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About the Tournament Handbook
The purpose of the Tournament Handbook is to ensure that all Team Leaders are well informed about all procedures pertaining to the European Championship. This Handbook has been produced to help Team Leaders orient their teams in their respective sport.
The Handbook is divided into six sections.
General Information refers to key dates, key personnel and also provides some of the most important contact numbers in case of emergency.
Classification Information outlines the classification procedures during the classification evaluation and classification competition period.
Training Information includes data on sport information, training sites and schedule.
Competition Information provides complete details on the venue, rules, competition format etc.
Team Information includes details on several subjects of great importance for Team Leaders, such as ceremonies, accreditation, transport, hotel, etc.
The Appendix of the Handbook includes maps, forms, the daily competition schedule and other useful information.
The European Championship has made every effort to ensure that the information contained in this Handbook is correct an up-to-date at the time of publication (June 2005). However, teamleaders are advised to check with the sport Information Desk regarding any changes to information included in this Handbook.
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Contents
1. General Information page
1.1 Key Dates 5 1.2 Key Contacts 5 1.3 Key Personnel 6 1.4 General Contact Numbers for emergencies 6
2. Classification Information
2.1 Classification 7
3. Training Information
3.1 Sport Information 7 3.2 Training 7 3.3 Balls 7 3.4 Training-Times 7 3.5 Plan for training 8
4. Competition Information
4.1 Competition Rules 9 4.2 Competition Hall 9 4.3 List of Participating 12 4.4 Meetings schedule 12 4.5.1 Competition calendar and timetable 13
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5. Team Information
5.1 Map of the country with Competition City and airport 18 5.2 Map of the city with location of hotel. Competition and training venue 20 5.3 List of ECVD Officials and Referees 21 5.4 Arrival and departure of officials, referees and teams 22 5.5 Intercity transportation 24 5.6 Team hotel 25 5.7 Officials hotel 27 5.8 Embassies of each participating team 30 5.9 Procedure for Press interview 31 5.10 General information for delegations 32 5.10.1 Results 32 5.10.2 Opening Ceremony 32 5.10.3 Closing Ceremony 33 5.10.4 Serviced Laundry Facilities 34 5.10.5 Dining in Ramada Hotel 34 5.10.6 Accreditation Card (AC) 35 5.10.7 Security Deposit 35 5.10.8 Water for the competition 35 5.11 Specific competition regulations 36 5.12 International Playing Protocol 41 5.13 Announcers script for match protocol 43
6. Appendix
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1. General Information
1.1 Key Dates
19 th June Latest arrival of ECVD officials 20 th June 10:00 Competition meeting (organiser + officials) 20 th June 20:00 Latest arrival of teams – Training – Classification 20 th June 21:00 Technical meeting. All teams and ECVD officials must be presence 20 th June 22:00 Referee meeting. 21 st June 10:00 General Assembly ECVD 21 st June Training – Classification 21 st June Opening ceremony – Competition, Preliminary round 22 nd June Competition, Preliminary round 23 rd June Competition, Preliminary round 24 th June Competition – Semi finales 25 th June Competition – finals 26 th June Departure
1.2 Key Contacts
Personnel Name Telephone Head Commission & Organizing Committee Karl Quade 0178-7658201 Vice Head Commission & Organizing Committee Frank-Thomas Hartleb 0170-5703601 Organizing manager Jörg Frischmann 0178-7658209 Competition manager Thomas Geerts 0178-7658204 Competition Office John Stoffels 0178-7658211 Hotel & Transport Rüdiger Rossner 0178-7658208 Treasurers Gerhard Knapp 0170-5342641 Marketing Bernd Fehl 0173-2833548
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1.2. Key Personnel
1.3 General Contact Numbers for ermergencies
Medical service : Klinikum Leverkusen GmbH Dhünnberg 60 51375 Leverkusen
Telefonzentrale: 02 14/13-0 Office Mrs. Marietta Lemmer Telefon 0214/ 132151 Fax 0214/ 132202
During the competition is the Medical service „ Maltheser Hilfsdienst” in the competition hall !
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2. Classification Information
2.1 Classification
The Classification will be held from Monday 20.06. to Tuesday 21.06. at the Ramada Hotel in Room “Wien” on the 7 th. floor or at the Competition Venue during training session.
3. Training Information
3.1 Sport Information
Sport - specific information for sitting volleyball is provided through two information desks. One is located at the Competition Venue, the other is located at the Ramada Hotel.
The Sport Information Desk in the Competition Venue and in the Ramada Hotel is operating on each competition and training day, from 08:00 to 22:00.
Both desks are providing information on the competition schedule, Training schedules, results / start lists, sport technical information and ECVD communications.
