World Chess Olympiad in 2014 will be held in Norway - The Nordic Page

04.10.2010 - Stavanger

Maxim Mukhamodeev

World Chess Olympiad in 2014 will be held in Norway

World Chess Olympiad in 2014 will be held in Tromsø. It was announced on October 2 during the final meeting of the FIDE Congress.

The congress took place at the World Chess Olympiad held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

In the competition for the right to host the Olympics, Norway has bypassed its only rival – the resort city Albeni (Bulgaria) – by a margin of 48 votes. Totally 142 delegates from member countries of FIDE voted. For the city of Tromsø, 95 delegates voted, while Albeni receives 47 votes.

Before the election, representatives of the countries made a brief campaign speech and a presentation of their cities. Norway was represented by the minister of sports and tourism, who came specially in the Khanty-Mansiysk. "I arrived on Friday specifically to support Norway."- said Minister.

The representatives of Norway in their campaign speeches told that Norway is willing to spend on the World Chess Olympiad in 2014 about 14.8 million Euros. For comparison - Bulgaria would put only four million Euros in the Olympics.

In addition, the sports minister of Norway said that her government is ready to allocate 600 thousand Euros to cover the cost of flights for Olympic participants coming from developing countries. Organizers plan to hold competitions in August 2014. The representatives of Norway pledged delegates that at that time there is a comfortable temperature around 20 degrees Celsius in the country.

Furthermore, Tromsø has met the criteria of well-established infrastructure and the proximity of all the sports facilities. By 2014 the city plans to build a Hall for the tournaments and Congress with the area of 8000 square meters.

Replying to a question from one delegate, the Minister of Sport of Norway noted that the government is responsible for financial guarantees of the competition. "I don’t think Norway will soon go bankrupt," - Mrs. Minister quipped.

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TAGS: Chess, Olymipcs, Tromsø, Russia

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Tippeligaen 2011

	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	P
1	Molde	30	17	7	6	54	38	58
2	Tromsø	30	15	8	7	56	34	53
3	Rosenborg	30	14	7	9	69	44	49
4	Odd Grenland	30	14	6	10	44	44	48
5	Brann	30	14	6	10	51	51	48
6	Haugesund	30	14	5	11	55	43	47
7	Vålerenga	30	14	5	11	42	33	47
8	Strømsgodset	30	12	9	9	44	44	45
9	Aalesund	30	12	7	11	38	38	43
10	Stabæk	30	11	6	13	44	50	39
11	Viking	30	9	10	11	33	40	37
12	Fredrikstad	30	10	6	14	38	41	36
13	Sogndal	30	8	10	12	24	31	34
14	Lillestrøm	30	9	7	14	46	52	34
15	Start	30	7	5	18	40	61	26
16	Sarpsborg 08	30	5	6	19	31	65	21

Games week 29

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team
2011-11-20	18:00	Strømsgodset	2 : 1	Vålerenga
2011-11-20	18:00	Tromsø	3 : 1	Rosenborg
2011-11-20	18:00	Fredrikstad	3 : 1	Aalesund
2011-11-20	18:00	Brann	2 : 0	Lillestrøm
2011-11-20	18:00	Odd Grenland	1 : 0	Sogndal
2011-11-20	18:00	Molde	3 : 1	Sarpsborg 08
2011-11-20	18:00	Viking	1 : 1	Start
2011-11-20	18:00	Stabæk	1 : 2	Haugesund

Games week 30

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team
2011-11-27	18:00	Sogndal	2 : 1	Molde
2011-11-27	18:00	Haugesund	5 : 1	Strømsgodset
2011-11-27	18:00	Aalesund	5 : 1	Brann
2011-11-27	18:00	Rosenborg	3 : 2	Viking
2011-11-27	18:00	Start	1 : 6	Tromsø
2011-11-27	18:00	Sarpsborg 08	3 : 2	Odd Grenland
2011-11-27	18:00	Vålerenga	2 : 0	Stabæk
2011-11-27	18:00	Lillestrøm	0 : 0	Fredrikstad

Adeccoligaen

	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	P
1	Hønefoss	30	16	9	5	61	28	57
2	Sandnes Ulf	30	18	2	10	58	32	56
3	Sandefjord Fotball	30	16	5	9	61	38	53
4	Bodø/Glimt	30	15	7	8	52	38	52
5	Ranheim	30	15	7	8	61	39	52
6	HamKam	30	14	9	7	52	40	51
7	Kongsvinger	30	14	7	9	50	36	49
8	Hødd	30	13	7	10	54	42	46
9	Bryne	30	11	11	8	47	38	44
10	Mjøndalen	30	10	10	10	42	51	40
11	Alta	30	10	9	11	45	51	39
12	Asker	30	9	7	14	38	56	34
13	Strømmen	30	9	7	14	43	58	34
14	Nybergsund	30	6	5	19	42	72	23
15	Randaberg	30	4	5	21	39	87	17
16	Løv-Ham	30	4	5	21	32	71	17

Games week 29

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team
2011-10-23	15:00	Bryne	2 : 2	Nybergsund
2011-10-23	15:00	Sandnes Ulf	6 : 0	Løv-Ham
2011-10-23	15:00	Hønefoss	3 : 0	Mjøndalen
2011-10-23	15:00	Ranheim	3 : 0	Randaberg
2011-10-23	15:00	Kongsvinger	2 : 0	Bodø/Glimt
2011-10-23	15:00	HamKam	1 : 4	Sandefjord Fotball
2011-10-23	15:00	Strømmen	1 : 2	Alta
2011-10-23	15:00	Asker	0 : 3	Hødd

Games week 30

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team
2011-10-30	13:00	Mjøndalen	1 : 2	Ranheim
2011-10-30	13:00	Løv-Ham	2 : 5	Hønefoss
2011-10-30	13:00	Nybergsund	2 : 6	Strømmen
2011-10-30	13:00	Sandefjord Fotball	5 : 1	Asker
2011-10-30	13:00	Alta	0 : 0	Bryne
2011-10-30	13:00	Hødd	3 : 1	HamKam
2011-10-30	13:00	Bodø/Glimt	3 : 1	Sandnes Ulf
2011-10-30	13:00	Randaberg	0 : 4	Kongsvinger