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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">[Apologies for multiple postings]</span></p>
<p class="MsoTitle" style="text-align:left" align="left"><span style="font-size:18.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">European Open Eindhoven 2016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Date: March 29<sup>th</sup> – April 3<sup>rd</sup></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Evoluon Eindhoven<span style="color:black"> (The Netherlands)</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.robocupeuropeanopen.org/en" target="_blank">http://www.robocupeuropeanopen.org/</a>
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<h1><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">About European Open 2016
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The European Open 2016 will be held in Evoluon, Eindhoven. We will host several senior and junior leagues:
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">RoboCup Soccer:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New"" lang="EN-US"><span style="">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Middle Size League
</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New"" lang="EN-US"><span style="">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Small Size League
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New"" lang="EN-US"><span style="">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Standard Platform League</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">RoboCup@Home</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">RoboCup
<span style="color:black">J</span>unior<span style="color:black">:</span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Soccer</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New"" lang="EN-US"><span style="">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Rescue</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New"" lang="EN-US"><span style="">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Dance</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Courier New"; color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US"><span style="">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">CoSpace</span><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Registration will be possible
<a href="http://www.robocupeuropeanopen.org/en/participants/registration" target="_blank">
here</a> till February 15<sup>th</sup>, 2016</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-US"></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The organization is the same as that of the successful RoboCup 2013. Just like then, the European Open 2016 will be a lively event
with great competitions, great technology promotion, a large general audience<span style="color:black">.</span>.. and perhaps even a party at the end ;-)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">The table below shows the tournament schedule briefly:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">March 29<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Setup day + friendly matches
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Competition days
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">March 31<sup>st</sup>
<span style="color:black">up to and including</span> April 3<sup>rd</sup> </span>
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<h1><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Accommodations
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Eindhoven and its surroundings have a wide variety of accommodation ranging from hotels, hostels, bed and breakfast, holiday parks
etc. A list of accommodations can be found <a href="http://www.robocupeuropeanopen.org/en/participants/accommodation" target="_blank">
here</a>. </span></p>
<h1><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Contact
</span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">For questions regarding RoboCup European Open 2016, please contact the following mail address:
<a href="mailto:competitions@reo2016.org" target="_blank">competitions@reo2016.org</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Towards the 2016 competitions we will send regular newsletters to keep you informed regarding the organization and details that are
important for the various leagues and teams. </span></p>
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