| Venue |
Competition
Dates |
La
Playa – Catania, Sicily
The Stadium
capacity is over 2500 seats. Including a
roofed reserved area of 250 seats for
media, delegations, sponsors, authorities,
officials, etc
There will
be minimum 4 courts and 2 warm-up courts
equipped with FIVB homologated materials.
|
Qualification:
10th of July 2002
Main Draw: 11-14th of July 2002
|
| Athletes'
Age |
| Athletes
must be born on January 1st,
1982 or thereafter. |
|
| Competition
Formula |
|
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.
|
| Qualification
criteria |
|
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 |
| address:
|
Excelsior
Grand Hotel
Piazza G. Verga 39
95129 Catania - Italy
|
| Contact
person : |
Mr. Angelo Squeo,
FIVB Beach
Volleyball
Co-ordinator |
| Tel: |
+39 095 74 76 111 |
| Fax: |
+39 095 53 70 15 |
| E-mail : |
excelsior-catania@thi.it |
|
Schedule
of Event |
| Date&Time |
|
| Saturday
6th July |
Arrival
of the FIVB Technical
Supervisor. |
| Monday
8th July |
Arrival
of the FIVB Referee Delegate
Arrival of the FIVB neutral Referee and
national referees. |
| Tuesday
9th July |
Arrival
of the teams for the Qualification
Tournament.
Referee Clinic. |
| 19:00 |
Preliminary
Inquiry at the (to
be communicated at a later stage) for
verification of passports, uniforms,
accessories and FIVB forms. |
| 20.00 |
Technical
meeting at the (to
be communicated at a later stage)
for list of attendance, competition
information, seeding, etc. |
| Wed.
10th July |
Arrival
of teams for the Main Draw. |
| 9.00 |
Start
of Qualification tournament. |
| 19:00 |
Preliminary
Inquiry at the (to
be communicated at a later stage) for
verification of passports, uniforms,
accessories and FIVB forms. |
| 20.00 |
Technical
meeting at the (to
be communicated at a later stage) for
list of attendance
competition, information,
seeding, etc. |
| Thur
11-Fri 12 July |
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.
13 July |
Departure
of teams not qualifying in Final Phase. |
| 9.00 |
Start
of the Final Phase. |
| Sun
14 July |
Final
Phase (2
days – single elimination with 16
qualified teams). |
| Mon
15th July |
Departure
of teams and officials. |
| Saturday
6th July |
Arrival
of the FIVB Technical
Supervisor. |
| Monday
8th July |
Arrival
of the FIVB Referee Delegate
Arrival of the FIVB neutral Referee and
national referees. |
| Tuesday
9th July |
Arrival
of the teams for the Qualification
Tournament.
Referee Clinic. |
| 19:00 |
Preliminary
Inquiry at the (to
be communicated at a later stage) for
verification of passports, uniforms,
accessories and FIVB forms. |
| 20.00 |
Technical
meeting at the (to
be communicated at a later stage)
for list of attendance, competition
information, seeding, etc. |
| Wed.
10th July |
Arrival
of teams for the Main Draw. |
| 9.00 |
Start
of Qualification tournament. |
| 19:00 |
Preliminary
Inquiry at the (to
be communicated at a later stage) for
verification of passports, uniforms,
accessories and FIVB forms. |
| 20.00 |
Technical
meeting at the (to
be communicated at a later stage) for
list of attendance
competition, information,
seeding, etc. |
| Thur
11-Fri 12 July |
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.
13 July |
Departure
of teams not qualifying in Final Phase. |
| 9.00 |
Start
of the Final Phase. |
| Sun
14 July |
Final
Phase (2
days – single elimination with 16
qualified teams). |
| Mon
15th July |
Departure
of teams and officials. |
| FIVB
Officials |
|
FIVB
Technical Supervisor: Mr.
Nikos Sofianos (GRE)
FIVB Referee Delegate:
Mr.
Jeffrey Brehaut (ENG)
FIVB Press Delegate:
Mr.
Arjen Meier (NED)
One
additional FIVB Official may be assigned
for the event at a later stage.
Neutral
Referees:
Mr. Konstantinos Baklessis (GRE)
Mr. Harald Boes (GER)
14
National Referees will be assigned by
Italian Volleyball Federation FIPAV in
agreement with the FIVB.
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