FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Format Overview 2017-2020

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
Format Overview
2017-2020

1. FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL EVENT LANDSCAPE 2. FIVB BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD TOUR

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (FIVB WT) is a circuit of professional international beach volleyball events, recognized by the FIVB, and held seasonally (might also fall across 2 years) and is crowned by the FIVB World Tour Finals defining the FIVB World Tour Finals Champion.

The new 5-star event categories, under the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, aim to grow the sport based on a sustainable business model with flexible commercial rights. All FIVB Beach Volleyball

World Tour events benefit of FIVB’s endorsement and pave the “road to Tokyo 2020” in the Olympic

Qualification period (a year before the Olympic Games). This overview does not constitute an agreement or an offer but is merely provided for informational purposes. A party interested in organising a World Tour event must subsequently execute an organiser agreement with the FIV

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3. ORGANISATION

3.1 Agreement format: a) tri-party agreement between FIVB, Promoter and Host Volleyball
Federation, b)two-party agreement between FIVB and Promoter supported by a letter of endorsement of the Host Volleyball Federation; or c) two-party agreement between FIVB and Host Volleyball Federation (latter acting as a promoter).
3.2 Agreement length:

Stars

5*

Years

4

4*

4

3* 2* 1*
2 (FLEX) 1 (FLEX) 1 (FLEX)

3.3 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour season runs between the Swatch Beach Volleyball
FIVB World Tour Finals, thus a season falls under two (2) calendar years – 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 etc. Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals are usually held in September/ October.
3.4 Exclusive/ licensed date is granted for FIVB WT 5-Star events among 5 and 4-Star events. 3.5 Exclusive date is granted for FIVB WT 4-Star events among 5, 4 and 3-Star events. 3.6 Territorial exclusivity is granted among the 4-5-Star events to the 4-5-Star events’ organisers. The geographical area of the territory for exclusivity purposes shall be determined in the sole discretion of the FIVB.
3.7 Venue & Facilities set-up by the Organiser (Appendix A):

Facilities & Infrastructure

Centre Court/ Capacity

5*

Min
3,500

4*

2,500 -3,000

3*

1,500 – 2,000

2*

1,000-1,250

1*

500-750
Sand homologated by FIVB

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Competition Courts Warm-up Courts Sponsor Village VIP Area & Catering Athlete Lounge/ Lockers Referee & Line Judges Lounge / Lockers Catering - Athletes, Officials, Staff Volunteers Area Media Centre Mixed Zone Media Lounge Media Tribune (incl. tables, internet, power)

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Min 1

Min 1

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Accreditation Office Internet connection at all office spaces and

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Office Space - Organiser/ Competition

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Coaches Area Medical Area Massage & Physiotherapy Area

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3.8 Indoor venues may be accepted upon fulfilling FIVB’s requirement (roof height of 12.5m), while existing facilities are encouraged to be used. An indoor centre court and side courts outdoors may be an acceptable solution.
3.9 Recommended organisational chart:

Roles/ Fields

5*

4*

3*

2*

1*

Tournament Director Competition Director Operations Director NF Delegate

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Finance Director Administration Director Medical (doctor + staff) Referee Manager

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Court Manager IT Responsible & VIS Manager Promotion Manager Media Operations Public Relations BTS Crew Social Media Journalist Sport Presentation (producer, MC, DJ, etc.) Photographer/ Video Feature Writer

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Note: For 1-3* tournament, functions in the organisational chart may be combined.

3.10

Mandatory use of Technology:

Technology

VIS Results

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E-Scoresheet System (litescores & tablets) Live Scoring

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Video Challenge System

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Giant Screen

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**LED Panels

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*Electronic Scoreboards *Athlete Statistics *Teams Video (each match)

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*Covered by FIVB if applicable. **LED panels – 1 row where partner logos/ marks are displayed in monochrome & 2^ndrow reserved for the “look” / sport presentation of the event.

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4. COMPETITION

4.1 Format - Main Draw tournament is played in a Single Elimination format or Pool Play followed by Single Elimination:

Stars Format – Main Draw

5* 4* 3* 2* 1*
Pool Play + Single Elimination Single Elimination Single Elimination Single Elimination Single Elimination

4.2 Entry Regulations:

Stars

Teams

Double

Gender
MAX Quota-
Country
MIN
Quota-
Host

2

MAX Quota- Continental
Wild Card

5* 4* 3* 2* 1*
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N/A N/A
16 10
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4.3 Upon organiser’s request, FIVB may consider Main Draw played in two (2) phases - Pool

Play phase followed by Single Elimination phase.

