Mrs Orna SHAI

Secrétariat général UNION EUROPÉENNE DE GYMNASTIQUE Avenue de Rhodanie 2 EUROPÄISCHE TURNUNION Case postale 188 CH - 1000 Lausanne 6 EUROPEAN UNION OF GYMNASTICS Tél.: +41 - 21 - 613.73.32 Fax : +41 - 21 - 613.73.31 E-mail: [email protected] www.ueg-gymnastics.com Technical Regulations Part I - General Rules Edition 2014 A B B R E V I A T I O N S FIG International Federation of Gymnastics (Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique) UEG European Union of Gymnastics (Union Européenne de Gymnastique) EC Executive Committee of the UEG NF National Federation ECh European Championship MAG Men’s Artistic Gymnastics WAG Women’s Artistic Gymnastics RG Rhythmic Gymnastics TRA Trampoline Gymnastics ACRO Acrobatic Gymnastics AER Aerobic Gymnastics TG TeamGym GfA Gymnastics for All OC Organising Committee IOC International Olympic Committee YOG Youth Olympic Games Edition 2014 2 C O N T E N T S I. GENERAL REGULATIONS 5 Art. 1 Right of the federations to participate, dates and venue 5 Art. 2 Allocation and dates of competition 5 Art. 3 Entry Procedure 7 Art. 4 Age, nationality and licence of the gymnasts, nationality of the judges 10 Art. 5 The juries 11 Art. 6 Inquiries of the score 11 Art. 7 Technical tasks 12 Art. 8 Apparatus 12 Art. 9 Medals 12 Art. 10 Diplomas 13 Art. 11 Ceremonies 13 Art. 12 Score Sheets, Ranking Lists and Lists of Finalists 13 Art. 13 Obligations of the participating National Federations 14 Art. 14 Anti-doping controls 14 Art. 15 Final dispositions 14 Specific Regulations - Artistic Gymnastics Art. 1 Composition of the delegations 17 Art. 2 Competition format 17 Art. 3 Duration and timetable of the event 20 Art. 4 Championship titles 20 Specific Regulations - Rhythmic Gymnastics Art. 1 Composition of the delegations 22 Art. 2 Competition format 22 Art. 3 Musical Accompaniment 24 Art. 4 Duration and timetable of the event 24 Art. 5 Championship titles 24 Specific Regulations - Trampoline Gymnastics Art. 1 Composition of the delegations 26 Art. 2 Competition format 26 Art. 3 Duration and timetable of the event 27 Art. 4 Championship titles 27 Specific Regulations - Acrobatic Gymnastics Art. 1 Composition of the delegations 29 Art. 2 Competition format 29 Art. 3 Musical Accompaniment 31 Art. 4 Measurement of Gymnasts 31 Art. 5 Duration and timetable of the event 31 Art. 6 Championship titles 31 Art. 7 Special Regulations 31 Edition 2014 3 Specific Regulations - Aerobic Gymnastics Art. 1 Composition of the delegations 33 Art. 2 Competition format 33 Art. 3 Musical Accompaniment 34 Art. 4 Duration and timetable of the event 34 Art. 5 Championship titles 34 Specific Regulations - TeamGym Art. 1 Organisation and denomination 36 Art. 2 Number of participants and responsibility of the NF 36 Art. 3 Competition format 37 Art. 4 Musical accompaniment 38 Art. 5 Duration of the event 38 Art. 6 Championship titles 38 Edition 2014 4 I. GENERAL REGULATIONS These Technical Regulations include regulations for the following disciplines: - Men’s Artistic Gymnastics - Women’s Artistic Gymnastics - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Trampoline Gymnastics - Acrobatic Gymnastics - Aerobic Gymnastics - TeamGym For Gymnastics for All, separate regulations have been prepared for EUROGYM and the Golden Age Gym Festival. These Regulations conform to the UEG and/or FIG Statutes. They are divided in sections and articles according to the different areas of technical organisation and control. Art. 1 Right of the federations to participate, dates and venue The European Championships are open to gymnasts of national member federations affiliated to the UEG, provided that all their financial obligations towards the UEG are fulfilled. Art. 2 Allocation and dates of competition The official application form to host UEG events is available on the UEG Intranet. Upon receipt of applications, the EC/UEG will select the most suitable candidate after a thorough study of the applications. As far as possible, the contract between the UEG and the hosting federation has to be signed at the latest 24 months before the event. The dates of the event are set by the Executive Committee. 2.1 Artistic Gymnastics 2.1.1 European Artistic Gymnastic Individual Championships, Men and Women, Seniors These European Championships are organised as a general rule in the odd years, at the same dates and the same place. 2.1.1.1 Competitions The following competitions are organised: - Qualifying competition - C I - Final individual all-around competition - C II - Apparatus finals - C III. Edition 2014 5 2.1.2 European Artistic Gymnastic Team Championships, Men and Women, Seniors and Juniors These European Championships are organised as a general rule in the even years, at different dates and places. In case of necessity they may be organised at the same place. 