BEACH TENNIS

The name of the Competition: BELT AND ROAD PARTNER COUNTRIES AMATEUR GAMES BRWAG 2019 WENZHOU CHINA. AMATEUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND BEACH TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

Management: The Tournament is managed by the Organizing Committee of the Games, the Chief Referee of the Beach Sports Tournament, the Association of SportBeach.

Venues and dates: The venue for the tournament is the beach sports zone of Dangtu Island, Wenzhou, China, 10 sand courts.

Start of the Tournament: October 13, 2019, End of the Tournament: October 19, 2019.

Management: The Tournament is managed by the Organizing Committee of the Games, the Chief Referee of the Beach Sports Tournament, the Association of SportBeach.

Registration and Accreditation: Registration for the Tournament is carried out in accordance with the BRWAG 2019 Games Regulations online on the official Games website icasworld.org/registration. To receive the Registration you must pay the Registration fee: $ 120.

Registration Start: June 15, 2019

Registration Completion: September 15, 2019

Accreditation: mandatory procedure according to the General Provisions of the Games. Accreditation is held from 13 to 14 October 2019. Place of Accreditation: Olympic Sports Center Wenzhou, China, address: 20 Minhang Rd, Lucheng Qu, Wenzhou Shi, Zhejiang Sheng, China, 325027, 浙江省号市鹿城区民航路 20 号邮政编码: 325027. Accreditation Time: 9 : 00 – 17:00.

For accreditation, every participant need to have with: an identity document (passport or other ID), a photo of 3×4 cm, the original medical insurance policy.

Admission to participation: Participants are allowed to compete who have reached the age of 18, who have passed the registration and accreditation procedure.

Format Beach Tennis: Competitions are held on the Olympic system with the draw of the third place and an additional tournament for the losers in the first and second round, in accordance with the regulations of the ITF and the rules of the game of beach tennis.

Age groups “men”, “women”: matches of three sets with a tiebreaker with a score of 6: 6.

Doubles: matches of three sets with a tiebreaker with the score 6: 6.

Mixed doubles – matches of two sets with a tiebreaker with a score of 6: 6, with a decisive tiebreaker’s play of up to 10 points with a score of 1: 1 in sets.

In all matches in a game, when the score is “duce”, a “decisive point” is played.

Athletes must compete at the sites that meet the following requirements: the court is 16 m long and 8 m wide. The grid is 1 m 70 cm.

The tournament organizers give out racquets and balls to the game. Participants play with special racquets with a solid surface and balls with reduced pressure. While playing on the sand, a regular tennis score is played, but the game is played only until the ball touches the sand. With the score, the “decisive” point is played exactly. There is only one attempt to serve, if the ball touches the net when serving, the ball is not replayed. The rules allow both normal submission with a blow above the head, and submission from the bottom. The reception of the filing can be performed by any player of the receiving party.

NOMINATIONS

– singles men/women

– King / Queen men/women

– Mixed doubles

– Doubles men/women

Participate adults 18 years and older.

RULES OF CONDUCTING THE BEACH TENNIS

1. Competitions in all nominations are held according to the official rules of the beach tennis ITF.

2. Up to 10 sites will be equipped for the competition, depending on the number of participants.

3. The format of matches and the system of conducting in each nomination is determined by the organizing committee immediately before the start of the competition, depending on the number of players who have declared.

4. The winner of the competition in each nomination is determined by the results of the final game. Teams who lose in the semifinals, play among themselves for the 3rd, 4th places.

5. The judging of competitions, with the exception of the final stage, is provided by the participants of the tournament.

6. The form of the participants should have a neat appearance. Men play in short shorts and T-shirts (or only in shorts), women – in tops (T-shirts) and shorts or in bikinis. In the case of the organizers of the game form (T-shirts, tops), participants are obliged to play, attend the awards and give interviews in the sports uniform provided by the organizers.

7. The organizers provide participants with two balls for warm-up and play. Each player must have his racket.

8. A team that is more than 5 minutes late for the game is awarded a forfeit loss.

SYSTEM OF HANDICAP “SportBeach” Beach Tennis

1. Depending on the level of training of participants at competitions, the SportBeach handicap system may be applied in the form of additional points.

2. The SportBeach handicap system is applied only after it is approved at a technical meeting by the coaching staff and the organizing committee.

3. Handicap calculation rules.

Handicap for the team = handicap for player # 1 + handicap for player # 2.

Match handicap = handicap for team A – handicap for team B.

The maximum handicap in a game is 15 / + 15.

All participants are divided into 2 leagues:

League “A” professionals. Athletes who occupied from the 1st to the 20th line of the National ranking. Masters of sports and candidates in tennis. Having a children’s tennis school.

League B Amateurs and Other.

Assigning a player’s level is the task of the coaching staff, the handicap commission and the tournament management.

Handicap tournament -15 / 0 / + 15

Examples of doubles

Team A + A / B + B = -15 / + 15

Team A + A / A + B = -15 / 0

Team A + B / B + B = 0 / + 15

All other types of options: AA / AA, BB / BB, AB / AB, play with the score 0/0

Singl player example (King / Queen of the beach): Team A / B = 0 / + 15.

All other options are played with a score of 0/0.

PLAYERS RAITING BEACH TENNIS

1. An individual tournament rating is assigned to a player who has taken the team standings from 1 to 64 places in the nominations “Men”, “Women”.

Singles	King / Queen	Doubles	Mixed
Men 1 place-%	Men 1 place-%	Men 1 place-%	1 place-%
Women 1 place-%	Women 1 place-%	Women 1 place-%	2 place -%
Men 2 place-%	Men 2 place-%	Men 2 place-%	3 place %
Women 2 place-%	Women 2 place-%	Women 2 place-%	4 place- %
Men 3 place-%	Men 3 place-%	Men 3 place-%	5-6 place-%
Women 3 place-%	Women 3 place-%	Women 3 place-%	5-6 place-%

Payment of travel and accommodation

Each participant pays for travel to the competition site and accommodation in Wenzhou on their own.

Registration fee

The provisions of the Games establish a single registration fee in the amount of $ 120 per player.

Awards

Winners and who gains in all age groups and ranks the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, as well as 1st place in the consolation tournament, will be awarded with medals of the Games BRWAG 2019.

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These Regulations are approved by the Organizing Committee of the Games BRWAG 2019. The Organizing Committee of the Games has the right to make changes and additions to these Regulations, which must be promptly notified to all participants of the Games on the official website of the Games icasworld.org.

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Important: according to the General Provisions of the Games, each athlete would be admitted to the competitions only in case of booking the accommodations proposed by the Packages for Stay. The service of Packages must be paied in advance before the Games. The conditions and options of Packages for Stay you may see here: