1.   Ireland, the oldest hockey playing country in the world, host the tournament in their centenary year.

2.   France will host the tournament next year, and it is not certain whether FIFA will want the tournament to return to Europe so soon.

3.   Fullerton said only Weber State, Montana and Montana State have the ability to turn a profit by hosting the tournament.

4.   Holy Cross has hosted the tournament for the past two years, finishing second both times.

5.   Hosting tournaments translates to weeks of preparation.

6.   In March, Conference USA will send letter-of-intent forms to each league school, detailing the criteria for hosting the tournament.

7.   It will be the first time the Lumberjacks have hosted the tournament in back-to-back years and only the third time it has happened in the Big Sky.

8.   Longtime Kingdome supporters note that without the building, Seattle never would have been chosen to host the tournament in the first place.

9.   Ten courses have hosted the tournament over the past seven decades.

10.   The Japanese, who expected to win the right to host the tournament, were dismayed.