Hellenic Volleyball Federation       
47 Dimitrakopoulou Str., 117 41 ATHENS   

Tel: +30 210 92.11.645
Fax: +30 210 92.36 292

E-mail:  beach@volleyball.gr

Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre              
Tel: + 30 210 0051118
Fax: +30 210 0050818
Email:beachvolleyball2003@athens2004.com   Web-site: www.athens2004.com

Tournament Director:  Nikos  Sofianos
Tel: +30 210 0051120 (office)
+30 697 2004 538 (mobile)

Fax: +30 210 0050818
E-mail: ncsofian@athens2004.com


 

Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre
Municipality of Kallithea
Faliron Coastal Zone, Athens












 

Hotel POSEIDON
Address:  72 Poseidonos Str., 175 62 Paleo Faliro


Tel: + 30.210.9822086
Fax: + 30.210. 9829217
E-mail: info@poseidonhotel.com.gr
Web site:  www.poseidonhotel.com.gr


















 

US$ 30,000 Prize Money to be paid to participating Teams as per the following breakdown upon conclusion of the event:                                                      

Rank                               Total/team

1^st                                          4,500.            

2^nd                                          3,500. -         

3^rd                                          2,500.             

4^th                                          2,000. -          

4 x 5^th                                     1,500. -        

8 x 9^th                                      900. -          

2 x 17^th                                    650. -           

6 x 19^th                                    500. -                  

The Prize money will be transferred through FIVB to players’ accounts




 

Organisers will welcome Event athletes at Athens International Airport “EL. VENIZELOS” and will take care of the local transportation from the Airport to the hotel, provided that the teams will send their detailed travel itinerary (flight and arrival time) until  August 11, 2003 to Fax No: +30 210 00 50 818

Organisers will provide Athletes with hotel accommodation (double rooms) & meals from the evening of Monday 18^th August 2003

Athletes who are not qualified to Round of “16” phase, will be covered with accommodation through breakfast of Friday 22^nd August 2003 and will depart from the hotel until 12.00’ noon of Friday 22^nd August 2003.

Athletes who will be qualified in Round of “16”, Quarterfinals, Semi-finals and Finals, will be covered with accommodation the through breakfast of Monday 25^th August 2003. 

Athletes are personally responsible for all and any extras at the hotel such as mini bar, phone calls, laundry, etc that must be paid at checkout.

The organizers will not be required to make reservations for coaches and team officials accompanying the participating athlete.

The Athens 2003 FIVB Men’s Challenger, will be used for testing main functional areas of the organization of Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Preliminary Round: Tuesday 19^th, Wednesday 20^th, Thursday 21^st August 2003

Round of “16”:  Friday 22^nd August 2003

Quarterfinals     Saturday 23^rd August 2003

Semi finals:       Saturday 23^rd   August 2003  

Finals:                Sunday 24^th August 2003

Participation in the Tournament:

A total of TWENTY FOUR (24) Teams will participate in the Event. NO QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT will take place.

A maximum of Two (2) teams per National Federation.

If more than Twenty four (24) Teams will register, the FIVB World Ranking will be taken into account, according to the 2003 FIVB World Tour Entry Regulations.

Teams ranked in the top 32 positions, as per the World Team Ranking standings on July 21st 2003, are not allowed to take part. The rule does not apply for the athletes of Host Organisers and the Wild cards. The Wild cards are included in the Country Quota number.

In case of late minute withdrawals, the number of teams may be filled from reserve teams attending the Technical Meeting or by Host Organisers teams.

competition format:

The Preliminary Round will be based on the pool play system (6 pools of 4 teams). The first two teams from each pool, plus the four best third ranked, will qualify for the “Round of 16”.

The Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semi finals and Finals will consist of a single elimination format. The winners of the 2 semi-finals play the finals for the 1st and 2nd place while the losers play the finals for the 3rd and 4th place.

                                                19:30 Preliminary Inquiry

                                                21:00 Technical Meeting at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre.  Note:  Mandatory                        attendance for all athletes

Tuesday August 19^th          Preliminary Round (12 matches in 3 sessions)

Wednesday August 20^th     Preliminary Round (12 matches in 3 sessions)

Thursday August 21^st         Preliminary Round (12 matches in 3 sessions)

Friday August 22^nd             Round of “16”  (8 matches in 2 sessions)

                                                 Departure of Teams not qualified to “Round of 16”

Saturday August 23^rd          Quarter finals-Semi finals (6 matches in 2 sessions)

Sunday August 24^th             Finals (2 matches in 1 session)

Monday August 25^th            Departure

PRELIMINARY INQUIRY & TECHNICAL MEETING:

Athletes must attend the Preliminary Inquiry and must present their uniforms and official forms during such inquiry.

Athletes must attend also the Technical Meeting. Draw will be made and seeding and detailed information on the competition will be distributed also to athletes during the meeting.

Preliminary Inquiry and Technical Meeting will take place on Monday 18^th August 2003 in the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre with the following programme:

Preliminary Inquiry: 19:30
Technical Meeting: 21:00

Special terms of accreditation system will be applied as Test for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Accreditation system:

Upon receiving the ACCREDITATION FORM each National Federation shall send back until JULY 21^st 2003 the Forms, duly filled for each one of possible participants (athletes-officials).

Only athletes whose National Federation have send the ACCREDITATION FORM will be considered to be eligible for participation in the ATHENS 2003 Men’s CHALLENGER. Athletes who haven’t completed the ATHENS 2003 MEN’S CHALLENGER ACCREDITATION FORM will not be eligible to forward their ENTRIES Form to the Organisers.

Organizers will provide all Organizing Committee members, FIVB Officials, referees, athletes, VIP's, journalists, technical staff, court personnel, volunteers, etc with an official ID card. Only people with accreditation will be allowed to access certain venue areas.