2013 FIVB EVENT S REGULATIONS

Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, Château Les Tourelles, Avenue Edouard Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland Fax: +41 (21) 345 35 48 e-mail: beach@fivb.org BVB/06-30 DAYS 2013 FIVB EVENT S REGULATIONS This form must be approved by the FIVB 30 days before the start of the event and sent by the Organizers to all participating NFs, FIVB Sponsors and FIVB Delegates via e-mail and fax if possible. Event Website: www.silesiavolley.pl FIVB Web site link to the event: http://www.fivb.org/en/beachvolleyball/competitions/u23/2013/ PROMOTER URZAD MIASTA MYSLOWICE - MOSIR MYSLOWICE Address: ul. BONCZYKA 32z, 41-400 MYSLOWICE, POLAND Mrs.Zajac Elzbieta - Tournament Director Tel.: + 48 32 317 18 02, Mobile: +48 509 488 449, Fax: +48 32 222 11 73 E-mail:, Website: www.silesiavolley.pl, www.mosir.myslowice.pl NATIONAL FEDERATION POLSKI ZWIAZEK PILKI SIATKOWEJ Address: Polish Volleyball Federation, ul. Grazyny 13, 02-548 Warszawa Tel.: +48 22 440 83 47 / +48 22 440 83 45 Fax: +48 22 440 83 43 E-mail: osyropiatko@pzps.pl, msmiecinska@pzps.pl Website: www.pzps.pl

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Last / First Name Mobile Email Tournament Director: ZAJAC ELZBIETA +48 (32) 317 18 02 National Federation Delegate or Beach Volleyball Coordinator: SYROPIATKO OLGA +48 665 36 00 01 osyropiatko@pzps.pl ADMINISTRATIVE AREA Finance Director: ZADLO IRENA +48 (32) 317 18 03 Administrative Director: JANICKA BEATA +48 ( 32) 317 18 02 TECHNICAL AREA Competition Director: MICHALAK SEBASTIAN +48 (32) 317 18 05 s.michalak@mosir.myslowi ce.pl Operational Director: TUCHARZ JOLANTA +48 (32) 317 12 17 Doctor: KUSAK WOJCIECH +48 506 038 510 MROCZKA ADAM +48 660 459 806 Referee Manager: JANIK TOMASZ +48 669-410- 810 tomasz_janik@wp.pl janik_tomasz@wp.pl Court Manager: BAJTLIK PAWEŁ +48 (32) 317 18 02 Technical Manager: JAKUBIAK JAN PROMOTIONAL AREA Promotion Director: GAWEDA PAWEL +48 508 063 615 p.gaweda@mosir.myslowic e.pl Press Director: STYCHNO AGATA +48 515 296 232 a.stychno@mosir.myslowic e.pl Public Relation Director: KLIMCZAK MALGORZAT A +48 (32) 317 18 02 m.klimczak@mosir.myslowi ce.pl Announcer: TBD

FIVB OFFICIALS VENUE FIVB Technical Supervisor: Dirk DECHER FIVB Referee Delegate: David COX FIVB Media Operations Delegate: Jeremy INSON FIVB International (Neutral) Referees: Ognyan ANDONOV FIVB International (Neutral) Referees: Christos KOUVELOS FIVB International (Neutral) Referees: Sandra DEVEZA FIVB International (Neutral) Referees: Daniel BISCHOFBERGER Summer Sports Resort: Mysłowice-Słupna, Address: ul. Stadionowa 11, 41-400 Myslowice, POLAND Tel.: +48 32 317 18 02, Fax: +48 32 222 11 73 E-mail: Website:www.silesiavolley.pl / www.mosir.myslowice.pl COMPETITION SCHEDULE AND FORMAT Qualification Tournament: Women: 05.06.2013 Men: 05.06.2013 1 day single elimination with a minimum of 8 teams and a maximum of 16 teams competing for any vacancy(ies) in the Main Draw due to unused quota by the Continental Confederations. Four teams per gender s event will advance to the Main Draw. Late entry can be accepted (without any fee to be paid) in the Qualification Tournament in order to fill the roster of 16 teams per gender. Main Draw and Finals: Women: 06-09.06.2013 Men: 06-09.06.2013 Preliminary phase: 2 days: 8 pools of 4 teams (32 teams total) playing round robin with 2 or 3 top ranked teams of each gender advancing to the final phase plus the best 8 teams ranked third. The exact format is to be agreed between the FIVB and the organiser. Final phase: 24 teams single elimination. The winners of the 2 semi-finals will play the finals for the 1 st and 2 nd place while the losers will play the finals for the 3 rd and 4 th place. 09.06.2013 10:00 2 courts Women s Semi-Finals 09.06.2013 11:00 2 courts Men s Semi Finals 09.06.2013 - Finals Men & Women 13:00 - Women s Bronze Medal Final 14:00 - Men s Bronze Medal Final 15:00 - Women s Final 16:00 - Men s Final 17:00 - Awarding ceremony to follow immediately after men s final

