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Oostende Open

08 - 09 June 2024
, Oostende
The biggest sports park in Belgium
International youth football tournament in Ostend, Belgium: Oostende Open
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Participating countries: 
Austria Belgium Denmark France Germany Netherlands England

You don't see it very often: a 50 hectare sports park with more than 20 football pitches, a large sports hall, a cycling track and various club houses. De Schorre sports park, home of KV Oostende, offers all the facilities necessary for a big international tournament. Every year, the Oostende Open attracts around 100 teams from 6 or more countries, so it's a real challenge to be the team who goes home with the cup. However, you don't have to come purely for the sport - within 10 minutes you can be at the beach promenade and the lively centre of this popular spa town.

Age Categories: 
U11, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U17, U19
Organiser: 
VC Vamos Zandvoorde
Teams: 
120
First edition: 
2002
Friday
Afternoon /
Arrival: check-in with welcome address and information from our on-site Euro-Sportring team at De Schorre sports park, the home ground of KV Oostende. You will be informed in person about your stay and the tournament.
Evening /
Free time. See tourist information for some great tips.
Saturday
Daytime /
Start of the match programme. The tournament will be held at a large sports park with more than 20 pitches just a few kilometres from the centre of Oostende and the beach. The matches will be officiated by referees from the KBVB.
Afternoon /
A super social welcome ceremony featuring music and dancing.
Evening /
Free time. See tourist information for some great tips.
Sunday
Daytime /
Continuation of the match programme. Qualification matches and finals followed by prize-giving ceremony.
Afternoon /
UEFA Respect ceremony: every participant receives a medal on the podium.
Evening /
Departure and/or Free time. See tourist information for some great tips.

The Oostende Open is organised by the 'VC Vamos Zandvoorde. This club was established in 1941 as Union Zandvoorde.  The main goal is to offer footballing youth in the Zandvoorde-Oostende region a solid football education and important values such as respect,  Motivation and commitment.

The Oostende Open is played at the impressive De Schorre sports grounds in Ostend, a few kilometres from the beach and city centre. The park has no fewer than 20 pitches, various clubhouses, canteens and a sports hall with a restaurant. Sportpark De Schorre is also the part-time base of KV Oostende. During the tournament, the venue will be festively supplemented with a large tent, terrace, food and drink stalls, bumper balls, bouncy castles and a stage. The event will also include numerous other activities. The sports ground is only a stone's throw from the beach and the boulevard on the Belgian coast. 

Legend
  • Hostel
  • Hotel
  • School/Sportshall
  • Youth accommodation
Oostende

Oostende (70,000 inhabitants) offers everything you would expect from a seaside town: an expanse of sea, a beautiful beach and a boulevard jam-packed with restaurants, cafés and hotels. In addition, the area behind the boulevard is riddled with shopping streets. In short: Oostende is a seaside town with an urban flair. De Schorre sports park is a couple of kilometres away from the centre and the boulevard.      

Activities

Oostende Municipal Swimming Pool:

Is it too cold outside, or are you not keen on the salty seawater? Then head to the Oostende municipal swimming pool to cool off.

Fort Napoleon:

At the end of the 18th century, France annexed Belgium. Napoleon feared an English attack on the port of Oostende, so in 1811 he had an imposing fort built in the dunes: Fort Napoleon. It is now a museum, bistro and restaurant - it's really worth a visit.

Brugge

Not exactly beach weather? It’s less than a fifteen-minute ride by train to the centre of Bruges. This historic city is also known as the Venice of the North. Just take a cruise around the city and you’ll understand exactly why. The beautiful city centre offers, among many other things, a museum dedicated to that other Belgian speciality: chocolate. Simply delicious!

School Gistel
School/Sportshall

The Sint-Godelievecollege is located on the main street at walking distance from the center of Gistel, a friendly town at eight kilometers from Ostend and sports park de Schorre. The college consists of various wings around a courtyard. In addition to the classrooms, the building houses a large auditorium for breakfast.

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Horizon
Youth accommodation

Horizon youth accommodation is located on the edge of the dune, a few hundred metres from the wide sandy beach at Bredene aan Zee. Ostend is 6 kilometres away and can easily be reached with the famous coastal tram (door to door). The accommodation is spacious and located on a 4-hectare estate. So there’s plenty of space for one more game of football!

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Hoge Duin
Youth accommodation

Directly on the dunes, 500 meters from the beach. At the modern group accommodation the "Hoge Duin", guests can fully enjoy the surroundings. With a walk of 5 minutes, you are on the (car-free) beach boulevard of Nieuwpoort aan Zee with cafes, terraces and beach pavilions. De Hoge Duin itself offers various sports and games facilities in its own domain. The guests stay in a modern building that is colorful and functionally furnished.

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Ibis 2* hotel Ostend Airport
Hotel

You would expect that the Ibis Oostende Airport hotel is located in an environment with a lot of traffic and concrete. The airport is indeed nearby, but the beach is a few minutes' walk away and the popular beach promenade of Middelkerke is 2 kilometers away. At 600 meters is the stop of the beach tram to Ostend. In short, a great location for a nice weekend on the coast. In addition, the hotel is pleasantly furnished – also because of the sunny garden terrace at the rear.

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Hostel Europa
Hostel

Guests who value a nice place to stay more than luxury will feel right at home in Hostel Europa in Bruges. The accommodation is within walking distance of the major attractions in the famous historic center of Bruges, but in a pleasant residential area. Guests can chill and socialize in the trendy lounge areas with sitting areas and bar, in the lounge with billiards and in good weather on the garden terrace.

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Prices mentioned are 'from' prices and are subject to availability. All information in this pricelist is based on the prices and taxes that are known on 1 July each year. Euro-Sportring reserves the right to change prices if costs and/or taxes increase in the intervening period. No rights can be derived from these prices. In addition to the cost of participation per person, an administration fee of € 190 / £175 per team will be charged.