3.2 Training
Training sessions in the competition hall will be offered on Monday 20-06-2005 from 14.00 till 21.00 and Tuesday 21-06-2005 from 8.00 till 13.00. From Wednesday till Friday training sessions will be offered in the Herbert-Grünewald-Halle from 10.00 till 18.00. Saturday training must be announced at the Accreditation-Desk before 20.00 on Friday.
3.3 Balls Balls will be available the training sessions at the Accreditation-Desk. Each team will get 6 balls. Balls must be given back directly after the training sessions. For each missing ball the teams have to pay 30 €.
3.4 Training-Times Each team has to sign in for training at the Accreditation-Desk after arrival . Each team has one training sessions (1 hr.) in the competition-hall.
Trainings session must be applied one day before before 21.00 !
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3.5 Plan for training
Competition hall Monday on 3 fields from 14.00 – 21.00 Tuesday on 3 fields from 08.00 – 13.00
Herbert-Grünewald-Halle Wednesday on 2 fields from 10.00 – 18.00 Thursday on 2 fields from 10.00 – 18.00 Friday on 2 fields from 10.00 – 18.00 Saturday on 2 fields from 9.00 – 12.00
Training hall
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4. Competition Information
4.1 Competition Rules
The competition shall be played in accordance with the WOVD Official Sitting Volleyball Rules in force. All necessary interpretations will be made before the competition during the Technical Meeting.
4.2 Competition venue
The Wilhelm-Dopatka-Hall in Leverkusen was built in the middle of the seventies and the second biggest circular gym in Germany after the Olympic hall in Munich. It is a part of the high-class stadia in Leverkusen and can be found in the middle of our town of sports. In our region the gym is unique with its capacity of 3500 visitors and suitable for all kinds of events. Beside the top-events of sport the multi functional gym with a floor space of 2800m² is a perfect location for regional und supra- regional events, concerts, congresses, cultural events, and trade fairs.
The illumination and excellent overview in the sports hall create adequate conditions for the television and spectators.
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Dressing-room for teams
Dressing-room for referees -
VIP-room Technical Meeting
Competition office
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4.3 List of Participating teams
Men Women 1. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1. Lithuania 2. Croatia 2. The Netherlands 3. Finland 3. Russia 4. Germany 4. Slovenia 5. Greece 5. Ukraine 6. Hungary 7. Latvia 8. The Netherlands 9. Poland 10. Russia 11. Serbia and Montenegro 12. Ukraine
4.4 Meeting schedule
The competition meeting will be start at 20.06. at 10.00 in the VIP – room in the Wilhelm-Dopatka- Hall (the competiton venue).
The Technical Meeting will be held on 20.06. at 21.00 at the VIP – room in the Wilhelm-Dopatka- Hall, for both men's and women's teams. The Team Manager, Head Coach, and interpreter (if needed) must be present at the Technical Meeting.
The Classification will be held on Monday 20.06. and Tuesday 21.06. at the Ramada Hotel in room “Wien” on the 7 th. floor or at the Competition Venue during training session.
The Referee Meeting will be held on 20.06. at 22.00 at the Lindner Hotel.
The General Assembly ECVD will be held on 21.06. at 10.00 in at the VIP – room in the Wilhelm- Dopatka-Hall
20 th June 10:00 Competition meeting (organiser + officials) 20 th June 20:00 Latest arrival of teams – Training – Classification 20 th June 21:00 Technical meeting. All teams and ECVD officials must be presence 20 th June 22:00 Referee meeting. 21 st June 10:00 General Assembly ECVD
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4.5 Competition calendar and timetable
The tournament for men is played like this: Two preliminary pools with 6 teams play round robin.
Pool A Pool B Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany Russia Finland Poland The Netherlands Greece Croatia Serbia and Montenegro Ukraine Hungary Latvia
No 5 and 6 in each pool are playing for the places 9 – 12
No 3 and 4 in each pool are playing for the places 5 – 8
No 1 and 2 in each pool are playing for the places 1 - 4
The tournament for women is played like this: One preliminary pool with 5 teams play round robin.
Women 1. Lithuania 2. The Netherlands 3. Russia 4. Slovenia 5. Ukraine
Semi-finales 2-5 are played after following principles: No. 2 and No 5 in preliminary pool. No. 3 and No 4 in preliminary pool.
Losers of semi-finals are playing for the places 4 – 5.
Winners of semi-finals are playing the small final for the right to play the final.
The looser of the small final will have a bronze medal.
The winner of the small final is playing the final against No.1 in the preliminary pool.