COMPETITION SCHEDULE AND FORMAT The rules for Pool Ranking are: For all matches the final team ranking will be determined in accordance with the results of the matches (won or lost). For each match won the winning team will earn 2 match points, for each match lost the losing team will earn 1 match point and for each forfeited match the winning team will earn 2 match points while the forfeited team will have 0 points. All discontinued matches or matches not commenced are to be assessed by the FIVB Technical Supervisor to determine if the losing team is Disqualification (DSQ) or Disqualification by Injury (INJ/DSQ) and whether they will receive any match points. If a team withdraws due to an injury before or during a match or gets disqualified during a match it will earn 1 match point and will keep the sets and points earned up to that moment, but the sets and points against will be the maximum. For example, if a team wins the first set 21:19 and is injured and forfeits the match when they are losing the second set 4:6, this injured team would earn 1 match point with sets of 1:2 and rally points of 21:19, 4:21 and 0:15. In this example, the winning team would get 2 match points with sets of 2:1 and rally points of 19:21, 6:4, 0:0. In addition, its match result will be marked with INJ/DSQ. If the injury occurs before the match begins, the match will be marked INJ/DSQ and the losing team will be awarded 1 match point with sets of 0:2 and rally points of 0:21, 0:21. In this case, the winning team will be awarded 2 match points with sets of 2:0 and rally points of 0:0, 0:0. If a team withdraws without a valid reason before a match (e.g. no show) they will lose by forfeit 0-2 (0:21, 0:21) and will earn 0 match points. In addition, this match result will be marked with DSQ. The winning team will receive 2 match points with sets of 2:0 and rally points of 0:0, 0:0. If a team is disqualified during the preliminary round of the tournament due to a positive doping test, it will lose all the matches in the pool (played or to be played) by forfeit (see above). It will receive no rank. All of the team s matches in the Pool will be recorded as a forfeit for ranking purposes. (e.g. All winning teams receive - Sets 2:0 - Rally Points 0:0, 0:0). Every team will play the three other teams in their pool. The ranking of teams within their pools will be determined by the total number of match points, with the following points awarded per match to each team: Match won 2 points Match lost 1 point Match forfeited 0 points (21-0; 21-0) In the case of a tie in the pools (match points) during the round robin, the following rules will apply: - Between two teams: If teams have played against each other, the winner of the head to head match is ranked higher. o If teams concerned have not played against each other, their ranking is determined by the rally points ratio between all teams in the pool. o If a tie still exists by points ratio then the teams have the same position in ranking. - Between three teams: If three teams have a tie in the main points, then the top ranked team is determined by the rally points ratios in the matches between the three tied teams. o If a tie still exists then the teams have the same position in the ranking. - Between four teams: The ranking is determined by the points ratio between all teams in the pool. o If a tie still exists then the teams have the same position in the ranking. In the case of a tie in the pools (match points) at the end of the round robin, the following rules will apply: - Between two teams: The winner of the head to head match is ranked higher. - Between three teams: Teams are ranked by the rally points ratios in the matches between the three tied teams. o If a tie still exists then the teams still tied are ranked by the rally points ratio between all teams in the pool. o If a tie still exists then the teams still tied are determined by the tournament seeding established at the Main Draw Technical Meeting (the highest seed of the tied teams is the top ranked team).

