FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday 8th October 2016 Public Information: office@kingofeurope.net http://www.kingofnations.net Venues and Dates Announced for 2017 International Series across Europe and the World.
King of Europe Limited – a sports and entertainment firm with a focus on new motorsports – today announced the 2017 venues and dates for its seven international Series’. These tournaments shall be broadcasted on Motors TV International, Eurosport Asia-Pacific and will feature some of the best drivers from all over the world competing across four continents. Twelve years old, the King of Europe Series will continue its worldwide growth in 2017. King of Europe and its seven international Series have become the battleground for the best drifters in the world, with drivers attending from fifty-two different countries since 2005. The first official series in Europe, Federal Tyres King of Europe Pro Series, is recognised as the most professional drifting championship in the continent. Open to top-level drivers and run over eight rounds, the Pro Series is the ultimate prize for drifters. This is King of Europe's heart. Federal Tyres King of Europe Pro2 series gives semi-pro drifters a chance to enter international events in front of a professional panel of judges and audience. It also offers drivers the opportunity to run on the same Pro layouts during the season. Drivers must attend at least three of the six qualifying rounds before heading to the final. Federal Tyres Queen of Europe Pro Series is the only female-orientated drifting series running across Europe - giving the best female drivers the opportunity to battle it out for the title of number one drift girl! 2013 was the first season of Queen of Europe which set a new benchmark for female drifting events in the continent. Federal Tyres King of Touge Series. Coming straight from the Japanese mountains, Touge drifting is composed of high altitude tricky drift layouts dedicated to the drifters with elite skills and no fear. ‘Go hard or go home’ is the core mentality for this thrilling category, which now enters its fourth season. Federal Tyres King of Asia Pro Series, our first series outside of Europe which was established in 2015, will return for its third season as a four-round competition dedicated to the hottest region when it comes to drifting, talent and also temperatures! Established in 2016, the first international drift championship in Middle East region, Federal Tyres King of Desert Pro Series, is back with an even more substantial calendar in 2017. Spanning from Northern Jordan to Southern Sultanate of Oman, the five-round challenge will run all the way thorough to the Winter of 2017. As a test for a possible future franchise of our successful brand on national levels, we shall also be establishing the Federal Tyres “King of Italy” Supercup this season. Last but not least, the Federal King of Nations Pro Series will once again be the ultimate platform for drifters throughout the world in 2017. With eight official rounds, plus three extra single events across four continents, no other competition is going wider and larger than this! A total of 420 drivers from across the globe have attended our events in 2016, demonstrating the demand for our property both in Europe and abroad. In 2017 we expect to see more fans, more excitement and more sell-outs than ever before! The line-up of dates for this year’s tyre-smoking action will proceed as follows: Federal Tyres King of Nations Pro Series
NATIONS RD1 - JANUARY 26-27 - UAE NATIONS RD2 - FEBRUARY 2-3 - OMAN NATIONS RD3 - APRIL 15-16 - JAPAN NATIONS RD4 - APRIL 22-23 - JAPAN NATIONS RD5 - PHILIPPINES *CANCELLED* NATIONS RD6 - JULY 8-9 - MALAYSIA
NATIONS RD7 - SEPTEMBER 30-1 - AUSTRIA NATIONS FINAL - OCTOBER 7-8 - SPAIN NATIONS SUPERCUP - OCTOBER 21-22 - AUSTRALIA NATIONS/ SUDAMERICA R1 - NOVEMBER 25-26 - BRAZIL NATIONS/ SUDAMERICA R2 - DECEMBER 2-3 - MEXICO Federal Tyres King of Europe Pro Series PRO RD1 - APRIL 8-9 - AUSTRIA PRO RD2 - MAY 6-7 - SPAIN PRO RD3 - JUNE 10-11 - FRANCE PRO RD4 - JUNE 17-18 - ITALY PRO RD5 - AUGUST 12-13 - SWITZERLAND PRO RD6 - SEPTEMBER 9-10 - GERMANY PRO RD7 - SEPTEMBER 30-1 OCT - AUSTRIA PRO FINAL - OCTOBER 7-8 - SPAIN Federal Tyres King of Europe Pro2 / Queen of Europe QUALIFYING ROUNDS PRO2/QOE RD1 - APRIL 8-9 - AUSTRIA PRO2/QOE RD2 - MAY 6-7 - SPAIN PRO2/QOE RD3 - JUNE 10-11 - FRANCE PRO2/QOE RD4 - JUNE 17-18 - ITALY PRO2/QOE RD5 - AUGUST 12-13 - SWITZERLAND PRO2/QOE RD6 - SEPTEMBER 9-10 - GERMANY FINAL PRO2/QOE RD7 - SEPTEMBER 30-1 OCT - AUSTRIA Federal Tyres King of Touge Mountain Challenge TOUGE RD1 - JUNE 3-4 FRANCE TOUGE RD2 - JULY 22-23 - POLAND TOUGE RD3 - 29-30TH JULY - SPAIN
TOUGE FINAL - SEPTEMBER 2-3 - FRANCE Federal Tyres King of Asia Pro Series ASIA RD1 - APRIL 15-16 - JAPAN ASIA RD2 - APRIL 22-23 - JAPAN ASIA FINAL - JULY 8-9 - MALAYSIA Federal Tyres King of Desert Pro Series DESERT RD1 - DECEMBER 22-33 - OMAN DESERT RD2 - JANUARY 26-27 - UAE DESERT RD3 - FEBRUARY 2-3 - OMAN DESERT RD4 - MARCH 16-17 - JORDAN DESERT FINAL - MARCH 23-24 - BAHRAIN Federal Tyres King of Italy SuperCup ITALY RD1 - JANUARY 21-22 - VERONA ITALY RD2 - JUNE 17-18 - CASTELLETTO ITALY RD3 - AUGUST 12-13 - LIGNIERES (CH) ITALY FINAL - OCTOBER 14-15 - FRANCIACORTA Mike Procureur, Managing Director of King of Europe, commented “Multiple events across four continents with drivers coming from all over the world demonstrates the success of our brand and the bright future of drifting as a recognised professional motorsport. 2016 was a huge success with our 26 event-calendar, for 2017 we will continue to grow and develop the same quality events for our fans, drivers, spectators and partners.” For more information on the series head over to http://www.kingofnations.net, or check out our one million fan Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/koedrift. Partnership information is available at http://2017.kingofeurope.net
