Sports Regulations2014 Fivb Beach Volleyball Sports
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II TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction .................................................................................................2 1 2 Competition Regulations .......................................................................5 2 3 Specific Sanctions and Regulations ............................................... 31 3 4 Uniforms and Official Sport Apparel .............................................. 38 4 5 Competition Area and Sport Equipment ...................................... 53 5 6 Prize Money ............................................................................................. 60 6 7 The Athlete and the Media ................................................................. 65 7 8 Beach Volleyball Information System (BVIS) ............................ 67 8 9 Practical Information ........................................................................... 75 9 10 Forms and Templates .......................................................................... 80 10 2014 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL SPORTS REGULATIONS 1 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the first edition of FIVB Beach Volleyball Sports Regulations. The purpose of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Sports Regulations, now published separately from the FIVB Beach Volleyball Handbook, is to release it well in advance to the participating National Federations, their athletes, Continental Confederations and the officials as well as to harmonize the publications issued for volleyball and beach volleyball. The FIVB Beach Volleyball Handbook will continue to be produced addressing mainly FIVB’s organizers (National Federations and promoters), Continental Confederations, FIVB partners, FIVB agencies, potential interested organizers, FIVB Delegates and FIVB Officials. FIVB is committed to further develop and evolve beach volleyball, and therefore is glad to announce an unprecedented number of official beach volleyball events in 2014 and increase in Prize Money for the beach volleyball tournaments. To cater to FIVB’s affiliated Continental Confederations, National Federations and their athletes, as of 2014 FIVB will be issuing dedicated FIVB Beach Volleyball Sports Regulations, focusing on technical aspects of the competitions, like entry and competition regulations, National Federations’ and athletes’ obligations and responsibilities, prize money principles and payments, etc. FIVB hopes that this publication will serve as a useful information source. The FIVB looks forward to working with its Continental Confederations, National Federations, promoters, registered athletes, sponsors and partners, officials and other stakeholders to bring beach volleyball to the next level and promote worldwide. On this occasion, we would like to extend a special thank you to all those that contributed to the realization of the first edition of FIVB Beach Volleyball Sports Regulations. Mr. Vicente ARAUJO President FIVB Beach Volleyball Commission Mr. Angelo SQUEO FIVB Beach Volleyball Events Director 2 A. THE FIVB The FIVB is the international governing body for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball and handles the management and communication of the sport in all its forms throughout the world. The FIVB has developed international competitions in collaboration with its organizers and affiliated members, set the rules in such a way to encourage exciting, evenly-matched tournaments which appeal to sports fans, who look to the media for news and coverage of their sport, which attract commercial partners, who enable greater prize money to be awarded and which attracts the best performers. 1 The FIVB aims to ensure excellence in all aspects of the sport by setting and preserving world class standards that will maintain and grow Volleyball as one of the world’s premier sports and entertainment properties. It also aims to continue as part of the Olympic movement, in contributing to the success of the Olympic Games. Furthermore the FIVB is a global leader in innovative ‘new generation’ sports entertainment and with its solid, proven structure; the organization is perfectly placed to deliver its mission INTRODUCTION worldwide. B. THE GAME Beach Volleyball is an Olympic discipline played outdoors, barefoot on a sand court with a ball, by teams of two people separated by a net. Beach Volleyball was born on the Southern California beaches in the late twenties and enjoyed a rapid international expansion thanks to FIVB development programs, committed partners, promoters, hosting National Volleyball Federations, Officials, and professional athletes, for the enjoyment of millions of fans and thousands of participating women’s and men’s players throughout the world. Beach Volleyball is an outstanding, entertaining, healthy and drug-free