - 98	31.08.94 - OPEN	150
	July 26 - August 01	Norway	01.01.90 - 95	01.01.90 - 95	1600