EVENT OFFICE Summer Sports Resort: Mysłowice-Słupna, Address: ul. Stadionowa 11, 41-400 Myslowice, POLAND Tel.: +48 32 317 18 02, Fax: +48 32 222 11 73 E-mail: Website:www.silesiavolley.com.pl / www.mosir.myslowice.pl SHIPMENT ADDRESS FLAGS ETC MOSIR MYSLOWICE Address: ul. BONCZYKA 32z, 41-400 MYSLOWICE, POLAND Tel.: + 48 32 317 18 02 Fax: +48 32 222 11 73 E-mail Website:www.silesiavolley.pl / www.mosir.myslowice.pl AWARDS The two Gold medalist teams will be given a wild card for an FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Grand Slam or FIVB Beach Volleyball Open event of their choice; the wild cards should be mutually agreed by the FIVB, the National Federation of the teams concerned and the U-19/U- 21/U-23 World Championships Organizers. The promoter of the FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19/U-21/U-23 World Championships will cover the international travel costs in economy class for the 2 winning teams to the above mentioned event. The teams ranked in the first three places will receive medals at the event. Please note that no prize money will be offered by the organizers of this event. FIVB WORLD RANKING POINTS (PER ATHLETE) Participants in FIVB Beach Volleyball U-19/U-21/U-23 World Championships will earn FIVB World Ranking points as per the following table: Position Points earned 1st 140 2nd 126 3rd 112 4th 98 5th 84 9th 70 17th 56 25th 42 33rd - 37th -

WOMEN S EVENT SCHEDULE 04.06.2013: Arrival of Qualification teams 04.06.2013: 19:00: Preliminary Inquiry at Park Hotel Diament (mandatory) 04.06.2013 20:00: Technical Meeting at Park Hotel Diament (mandatory) 05.06.2013: Arrival of Main Draw teams 05.06.2013 19:00: Preliminary Inquiry at Park Hotel Diament (mandatory) 05.06.2013 20:00: Technical Meeting at Park Hotel Diament (mandatory) 06.06.2013: Main Draw Pool matches 32 matches 07.06.2013: Main Draw Pool Matches 16 matches 08.06.2013: Main Draw Round of 24 - Single Elimination 16 matches 08.06.2013-09.06.2013: Quarter finals (4 matches) + Semi-Finals (2 matches) 09.06.2013: Finals (2 matches) 10.06.2013: Departure of the persons concerned 2 Training court available from: 03.06.2013 Total # of competition courts: 4 Total # of warm-up courts: 1 MEN S EVENT SCHEDULE 04.06.2013: Arrival of Qualification teams 04.06.2013: 19:00: Preliminary Inquiry at Park Hotel Diament (mandatory) 04.06.2013 20:00: Technical Meeting at Park Hotel Diament (mandatory) 05.06.2013: Arrival of Main Draw teams 05.06.2013 19:00: Preliminary Inquiry at Park Hotel Diament (mandatory) 05.06.2013 20:00: Technical Meeting at Park Hotel Diament (mandatory) 06.06.2013: Main Draw Pool matches 32 matches 07.06.2013: Main Draw Pool Matches 16 matches 08.06.2013: Main Draw Round of 24 - Single Elimination 16 matches 08.06.2013-09.06.2013: Quarter finals (4 matches) + Semi-Finals (2 matches) 09.06.2013: Finals (2 matches) 10.06.2013: Departure of the persons concerned 2 Training court available from: 03.06.2013 Total # of competition courts: 4 Total # of warm-up courts: 1

PLAYERS ELIGIBILITY All athletes participating must be born on January 1 st 1995 and after (U-19)/January 1 st 1993 and after (U-21)/January 1 st 1991 and after (U-23). Only Teams whose National Federations have entered the relevant Athlete's Agreement (BVB/01), Medical Certificate (BVB/10) and passport copy in the VIS2009 system for all teams selected to take part in the FIVB Beach Volleyball U- 19/U-21/U-23 World Championships no later than 30 days prior to the event, can be considered eligible to take part. The passport must be submitted to the Technical Supervisor at the Preliminary Inquiry for mandatory verification of the age of the athlete. It is recommended that a Head Delegate is appointed per participating country to accompany all teams from that country. By 3 weeks before the event, the hosting National Federation must communicate to all parties the final list of eligible participating teams in the Main Draw, along with the final Event's Regulations. All athletes must present an FIVB Anti-Doping Certificate 30 days prior to their participation in an FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Grand Slam, FIVB Beach Volleyball Open and/ or FIVB Beach Volleyball Senior World Championships, after having successfully completed FIVB s Anti- Doping education program We play it clean! online: http://www.fivb.org/realwinner/