Note:

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In case of unused host country quota, places are allocated to the eligible foreign teams. In case of unused Continental quota, places are allocated to the eligible teams from other continents.

4.4 Ranking - FIVB Ranking points are earned at all FIVB WT tournaments:
Rank

1^st

5*

4*

3*

2*

1*

500 400 300 250 200 150 100 N/A 75
300 180 240 144 180 108 150 90 120 72
100 60

2^nd

80 60 50 40 30 20 15
48

3^rd

36

4^th

30

5^th

24

9^th

90 60
54 36
18

17^th21^st25^th

N/A

N/A N/A

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4.5 Entry:
4.5.1 Entry and result system is managed by the Volleyball Information System
(VIS);
4.5.2 Teams are entered by the NF until 1 month before the tournament; 4.5.3 Teams qualify to the tournament through the FIVB NF Entry Ranking and are seeded in the TOURNAMENT by their individual FIVB seeding points;
4.5.4 The FIVB reserves the right to limit the participation of teams ranking in the top 10 of the FIVB Entry Ranking at -45 days before a 1-star or 2-star event.
4.5.5 Teams list is confirmed 3 weeks before the tournament.

4.6 Duration: Competition (Main Draw only - no qualification) is run over a weekend with the Final matches played on a Sunday (Appendix B):

Stars

Minimum

Days/

5

5*

4* 3* 2* 1*
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Note: Upon promoter’s request, competition may be extended .

4.7 Sports Equipment supplied by the FIVB:

Equipment

5*

4*

3*

2*

1*

Balls (Mikasa) Mikasa Balls Inspection Kit Net System (TBD) Uniforms for athletes (ASICS) Uniforms - FIVB officials & referees (ASICS)

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Uniforms – line judges, court personnel, organisational staff (ASICS)

4.8 All FIVB WT tournaments are part of the Olympic Qualification during the Olympic qualification period.

5. FINANCIALS

5.1 Prize Money is borne by the Organiser.
Stars 5* 4*
USD
800,000 300,000

150,000

3*

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2* 1*
50,000/ 100,000
Min 10,000/ Min 20,000

Note: 1-2* Prize Money depending on the single or double gender tournament format.

5.2 Prize Money is paid to the athletes through the FIVB. 5.3 No sanction fee is applied by the host NF. 5.4 FIVB assigns and covers the per diem/ service fee and international travel for the officials:

Role

# of officials

5*

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Technical Delegate Referee Delegate Media Operations Feature Writer
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TV Coordinator TV Commentator Photographer/ Video Social Media Journalist BTS Crew

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FIVB Representative International Referees* Challenge Referees Challenge Operators Getty Images
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Note: Referee assignments are based on the # of competition courts – 4 referees per competition court.

5.5 Organiser covers local transportation and accommodation for the assigned officials and participating teams:

Stars 5* 4*
Hotel Nights
430 340

3*

300

2* 1*
150/100*
120/60*

*Hotel nights required depends on the single gender or a double gender competition.

5.6 Sports Presentation is mandatory and need to embrace the key FIVB principles and guidelines to create energised atmosphere across the tournament. Organisers are responsible for all the sport announcements, commentary, music, video production, audio, lighting (whenever applicable) and entertainment.
5.7 Sport Presentation aims to educate, engage and entertain the live audience at the venue while enhancing the competition for the athletes.
5.8 Sport Presentation Activities for the Centre Court:

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Stars

Venue

Content

Crowd

Artist Live

Live Clipping

Technology & Digital

Management

Engagement

Performance

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5.10 Breakdown of technologies for the Sport Presentation on the Centre Court:

Stars

Giant Screens

LED Panels

exclusively for Entertainment

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Sound System

Theatrical

Lights for night matches

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Venue Host/MC Camera / Field Talent
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Note: For FIVB licensed series of tournaments within the World Tour, different conditions may apply.

6. COMMERCIAL BENEFITS

6.1 FIVB owns the commercial rights to the “World Tour” and the tournaments composing the
“World Tour”. The tournaments are being “categorised” into a 1-Star to 5-Star category system. The Organiser shall have the right to exclusive organise its tournament and shall receive certain rights and benefits defined in the Organiser Agreement with the purpose of providing broader control of rights related to the Tournament. The goal of this new structure is to allow the Organizer to have more ownership and control over commercial exploitation of the Tournament by providing the Organizer with a larger inventory of rights to be defined in the Organizer Agreement.

Stars

Tournament

Name

Tournament Logo Sponsorship

World Tour

1*-5*
Licensed Date

Exclusivity

Rights²

Exclusivity¹