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June 21 17:00 Opening ceremony 17:00 Court 1 Court 2 Court 3 18:00 18:00 GER - NED
men RUS-NED 19:00 19:00 SLO-LIT women
UKR - LAT women 20:00 20:00 men FIN - CRO
BIH - POL men 21:00 21:00 SCG - HUN men
men RUS - GRE 22:00 men 22:00
June 22 Court 1 Court 2 Court 3 09:00 09:00
10:00 SLO-UKR 10:00 women LIT-RUS 11:00 women 11:00 GER - LAT 12:00 men FIN - UKR 12:00 men NED - CRO 13:00 men 13:00 BIH - HUN 14:00 men RUS - SCG 14:00 men POL - GRE 15:00 men 15:00
16:00 NED-UKR 16:00 women SLO-RUS 17:00 women 17:00 FIN - LAT 18:00 men NED - UKR 18:00 men GER - CRO 19:00 men 19:00 BIH - GRE 20:00 men RUS - HUN 20:00 men POL - SCG 21:00 men 21:00
22:00 22:00
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June 23 Court 1 Court 2 Court 3
08:30 08:30 09:00 09:00
10:00 LIT-NED 10:00 women RUS-UKR 11:00 women 11:00 GER - UKR 12:00 men FIN - NED 12:00 men CRO - LAT 13:00 men 13:00 BIH - SCG 14:00 men RUS - POL 14:00 men GRE - HUN 15:00 men 15:00
16:00 UKR-LIT 16:00 women NED-SLO 17:00 women 17:00 GER - FIN 18:00 men NED - LAT 18:00 men CRO - UKR 19:00 men 19:00 BIH - RUS 20:00 men POL - HUN 20:00 men GRE - SCG 21:00 men 21:00
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June 24 Court 1 Court 2 Court 3
09:00 09:00 5. Pool B - 6. Pool A 5. Pool A - 6. 10:00 10:00 men Pool B 3. Pool A - 4. Pool B men 11:00 men 11:00 3. Pool B - 4. Pool A 12:00 Semi-final 12:00 men 2-5 Semi-final 2-5 women 13:00 women 13:00
14:00 14:00
15:00 15:00
16:00 Semi-final 1. Final 11-12 16:00 men Pool A - 2. Pool 17:00 B Final 9-10 17:00 men men 18:00 Semi-final 1. Final 4-5 18:00 Pool B - 2. Pool women 19:00 A Final 3 19:00 men women 20:00 20:00
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June 25
Court 1 Court 2 Court 3 09:00 09:00 Final 7-8 10:00 men 10:00 Final 3-4 11:00 men 11:00 Final 5-6 12:00 men 12:00 Final 1-2 13:00 women 13:00
14:15 14:15 Final 1-2 15:00 men 15:00
16:00 Closing ceremony 16:00
Party
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5. Team Information
5.1 Map of the country with Competition City and airport
Airport Düsseldorf
Competition City Leverkusen
Airport Cologne
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5.2 Map of the city with location of hotel. Competition hall and training halls
Hotel Ramada Sportmuseum - team hotel - - partyarea -
competition hall
training hall Hotel Lindner - official hotel -
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5.3 List of ECVD Officials and Referees
ECVD Officials
Name Country Function Pierre van Meenen FRA President ECVD Toralv Thorkildsen NOR Technical Officer ECVD Marie-Thérèse Scholtens HOL General Secretary ECVD Anthon Probst GER Judge referee / ECVD board Lazlo Szigedi HUN Promotion officer ECVD board Pavel Mustafin LAT WOVD Classifier Hetty Voeten HOL WOVD Classifier
Referees
1. Ute Fischer GER 2. Kirsten Kohn GER 3. Sari Mannersuo FIN 4. Ivana Pavic CRO 5. Audrius Gargasas LIT 6. Oleg Uvarov RUS 7. Toomas Murulo EST 8. Benno Meijer NED 9. Eddy Schipper NED 10. Victor Feldshteyn UKR 11. Dariusz Jasinski POL 12. Drago Franc SLO 13. Valdis Lipskis LAT 14. Gabor Karadi HUN 15. Senad Helac BIH 16. Simeon Mirotheos GRE 17. Nermin Begovic BIH
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5.4 Arrival and departure of officials, referees and teams
Officials
