European League 2011

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Friends. It's time for European League 2011!

Here more about the tournament setup and rules:
http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/el2011---tournament-setup-and-rules

Note! The target is to start EL2011 on 1st of February! Please carefully read about the setup and rules.

And here about the teams and which divisions they playing in:
http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/el2011---dividing-teams-into-divisions

Note! Please check witch division you will play in, and against which teams!

Please join to European League 2011 forum to be kept properly informed:
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Note! Please ensure that at least one team admin join and representing and managing your team in the European League 2011.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
There're is one free spot in Division 2 and two free spots in Division 3.

WHICH TEAM SHOULD GET THE FREE SPOT IN DIVISION 2 ?

Team Points 2011-01-09
Team Ukraine 2379
Team Austria 2308
Team Wales 1459
Team Lithuania 1306

Summary: Team Ukraine will be invited, due to be the best ranked on TM leaderboard. They must accept this before Sunday 23th of January, otherwise will the next best ranked team get the invitation instead.

WHICH TEAMS SHOULD GET THE FREE SPOTS IN DIVISION 3?

Team                                               Points 2011-01-09
Team Greece 6306
Chess Team Holland 4422
Team Bulgaria 3931
Team France 3728
Team Georgia 1751
Hungarian Chess Group 1335
Team Azerbaijan 1040
Team Iceland 822
Team Kosovo 813
Team Malta 665
Team Estonia 410
Team Faroe Islands 334
Team MonteNegro 209
Team Luxembourg 167
Team Switzerland 0
Team Northern Ireland 0

Summary: Team Greece and Chess Team Holland will be invited to Division 3.
They must accept this invitation before Sunday 23th of January, otherwise will the next best teams be invited instead. New teams that not have participated in the European League previous season will be invited to Division 4.

RESERVATION
In some countries there exists several country teams. The best ranked (on the Team Match Leaderboard) is to be invited to the European League 2011.
It means that some country teams that have represented their countries during European League 2010 might will be compared to and replaced by other country teams. This is to be conducted before Sunday 23th of January.

NEXT STEP
This forum and the list of teams per division will be updated on Sunday 23th of January according to occurring acceptances of the invitations and the qualificiation of some teams.