REGULATIONS
of the AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
TOURNAMENT
“BOBRIKOV OPEN SPRING 2013”
1.Purpose and Objectives
1.1. International beach volleyball tournament “Bobrikov Open” (hereinafter “the Tournament”) is held with the aim of popularization of beach volleyball in Europe and Russia, enhancement of the proficiency level of professional players and amateurs, involvement of the younger and the older generations in playing beach volleyball.
1.2. To provide incentive for each participant, the handicap system will be used which will allow to equalize chances of the professional players, amateurs and veterans; and will bring the element of excitement into games at all levels.
1.3.The Regulations is the fundamental document and an invitation for the volleyball teams.
2. Dates and Venue
2.1. Venue: Turkey Alanya, Club Hotel Kastalia
http://www.clubkastalia.com.tr/en/albumler.asp
2.2. Dates: May 2 - May 7, 2013
2.2.1. May 1. Arrival, technical meeting, acquaintance (afterdays the meeting will be held at the same hour);
2.2.2. May 2:
09:00
- Men's and women's qualification
15:00
- Opening Ceremony of the «BOBRIKOV OPEN»
2.2.3 May 3:
09:00
-Competition in the category «MIXED»
11:00
-Competiton in the category «BEACH VOLLEYBALL 4x4» (1)
15:00
- Children's tournament (up to 14 years old) «Beach Star»
2.2.4. May 4:
09:00
-Start of the Men's and women's main and consolatory tournaments.
-Continuation of Children's tournament (up to 14 years old) «Beach Star»
2.2.5. May 5:
09:00
-Tournaments continued until men's and women's semi-finals
-Competition in the category «Future Champions» (2)-Competition in the category «Family Dynasty»
2.2.6. May 6:
09:00
-Start of Men's competition "King of the Beach" (3)
-Start of Women's competition "Queen of the Beach" (4)
2.2.7. May 7:
09:00
-Semifinals and Final games of Men's and women's main and consolatory tournaments
15:00
-Continuation of Men's competition "King of the Beach"
-Continuation of Women's competition "Queen of the Beach"
20:00
-Awards and Closing ceremonies. Foto, video review, farewell party, disco
2.2.8. May 8:
Departure day.
NOTES:
(1) In application form must be 6 players maximum for one team. Competition is held according to beach volleyball rules.
(2) "Future Champions" category. Individual tournaments for men and women. Regulations: match till 1 defeat. 16 men's and 8 women's teams, last places of the consolatory tournament can participate.
(3) "King of the Beach" category. Men from 14 years old can participate. Regulations: all participant сome under 4 pots according to their category. The draw will determine the groups composed of 4 players, where each player must play with another. Next competiton round of the tournament is only for winners of groups .Then winners come under the groups again according to the draw, but without seed .etc. till the winner will be determined.
(4) "Queen of the Beach" category. see cl.(3)
2.3.Management of the Tournament reserves the right to change game schedule during the tournament if some categories won't be played the day before.
3. Management of the Tournament
3.1. The Tournament is held under the general supervision of the National Beach Volley League “SportBeach” (hereinafter “the Organizer”).
3.2. The immediate management of the Tournament is placed under the Organizer.
4.Team Composition
4.1. Each team is composed by two players
4.1.1. In the 4x4 tournament the team is composed by 4 players (or no less than 3 players on the court in case of players deficit)
5. Submission of Applications
5.1. A beach volleyball team consists of 2 players. An application may be submitted till April 15, 2013 using a special form on the website.
5.1.2. Attention!!! Players, whose applications will be submitted after April 15, 2013 will be automatically listed as “Semi-pro”.
5.1.3. Organizer has the right to stop or continue acceptance of applications at any time.
5.1.4. Organizer has the right to prolong registration period.
5.2. In your application please specify: your city and country and your category out of the five represented below.
5.3 Categories:
5.3.1 Profy (handicap – 0 points):
- participant of FIVB or World Series tournaments (2007-2012)
- participant of the 2007-2012 european beach volleyball tournaments,challengers, satellites and masters tournaments as well
- participant of the 2010-2012 National beach volleyball championships with placement of 1-24
- Russia and other countries national team players
- Master of Sports participated in the tournaments, listed above after 2007
5.3.2. Semi-pro (handicap – 3 points):
- participant of the 2010-2013 National classic volleyball championship
- participant of the 2010-2012 National beach volleyball championship with rating points of less than 3 at any given leg of the championship
- players with rating points from 6 and higher who participated in 2010-2012 in one of the following tournaments and competitions:
> Moscow, St. Petersburg championships
> regional, local championships - for other Russian cities
> similar competitions in other countries
> semi-finalists of commercial and non-commercial tournaments (upon decision by organizers)
> semi-finalists of Main and winners of Consolatory tournament run by Sportbeach in the previous calendar year
> Master of Sports* and candidates to Master of Sports (classic and beach volleyball)
5.3.3. Advanced Amateur (handicap – 4 points):
- volleball school graduates
-“Amateur” players that have played in the beach volleyball Main draw and 1-8 place of Consolatory tournament in Bobrikov Open 2012
-if a player has not participated in a previous tournament " Bobrikov Open" , Advanced Amateur category is placed according to results "Sportbeach tournament" 2011.
