BGF Business Tournament - Results 2007

We would like to take the opportunity to thank all BGF Tournament fans for a great year. It has been a pleasure to work with you all. We are especially grateful for all the wonderful feedback you have given us through out the whole year. This will keep us going strong also in the years ahead.

We are pleased to announce the BGF Tournament Ranking 2008:

1. - Pöyry Group (Finland)

2.- Tecpetrol (Argentina)

3.- SEB (Lithuania)

4.- Ericsson (Croatia)

5.- Mix team (Czech Republic) - CSOB, Burinka, Prumstav and Kite*

6.- Rolls-Royce (UK)

* The mix team has participants from four different companies: CSOB, Burinka, Prumstav and Kite

We would also like to invite the top 3 teams from the 2007 tournaments to Cannes to the BGF Awards, next spring.

1. Pöyry Group -Finland

2. Tecpetrol -Argentina

3. SEB Group – Lithuania

Merry Xmas, many thanks and congrats!

The BGF Cannes crew!

Business Game Factory
http://www.bgfactory.com/

BGF Finals 2007

The BGF Semifinals were arranged successfully and we are proud to announce the 6 best teams of the BGF Business Tournament 2007! The six division winners of the business game will be participating in the BGF Finals that will take place on 28th of November 2007. The finalists represent six different countries. Here are the best performing teams:

- Ericsson (Croatia)
- Tecpetrol (Argentina)
- Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting (Finland)
- SEB (Lithuania)
- Rolls Royce (UK)
- Mix team (Czech Republic) - CSOB, Burinka, Prumstav and Kite*

On the picture from left to right Kimo Mikkonen, Petri Jokinen, Tuomas Salo, Juha-Erkki Nieminen from Pöyry (Finland)

The three best teams in the World will be invited to the BGF Awards in Cannes, on the French Riviera.

BGF is the world leader in web based business tournaments and organizes the biggest and most exciting business tournament in the world where leading international companies are fiercely competing for market shares and profits while developing managers and key people to lead their business in a profitable and more effective way. Just like pilots in flight simulators, only in business. Why should pilots have all the fun!

Good luck in the in the BGF World Finals!

* The mix team has participants from four different companies: CSOB, Burinka, Prumstav and Kite

Petteri Salokangas

Business Game Factory

mailto:taavi.thiel@bgfactory.com

BGF Business Tournament - Results 2006

(In the picture the World Champion team "NetAReal" from Nokia: from upper left-hand corner Pekka Säynätjoki, Anna Ryden, Stefan Nymander and Istvan Kello)

RANKING:

1) Nokia (Finland), Team Leader Pekka Säynätjoki
2) Philips (Spain), Team Leader Juan Carlos Aguilera
3) StoraEnso (Finland), Team Leader Anu Silvennoinen
4) Ericsson (Germany), Team Leader Markus Feld
5) Vattenfall Europe (Germany), Team Leader Wolfgang Hechler
6) Sun Microsystems (Spain), Team Leader Cristina Aparicio

Novemver 28, 2006 -- Nokia Networks from Finland has won the BGF Tournament 2006 beating over 500 competing teams in the process. This is the third time that a team from Nokia has won the tournament with participants from sixty five countries.

The BGF World Final was fierce as usual, as the teams ending up as finalists tend to be extremely talented , disciplined and competitive. The World Final was played via internet, just as the preliminary heats and the semifinals.

The second best team was from Philips Spain. The Philips team was playing smart leading the competition until the last round before the Nokia team took the lead and the victory. The third best team from StoraEnso Finland was showing steady performance during the whole final, securing their place in the BGF Awards, a luxurious reward trip for the top three teams in the tournament. The BGF Awards ceremony is held next March-April on the French Riviera.

(In the picture the second best team "Spainet" from Philips: from upper left hand corner Juan Carlos Aguilera, Fernando Boraou, José Ramón Córcoles, Ana Solano and Susana Sebrango )

BGF BUSINESS TOURNAMENT

- The biggest web based business tournament in the world.
- Tournament structure: winners of the Preliminary Heats proceed to the Semifinals, and the winners of the Semifinals further to the World Final.
- The program builds strategic excellence, management board dynamics, ability for financial analysis and fact based decision making and precise follow up.
- The business game is done in a team of 3 to 5 participants who all will be acting in a management board of a global company with the task of running the business successfully for 5 fiscal year.
- The winning criteria is total company shareholder value.
- Hundreds of companies and organizations participated in the preliminary heats in the 2006 tournament representing more than 65 countries.
- The preliminary heats are organized depending on customer circumstances and wishes, either as an open tournament or as an in-house tournament.
- The three best teams of the year will be invited to the BGF Awards, organized in Cannes, on the French Riviera.
- The tournaments are available in English, Spanish and Finnish

BUSINESS GAME FACTORY

- Founded in January 2003
- World leader in web based business tournaments
- Over 30000 participants from more than 65 countries
- Local representation in 10 countries
- Chairman of the board Mr. Henrik Ekelund (President and CEO of BTS Group), other members of the board Mr. Taavi Thiel (CEO of Business Game Factory) and Mr. Stefan Widomski (SVP Nokia international trade affairs until 2006, now retired)
- http://www.bgfactory.com/

More information regarding the tournament:

Petteri Salokangas
petteri.salokangas@bgfactory.com
Business Game Factory Ltd.
www.bgfactory.com