BALTIC LEAGUE 2007 PRESENTATION By the Baltic League Committee

ESTONIALATVIALITHUANIA Baltic League Committee  Marketing Group  Referees Committee  Appeal Committee  Disciplinary Committee  Match Delegates Committee *Rules and regulations of the Baltic League are based on UEFA Champions League and UEFA general rules

FORMAT Group A A1 – Lithuanian club A2 – Estonian club A3 – Latvian club Group B B1 – Lithuanian club B2 – Estonian club B3 – Latvian club Group C C1 – Lithuanian club C2 – Estonian club C3 – Latvian club Group D D1 – Lithuanian club D2 – Estonian club D3 – Latvian club

CALENDAR Group, Matchday 1 - Wednesday, March 7th Group, Matchday 2 - Wednesday, March 14th Group, Matchday 3 - Saturday, March 17th ¤ in first three matchdays the artificial pitches can be used in needing for playing the games. Group, Matchday 4 - Saturday, March 31st Group, Matchday 5 - Wednesday, April 11th Group, Matchday 6 - Wednesday, May 23rd ¼-Finals, Match 1 - Wednesday, June 13th ¼-Finals, Match 2 - Wednesday, July 4th ½-Finals, Match 1 - Wednesday, August 29th (reserve date Wednesday, September the 19th) ½-Finals, Match 2 - Wednesday, September 26th Final, Match 1 - Saturday, October 20th Final, Match 2 - Saturday, November 3rd

MARKETING  Centralised marketing  Live TV coverage: -13 games live on TV -Highlights of every round  Name of the Baltic Football League will not be marketed or sold

EXPENSES Planned total: Min: ,- EUR Max: ,- EUR  Costs of Football Federations: 25%  Bonuses of the participating Clubs: 57,22%  Reserve funds : 10%  Solidarity payments: 7,78%

Costs of Football Federations: 25%  this means that each of our federations will get 8,33% from the total budget and will pay the costs under the following system (this will help also the federations to optimize the costs of everyday work and get extra coverage for it):  production expenses  administration costs  producing of advertising materials  TV-broadcasting  Creation of Baltic League’s documentary base  Refereeing

Bonuses of the participating Clubs: 57,22%  Compensations for the clubs  Bonuses for the clubs: a) starting bonus 2,972% from the budget per team which is altogether 35,666% from the budget ( euros per club and altogether); b) group point bonus maximum 10% from the bugdet (which is euros maximum and euros per point), NB! In case of draws the amount will be smaller; c) team bonus for the qualification to the 1/4-finals 6,666% from the budget ( euros altogether, euros per qualified club); d) team bonus for the qualification to 1/2-finals 3,333% from the budget ( euros altogether, which is euros per qualified club); d) team bonus for team losing the final 0,555% from the budget ( euros per club and altogether); e) tournament winning bonus 1% from the budget ( euros per club and altogether).

Reserve funds : 10%

Solidarity payments: 7,78%  a) the task of this part of the budget is to support the top division clubs of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania who are not participating in the Baltic Football League;  b) we have 16 such clubs (4 in Latvia, 6 in Estonia and 6 in Lithuania);  c) every club will receive 0,48625 % from the total budget (which is euros per club).

Good luck! See you at the first Baltic League group stage draw!