Sportzentrum Kuhberg
About the Event
The Symphony of Steel enters its 5th round. As every year, the tournament will take place on the last weekend in February 2024 in Ulm! There will again be three tournament formats:
- Women’s longsword tournament (DDHF ranking tournament) with 20 places
- Men’s longsword tournament (DDHF ranking tournament) with 36 places
- Longsword tournament for beginners with 20 places
So reserve February 24, 2024 in your calendar.
Registration will open on 03.12.23 at 7 pm CET. The first-come-first-serve principle applies; as soon as all places for a tournament are taken, you will be placed in a queue. The participation fee is 49€. We ask all spectators to register as well, a corresponding free ticket is available. You can register via the Schwabenfedern event page.
As the individual tournaments overlap in time, each person can only take part in one tournament.
Would you like to participate in the Symphony of Steel as a judge, help otherwise, or do you have any other questions about the event? Then, send an email to symphony@schwabenfedern.de.
Rules
We use the DDHF tournament rulebook for the Symphony of Steel in the revised version 2.2. You can find the rulebook directly here or on the official DDHF website.
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Equipment Specifications
The equipment requirements are summarized in the following PDF. The equipment specifications are to be adhered to 100%, a violation of the specifications can lead to tournament exclusion!
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Tournament Format
Men’s Tournament
Preliminary round: Pool phase with six pools of six participants each.
Main round: The two highest-placed participants per pool progress directly, the six third-placed participants compete in an intermediate round for the four remaining elimination places. A single elimination will be held with the 16 participants who have progressed.
Women’s and Beginners’ Tournament
Preliminary round: Pool phase with four pools of five participants each.
Main round: The three highest-placed participants per pool progress. A single elimination will be held with the 12 participants who have progressed.
If the number of participants is greatly reduced, the tournament format will be adjusted if necessary and the participants will be informed in advance.
Schedule
The event schedule can be found in the following PDF. Please note that the schedule may change slightly if the number of participants changes at short notice.
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Directions
The sports center itself has relatively few parking spaces (upper parking lot at Egginger Weg and lower parking lot at ASB). Further parking spaces are available at the Kuhberg school center. Teacher parking spaces may also be used explicitly. If you arrive by public transport, you can take tram line 2 to the final stop “Kuhberg Schulzentrum“. Make sure that the bus loop at Kuhberg is kept clear of parked vehicles!
Sponsors
It is not possible to host the Symphony of Steel without our generous sponsors who volunteer to help us financially to make things happen. Many thanks for the great support! We are particularly pleased that SIGI Forge will once again be exhibiting at the Symphony of Steel.
