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Media Guidelines & Protocols Media Guidelines & Protocols Boxing Road to Tokyo Olympic Qualifying Event Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London 14-24 March 2020 www.boxingroadtotokyolondon.org Contents Page Welcome 3 Boxing Road to Tokyo in London 4 Introduction 5 Accreditation 5 Media Centre 5 Media protocols & ways of working 7 1. General principles 7 2. Broadcast operations 7 3. Photography operations 7 4. Mixed zone 8 5. Media tribune 8 6. Press conferences 9 7. News Service 9 Media contacts 10 General information 11 Welcome On behalf of GB Boxing and all of our partners, I am delighted to cordially welcome all members of the media to the Boxing Road to Tokyo Olympic Qualifying event in London. It is a pleasure and a privilege to welcome you. This event will be the biggest Olympic boxing event to take place in the UK since London 2012, which was a huge success for the sport and a proud moment for our boxers who collected five medals. With this in mind, we are thrilled to be competing back in London and hope the public will emulate the support they showed the boxers in 2012 and make it a memorable occasion for all of the 340 plus boxers from 46 countries that will be competing for 77 places at Tokyo 2020. Boxing Road to Tokyo in London would not have been possible without a number of partners and I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the National Lottery, the Mayor of London, UK Sport and the British Olympic Association, without whose support and assistance this event would not have been able to take place. I would also like to thank the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the Copper Box Arena for hosting this event and welcoming all of the athletes, coaches and support staff from all of the participating countries to London. Lastly, I would like to extend a warm welcome to yourselves in the media and all of the spectators that will be attending this event to support the boxers and enjoy what I am sure will be a superb 11 days of action as the boxers compete to fulfil their dream of competing at the Olympic Games. Kindest regards Matthew Holt Chief Executive GB Boxing Boxing Road to Tokyo in London More than 340 boxers from over 40 countries will take part in the Boxing Road to Tokyo European qualifying event at the Copper Box Arena in London from 14-24 March 2020. 77 qualification places for Tokyo 2020 are on offer at the event which will take place across eight men’s weight categories and five for women. 50 qualification places are available for the men and 27 for women. The tournament will take place over 11 days through several rounds of competition, covering preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. In weight classes where five or six places are available, there will be Box-Offs to determine some of the places. Although boxers will secure qualification for Tokyo at different stages in the tournament (depending on how many places are available at their weight class), the competition will continue through to medal stages and a final in all 13 weight classes as performance at the Boxing Road to Tokyo qualifying events will impact on the seeding of boxers at Tokyo 2020. In men’s 52kg, 57kg and 63kg weight classes, eight qualification places are available and boxers will be able to secure their place at Tokyo in their preliminary (Round of 16) contests. In weight classes where there are six qualification places available (women’s 51kg, 57kg, 60kg and men’s 69kg, 75kg and 81kg) any boxer that wins their quarter-final will secure a place at Tokyo 2020. The four losing quarter-finalists will then compete again in two Box-Offs, where the winners of those bouts will secure qualification for Tokyo 2020. In the women’s 69kg weight class, where there are five qualification places available, any boxer that wins their quarter-final will secure Olympic qualification. The losing quarter-finalists will compete again in two Box-Offs with the winners of those contests then entering a second Box- Off where the victor will secure the fifth and final qualification slot for Tokyo 2020. In weight classes, where there are four qualification places available (women’s 75kg and men’s 91kg and 91+kg) only the winners of the quarter-finals will secure a place at Tokyo 2020. The competition schedule can be viewed at https://www.boxingroadtotokyolondon.org/tickets. The competition draw will take place on Friday 13 March 2020. Drawsheets will be posted on the competition website www.boxingroadtotokyolondon.gov. To ensure boxers compete all the way through the competition, performance at the Road to Tokyo Qualifying events is linked to seeding at Tokyo 2020 with boxers being allocated points towards their seeding, depending on where the finish at the qualifying events. Introduction This media guide has been prepared to support and assist all journalists, photographers and broadcasters that are attending the Boxing Road to Tokyo Olympic Qualifying event in London. The guide aims to facilitate a smooth working relationship between media attending the event and the media team of the Local Organising Committee. It provides details on the accreditation, facilities and support available via the event Media Centre and details protocols and ways of working covering: broadcast operations; photo operations; mixed zones, the media tribune, press conferences and the event news service. Accreditation All media accreditations can be collected from the Media Centre which will open at 12:00 on Friday 13 March 2020. Details of the opening times for the Media Centre, when journalists, broadcasters and photographers can collect their accreditations are detailed in the section below. Proof of identification will need to be provided for an accreditation to be handed over. Photographers will be allocated bibs to allow them access to designated photography positions. Specific coloured bibs will be allocated for ringside positions which will need to signed-out and returned at the end of each session and are not transferable. Media Centre The Media Centre has its own entrance which is approximately 30 metres along from the main entrance to the Copper Box Arena. Opening times for the Media Centre are: Date Opening time Closing time Friday 13 March 12:00 19:00 Saturday 14 March 10:00 22:30 Sunday 15 March 10:00 22:30 Monday 16 March 10:00 22:30 Tuesday 17 March 10:00 22:30 Wednesday 18 March 10:00 18:00 Thursday 19 March 10:00 22:30 Friday 20 March 10:00 22:30 Saturday 21 March 10:00 22:30 Sunday 22 March 10:00 22:30 Monday 23 March 14:00 22:30 Tuesday 24 March 14:00 22:30 The Media Centre will be staffed at all times and is open to all accredited journalists, photographers and broadcaster. It has multiple power points, free WiFi and desk space for up to 30 people to work at any one time. Drawsheets for the competition will be displayed in the Media Room and available online. Results will be available online at the end of each session at the event website www.boxingroadtotokyolondon.org. A small number of lockers are available for photographers that would like to store equipment and will be allocated on a first-come-first served basis. Tea, coffee and water will be available. Media Protocols & ways of working 1. General principles The media team at Boxing Road to Tokyo will endeavour to do the best possible job to enable journalists, photographers and broadcasters to cover and showcase the event and aims to work in a spirit of co-operation with all of the media that will be attending. In doing this there is an expectation that the media recognises that there are necessary limits to the access they can be granted and respect the protocols and ways of working set out here. As with many major sporting events, many members of the media team are volunteers who are playing an essential role in the successful delivery of the event. They are one of our greatest assets and it is important that they are treated with respect at all times so we ask all media to remember that they are here to make your lives easier and to assist in enabling the event to run as smoothly and efficient for everyone. 2. Broadcast operations The Olympic Channel is the host broadcaster for the event and there are also local rights holders to the competition. These are the only broadcasters that will be allowed access to the field of play will be allocated bibs so that they can be easily identified. All other broadcasters will be considered as non-rights holders. They will not be permitted to film action in the ring, but will have access to the mixed zone where they can film interviews with the boxers. They will also have access to press conferences and interviews in the press conference room. 3. Photo operations There will be a number of photo positions in the arena. A maximum of six ringside positions will be available for each session and these will be allocated at the start of the session. Photographers with access to ringside will be allocated a numbered bib which will be signed for. The bibs are not transferable and should be signed back in once the photographer leaves the field of play. Photographers are allowed to leave the field of play during a session but only at the end of a bout. There will be other designated photography areas in the arena which will enable photographers to capture a range of perspectives on the event.
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