Name Arrival Departure Airport Pierre van Meenen FRA airplane 20.06. - 12.30 hr 26.06. - 17.40 hr Düsseldorf Toralv Thorkildsen NOR airplane 18.06. - 17.10 hr 24.06. - 7.05 hr cologne Marie-Thérèse Scholtens HOL car 20.06. pm 26.06. am - Anthon Probst GER car 18.06. – 16.00 hr 26.06. am - Lazlo Szigedi HUN airplane 18.06. - 18.50 hr 29.06. - 15.00 hr cologne Pavel Mustafin LAT airplane 20.06. - 8.10 hr 26.06. - 8.50 hr cologne Hetty Voeten HOL car 19.06. - 17.00 hr 26.06. - 16.00 hr. -
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Name Arrival Departure Airport Ute Fischer GER airplane 20.06. - 16.55 hr 26.06. - 10.00 hr cologne Kirsten Kohn GER car 20.06. 26.06. - Sari Mannersuo FIN airplane 19.06. – 17.05 hr 26.06. - 11.35 hr cologne Ivana Pavic CRO car 20.06. 26.06. - Audrius Gargasas LIT airplane 20.06. - 18.55 hr 26.06. - 10.15 hr Düsseldorf Oleg Uvarov RUS airplane 20.06. - 13.50 hr 26.06. - 15.20 hr Düsseldorf Toomas Murulo EST airplane 20.06. - 8.15 hr 26.06. - 8.50 hr cologne Benno Meijer NED car 19.06. 25.06. - Eddy Schipper NED car 18.06. 26.06. - Victor Feldshteyn UKR Dariusz Jasinski POL airplane 20.06. - 9.35 hr 26.06. - 10.15 hr Düsseldorf Drago Franc SLO car 20.06. 26.06. - Valdis Lipskis LAT airplane 20.06. - 7.00 hr 26.06. - 8.50 hr cologne Gabor Karadi HUN airplane 20.06. - 11.20 hr 26.06. - 13.45 hr Düsseldorf Senad Helac BIH bus (BIH) 20.06. 26.06. - Simeon Mirotheos GRE airplane 20.06. - 12.40 hr 26.06. - 13.30 hr Düsseldorf Nermin Begovic BIH bus (BIH) 20.06. 26.06. -
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Teams - Men
Team Arrival Departure Airport Bosnia & Herzegovina bus 20.06. pm 26.06. - am - Croatia train 20.06. - 12.36 hr 26.06. - 23.04 hr Leverkusen Finland airplane 20.06. - 22.50 hr 26.06. - 11.35 hr cologne Germany car 20.06. pm 26.06. - am - Greece airplane 20.06. - 12.40 hr 26.06. - 13.30 hr Düsseldorf Hungary airplane 20.06. - 11.20 hr 26.06. - 13.45 hr Düsseldorf Latvia airplane 20.06. - 7.00 hr 26.06. - 8.50 hr cologne The Netherlands car 20.06. - 11.00 hr 26.06. - am - Poland airplane 20.06. - 9.35 hr 26.06. - 10.15 hr Düsseldorf Russia airplane 20.06. - 13.50 hr 26.06. - 15.20 hr Düsseldorf Serbia & Montenegro bus 20.06. pm 26.06. - am - Ukraine airplane 20.06. - 11.30 hr 26.06. - 9.00 hr cologne
Teams - Women
Team Arrival Departure Airport Lithuania airplane 20.06.- 18.55 hr 26.06. - 10.15 hr Düsseldorf The Netherlands car 20.06. - am 26.06. - am - Russia airplane 20.06. - 13.50 hr 26.06. - 15.20 hr Düsseldorf Slovenia van + car 20.06. pm 26.09. morning - Ukraine airplane 20.06. - 11.30 hr 26.06. - 9.00 hr cologne
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5.5 Intercity transportation
Transport Every day from 7.30 am the bus drives from the Ramada Hotel to the training hall and further to the competition hall. The bus transport is every half a hour. The bus transport ends one hour after the last play.
Transport to Opening Ceremonies 14.30 – 15.30 Departure of the teams from the Ramada Hotel.
Transport to Closing Ceremonies After the finals: 16.30 Transport Teams to the Ramada Hotel. 17.00 Transport Teams from Ramada Hotel to the party.
Airport/ Arrival / Departure Transfers Teams and officials will be transported from and back to airports.
The transportation service is only for accredited Athletes and Officials.
