NSUT is the biggest, oldest and most popular indoor tournament in Finland. The tournament is held every year in Vaasa on the West-coast of Finland. The tournament was created in 1986 by Waasan WetoWoima (WWW for short), the ultimate team of university of Vaasa. NSUT is often said to be the best organized tournament in Finland.
Tournament Registration
Tournament registration has closed! We take 16 team to open division and 8 teams to womens division. If more teams register than there are open slots, the organizers will choose participating teams. The list of teams can be found on the website after the registration has closed.
To register your team, send the following information to info(a)nsut.com:
- team name
- division
- contact person
- contact person’s email
- contact person’s phone
- team description
Tournament Fee
The standard tournament team fee is 240 euros. It includes the following for 8 persons: floor accommodation, local transportation in Vaasa, meals and party tickets. Additional players cost +30 € each. No fees will be refunded. Standard tournament fee must be payed before 5.10. Additional player fees can be payed until 19.10.
Payment information
Account owner: Waasan WetoWoima.
The account number is 497010-2158735 (Aktia).
If you pay from abroad you need to use IBAN code, which is FI6049701020158735 and bank’s BIC code is HELSFIHH.
If your team brings guests who do not wish to play, they can get everything else (meals, party, accommodation, local NSUT-transportation) by paying 20 euros per guest. You can pay the guests together with your team fee.
Accomodation
The floor accommodation is reserved to you from Friday to Sunday at Palosaaren Järjestötalo. It is about one and a half kilometer from the center of Vaasa. The place is in Palosaari and the address is Vapaudentie 27, 65200 Vaasa.
The school opens at 22.00 on Friday and closes at 09.00 on Saturday. On Saturday evening, the place opens at 17.00 and closes on Sunday at 10.00. Remember to take all your stuff with you from the accommodation on Sunday morning and don`t leave any trash, please! There are no mattresses or other sleaping stuff in the accommodation, so bring your own if needed! Please note, that there is NO SHOWERS on the accommodation, so remember to shower at Kauppis or Rolleri on Saturday.
We have reserved one large area where all players sleep. Please, respect other players and be quiet during the night. The rules in the accommodation building are simple and strict: if you damage anything, you have to pay for everything! IF YOU MAKE A MESS you have to pay 50 EUROS! And please notice, you can leave your stuff there on your own responsibility.
Busses
There is a bustransportation in Vaasa between accomodation – centrum – game venues.
On Saturday the bus to Kauppis leave from the accommodation in the morning at 07.20, 08.20 and 09.20. The bus makes a quick stop in front of the Omena hotel. When the bus arrives to game venues it will stop at Roller Center and continue to Kauppis after that. IMPORTANT: Every team should check what time they should take the bus so they will be at game venues on schedule.
07.20: LaRe, TurQ ChiX, FreezeBees, Allied Aliens, TicoTico, Pohjoisviima
08.20: Flight Club, PuTi, Cool Gang, Tehotytöt, DQ, Käärmenäyttely, Salko
09.20: HUH, Whisquitos, TaLents, Chickquitos, OSU, Warttikalkkikset, Ground Zero, MasterBees
On Saturday, the bus back to the city and to the accomodation leaves from Kauppis at 16.30, 17.30, 18.30, 19.30 and 20.15. Please note, that to enter RAX before 20.00 you should go straight there if you use the last two busses! There will be two extra tours between the accommodation and centrum leaving at 21.00 and 21.45.
On Sunday morning the buses to Kauppis will leave at 07.20, 8.20, 9.20 and 10.20. The buses will again make a quick stop at the front of Omena hotel. On Saturday you must remember to check the time of your game on Sunday and take the bus early enough to be at the Kauppis before your game starts!! Bus ride from accommodation to Kauppis will take around 20 minutes.
Games
The games are organized in two sports halls. Kauppis will be the main arena, but on Saturday there will be some games also on Roller Center which is located 5 minutes walk from Kauppis. When you have to change the venue during the day you have to walk the 5 minute distance. REMEMBER TO SHOWER at Kauppis & Roller, because there are no showers in the floor accommodation building.
The game clock starts ALWAYS at even hours and half hours! Remember to have a look at the tournament rules before games. There are many staff members around game venues, just contact them if you need any help. The scoreboard is located in the upper stand of Kauppis. Remember to check your playoff game times from the scoreboard after you have finished your group games.
Address: Kauppis Ruutikellarintie 2 65100 Vaasa, Roller Center Ruutikellarintie 6 65100 Vaasa.
Parties
In NSUT it’s not just about the games so NSUT XXVII weekend starts already on Friday. There’s a welcoming party at the traditional El Gringo (Hovioikeudenpuistikko 15) where you can meet all the ultimate folks and NSUT-maniacs. Note that you must first leave your stuff to your accommodation because you can NOT come with your bags to Gringo.
There your teams contact person should search for staff members to get your player passes that grant you a free entry to Fontana on Friday. It is located just upstairs El Gringo.
On Saturday the famous tournament party is at Leipätehdas! (Hietasaarenkatu 14) You should enter with the tournament pass before 23.00.
Note that daylight saving time ends during the night so remember to adjust your clock on hour backwards.
Meals
In tournament fee includes meal on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday.
On Saturday we eat at Golden RAX Pizzabuffet. There is a pizza, salad and icecream buffet. You should enter RAX in-between 17.00-20.00! The place closes at 21.00. Please show your tournament pass att the counter to get in. RAX is located at Kauppapuistikko 13, 65100 Vaasa.
On Sunday there is a breakfast at Kauppis in-between 9.00-10.30. You get your breakfast by showing the tournament pass.
Prize ceremony
The prize ceremony is after the Open division final. We hope that players will appreciate the winners and watch the ceremony before leaving the hall!
NSUT game rules
- Tournament follows normal indoor rules with a few exceptions.
-A fail to catch opening pull is a turnover. Either make a catch or let the disc drop to field.
- The pull is not allowed to hit the back wall higher than 3 metres (marked). If so, offense can start from the brick-point. A brick-handsignal must be shown before picking up the disc in case it is carried to the brick-point. Starting from own endzone line is naturally also allowed. If the pull hits the field, receiving team has an option to start playing from the spot the disc first hit the ground.
- The Callahan rule is included, meaning that the defensive team can score a goal with an intercepted and catched disc at their offensive endzone. This will directly score and no further play is needed to close the point.
- Game time is 25 minutes, except open final (40 minutes).
- Hard point cap is 11 points, except open final (13 points).
- The games have no half-time, except open final (3 minutes).
- If time runs out, the point in progress will be played, whichafter the new point cap is one point higher than the leading teams score. However, if the difference is 3 points or more, the game will end immediately.
- There is one time-out per game, so that is per game, not per team. Time-out can be taken by either team. Time-out is 30 seconds.
- New point starts when the previous point is scored. Time between points is already a part of the new point. Receiving team has 25 seconds, defense 35 seconds. The official will give a warning after 15 seconds.
Team captains job is to make sure their team is familiar with these rules.
