{"id":16,"date":"2015-05-12T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:41:17","slug":"information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/information\/","title":{"rendered":"INFORMATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tabs-67\" class=\"shortcode-tabs vertical\"><ul class=\"tab_titles\">\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-1\">SYSTEM OF PLAY<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-2\">RULES<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-3\">TRANSPORTATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-4\">PRIZES<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nav-tab\"><a href=\"#tab-5\">HOTEL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <div class=\"tab tab-system-of-play\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">12 teams are divided in 3 groups. Teams play round robin within their group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After group stage all teams are ranked in Total Ranking by:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">most wins<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0head to head result<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">lowest sum of Last Stone Draw (LSD). All 3 round robin games (6 shots) counted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Teams ranked 1-8 play play-off games for Riga International Curling Challenge Cup<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Teams ranked 9-12 play for games 9th-12th place\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Play-off.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Quarter-finals:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 1:\u00a0Team 1 vs Team 8<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 2:\u00a0Team 2 vs Team 7<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 3:\u00a0Team 3 vs Team 6<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 4:\u00a0Team 4 vs Team 5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Semi-finals:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 5:\u00a0Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 6:\u00a0Winner Game 2 vs Winner Game 3<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Final:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 7: Winner Game 5 vs Winner Game 6<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">3rd Place:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 8:\u00a0Loser Game 5 vs Loser Game 6<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">5th Place &amp; 7th Place:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 9: Two highest ranked teams (after group games) that lost Quarter-final play for 5th place. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 10: Two lowest ranked teams (after group games) that lost Quarter-final play for 7th place. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Consolation Cup:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 11: Team 9 vs Team 12<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 12: Team 10 vs\u00a0Team 11<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Consolation Cup Final:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs Winner Game 12<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Consolation Cup 3rd Place:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Game 14:\u00a0Lose Game 11 vs Loser Game 12<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--> <div class=\"tab tab-rules\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All games will be played by the WCF rules (unless otherwise specified below or before Tournament).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All games 8 ends. No ties. If game tied after 8 ends extra end(s) should be played to determine winner. Thinking time 4 min 30 sec for and end for each team in extra end(s).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Practice time before only first game \u2013 4 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Group Stage: after first practice team has to deliver 2 LSD shots (one clock-wise, one counter\u00a0clock-wise) to determine, <strong>which team gets hammer for the first end.<\/strong> After first and after second game, each team\u00a0has to deliver 2 LSD shots (one clock-wise, one counter\u00a0clock-wise) to determine, <strong>which team gets hammer for the first end in next game!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Timed Games:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>30 minutes thinking time per team;60 seconds break between ends; no break after 4th end.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Time-outs exist. 30 seconds for coach to reach closer end of the rink, 60 seconds for further end of the rink.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Play-offs:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Team ranked higher has option of hammer (or stone color). <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">5 minutes practice time for each team before game (no LSD).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tournament will have Umpires, who will solve arguments (if any), make stone measurements, add scores on boards and online.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--> <div class=\"tab tab-transportation\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Organizers don&#8217;t provide transportation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public transportation.<\/strong> There is a trolley stop next to Rija VEF Hotel. The stop at the end is about 10 minutes walking to\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Curling<\/span>\u00a0Rink. More information you can get:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rigassatiksme.lv\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.rigassatiksme.lv\/en\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594025028676000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4bBeNRYoI48oq7BljIN2Pocro9w\">https:\/\/www.rigassatiksme.lv\/<wbr \/>en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taxi.<\/strong> You can use taxi from Airport to\u00a0Hotel. Price from 20 EUR. There are always a lot of taxis at the airport. If you don&#8217;t rent a car, use Bolt drive application.<\/p>\n<p>You can use cheap taxi by using APP &#8220;Bolt&#8221;. More information :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bolt.eu\/en-gb\/\">https:\/\/bolt.eu\/en-gb\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public transport.\u00a0<\/strong>Buy a 4 day pass for 10 EUR using APP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilly.lv\/\">Mobilly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--> <div class=\"tab tab-prizes\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prizes for first three places.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--> <div class=\"tab tab-hotel\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rija VEF hotel.\u00a0<\/strong>Located 15 minutes by public transport from Curling rink.<\/p>\n<p>Prices booking via tournament organizers: single room from 63-69 eur per night with breakfast ; 69-74 eur per night with breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><!--\/.tab--> \n<div class=\"fix\"><\/div><!--\/.fix-->\n<\/div><!--\/.tabs-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2676,"href":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/2676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerlingahalle.lv\/ricc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}