5.3.4. Amateur (handicap – 5 points)::
> All players that are not Profy, Semi-Pro, Advanced amateurs
5.3.5. Beginner (handicap – 8 points):
Assigned only by special decision of Organizing Committee.
>Participants with no experience in beach volleyball, never participated in beach and classic volleyball commercial and non-commercial competitons of any rank, have not received any systematic training in beach or classic volleyball.
5.3.6. Additional handicap for players whose age is:
> Men 40+ (1969-1973), women 35+ (1974-1978) - handicap 1 point
>Men 45+ ( 1964-1968), women 40+ (1969-1973) - handicap 2 points
>Men 50+ (1959-1963),women 45+ ( 1964-1968) -handicap 3 points
> Men 55+ ( 1954-1958), women 50+( 1959-1963)- handicap 4 points
>Men 60+ (born before 1953), women 55+ ( born before 1958) - handicap 5 points
>Boys and girls 16 (including year of 1996) - handicap 1 point
5.3.7. Handicap of Children's tournament "Beach Star" (up to 14 years old).
Boys and girls play in one draw:
-Boys -Girls
-14 years old(1999) - handicap 0 point -14 years old (1999)- handicap 3 points
-13 years old (2000)- handicap 2 points -13 years old (2000)- handicap 5 points
-12 years old (2001)- handicap 4 points -12 years old (2001) -handicap 6 points
-11 years old(2002)- handicap 5 points -11 years old (2002) -handicap 7 points
-10 years old (2003)- handicap 6 points -10 years old (2003)- handicap 8 points
-9 years old (2004)- handicap 7 points -9 years old (2004) - handicap 9 points
5.3.8. Attention!!! Maximal handicap for the set of 21 points – 12 points, for sets of 15 points – 8 points.
5.4. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to change player’s category in case of the obvious discrepancy of the player’s game proficiency with the originally awarded category, specified in clause 5.3.1-5.3.6.
5.4.1. The Organizing Committee has the right to dismiss any team if team has intentionally submitted false information about handicaps.
Because the aim of the Tournament is to create maximally competitve enviroment for each participant.
6. Participants' Support
6.1.Participants are provided with 10-15 courts satisfying all regulatory requirements. Tournament results, all news and photos will be published on the official website of the Organizer:
https://www.sportbeach.ru/ and on the websites of our partners. Official uniform of the tournament to every participant as a gift.
7. The Requirements for Participation and Technical Regulations
7.1. The Tournament is open for everyonewith no limitations as to age, gender or game proficiency upon payment of tournament fees (see 10.3)
7.2. All participants must wear the similar shirts/tops of the Tournament for the opening and closing ceremonies.
7.2.1 Attention!!! Each Team must play the ball MIKASA VLS 300.
7.2.2. Attention!!! If team lates more than 15 minutes after the first announcement, it will be given a walkover with a score 0-2.
7.3. The organizational principles of the Tournament will depend on the number of teams.
7.4. The refereeing will be done by the participants themselves.
7.5. The technical regulations of the Tournament are determined by the FIVB Regulations valid for 2009-2013.
7.6. Assigning of the handicap points for each participation category
1. Profy - 0 points
2. Semi-pro - 3 points
3. Advanced Amateur - 4 points
4. Amateur - 5 points
5. Beginner - 8 points
6. Additional age handicap ( see cl.5.3.6.)
7.7. Calculation of rating points (handicap) of the meeting teams:
7.7.1. Calculation of the handicap points for two teams.
Handicap = (handicap of team “A”) – (handicap of team “B”), where team’s handicap is the sum of handicaps of each team participant.
7.7.2. Note: for all sets played to the score of 15 the handicap is calculated as follows: handicap (of a set to the score of 15) = handicap (of a set to the score of 21) * 2/3, rounded to the full number.
7.7.3. Attention!!! Competion in the category "Future Champions" is held without any handicap.
7.8. Calculation explanation:
Pattern №1:
Game till 21 points.