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5.6 Team hotel
Ramada Hotel Am Büchelter Hof 11 51373 Leverkusen Telefon: (02 14) 3 83-0 Telefax: (02 14) 3 83-700
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5.7 Officials hotel
Lindner Hotel BayArena Bismarckstraße 118 D-51373 Leverkusen Deutschland
Telefon: 0214-8663-0 Telefax: 0214-8663-866
Email: [email protected]
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5.8 Embassies of each participating team
Embassy of Bosnia & Herzegovina Embassy of Croatia Mrs. Zorica Zirojevic Mrs. Vesna Cvjetkovic Kurelec Ibsenstraße 14 Ahornstraße 4 10439 Berlin 10787 Berlin
Telefon 030-81471210 Telefon 030-21 91 55 14 Fax 030-81471211 Fax 030-23 62 89 65
Embassy of Finland Embassy of Greece Mr. Ernst René Anselm Nyberg Mr. Dimitrios Kypréos Rauchstraße 1 Jägerstraße 54/55 10787 Berlin 10117 Berlin
Telefon 030-50 50 30 Telefon 030-20 62 60 Fax 030-50 50 33 33 Fax 030-20 62 64 44
Embassy of Hungary Embassy of Latvia Mr. Sándor Peisch Mr. Mãrtinš Virsis Unter den Linden 74 - 76 Reinerzstraße 40/41 10117 Berlin 14193 Berlin
Telefon 030-203 10-0 Telefon 030- 82 60 02 22 Fax 030-229 13 14 Fax 030-82 60 02 33
Embassy of Lithuania Embassy of The Netherlands Mr. Evaldas Ignatavicius Mr. Dr. Nikolaos Van Dam Charitestraße 9 Klosterstraße 50 10117 Berlin 10179 Berlin
Telefon 030- 89 06 81 0 Telefon 030-20 95 60 Fax 030-89 00 95 93 Fax 030-20 95 64 41
Embassy of Poland Embassy of Russia Mr. Andrzej Byrt Mr. Vladimir Kotenev Lassenstraße 19-21 Unter den Linden 63 - 65 14193 Berlin 10117 Berlin
Telefon 030-22 31 30 Telefon 030-2 29 11 10 29 Fax: 030-2 29 24 51 Fax 030-2 29 93 97
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Embassy of Serbia & Montenegro Embassy of Slovenia Mr. Miodrag Gomilanovic Mrs. Dragoljuba Bencina Taubertstraße 18 Hausvogteiplatz 3-4 14193 Berlin 10117 Berlin
Telefon 030-8 95 77 00 Telefon 030-2 06 14 50 Fax 030-82 5 22 06 Fax 030-20 61 45 70
Embassy of Ukraine Mr. Prof. Dr. Serhii Farenik Albrechtstraße 26 10117 Berlin
Telefon 030-28 88 72 20 Fax 030-28 88 71 63
5.9 Procedure for Press interview
Press Conferences are held at competition venues immediately a half an hour after opening- or final game.
The Press Room is in the competition hall– near VIP - room.
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5.10 General information for delegations
5.10.1 Results
Finally, all the results of each competition day will be printed on the Daily Bulletin which is distributed in the Ramada Hotel.
All the printed information (outputs) will be delivered to the teams as it has been agreed to the distribution rules an availability of printed outputs and INFO between ECVD and OK of the European Championships. All corrections to the outputs should be available as soon as they are made.
5.10.2 Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony will take place on Tuesday the 21. June, at the Wilhem Dopatka Hall.
14.30 – 15.30 Departure of the teams from the Ramada Hotel. (The first 6 teams who have to play will get a dressing – room)
16.00 – 16.30 Teams will be placed for the opening ceremony.
16.45 – 17.00 Teams enter the competition hall (German alphabet) followed by kids with parachute
17.00 – 17.15 Demonstration Kids of TSV Bayer 04 with Welcome – Shirts
17.16 Speech of the ECVD President, Federal Minister of Interior, Major of the city Leverkusen, DBS President
17.40 Teams enter Court – Preparations for the opening match
Bayer Blowing orchestra will play the national anthem of the Netherlands and Germany .
18.00 Opening match Germany – Netherlands (The Bayer wildcats (cheerleaders) will do several presentations during the opening ceremony.)
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5.10.3 Closing Ceremony
The Closing Ceremony will take place on Saturday the 25. June, at the Dopatka Hall.
Cheerleaders Wildcats and the drummers will be active during the whole day.
10.00 Bronce final men
11.30 Final Women Teams enter competition hall with two kids and cheerleaders
12.00 Final women After the final: We are the champions; Stand up for the champions
13.45 Final Men Teams enter Court
14.15 Final men After the final: We are the champions; Stand up for the champions
Directly after the final the Victory Ceremony women and men starts
16.30 Transport of the teams to the Ramada Hotel.
17.00 Transport of the teams from Ramada Hotel to the party.
18.00 Opening party facility
20.30 Speech ECVD and prices for the “All Star Teams”
Open End
22.00 Beginn transport of the teams to the Ramada Hotel.
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5.10.4 Serviced Laundry Facilities
The hotels will offer laundry on team for own costs (12 Trikots for 25 €). Received before 9.00 a.m. – returned by 6.00 p.m.. For urgent requests please call our housekeeping team.
5.10.5 Dining in Ramada Hotel
Breakfast will be served in the hotels from 6.30 to 10.30 . Lunch will be served in the Ramada hotel from 11.30 to 15.30 . Dinner will be served in the Ramada hotel from 18.00 to 22.30 .
For the first lunch and dinner you get vouchers by the check inn, because the teams members will get the accreditationcard after the Technical Meeting.
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5.10.6 Accreditation Card (AC)
The AC is a document that gives its holder the right to perform his/her official function at the EC 2005. It is granted by the ECVD to individuals eligible and qualified for accreditation. The AC must, therefore, contain all the information necessary to identify the individual and to provide him/ her with appropriate access and privileges needed to perform his/her official function.
The Local Organising Committee will not issue the AC before the classification is approved.
