Ibercup 2015
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Not that I know of, thing is Madrid SuperCup and IberCup are run by different companies I think but referee's are obtained by the same agency (Tournaments Abroad). I went to Ibercup last year and there were referees who had attended previous tournaments and nothing was mentioned about any such event occuring
Looking at these both last and this season. What;s the score - good bad or ugly? At 32 most seem to be asking for the "young promising referee....." but in all honestly I'd be happy running the line all day for someone. I;ve been at a PL Academy for three seasons so know how he youth thing works.
Hi
I have applied for this through this link here
http://www.costadelsol.ibercup.com/en/contacts/referees
Is this the correct place to apply or have I missed something?
I have applied for this through this link here
http://www.costadelsol.ibercup.com/en/contacts/referees
Is this the correct place to apply or have I missed something?
No, that's not the right place. The right place is here: http://www.refereeabroad.com/tournament/iber-cup-costa-del-sol/
@Aled I must admit, you've got me hooked on the idea of going to one of these tournaments. Although it definitely won't be happening next summer
Same here. Thinking of going for either Ibercup or one of the Scandanavian ones for summer 2016.
I'm liking the idea of Norway, if I can save the money then summer 2016 will definitely be a possibility
I was at the Madrid Sur Cup and there was a series of misunderstandings and language issues which led to the international referees being prevented from participating after the group stages. There was also a number of other issues which mean I would not recommend participating at this tournament. It has also made me wary of getting involved in a similar tournament for at least a couple of years.
Danusa86
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I feel compelled to answer a few questions on this topic concerning both the Ibercup and the Madrid Sur Cup.
Let's start from the latter which, as Brian confirmed and to everybody's surprised, turned out to be a very poor tournament in 2014.
As Tournaments Abroad we had been working with the MSC for a couple of years, with no notable incidents. I attended myself back in 2013 and the experience for myself and my referees was very positive. 2014 was, however, a different story and referees were in fact excluded from the tournament for no reason on the last day of the event. As Brian said many problems were caused by language issues, as none of the organizers spoke any English, however, as we found out later, there was more. We were told by some "friends" in fact that the move was planned well in advance by local referees who, maybe because international referees performed better than them, grew tired of seeing all finals given to international referees. Lawyers are now involved.
The Ibercup however is a different story. It has been running succesfully for 5 years, as Aled can confirm, and we are going into our 6th year full of confidence and organizing three different editions under the same brand: Spain, Portugal and USA.
Aled, there is a reason why you won't find any referee on here accepted into the Portugal event: there is none. We are not accepting any Englisn self-applicant for this year's tournament except for assessors, as the English County FA groups have taken all places available to English referees. All self-applicants will be sent to Spain, only exception being some junior referees.
Last but not the least: Norway Cup. Unfortunately this isn't open to British referees as they have to follow a different procedure to get involved and refer to Mr James Campbell of Bedfordshire who is the English Referee Ambassador for the Norway Cup.
Let's start from the latter which, as Brian confirmed and to everybody's surprised, turned out to be a very poor tournament in 2014.
As Tournaments Abroad we had been working with the MSC for a couple of years, with no notable incidents. I attended myself back in 2013 and the experience for myself and my referees was very positive. 2014 was, however, a different story and referees were in fact excluded from the tournament for no reason on the last day of the event. As Brian said many problems were caused by language issues, as none of the organizers spoke any English, however, as we found out later, there was more. We were told by some "friends" in fact that the move was planned well in advance by local referees who, maybe because international referees performed better than them, grew tired of seeing all finals given to international referees. Lawyers are now involved.
The Ibercup however is a different story. It has been running succesfully for 5 years, as Aled can confirm, and we are going into our 6th year full of confidence and organizing three different editions under the same brand: Spain, Portugal and USA.
Aled, there is a reason why you won't find any referee on here accepted into the Portugal event: there is none. We are not accepting any Englisn self-applicant for this year's tournament except for assessors, as the English County FA groups have taken all places available to English referees. All self-applicants will be sent to Spain, only exception being some junior referees.
Last but not the least: Norway Cup. Unfortunately this isn't open to British referees as they have to follow a different procedure to get involved and refer to Mr James Campbell of Bedfordshire who is the English Referee Ambassador for the Norway Cup.
Thanks @Danusa86 for adding to my answer which was selective for obvious reasons. With regard to the Norway Cup, is anyone needs contact details for James Campbell, please let me know as he is a personal friend. We qualified as Level 2 Tutors together at Staverton Park (St. George's Park predecessor) nearly 6 years ago.