WR-points are a great step forward for European Games

The 2nd European Games 2019 will carry world ranking points and that fact gets a lot of positive response. Not only from the players.
From June 24-30, 160 European badminton players will take part in the second European Games; The 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.
The BWF Council has decided to allocate world ranking points to the Games which means that the winners of the 2019 European Games will therefore get 7.000 points.
Great step forward
It is the first time that the European Games, which is a Continental Multi-Sport Games, will carry world ranking points and in one of the bigger badminton countries in Europe, England, the reactions are positive.
– I am pleased that the 2019 European Games will carry world ranking points. This is a great step forward for the Games, Adrian Christy, Chief Executive at Badminton England tells Badminton Europe.
– I am sure our players will relish the opportunity to compete for Great Britain in another multi-sport Games knowing their efforts will earn them vital qualification points towards Tokyo 2020.
– Points won’t make us downgrade
In the top nation of European badminton, Denmark’s Sports Director is also pleased.
– The points themselves are not the central aspect of playing the European Games but obviously it will not make us downgrade this tournament. But how we are going to plan for it and which players that will go is too soon to tell and will also depend on the international calendar, Jens Meibom says.
4000 athletes, 15 sports and 198 medals 
The Games will include ten days of competition in all sports, which will take place at 12 different competition venues.
The badminton arena will be Falcon Club – a big and modern arena:
4000 athletes from 50 European National Olympic Committees will take part in the 2019 European Games. They will fight for one of the 198 medals in one of the 15 sports, which is part of the games in Minsk.

 

Experts of the EOC and the European Cycling Union with a working visit in Minsk

The senior expert on sports of the European Olympic Committees Asimakis Asimakopoulos and the technical delegate of the European Cycling Union Vladimiros Petsas visited Minsk with a working visit. The main task is to consult in determining of the most optimal direction for cycling road competitions. The experts reviewed the proposed routes in terms of their sports component, television appeal and the opportunity to use the main sights of Minsk during the broadcast. The guests paid special attention to the organization of the road safety and the quality of the road surface, the possibility of installing barriers, blocking streets and accessing emergency services to the venue of the races. Asimakis Asimakopoulos and Vladimiros Petsas also became acquainted with the “Minsk-Arena” velodrome , where there competitions in cycling track will be held. Experts assessed the quality of the coating and other technical features of venue. 22 sets of medals will be played in cycling during the 2nd European Games 2019.

It should be reminded, from January 19 to January 21, 2018  “Minsk-Arena” velodrome for the first time will take the final stage of the World Cup prestigious track tournament. In 2009, the European Championship in cycling track was held in the Belarusian capital. In 2013, Minsk hosted the main start of the season – the World Championship. The Union Cycliste Internationale highly appreciated the organization of these events.

 

Brand video dedicated to the International Volunteer Day

The evidence that the volunteers of the 2nd European Games 2019 fully correspond to the slogan “Bright Year! Bright You!”

We want to remind you that the future volunteers of the 2nd European Game 2019 unusually celebrated their professional holiday on December 5, 2017. The Shopping Center “Gallery Minsk” for a few minutes turned into a dance floor. About 60 students from the Minsk State Linguistic University, as well as volunteers of the Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University, accompanied by popular music of Luis Fonsi-Despacito, in incendiary dance  stopped the shopping center in the center of the city for a few minutes. While the volunteers danced our film crew filmed it.