The AC perform (after Technical meeting) all dinings, bus transport from the Ramada hotel to the training and competition venue, to have free entry for the party and free entry for swimming hall “Calevornia” (near the competition venue). Each teammember will have free entrance to the LAGA 2005 in Leverkusen.
5.10.7 Security – Deposit
The teams who paid the Security-Deposit in cash can get the money back in cash after check-out the hotel and after it is checked by the hotel manager.
The teams who paid the Security-Deposit by bank transfer can only get the money back by bank transfer after the Championship.
5.10.8 Water for competiton
Each team gets vouchers for water during the competition. With this voucher you get one packing case with water per game before the match begins. Please pick up the water before the warm up time begins. You get the water downstairs near the competition office.
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5.11 Specific competition regulations
1. ORGANISER German Handicapped Sport Organisation, affiliated to the ECVD, has been entrusted with the organisation of the European Championship in sitting volleyball for men and woman.
2. COMPETITION CALENDAR AND OTHER ACTIVITIES 19 th June Latest arrival of ECVD officials 20 th June 10:00 Competition meeting (organiser + officials) 20 th June 20:00 Latest arrival of teams – Training – Classification 20 th June 21:00 Technical meeting. All teams and ECVD officials must be presence 20 th June 22:00 Referee meeting. 21 st June 10:00 General Assembly ECVD 21 st June Training – Classification 21 st June Opening ceremony – Competition, Preliminary round 22 nd June Competition, Preliminary round 23 rd June Competition, Preliminary round 24 th June Competition – Semi finales 25 th June Competition – finals 26 th June Departure
3. HOST CITY, HALLS AND COMPETITION ROUNDS 3.1. City 3.1.1. The Tournament will be held in Leverkusen. 3.2. Competition Hall: 3.2.1. The competition hall will be Wilhelm-Dopatka-Hall, Leverkusen 3.3. City of arrival and departure 3.3.1. The city of arrival and departure will be Leverkusen or the international airport in Cologne or Düsseldorf.
4. PARTICIPATING TEAMS 4.1. The Tournament is open to the team of those National Federations that is affiliated to the ECVD and respect their obligations and financial responsibilities with regard to the ECVD and their Confederations and that have sent to ECVD the Official Entry for the Championship according to the ECVD Regulations. 4.2. The players must have the nationality of the country they represent, or been living for at least 12 month in the country they represent without representing any other country for at least 12 month (up to the opening day of the competition), justifying it by means of a passport or other authentic document. 4.3. Once the passports or other legal documents have been checked and accepted by ECVD Technical Delegate, the Organiser will issue the ID cards valid for the Championship.
4.4. ECVD Sport Department will nominate teams for participation in the Championship.
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4.5. If a National Federation withdraws its team from the competition after being seeded or Drawn to the qualification Group, the ECVD to decide how the qualification will be organised.
5. ENTRIES, TEAM INFORMATION, FEE 5.1. Not later than 1st of May 2005, each team must send the Final Entry Form and the Team Registration Form to the Organiser. 5.2. A registration fee of € 550 for each team to ECVD is required. The term of payment is 15 th of Marts 2005. 5.3. A board and lodging fee of € 360 for each delegation member (see Article 16.1) to the organiser is required. The term of payment is 15 th of May 2005 .
6. COMPETITION SYSTEM The competition of the Tournament is laid down in the Contract between ECVD and Organiser and is as follows: The tournament for men is played like this: A Two preliminary pools with 6 teams play round robin. 1) Pool A = Seeded 1 – 4 – 5 and 3 teams by draw. 2) Pool B = Seeded 2 – 3 -6 and 3 teams by draw. B No 5 and 6 in each pool are playing for the places 9 – 12 C No 3 and 4 in each pool are playing for the places 5 – 8 D No 1 and 2 in each pool are playing for the places 1 - 4
The tournament for women is played like this: a) One preliminary pool with 5 teams play round robin. b) Semi-finales 2-5 are played after following principles: i. No. 2 and No 5 in preliminary pool. ii. No. 3 and No 4 in preliminary pool. c) Losers of semi-finals are playing for the places 4 – 5. d) Winners of semi-finals are playing the small final for the right to play the final. e) The looser of the small final will have a bronze medal. f) The winner of the small final is playing the final against No.1 in the preliminary pool.
7. DRAWING OF LOTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF TEAMS 7.1. The drawing of lots will be in Marts 2005 under the supervision of ECVD Sport Department.
8. ORDER OF MATCHES AND ORGANISER'S RIGHTS 8.1. The order of matches is assigned by the ECVD Sport Department. 8.2. The Organiser has the right to choose one match. 8.3. The daily timetable of matches is fixed by the ECVD considering a proposal by the Organiser in agreement with (local TV and) public needs. 8.4. The Organiser has the right to change the timetable and order of matches for TV broadcasting reasons only with the approval of the ECVD Delegate. Each team must be informed of the timetable changes at least 24 hours before the match.
