 The tournament rounds took place in the Sport Palace Batumi, while the opening ceremony was held in the Black Sea Arena and the closing ceremony was held in the Batumi State Music Centre.The proposed budget for both events exceeded 20 million US dollars.Some 1.6 million US dollars were allocated for the travel fund for participants from 80 countries, while around 2 million US dollars were set aside for the travel fund for 80 Nations and around 2 million US dollars for parallel development and promotion programmes in Europe and the rest of the world.