Team «A» consists of the players with different handicaps (Profy and Semi-pro) 0 and 3 = 3
Team «B» also consists of the players with different handicaps (Semi-pro 1968 and Amateur 1968) 5 and 7=12
Thus the difference between handicaps of two teams is 9 points, which means that the first two sets in a match between these two teams will begin with the score of 9:0 for team “B”, and the third set will begin with the score of 6:0 for team “B”
Pattern №2:
Game till 21 points.
Team “A” consists of two players with the same handicap of 0 (both are Profy)
Team “B” consists of two players with the same handicap of 7 and 7= 14 (both are Amateurs 1967).
Thus the difference between handicaps of two teams is 14 points, which means that the first two sets in a match between these two teams will start with the score 12:0 for team “B”, and the third set will start with the score of 8:0 for team “B”
Pattern №3
If a game till 15 points!!!
Team «A» consists of the players with the handicap of 10 (both are Amateurs)
Team «B» consists of the players with the handicap of 16 (both are Beginners)
Handicap of team "B" is 4 points (16-10=6*2/3=4) and all sets will start with the score of 4:0.
7.9.1. Total handicap 4x4 = Handicap of team A – Handicap of Team B. Handicap of Team = N/2, where N – Sum of handicaps of 4 players using the lowest personal handicap.
7.10. Calculation explanation:
Game till 21 points.
Team "A" consist of 6 players: Profy, Semi-Pro, Advanced Amateur, Amateur, Beginner and Woman-Profy with inconstant presence on court during game
Handicap of team "A" =0 (Profy) + (Semi-Profy) + 4 (Advanced Amateur) + 5 (Amateur) = 12 points
Team "B" consist of 5 players: Advanced Amateur, Amateur, Amateur, Amateur (1970) and Woman-Profy with constant presence on court during game.
Handicap of team "B" = 4 ( Advanced Amateur) + 5 (Amateur) + 6 ( Amateur 1971) + 8 (Woman)= 23 points
Handicap of team "B" is 11 points, which means that the first 2 sets in a match will start with the score 11:00 for team "B" and the third short set will start with the score 7:0 for team "B" ( see cl.7.7.2).
8. Prize Fund and Awards
8.1. Prize fund of the tournament is 20 000$.
8.2. The main Men's tournament.
Prize fund is 6000$ + trophies
1 place- 3000$
2 place- 1200$
3 place- 800$
4 place- 400$
5 place- 200$
6 place- 200$
7 place- 100$
8 place- 100$
8.3. Men's Consolatory tournament.
Prize fund is 1700$ + trophies
1 place- 500$
2 place- 400$
3 place- 300$
4 place- 200$
5 place- 100$
6 place- 100$
7 place- 50$
8 place- 50$
8.4. The main Women's tournament.
Prize fund is 4600$ + trophies
1 place- 2000$
2 place- 1000$
3 place- 600$
4 place- 400$
5 place- 200$
6 place-200$
7 place-100$
8 place- 100$
8.5. Women's consolatory tournament.
Prize fund is 1100$ + trophies
1 place- 400$
2 place-300$
3 place- 200$
4 place- 100$
5 place- 50$
6 place- 50$
8.6. Mixed tournament
Prize fund is 2500$ + trophies
1 place- 1200$
2 place- 800$
3 place- 400$
4 place- 100$
8.7. Beach volleyball 4x4 tournament.
Prize fund is 1000$ + trophies
1 place- 500$
2 place- 300$
3 place- 200$
8.8. Children's main tournament "Beach Star"(up to the 14 years old).
Prize fund is 200$ + trophies
1 place- 100$
2 place- 50$
3 place- 30$
4 place- 20$
8.9. Competitions "Family Dynasty"
Prize fund is 200$ + trophies
1 place – 100$
2 place- 50$
3 place- 30$
4 place- 20$
8.10. Competitions in the «King of the Beach» category
Prize fund of 1200$ + trophies
1 place – 1200$
8.11. Competitons in the "Queen of the Beach" category
Prize fund is 1000$ + trophies
1 place- 1000$
8.12. Competitions in the "Future champions" category.
Prize fund is 500$ + trophies
Men
1 place- 30$
2-16 place-20$
Women
1 place- 30$
2-8 place -20$
8.13. The best players will be awarded with special prizes from the Organizing Committee and sponsors of the Tournament.
9. Medical Care
9.1. The Organizer bears no responsibility for the competitors’ life and health.
10. Terms of Payment
10.1. Accommodation, transfer and food is provided by Participants at their own expense.
10.2. Entrance fee for the "BOBRIKOV OPEN 2013" per person is
- women – 50$ per participation in 1 category/ 100$ per 2 and more categories.
-men- 70$ per participation in 1 category/ 140$ per 2 and more categories.
Payment can be made by wire-transfer or by cash. If you need confirmation of payment, Organizers can provide the necessary documents.
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