Sub: The Results of [FIRA Invitation Championship]
September 30 ~ October 3, 2002 / Dortmund, Germany


[Informatik 2002] IT 2002 - 32nd annual conference held by the German
Informatics society (GI) was held in Dortmund, Germany, from Sept. 30
to Oct. 3, 2002.

In conjunction with this conference, an international robot-soccer
tournament was organized with three Asian teams and three European
teams including winners of Middle League MiroSot in 2002 and 2001
FIRA Robot World Cup. Participation in this tournament was by invitation only.


■ Brief Introduction of FIRA Invitation Championship --------------

* Period: 2002. 9. 30 (Mon.) ~ 10. 3 (Thu.)
* Venue: Westfalenhallen Dortmund (www.westfalenhallen.de),
Dortmund, Germany
* Competition Categories: Middle League MiroSot (5 vs. 5)
* Schedules for Competitions
- 9. 30 (Mon.): Preliminary Round 1
- 10. 1 (Tue.): Preliminary Round 2
- 10. 2 (Wed.): Semi-finals, 5th place game
- 10. 3 (Thu.): Finals


■ The Results of Final Draw ------------------------------------

* [A Group]

- Austro (Vienna Univ. of Tech., Austria): 4th Place of 2002 FIRA Cup
- KingGo (SKKU, Korea): 1st Place of 2002 FIRA Cup
- Ljubljana Dragons (Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
: Included final 8 competitions of 2002 FIRA Cup

* [B Group]

- Dortmund Droids (Univ. of Dortmund, Germany): 2nd Place of 2002 FIRA Cup
- NewNeu (Northeastern Univ., China): 3rd Place of 2002 FIRA Cup
- Soty 5 (KAIST, Korea): 2nd Place of 2001 FIRA Cup


■ The Results of FIRA Invitation Championship --------------------

* 1st Place: KingGo (SKKU, Korea)
* 2nd Place: Ljubljana Dragons (Univ. of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
* 3rd Place: NewNeu (Northeastern Univ., China)
* 4th Place: Dortmund Droids (Univ. of Dortmund, Germany)

[9. 30 (Mon.)]: Preliminary Round 1

- KingGo vs. Austro <4 : 0)>
- Dortmund Droids vs. NewNeu <1 : 8>
- Ljubljana Dragons vs. KingGo <4 : 8>

[10. 1 (Tue.)]: Preliminary Round 2

- Soty 5 vs. Dortmund Droids <2 : 5>
- Austro vs. Ljubljana Dragons <2 : 9>
- NewNeu vs. Soty 5 <4 : 2>

[10. 2 (Wed.)]: Semi-finals, 5th place game

- KingGo vs. Dortmund Droids <7 : 0>
- NewNeu vs. Ljubljana Dragons <5 : 7>
- Austro vs. Soty 5 <5 : 3>

[10. 3 (Thu.)]: Finals

- Dortmund Droids vs. NewNeu <0 : 10>
- KingGo vs. Ljubljana Dragons <12 : 2>
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For any inquiries on the tournament, please contact Dr. Norbert Jesse
at E-mail (jesse@ls1.cs.uni-dortmund.de) in Germany
or FIRA Headquarters (office@fira.net).