Porec MAJOR | 2 - 7 juin 2015

EVENT'S SCHEDULE

Country Quota Playoff (CQPO)	Date/ Time Location
Country Quota Playoff (CQPO)	Men	Women
Arrival CQPO teams	Monday, June 1	Sunday, May 31
Preliminary Inquiry CQPO teams	Tuesday, June 2 at 12:30 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town) , Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec	Monday, June 1 at 12h30 – Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town), Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec
Technical Meeting CQPO teams	Tuesday, June 2 at 12:30 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town) , Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec	Monday, June 1 at 12h30 – Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town) , Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec
CQPO tournament	Tuesday, June 2	Monday, June 1
Departure of eliminated teams	Wednesday, June 3	Tuesday, June 2

Qualification Tournament	Date/ Time Location
Qualification Tournament	Men	Women
Arrival Qualification teams	Tuesday, June 2	Monday, June 1
Preliminary Inquiry Qualification teams	Tuesday, June 2 at 14:00-19:00 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town) , Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec	Monday, June 1 at 14:00-19:00 – Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town), Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec
Technical Meeting Qualification teams	Tuesday, June 2 at 19:30 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town) , Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec	Monday, June 1 at 20:00 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town) , Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec
Qualification tournament	Wednesday, June 3	Tuesday, June 2
Departure of eliminated teams	Thursday, June 4	Wednesday, June 3

Main Draw Tournament	Date/ Time/ Location
Main Draw Tournament	Men	Women
Arrival of Main Draw teams	Wednesday, June 3	Tuesday, June 2
Preliminary Inquiry	Wednesday, June 3 - 14:00-19:00 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town), Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec	Tuesday, June 2 - 14:00-19:00 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town) , Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec
Technical Meeting	Wednesday, June 3 at 20:00 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town) , Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec	Tuesday, June 2 at 21:00 Players Area Center Court – PESKERA (next to old town), Ulica Nikole Tesle, 52440, Porec
Pool play matches (start – end)	Thursday, June 4 - Friday, June 5	Wednesday, June 3 – Thursday, June 4
Departure of eliminated teams	Saturday, June 6	Friday, June 5
Round of 24 matches (start – end)	Friday, June 5	Thursday, June 4
Departure of eliminated teams	Saturday, June 6	Friday, June 5
RD of 16 / ¼ Final matches (start – end)	Saturday, June 6	Friday, June 5
Departure of eliminated teams	Sunday, June 7	Saturday, June 6
Semi-Final matches (start – end)	Sunday, June 7	Saturday, June 6
Final matches and awarding ceremonies (start – end)	Sunday, June 7	Saturday, June 6
Departure of athletes	Monday, June 8	Sunday, June 7

EVENT's REGULATIONS

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Competition Format

FIVB World Tour Major is composed of the following phases:

– Continental Quota Playoff (if any)

– Country Quota Playoff (if any)

– Qualification Tournament (applicable only for FIVB World Tour events)

– Main Draw Tournament

Country Quota Playoff is played with a maximum of six (6) same country teams in a Single Elimination format, in case and NF has entered more teams than available NF spots in the Qualification Tournament at the time the Confirmed NF Entry List is issued.

The Qualification Tournament is played in a Single Elimination format with a maximum of thirty-two (32) teams, after Country Quota calculations.

The Main Draw Tournament of each gender is made up of 32 teams and is played through a:

- first phase of eight (8) pools of four (4) teams each (Round Robin);

- second phase with twenty-four (24) teams playing in a Single Elimination format (the losers of the semifinal matches will play the bronze medal match, while the winners of the semifinal matches will play the gold medal match).

From the Round Robin phase the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked teams from each pool will advance to the Single Elimination phase (total: twenty-four (24) teams).