ENTRY (FIVB WEBSITE) NUMBER OF TEAMS IN THE MAIN DRAW: 32 (incl. 2 from Host Country) Qualification Criteria: TEAMS WILL BE SELECTED TO PLAY IN THE EVENT IN PRIORITY AS FOLLOWS: Main Draw: 1. 30 teams (6 teams per Continental Confederation) per gender for Continental Confederations. Each Continental Confederation should cover the international travel of their athletes. 2. 2 teams per gender from the Host Country. QUALIFICATION PROCESS CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS 1. The Continental Confederations to select the best six ranked teams per gender through the most recent Under 19/21/23 Continental Championships (or Under 19/21/23 Continental Tour) event ranking. In case a Continental Confederation does not have sufficient time to organize the above mentioned events in 2013, it can use the event ranking of the 2012 season. Should a Continental Confederation not have a 2012 ranking, it may follow the FIVB criteria selection (Selection Criteria points A to E below). 2. The Continental Confederations must inform the FIVB and their NFs by latest 25 th February 2013 about the Qualification Process to qualify the 6 best ranked teams (per gender). 3. The Continental Confederations must enter their selected teams in the BVIS by latest - 60 days prior the event, and upload the necessary documents for the athletes eligibility in the VIS2009 system. QUALIFICATION PROCESS NATIONAL FEDERATIONS 1. The NFs will be informed by their respective Continental Confederations about the Qualification Process (as per above). 2. The NFs must collaborate directly with their respective Continental Confederation and provide them the necessary documents and information concerning the athletes eligibility in due time (latest -60 days prior the event). 3. Should a Qualification Tournament be held to fill any vacancies in the Main Draw (from unused quota of the Continental Confederations), the FIVB will inform the NFs (latest -55 days prior the event). Each NF will have the possibility to enroll its team(s) to take part in the Qualification Tournament (regardless of the country and continental quotas), by entering their teams directly in the BVIS by latest -45 days prior the event, and uploading the necessary athlete eligibility documents in the VIS2009 system. 4. If no Qualification Tournament is organized and all 32 teams places are filled, the NFs can still enter their team(s) as reserved team(s). QUALIFICATION PROCESS FIVB In case a Qualification Tournament is not organized, the FIVB will fill the vacancies (if any) with the National Federation s team(s) entry in accordance with the selection criteria (points A-E see below) regardless of their Continental Confederation. SELECTION CRITERIA Teams will be selected to play in the event in priority as follows: 1. Based on (any eventual) UNDER 19/21/23 Continental Championships (or UNDER 19/21/23 Continental Tour) event ranking issued before the FIVB Beach Volleyball Under 19/21/23 World Championships 2013; (If point 1 above is not applicable) 2. The Continental Confederation or the FIVB (in case the Continental Confederation will not use its entire quota of 6 teams per gender and no QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT is organized) may then use the below requirements to select the teams (in priority from A to E): A. FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH Youth/Junior World Championships 2012 event rankings; B. National Federations hosting FIVB Beach Volleyball Senior World Championships 2013 and FIVB Beach Volleyball 2013 events (in priority World Tour Grand Slam and then Open events); C. National Federations hosting Challenger and/or Satellite events and/or Continental Cup events; D. National Federations with the best players featured in the FIVB World Ranking; E. National Federations promoting continental events at grass roots level.

FORFEIT Each National Federation is responsible for informing immediately both the FIVB and the Organizers in case of a forfeit of an enrolled team through the BVB/03 form (from -21 days to the start of the main draw technical meeting). PRELIMINARY INQUIRY AND TECHNICAL MEETING All Athletes and Delegates must attend the mandatory Preliminary Inquiry. Athletes will be requested to provide their ID card or passport during the Preliminary Inquiry. Athletes' attendance at the Technical Meeting is mandatory. If required, a drawing of lots will be made during the meeting to break any eventual ties in the seeding. Match-up seeding and additional detailed information on the competition will be distributed during the Technical Meeting. UNIFORMS AND ACCESSORIES If required by the FIVB Technical Supervisor, uniforms and accessories will be checked during the Preliminary Inquiry. Athletes of the same team must wear the same color and style of shorts. The display of the individual players' sponsor logos on shorts and accessories must comply with the FIVB advertising regulations. While tank tops will be provided by the Organizers to the athletes, shorts/bottoms and accessories must be provided by the players and/or by their sponsors. Uniforms will also be provided by the Organizers to officials, organization staff members and volunteers. The display of the Athletes' sponsor logos on shorts/briefs and accessories is free as long as it complies with FIVB advertising regulations.

SEEDING The finalized seeding regulations will be announced at the technical meeting based on the below scheme. Seeding Criteria Principles Points will be allocated by the following criteria for Main Draw Round Robin Phase. 1. Junior/Youth World Championships 2012 Final Event Ranking (U19 & U21 categories only; U23 will earn points as per the 2013 FIVB Senior World Ranking) Countries will receive the following points according to their final ranking positions: Final Points Ranking 1 st 24 2 nd 23 3 rd 22 4 th 21 5 th 17 9 th 9 17 th 3 25 th 1 2. These points are added to the 2013 FIVB World Ranking by countries (by the time of the Qualification/Main Draw Technical Meeting). Points go from 24 to 1. 3. Breaking seeding ties: Teams and individuals participation in the previous year s edition (if applicable) will be taken into consideration to break possible ties as follows: A. Teams participation; B. Team s finish; C. Individual players participation; D. Individual players finish; E. Drawing of lots. Main Draw Pool Distribution Host country receives Seed # 1 & # 8 2012 Winner (team) receives Seed # 2 if participating and both players still playing together Seed #1 to #8 go into Pools A-H (Women) and A-H (Men) accordingly Seed #9 to #32 are distributed in the pools through a serpentine system. A drawing of lots will be carried out in case of ties. The FIVB reserves the right to announce the final seeding regulations at the Technical Meeting based on the above principles.

RULES OF THE GAME AND OFFICIAL BALL Playing system Rally Point System 2 out of 3 sets as follows: a) First and second sets 21 Points switch every 7 points one technical time-out of 30" at third court switch (sum of 21 points) one time-out of 30" per team/set b) Third eventual set 15 points switch every 5 points one time-out per team All sets win by 2 points Intervals between sets to be of 1 minute Official Ball: NEW MIKASA VLS-300 (67 cm +1) The FIVB Official Beach Volleyball Rules approved by the FIVB Board of Administration are included in the Beach Volleyball Referee Guidelines and posted on the FIVB Web site at http://www.fivb.org/en/refereeing-rules/rulesofthegame_bvb.asp WELCOME AND LOCAL TRANSPORTATI ON The travel form (BVB/31b) has to be sent by the athletes to the Organizer no later than 3 days prior to the event. The Johan Paul II International Airport Krakow - Balice www.lotnisko-balice.pl City of Airport: Kraków-Balice (Cracow) Please send WT/31 from to: MOSiR Myslowice Address: ul. Ks. N. Bończyka 32z, 41400 Myslowice, Poland Tel. +48 32 3171801, +48 32 3171804, fax: 48 32 222 11 73 e-mail: s.szoen@mosir.myslowice.pl, The travel form (WT/31) has to be sent by the athletes to the Organizer at the latest three days before the start of the event. Local transportation for any other persons like coaches, players guests physiotherapists, friends or family members will not be under the responsibility of the promoter. Promoters can provide transportation to / from the airport Krakow Balice. The cost is 25 USD or 20 EUR after sending travel schedule be e-mail s.szoen@mosir.myslowice.pl (+48 510 713 269) The organizers are responsible for providing free local transportation to all main draw teams and heads of delegations that communicate to them well in advance their travel itineraries. Local transportation for any other persons, like coaches, players guests, teams physiotherapists, friends or family members will not be under the responsibility of the promoter. Should the promoter have enough means also for coaches, family members, etc. they will be entitled to apply a fare for such transportation/additional services.

TRANSPORTATI ON Each NF is responsible for the international travel of their teams and head of delegation. Athletes (or their National Federations) will be requested to apply early enough for their entry visas whenever needed and will be accountable for all visa expenses. All main draw teams are required to inform the event organizers of their travel itineraries through the BVB/31 travel form no later than 3 days prior to the event. All local transportation for all participating main draw teams, heads of delegations and all officials must be provided by the promoter to/from the international airport as well as to/from the hotel to the competition venue if necessary. BOARD AND LODGING The promoter will bear the costs of the board and lodging for all participating main draw teams (total of 64 teams). Teams will be required to check out on the day after their elimination from the pool. The participating teams in the Qualification Tournament (if any) must bear all costs related to their international travel, board and lodging. Women s team: hotel room from 05.06.2013 until the day after the elimination from the tournament. Men s team: hotel room from 05.06.2013 until the day after the elimination from the tournament. Athletes are responsible for any and all extra expenses at the hotel, such as mini-bar, phone calls, laundry, etc. These expenses must be paid at checkout. MAIN DRAW HOTEL HOTEL FOR THE FIVB OFFICIALS, NEUTRAL INTERNATIONA L REFEREES, ETC. PARK HOTEL DIAMENT KATOWICE ul. Wita Stwosza 37 40-042 Katowice tel. (032) 7 200 000 fax. (032) 7 200 001 e-mail: katowicepark@hoteldiament.pl PARK HOTEL DIAMENT KATOWICE ul. Wita Stwosza 37 40-042 Katowice tel. (032) 7 200 000 fax. (032) 7 200 001 e-mail: katowicepark@hoteldiament.pl HOTEL DIAMENT PLAZA KATOWICE*** - NEUTRAL INTERNATIONAL REFEREES ul. Dworcowa 9 40-012 Katowice tel. +48 32 746 70 00 fax. +48 32 746 70 01 E-mail: Katowice@hotelediament.pl ACCREDITATIO N Organizers will provide all Organizing Committee members, FIVB Officials, referees, athletes, VIPs, journalists, technical staff, court personnel, volunteers, etc. with an official accreditation card and will ensure that only people with appropriate accreditation will have access the designated venue areas. Organizers are also requested to provide accreditation cards for one coach and one physiotherapist per team.

WITHDRAWALS AND SANCTIONS Each National Federation is responsible for informing immediately both the FIVB and the Organizers in case of forfeit of an enrolled team through the BVB/03 form (from -13 days to the start of the event). No medical certificate or proof of force majeure is needed within this period of time ( 14 days up to Friday preceding the event). After the Friday (5pm Swiss time) before an FIVB Beach Volleyball event and until 1 minute before the start of the Qualification Tournament Preliminary Inquiry (where applicable) or the Main Draw Tournament Preliminary Inquiry for the FIVB Beach Volleyball Age Group World Championships, the participating National Federations may submit a withdrawal, disband or change of athlete request to the FIVB Technical Supervisor assigned to the FIVB Beach Volleyball Age Group event through the BVB/03 form for a team/athlete only if supported by a valid Medical Certificate. Failure to comply with the above requirements and deadlines for the last minute withdrawals/disbands or change of athlete shall result in the application of the following fines on the athlete(s) concerned: Team/athlete in Qualification Tournament USD 500 Team/athlete in Main Draw Tournament USD 3 000 For details related to this regulation and its eventual sanctions please refer to Chapter 9 of the 2013 Handbook. INSURANCE Athletes must have their own liability and medical insurance. The FIVB, the Organizer/Promoter and the hosting National Federations will not be responsible for any medical expenses incurred while competing in a tournament. MEDICAL CONTROLS The FIVB reserves the right to perform random medical tests on the participating athletes, as per FIVB rules and regulations, as well as an alcohol test on the officials. APPENDIX Official invitation letter to be addressed to the participating FIVB officials and National Federations Confirmed team list (Main Draw tournament) List of hotels for the media and guests web site Travel Itinerary Form (BVB/31). It is the responsibility of the athletes to inform the promoters concerned accordingly about his/her travel itinerary. OTHER For any eventual discrepancies, the FIVB-Organizer Agreement and, secondly, the FIVB Handbook version 2013 will prevail. http://www.fivb.org/en/beachvolleyball/competitions/worldtour/2013/handbook.asp