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9. CLASSIFICATION OF TEAMS 9.1. By the number of points gained among teams during the Round Robin. 9.1.1. Each team will gain the following points: 9.1.1.1.Match won 2 points 9.1.1.2.Match lost 1 point 9.1.1.3.Match forfeited 0 points 9.1.2. In the case of equality in the number of points gained by two or more teams, the quotient of sets, etc. shall apply. 9.1.3. In the case of equality in the quotient of sets etc. gained by two ore more teams, the results among themselves shall apply. 9.2. If a team voluntarily declares its forfeit during a match, it will be excluded from the competition and: 9.2.1. All the results of the matches it already played during the respective round will be nullified. 9.2.2. The team will be sanctioned by the ECVD
10. CONDUCTING OF THE COMPETITIONS 10.1. The ECVD Delegate designated by the ECVD will conduct the Tournament. 10.2. Sufficient International Referees appointed by the ERC, will officiate in the Tournament.
11. MEDICAL SERVICES AND CONTROL 11.1. All players are obliged to present a classification certificate issued by the competent authority. 11.2. The Organiser will provide first aid and medical treatment. The team concerned will pay hospitalisation costs. 11.3. All team delegations are recommended to take out their own liability, medical and accident insurance.
12. OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES AND BALLS 12.1. The competition shall be played in accordance with the WOVD Official Sitting Volleyball Rules in force. All necessary interpretations will be made before the competition during the Technical Meeting. 12.2. Ball Mark/ Type Gala Proline W 5091S will be the only ball at this competition.
13. UNIFORMS 13.1. The playing uniform must be in conformity with WOVD/ECVD Regulations. Each team must have available at least two sets of playing uniforms of a different colour. The players’ numbers must be the same on the uniforms. No player is permitted to change number during the Championship. The playing uniforms of the team captain must be presented during the preliminary inquiry. 13.2. The officials on the bench should wear either their official training suit or a jacket suit with tie. 13.3. Teams may apply for ECVD authorisation to wear publicity during the tournament. A fee can be fixed by the ECVD.
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14. COMPLAINTS 14.1. All complaints and protests must be presented in writing in English to the ECVD Technical Delegate no later than 1 hour after the end of the match. 14.2. A deposit of € 200, - must accompany complaints about the result of a match or protest.
15. SANCTIONS 15.1. If a National association / Federation declare the non-participation of its duly registered team or simply do not send its team to participate in the Tournament, it will be sanctioned in accordance with the ECVD Regulations and will be liable to a suspension. 15.2. Teams not presenting the samples of their uniforms as required for International Competitions will have to present uniforms or obtain new uniforms within 24 hours. 15.3. Players not complying with the Eligibility Rules defined in the WOVD Sports Regulations for International Competitions or who do not present the Classification Cart as required and refusing to undergo a medical examination will not be allowed to compete. 15.4. Misconduct during the competition: 15.4.1. A teams’ voluntary withdrawal, despite its prior formal entry, will be fined by the ECVD and obliged to reimburse the Organiser with damages and expenses to the amount determined by the ECVD Board of Administration. 15.4.2. Voluntary forfeit of a team before or during a match entails its exclusion from the competition with the following consequences: 15.4.2.1. from that moment the team must cover its own expenses 15.4.2.2. damages and other sanctions may be decided by the ECVD Board of administration
16. COMPOSITION OF THE DELEGATION 16.1. Each delegation will be composed of maximum 17 (seventeen) members as follows: 12 players, 4 officials and 1 head of delegation. Up to two extra officials, and one journalist, may be added to the delegation of a team under the condition that their expenses have been paid before the tournament, as stipulated in point 17 2. b). 16.2. An international Referee, nominated by the ERC, will accompany the team.
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17. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS 17.1. The expenses covered by the Organiser: 17.1.1. Internal transportation from/to airport of arrival/departure and local transportation for practice and matches. 17.1.2. Lodging from arrival to departure dates (see Article 2) of each delegation, International Referees and ECVD/WOVD Officials according to the following minimal standard principles: ECVD/WOVD Officials Single bed rooms International referees Twin bed rooms Delegation • 1 single bed room per delegation • 2 twin bed rooms per delegation • 4 triple bed rooms per delegation 17.2. Meals from arrival to departure date (see Article 2) of each delegation, International Referees and ECVD/WOVD officials according to the following principles: 3 regular meals per day 1 hot meal per day Snack for each match for the players 17.3. Medicare: to be assured by the Organiser. 17.3.1. Medical controls: to be carried out by the Organisers at their expense. 17.4. Each delegation will take care of the following expenses: 17.4.1. International travel expenses to and from Organising Country for the delegation and one nominated international referee. 17.4.2. All extra people exceeding number of invited persons per team must pay their expenses for hotel accommodation and meals. 17.4.3. Penalties incurred as per Article 15. 17.4.4. Daily laundry of player’s game uniform (pairs of socks, one shirt and short) arranged by the organiser.