sport, attracting upwardly mobile, affluent and fashion conscious audiences oriented towards an active lifestyle. With its low cost to set up and play, it is ideal for development programs and ‘sport for-all’ initiatives, as well as having an educational value being a non-contact sport, requiring an harmonious blend of body, will and mind – fitness, stamina, tactics and eamt play. C. FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMPETITIONS International Beach Volleyball competitions, including professional and non-professional Beach Volleyball tournaments, are exclusive properties of the FIVB, directly under its authority. These International Beach Volleyball events carry the power to generate sales and heighten brand awareness in the consumer-friendly youth market. Promoters, together with the National Federations, have an important role to play to ensure the proper promotion and organization of each event. For their part, the FIVB, the Continental Volleyball Confederations and the National Volleyball Federations are accountable for developing every year beach volleyball programs and activities in their respective territories (e.g. Beach Volleyball Continental Cup, U17 U19, U21 and U23 Age Group World Championships, Intercontinental events, Continental Championships, National team programs, National Tours, registration of athletes, etc.) and to train local officials. 2014 FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL SPORTS REGULATIONS 3 IOC OLYMPIC GAMES FIVB FIVB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FIVB WORLD TOUR GRAND SLAM FINAL FIVB FIVB WORLD TOUR GRAND SLAM FIVB WORLD TOUR OPEN FIVB CONTINENTAL CUP OLYMPIC FIVB QUALIFICATION & FINAL FIVB AGE GROUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINENTAL CUP CONFEDERATIONS CONTINENTAL TOURS / ZONAL TOURS FIVB/ CONFEDERATIONS CHALLENGER MULTI SPORT EVENTS ORGANISATIONS NATIONAL NATIONAL TOURS FEDERATIONS LEISURE ACTIVITIES 4 Chapter 2 COMPETITION REGULATIONS 2.1 ENTRIES A. ATHLETES ELIGIBILITY 1. Conditions All athletes participating in an FIVB Beach Volleyball sanctioned event must: 2 – Hold the citizenship of the country they represent, subject to the conditions set out in the FIVB Sports Regulations. – Register with their respective National Federation. The Federation which is the first to issue a license or register the player is considered to be the Federation of Origin regardless of the player’s citizenship. For a Change of Federation of Origin, please refer to the FIVB Volleyball Sports Regulations. – Register with the FIVB through their respective National Federation; For any further details, interested parties should refer to the concerned link: http://www.fivb.org/ EN/BeachVolleyball/forms.asp) and to the latest version of the FIVB Volleyball Sports Regulations which will prevail over any other text. – Provide the FIVB via email with the 2013-2014 Beach Volleyball NF-Athlete’s Commitment (BVB-01) signed by the National Federation and the athlete on each page minimum 30 days COMPETITION REGULATIONS before the first event’s participation in 2013-2014 season. NF-Athlete Commitments (one for each athlete) received are recorded in the BVIS system by the FIVB which allows online status verification. Delay in providing to the FIVB the commitment concerned as per the deadline leads to a fine for the respective athlete. The template 2013-2014 Beach Volleyball NF-Athlete’s Commitment (BVB-01) is available on the FIVB website under Forms section; – Provide an annual health certificate (BVB-10) to the FIVB at minimum 30 days before the first event’s participation in 2014 season. The annual health certificate is mandatory for all athletes that have signed the 2013-2014 Beach Volleyball NF-Athlete’s Commitment. The template annual health certificate (BVB-10) is available on the FIVB website under Forms section. – Undertake the FIVB Anti-Doping education program “We play it clean!”. For further information, please access FIVB online Anti-Doping education program here: http://www.fivb.org/RealWinner/ or via the FIVB website (http://www.fivb.org). – Directly complete and modify his/her personal data (such as his/her exact coordinates, bank account information, etc.) through the new FIVB Beach Volleyball Web based application system (http://www.fivb.org/visasp) according to the following procedure: – Each athlete is provided with an individual user name and password sent to his/her own e-mail address. In case a new athlete wants to register, his/her National Federation fills in the basic personal data of the athlete and his/her e-mail address. After completing this information, each National Federation must click on the field “send e-mail” which automatically sends to the athlete’s personal e-mail address his/her confidential user name and password. – Athlete may modify his/her personal data (i.e. photo, personal data, physical data, Volleyball/ Beach Volleyball Career, education, family, etc.) with an