Lotto Dutch Open

8th and 9th March 2014

The Karate1 WKF Premier League is the prime league event in the world of Karate.

Together with the WKF Karate1 World Cup (WWC) it is a series of world class Karate competitions recognized and supported by the World Karate Federation Its aim is to bring together the best Karate competitors in the world in a series of open championships of unprecedented scale and quality.

Dear competitors, coaches and officials, On behalf of the Dutch Karate-do Federation it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Premier League in Almere, The Netherlands. This great tournament is also known as the Lotto Dutch Open, and will be held on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th of March, 2014.

Last year the Premier League series showed to be a big success. As the best competitors of the world are competing in the Premier League these tournaments will offer you guaranteed high quality. For the third time in a row, we expect our event to be an example of a competition with spectacular “fights” in a sportive ambiance.

The Dutch Karate-do Federation is proud to host this WKF Premier League event and our organizing committee is doing its utmost in order to make the Lotto Dutch Open as successful as previous editions.

We are looking forward to meeting you all in The Netherlands and wish you a nice and successful stay in Almere.

All competitors, referees, coaches and officials must register online using the online system on http://www.sportdata.org/karate1. In case of any questions concerning the online registration please directly contact the sportdata software team via the email address office@sportdata.org.
Clubs / teams / federations are responsible for the quality of the entered registration
data. Changes of online registration data are possible until 26th February 2014.
The official registration session will take place on 7th March 2014 from 12.00 a.m. to
8.00 p.m.

If changes are required during the official registration session because of incorrect, missing or new registration data, a fee of € 20 is charged for each change.

At registration, accreditation cards will be issued with the participants main data, a photograph and information about registered categories. The accreditation card must be worn at all times during the event. Only members of national federations recognized by WKF are admitted to participate.

Any athlete not registered by their national federation who wishes to participate in the Premier League event will have to present a relevant letter confirming his/her national federation membership.

Please also note:
- All teams have to register their participants at the official registration session
- Only one responsible per team has to register the complete team
- All participants have to show their passports at the registrationsession

CATEGORIES

- Kata individual female and male (16 years and older)
- Kata Team female and male (16 years and older)
- Kumite individual female (18 years and older):
-50 kg, -55kg, -61 kg, -68 kg, +68kg
- Kumite individual male (18 years and older):
-60 kg, -67 kg, -75 kg, -84 kg, +84 kg