18. UNFORESEEN ITEMS As regards specific items not expressly foreseen in the present regulations, reference is to be made to the general rules and guidelines contained in ECVD Regulations. Kommt von Thoralv
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5.12 International Playing Protocol
Opening match and Finales = Protocol A
Preliminary matches = Protocol C
Time Description Referees’ action Teams’ action • Teams warm-up with balls outside the playing area. • Teams cannot enter the playing area before the start of the official protocol. 30 min. Warm-up • First and second referees check • Teams warm-up on court with balls before the the height of the net and control but not at the net. start the equipment. 15 min. Toss to • The coin toss follows, after which • After the toss, team captains and before the choose the first referee ensures that the head coach sign the scoresheet, start. service and scorer is informed of the result of brought to them by the scorer, and court. the toss. the team captains join the other players. • The coach brings in any equipment which he/she places behind the team bench. 14 min. Official • The first referee whistles to • The teams start to warm-up at the net before the warm-up at announce the start of the official (10 minutes) . start the net warm–up at the net of both teams • Teams wear the official playing (10 minutes). uniform for the warm-up. • During the official warm-up, referees check the game balls, substitution cards (paddles) and all the necessary equipment for the game (scoresheet, buzzer, uniforms, etc.). • Referees give any necessary instruction to scorers, line judges, and court assistants. They must also inspect the reserve equipment.
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13.00 min. Line up sheet • The second referee must ensure before the for the first that the coach of each team start set submits two copies of the line-up sheet for the first set. On the line- up sheet, he/she must check if the Libero is marked or not. • The second referee gives the line- up sheet to the scorer and the copy immediately to the game jury member. • The game jury member is the only one entitled to transmit the line- up sheets to the host TV broadcaster and to the VIS runner (where they exist). 4 min. End of the • The first referee whistles to • Players return to the benches at the before the official announce the end of the official end of the warm-up. start warm-up warm-up and both referees ask the game jury member for permission to start the match. 3 min. Teams, • The first referee lines up next to • 2-2 line judges follow the referees before the referees, line Team A, the second referee lines • Teams wear the official playing start. judges enter up in next to Team B. uniforms. the court and See Diagram C line-up. Presentation of the team captains and the head coaches.
2 min before Shake hands • After the presentation, the first • The players shake hands immediately the start referee blows the whistle as a after the first referee blows the signal for the teams to shake whistle. hands • After the handshake, the teams go to • After the handshake, the referees their benches. and the line judges go to the scorers’ table. 1 min before • The second referee distributes • The starting players enter the court. the start two match balls and checks the players’ standing position, comparing them to those on their respective line-up sheet. He/she gives a match ball to the server. He/she asks the scorer if he/she has also finished checking and is ready to start. 0.0 minutes • At the start of the match, the first to start. referee blows the whistle authorising the first service.
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5.13 Announcers script for match protocol
Time Description *AR C 3’ Immediately when the teams are lined-up: Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the
______(Name of the Competition)
Match No.______between ______and ______
2’ Presentation of the team captains and head coaches .
The captain on team (A) ______is: ______
and the head coach is: ______
The captain on team (B) ______is: ______
and the head coach is: ______
Presentation of the International Referees .
The First Referee is Mr./Ms. ______From ______
The Second Referee is Mr./Ms. ______From ______
If there is no other mach playing, the announcer is requested to announce Technical Time-Out, Time.Out, and Substitutions.
The First/Second Technical Time-Out
End of the First/Second Technical Time-Out TTO
Time-Out by ______(team) TO Substitution by ______(Team), Number ______out, Number______Name ______in Sub.
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only by opening game and final games
Time Description *AR A 14’ (Court Assistant Marching In) Ladies And Gentlemen, please welcome the court assistants for this match 11’ (Team Marching in) Immediately when the teams are lined-up: Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the
______(Name of the Competition)
Match No.______between ______and ______
Please rise for the national anthems of ______and ______8’ 30’’ Now, we will have the official warm up at the net 2’ (First FANFARE) Presentation of the International Referees .
The First Referee is Mr./Ms. ______From ______
The Second Referee is Mr./Ms. ______From ______
(Second FANFARE) Presentation of the starting players (Present team A first and then team B) Check information with scorer Team ______Team: ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______No 1 ______Libero No______Name______Libero No ______Name ______Head Coach Mr./Ms ______Head Coach Mr./Ms ______
TTO The First/Second Technical Time-Out
TO End of the First/Second Technical Time-Out Sub.
Time-Out by ______(team)
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