Aviation Football Cup
AFC Budapest 2024
Date: 05th-08th September, 2024.
Place: Budapest (Hungary).
Registration Deadline: 25th June, 2024.
Payment Deadline: 30th June, 2024.
Budapest (Hungary)
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the largest city on the Danube river.
The most well-known sight of the capital is the neo-Gothic Parliament, the biggest building in Hungary with its 268 metres (879 ft) length, also holding (since 2001) the Hungarian Crown Jewels.
Heroes' Square is dominated by the Millenary Monument, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front. To the sides are the Museum of Fine Arts and the Kunsthalle Budapest, and behind City Park opens out, with Vajdahunyad Castle. One of the jewels of Andrássy út is the Hungarian State Opera House. Statue Park, a theme park with striking statues of the Communist era.
The city is also home to the largest medicinal bath in Europe (Széchenyi Medicinal Bath) and the third largest Parliament building in the world, once the largest in the world. Other attractions are the bridges of the capital. Seven bridges provide crossings over the Danube. Most remarkable for their beauty are the Margaret Bridge, the Chain Bridge and the Liberty Bridge.
Weather
September is the beginning of autumn in Budapest. It’s still a great time to visit Budapest, with warm weather and plenty of clear skies.
The average is around 17°C with highs of 22°C and lows of 12°C.
Location
Budapest it is 216 km of Vienna, 545 Km of Warsaw, 1.122 Km of Athens, 788 Km of Milan, and 443 Km of Prague
Program
Thursday, 05 September 2024
Arrival at Budapest Airport (BUD)
Transfer to the hotels
Free Time
19:30 - 20:00 » Captain’s Meeting + Competition Draw
20:00 - 21:30 » Dinner at the hotel
Friday, 06 September 2024
07:00 - 08:00 » Breakfast at the hotels
09:00 - 12:00 » Games
12:00 - 14:00 » Lunch at the fields
14:00 - 18:00 » Games
18:00 » Free time
Saturday, 07 September 2024
07:00 - 08:00 » Breakfast at the hotels
08:30 - 12:30 » Final Phase Matches
12:30 - 14:00 » Lunch at the fields
14:00 - 20:00 » Free time (Sightseeing tour optional*)
20:00 - 21:30 » Farewell Dinner + Awards Ceremony
Sunday, 08 September 2024
07:00 - 09:00 » Breakfast
Transfers to Budapest Airport (BUD) all day
*Special city tour, Budapest's main sights from land and water.
1:00-1:30 hour program.
Minimum 40 people - 35,00€ / person.
Accommodation
Basic Package
Holiday Beach Hotel ★★★★
(15 rooms available)
Hungary's one and only boat-shaped hotel, the Holiday Beach Budapest Wellness Hotel with Sauna Park welcomes you right at the Danube riverbank in green surroundings and offers you great pools and free WiFi access. The centre is easily reachable by public transport, the nearest bus stop is a 3-minute walk away.
You can enjoy the view of the Danube and the opposite river bank right from your hotel room. The hotel features 2 restaurants, a grill terrace, a pool bar and serves hot buffet breakfast each morning.
An outdoor swimming pool, a fun bath, a children's pool, 2 hot tubs for 8 people each are at the guests' disposal. Fully equipped cardio, fitness and aerobic room, sauna area, including Finnish, bio and infrared saunas, a steam room and an aromatherapy salt room can also be found.
Only a few steps away you will find a number of pleasant pubs and cafeterias.
Rated
booking.com
7.4
Economy Package
Aquaworld Resort ★★★★
(50 rooms available)
The Aquaworld resort Budapest, one of the biggest indoor water theme parks in Europe, is directly accessible from the hotel for free of charge.
Both the apartments and the hotel rooms are comfortable, practical and elegant with warm tones and modern design.
The rooms are equipped with individually adjustable air conditioning, LCD, SAT TV, PAY TV, radio, telephone, mini-bar, free WI-FI, laptop size safe, hair dryer, and the use of a bathrobe. Some rooms can be equipped with an extra bed.
The complex houses a three-leveled Oriental Spa wellness and fitness centre for those longing for relaxation, Bongo Kids Club for the youngest visitors and one of Europe’s grandest indoor water theme parks, Aquaworld for the adventurous.
Rated
booking.com
8.9
Executive Package
Aquincum Hotel ★★★★
(under request)
The Aquincum Hotel Budapest is located in a prime area alongside the Danube on the Buda side of the city, facing Margaret Island.
The Aquincum Hotel offers easy access to the city centre. The hotel is surrounded by medieval streets, wine bars, restaurants and its own green park.
All bedrooms are air-conditioned and come with free wife and wireless internet access, and bathrobes in each bathroom. The hotel provides a fine restaurant which offers Hungarian and international cuisine, and a bar is also available.
Aronia Wellness Centre & Spa offers relaxation in hot water baths, and a selection of unique treatments.