2.1.2.1 Competitions The following competitions are organised: - Competition I, Juniors: - Competition to determine the team result - Qualification for the all-around finals - C II - Qualification for the apparatus finals - C III - Competition I, Seniors: - Qualification for the team finals - C IV - Qualification for the apparatus finals - C III - Competition II, All-around final, Juniors - Competition III, Apparatus finals, Seniors and Juniors - Competition IV, Team finals, Seniors 2.2 Rhythmic Gymnastics These European Championships are organised every year according to the following programme: 2.2.1 Even years Seniors: Group competition - C I and C III Individual competition - C II (4 apparatus) Juniors: Team competition - C I Apparatus finals - C III 2.2.2 Odd years Seniors: Team competition - C I Apparatus finals - C III Juniors: Group competition - C I and C III 2.3 Trampoline Gymnastics 2.3.1 European Championships in trampoline gymnastics, Seniors and Juniors These European Championships are organised, as a general rule, in the even years. The programme includes the following competitions for seniors and juniors: - Trampoline Individual women and men - Trampoline Synchro women and men - Trampoline Team women and men - Tumbling Individual women and men - Tumbling Team women and men - Double Mini Trampoline Individual women and men - Double Mini Trampoline Team women and men. Edition 2014 6 2.4 Acrobatic Gymnastics 2.4.1 European Championships in acrobatic gymnastics, Seniors and Juniors European Age Group Competition in acrobatic gymnastics These European Championships and the European Age Group Competitions are organised, as a general rule, in the odd years. The programme includes the following competitions: - Men’s Pair - Women’s Pair - Mixed Pair - Women’s Group (3 gymnasts) - Men’s Group (4 gymnasts). 2.5 Aerobic Gymnastics 2.5.1 European Championships in aerobic gymnastics, Seniors and Juniors These European Championships are organised, as a general rule, in the odd years. The programme includes the following competitions for seniors and juniors: - Individual Women - Individual Men - Mixed Pairs - Trios (optional gender) - Groups composed of 5 gymnasts (optional gender). 2.6 TeamGym 2.6.1 European Championships TeamGym, Seniors and Juniors These European Championships are organised, as a general rule, in the even years. The programme includes the following three subdivisions in the categories juniors and seniors: - Women’s Teams - Mixed Teams - Men’s Teams. The following disciplines are compulsory for each participating team: - Floor programme - Tumbling - Trampet. Art. 3 Entry Procedure 3.1 For registration of entry are to be used the official forms, which are distributed to all national member federations, at the required time, by the UEG Secretariat. 3.2 The dates of arrival at the UEG Secretariat are decisive. The deadlines are as follows: Edition 2014 7 3.2.1 Definitive registration of the gymnasts 3 months before the date of the European Championship. The participation fee has to be paid at the same time. The federations have to send the nominative registration of the judges together with the definitive registration of the gymnasts. After the deadline fixed for the definitive registration, no gymnast can be added to the number of gymnasts entered in the definitive registration. No additional gymnast can be added on the nominative list or at the accreditation. 3.2.2 Nominative registrations of the gymnasts and officials 4 weeks before the date of the European Championship. The list must include: - name and first name of the participants - date of birth (day, month, year) of the gymnasts. 3.2.3 Nominative registration of the medical staff The nominative registration of the medical staff of the delegations has to be submitted at the same time as the nominative registrations of the gymnasts and officials. 3.2.4 Participation fees The amounts of the participation fees to be paid to the UEG have been determined as follows: Artistic gymnastics 100.- Euro per gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics 100.- Euro per individual gymnast 400.- Euro per group Trampoline gymnastics 100.- Euro per gymnast and per discipline Acrobatic gymnastics 100.- Euro per gymnast and per discipline Aerobic gymnastics 100.- Euro per gymnast and per discipline TeamGym 400.- Euro per group. No participation fee has to be paid for reserve gymnasts. In case of non-participation or partial participation, the participation fee will not be reimbursed. Edition 2014 8 3.2.5 FIG Licence All gymnasts, juniors, seniors and age groups, in all disciplines with the exception of TeamGym, must have a FIG licence. The licence has to be presented at the accreditation and will be controlled. Gymnasts without a valid FIG licence will not be allowed to participate in the European Championship. If a gymnast is not able to show his/her licence at accreditation, the Organising Committee may check on the official FIG Website if the respective gymnast has a valid licence or not. Should a gymnast present an invalid licence or the validity of the forgotten licence may not be verified by the Organising Committee, the gymnast shall not be allowed to compete. 3.2.6 Passport - official Identity Cards for European Championships TeamGym All gymnasts, juniors and seniors, participating in the European Championships TeamGym have to present an official identity card or a passport at the accreditation.

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