Revised registration timeline

Due to a number of factors, including prompt deposit payments from most countries and improved payment terms with hotels in Turku, we have been able to revise the registration schedule to better fit the needs of team selection processes around the world. This affects the late penalty and refund processes as well.

The registration process will be reopened on May 21st. See the timeline below for details. As a new and requested feature, it will be possible to register guests on the country level as well as team level.

Date	Event
May 21, 2004	Registration is reopened. Teams that are already registered may alter individual player reservations until June 4th without additional cost. This includes adding new players or guests or reducing the numbers of players or guests for your teams. Additional accommodation reservations are subject to availability within that class. Once all the team contact persons from your country have made the reservation modification they need to make for the individual teams, the country contact person should confirm the changes by clicking the "confirm reservation" button. This will cause any packages you have cancelled to be freed to other teams and a reservation of additional packages for your team, if requested and available. New team registration is possible until June 4th.
June 4, 2004	You are requested to confirm any reservation changes you may have made by June 4th. We will then send you invoices for the balance of all fees. We will accept new and modified reservations through the on-line system only until June 4th. After that all changes to numbers will be processed manually and will carry a late penalty fee. After June 4th you will be asked to submit your rosters and all other player and guest information in detail through the on-line registration system. The requested information will include details such as travel information for the airport pick-up, choice of accommodation package, reservations for extra nights before or after the tournament, the opportunity to specify your roommate at your hotel, dietary information, etc. We will also ask you to upload digital pictures of each of the players on your team. If at all possible, please try to use a consistent look for the pictures with the players preferably wearing your team uniform, as we would like to make this material available to the media and general public as well. A full team withdrawing from the tournament after June 4th will forfeit the entire player and guest fees paid for that team. Cancelling an individual player after this date forfeits 50% of the fees paid for that player. (See medical exception in refund table.) This is absolutely the final date we will accept registrations of new teams to the tournament. Registration is considered to have taken place once we have received your team fee. A 10% surcharge will be required for all accommodation packages reserved after June 4th. A 10% surcharge will be required for all new player and guest packages reserved after June 4th. A 5% surcharge will be required for all meal packages reserved after June 4th.
June 18, 2004	The balance payment for all packages you have reserved should arrive on our bank account no later than June 18th. Please plan to transfer your fees well in time for this date.
July 4, 2004	Cancelling an individual player after this date forfeits the total cost of the cancelled packages. (See medical exception in refund table.)
July 16, 2004	You may make modifications to your team rosters until this date, but packages added after June 4th are subject to a late fee. Refund policies and late penalties apply to all changes in numbers of player packages and accommodation options reserved.
July 31, 2004	Check-in Opening Ceremony

Revised registration timeline

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