Ed’s note – Received a request for help on this and I am just going to run the email in full…

My name is Slavik, I am from Lviv, Ukraine. I represent NGO "Karpaty" (we work with football supporters of Western Ukraine). Our web-site: www.gokarpaty.org. This summer we will be holding the traditional international fans’ tournament EUROFAN for the 5th consecutive year.

Here is the EUROFAN page in Wikipedia. You can also find many photos and videos from previous events on Facebook

The dates: 23-26 June 2011
On 23 June teams arrive in Lviv and check in hotels, the tournament lasts three days, from 24 till 26 June.
Our tournament is rather a non-competitive one.
Professional or semi-professional players are not allowed.
Our motto might sound like this:
Play some football, drink some beer, make friends, have fun!

Tournament rules: 11-a-side teams
Matches played in qualifying groups will have duration of 50 minutes (2 halves, 25 minutes each),
Matches played in playoffs will have duration of 60 minutes (2 halves, 30 minutes each)
During games we arrange live commentary and music (speakers are placed around the ground, DJ and commentator work with microphones).
Number of substitutes is not limited.

Regarding accommodation:
Depending on a hotel, its class, location and conditions, we offer up to 50% of discount on stay (excluding breakfasts) for all members of your delegation (the number of persons is not limited).
Normally cost of one night per one person in a good hotel is about 25 EUR.
If you prefer to stay in a hostel, then you pay for it yourselves (cost of one one night per one person in a good hotel is about 10-12 EUR).
We will offer you several options to choose from.

Also during the tournament all invited team will be accompanied by volunteers speaking in respective languages.
They will meet teams in Lviv, help in finding hotels, checking-in and be helpful in different situations.
After the tournament we organize a celebration party with prizes and mementos for all tournament guests.

Also we ask all teams to send us an entrance fee in the amount of 150 Euro from each team as a guarantee of participation. Travelling to and from Ukraine is at your cost.

Lviv is the main city in the Western Ukraine, it’s located not far from the Polish-Ukrainian border.
Our city is regarded the cultural capital of Ukraine, it is very beautiful and resembles Vienna or Prague.
Lviv will be one of host cities for EURO-2012 to be held in Poland in Ukraine in 2012.
There is some information about Lviv on the following websites…
traveltips24.com
visitlviv.net
lviv.inyourpocket.com
lvivtoday.com.ua

Best options of travelling to Lviv are via Krakow or Rzeszow (Poland) or via Kiev (Ukraine).

Herewith we officially invite a fans' team of Arsenal FC to take part in “EUROFAN-2011”.
The final list of participants will include 24 fans’ teams from all over Europe.
In case you are interested in participation – please let me know by emailing me at [email protected]

Thank you in advance
Best regards,
Slavik.

(Ed’s note – Even if you are an individual who fancies joining up, I think it best to co-ordinate things through Slavik. So email him and assuming there is enough interest, he will put the interested individuals/groups in touch with each other. Incidentally, just to give you a flavour of the tournament, here’s a few lines from last year’s day 3 report…. ‘Semifinals: Ukraine Supporters v Wisla: (After celebrating of win in quarter final Polish team couldn't afford to be on the pitch on the last matchday due to technical reasons)’ Draw your own conclusions! Possibly, a good time was had by all might sum it up!)