| Venue |
Competition
Dates |
Xylokastro Marina
Xylokastro, Greece.
The Stadium capacity is over 4000 seats. Including a roofed reserved area of 250 seats for media, delegations, sponsors, authorities, officials, etc.
There will be 8 courts including 2 warm-up courts equipped with FIVB homologated materials.
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Qualification:
28th of August 2002
Main Draw: 29 of August - 1st of
September 2002
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| Event
Office |
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Athletes'
Age |
address:
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail :
Website:
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Hellenic Volleyball Federation
Beach Volleyball Dept/ U18 WC
47 Dimitrakopoulou Str.
117 41 ATHENS
+ 30.10.9211.645
+30.10.9236.292
beach@volleyball.gr
www.volleyball.gr/XylokastroU18WC |
Athletes
must be born on January 1st,
1985 or thereafter. |
| Competition
Formula |
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The tournament will consist of a qualification
tournament and a Main Draw. 4 Wild cards
for each gender event.
Country
quota: 1 team for each nation and 2 teams
for host country. At the qualification
tournament, a maximum of 16 teams will
allowed to enter. Among them the 4 top
ranked teams will advance to the main
draw. The Main Draw will be composed of a
Preliminary Phase and a Final Phase.
Preliminary
phase (Round robin - 24 teams per each
gender)
Six Pools of 4
teams each.
The preliminary
phase will be played with the round robin
system.
Final
phase (Direct elimination - 16 teams per
each gender)
The best 2
teams of each group plus the best four
pair ranked 3rd with the best
point ratio will advance to the 16 teams direct
elimination bracket.
Seeding and
detailed information on the competition
will be distributed to athletes during the
Technical Meeting and available on the
FIVB and the promoter’s web site.
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| Qualification
criteria |
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One
team per country through nomination of the
National Federation.
Host
country can enter a maximum of 2 teams.
Notes:
1.
Priority to be given to:
a) The
NFs promoting World Tour events
b)
The
countries with athletes featured in the
FIVB World Ranking.
c) NFs
promoting continental events and grass
roots activities.
2.
Each
continent will be guaranteed one
team.
3.
The
2001 World Championships Under 21 in
France event’s ranking may also be taken
into consideration for entry purposes.
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| Hotels
for participating teams and officials |
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The rooming list will be defined upon confirmation by the FIVB of the entry teams list.
For NFs Delegates the, organizers will provide a special fare for single or double rooms reservations.
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APOLLON Hotel
117 Ioannou Ioannou Str.
20 400 Xylokastro
+30.7430.22239
+30.7430.25240
FADIRA Hotel
2 Agiou Makariou Str.
20 400 Xylokastro
+30.7430.22648
+30.7430.28869
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For the booking of rooms for people interested to attend the event, the organizers recommends the following hotels:
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GREEN VILLAGE Hotel
(5 stars, Town Center)
+30.7430.25358
+30.7430.25752
APOLLON Hotel
(4 stars, Town Center)
+30.7430.22239
+30.7430.25240
FADIRA Hotel
(3 stars, Town Center)
+30.7430.22648
+30.7430.28869
VILLA KREOLI Hotel
(3 stars, Town Center)
+30.7430.25360
+30.7430.28609
MIRAMARE Hotel
(3 stars, Town Center)
+30.7430.22375
+30.7430.28652
XYLOKASTRO BEACH Hotel
(3 stars, 5 km)
+30.7430.61190
+30.7430.61192
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Schedule
of Event |
| Saturday
24 August |
Arrival
of the FIVB Technical
Supervisor. |
| Monday
26 August |
Arrival
of the FIVB Referee Delegate
Arrival of the FIVB neutral Referee and
national referees. |
| Tuesday
27 August: |
Arrival
of Qualification Tournament teams. |
| 19:00 |
Preliminary
Inquiry at the National
Youth Center, opposite Town Hall for
verification of passports, uniforms,
accessories and FIVB forms. |
| 20.00 |
Technical
meeting at the National
Youth Center, opposite Town Hall
for
list of attendance, competition,
information,
seeding, etc. |
| Wed.
28
August: |
Arrival
of teams for the Main Draw. |
| 9.00 |
Start
of Qualification tournament. |
| 19:00 |
Preliminary
Inquiry at the National
Youth Center, opposite Town Hall
for verification of passports, uniforms,
accessories and FIVB forms. |
| 20.00 |
Technical
meeting at the National
Youth Center, opposite Town Hall
for
list of attendance, competition,
information,
seeding, etc. |
| Thurs
29-Fri 30 August |
Preliminary
Phase (2 days - 6
groups of 4 teams each playing
round robin with 24 teams – 2 top ranked
teams for each group
will qualify for the final phase, plus the
best 4 teams ranked at the 3rd
place) |
| Sat.
31 August |
Departure
of teams not qualifying in Final Phase. |
| 9.00 |
Start
of the Final Phase. |
| Sun
1 September |
Final
Phase. |
| Mon
2
September |
Departure
of teams and officials. |
| FIVB
Officials |
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FIVB
Technical Supervisor: Mr. Hinnerk
Fermeling (GER)
FIVB Referee Delegate:
Mr. José Casanova (POR)
FIVB Press Delegate:
Ms. Michaela Binder (AUT)
One
additional FIVB Official may be assigned
for the event at a later stage.
Neutral
Referees:
Mr. Patrick De MAEYER (BEL)
Mr. António MOREIRA (POR)
Mr. Toshko STOYANOV (BUL)
Mr. André TROTTIER (CAN)
Ms. Sarb Oana (ROM)
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National Referees will be assigned by The
Hellenic Volleyball Federation in
agreement with the FIVB
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