The spa provides facilities such as an indoor pool, two hot water baths, jacuzzi, swimming pool and saunas. Guests can also get active in the fitness room
Rated
booking.com
7.9
(per team)
TEAM FEE
Includes:
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Registration
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Staff & Referees
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Football Pitches
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Cups & Trophies
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1 Ball
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Sports bag
Packages/ Prices
250€ (elite cup)
200€ (friendly cup)
PACKAGES
(per person)
* Prices per person for players, staff and guests from 05 to 08 September 2024.
Prices only include bus transfers for groups with +9 people. Transfers for small groups (up to 8 people) or individual transfers are not included in this price and may have additional costs or may not be provided.
** Prices can increase up to 100 € if the payment is not made before the 30th June 2024
*** Extra-nights upon request
Info
How to get
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) is the international airport serving the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. The airport is located 16 kilometres of the centre of Budapest
Some of the airlines that perform flights to/from the Faro International Airport:
Aegean
Aer Lingus
Airbaltic
Air China
Air France
American Airlines
Austrian Airlines
British Airways
Brussels Airlines
Easyjet
Egyptair
El Al Israel Airlines
Emirates
Eurowings
Finnair
Flydubai
Iberia
Jet2.Com
Klm
Korean Air
Lot Polish Airlines
Lufthansa
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Pegasus
Qatar Airways
Ryanair
Shanghai Airlines
Sunexpress
Swiss
Tarom
Turkish Airlines
Wizz Air
Allowance
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This tournament is open to all football amateur teams related with aviation business (Airlines, Airports, ATC - Air Traffic Controllers, Handling, Cargo, Catering, Travel Agencies - Sales Agents, Partners / Suppliers or others).
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All players must be aviation employees (or former employees), however each team is allowed to bring up to 2 players outside aviation (but non professional football players).
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During the registration process, the organizational committee can ask teams to present Company ID Cards confirming that the players belong to the aviation business or that are not professional football players.
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Non-aviation amateur teams are allowed to participate.
The organization can provide wild cards and this decision should be taken by the organizers.
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Teams can apply unlimited players, staff or guests.
Competition
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Categorie
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Men
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Format
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7-a-side football
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Division (*)
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Elite Cup » + 18 years old
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Friendly Cup » + 18 years old
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Friendly Cup » + 35 years old
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(*)
Elite Cup
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Teams that want to play against the strongest teams and the main purpose to participate is to win the competition.
Friendly Cup (1)
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Teams that just want to have fun, make new friends and play football no matter what the final score in each game will be.
(1)
- In the Friendly Cup there is no individual awards (Best Player, Goalkeeper and Scorer) and the teams only receive participation cups.
- No points will be awarded for the AFC Ranking.
Packages
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To participate at this tournament the organization provides 4 packages:
- Executive package;
- Economy package;
- Basic package;
- Low-cost package.
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To apply, participants must accept all the services included in each package.
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Other packages with less services WILL NOT be provided to participants. More services can be included in each package with extra costs.
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To be part of the tournament, the packages must be requested to the organizational committee.
Anyone who doesn't book a package with the organizational committee will not be considered as a participant at AFC and cannot be part of a team.
Payments
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The captain / manager of each team is responsible to collect the money from the whole team and make the payment of the packages, by bank transfer, to the organizational committee.
Individual payments by bank transfer are not accepted.
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We have limited availability for each package and also limited rooms available at each hotel.
For this reason, we will give priority to teams that send us full payments on time on a "first come, first served" basis.
On the other hand for teams that do not make full payments or payment is made after the deadline, we can not guarantee them the requested package or even a spot in our tournament.
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The package price can increase up to 100 € if payments are not made before the payment deadline.
Registration Deadline:
25th June 2024
Payment Deadline:
Team fee: With the registration form
Packages: 30th June 2024
Deadlines for cancellation and no-shows
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Team fee is non-refundable
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Until 30th June 2024 - 100 % package refund;
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Between 01st July and 08th July 2024 - 50 % package refund
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After 09th July 2024 - Package will not be refunded.
Football Games
Our tournament will be played at Budapesti Olimpiai Központ (*) on two artificial 7-a-side pitches.
* The location of the fields might change
Cancellation of the competition / tournament
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To allow the organizing committee (O.C.) to organize the competition at AFC Budapest, a minimum of 6 teams must participate in each Division (Elite and Friendly). If there are less than 6 teams in one of the divisions, the O.C. reserves the right to aggregate both divisions into one to prevent any team not having a competition to play in.
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At the Friendly Cup, the O.C. reserves the right to aggregate both categories (+18 and +35) in just one to prevent the Friendly Cup competition from taking place.
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AFC Budapest can be cancelled if less than 8 teams are registered in all divisions.
General Competition Rules
Please download the general competition rules in PDF here.
Image rights
Photographs and/or video will be taken in this event. By taking part on it you grant the organizing committe full rights to use the images resulting from the photography/video filming, and any reproductions or adaptations of the images for fundraising, publicity or other purposes. This might include (but is not limited to), the right to use them in our printed and online publicity, social media, press releases and funding applications.
For any doubts please contact our photo/video staff.