WORLD CADET & JUNIORS
FENCING WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015
INFORMATION FOR DELEGATIONS
I - SCHEDULE OF EVENT
From 29
March
From 30
March
9h00
Equipment and weapon control (Competition Venue)
09h00 Start of Accreditation (Competition Venue)
10h00
Referees meeting at Hotel "RAMADA"
11h00 Directoire Technique meeting (Competition Venue)
31 March
The following information are published at the Competition Venue and on the website:
- list of participants by countries in men epee and women epee
12h00
- list of participants by the initial ranking in men epee cadets and women epee cadet
(information for each weapon will be published at 12h00 on the day preceding the event)
15h00
Deadline for the delegations for making remarks on the displayed information (same
deadline applies for each weapon on the day preceding the event)
16h00
The composition of the pools is published in the Competition Venue, in the official hotels
and on the website (the same applies for each weapon on the day preceding the event)
CADETS Competitions
08h30 Cadet Men's epee
1 April
10h20 Cadet Women's epee
08h30 Cadet Women's sabre
2 April
10h15 Cadet Men's foil
09h00 Cadet Women's foil
3 April
11h30 Cadet Men's sabre
4 April
09h00 Cadet Mixed Team
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
ED - T32-16
T8 - FINALE
The final technical schedule will be published at 4 pm one the eve of each day
I - SCHEDULE OF EVENT
JUNIORS Competitions
08h30 Junior Men's epee
5 April
11h20 Junior Women’s foil
08h30 Junior Men's foil
12h10 Junior Women’s sabre
6 April
09h00 Team Junior Men’s epee
13h30 Team Junior Women’s foil
8h30
Junior Women’s epee
11h15 Junior Men’s sabre
7 April
8h30
Team Junior Women’s
Sabre
14h00 Team Junior Men’s Foil
8 April
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
T64 -16
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall) T32-16
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
Pools - ED
T32 - FINALE
T32-16
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall) T32-16
8h30
Team Junior Women’s Foil Main Hall
T8 - FINALE
9h30
Team Junior Men’s epee
Main Hall
T8 - FINALE
Team Junior Women’s
Main Hall
sabre
T8 - FINALE
10h30
8h30
Team Junior Women’ epee Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall) T 32-16
15h30 Team Junior Men’s sabre
9 April
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Main Hall
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall)
Competition Venue (Preliminary Hall) T 32-16
8h30
Team Junior Men’s foil
Main Hall
T8 - FINALE
9h30
Team Junior Women’s epee Main Hall
T8 - FINALE
10h20 Team Junior Men’s sabre
Main Hall
T8 - FINALE
The final technical schedule will be published at 4 pm one the eve of each day
II - CONFIRMATION AND ACCREDITATION
1.The accreditation office and system will remain operational until the end of the World
Championships.
2.Neither the fencers nor the coaches will have access to the competition area without their
valid accreditations.
3.The attendance of a fencer is confirmed once is registered at the FIE website.
4.The participation of athletes in individual and team events is validated when collecting
their accreditation, no later than 14h00 the day before athletes have their first competition.
Fencers do not need to present themselves at the Directoire Technique.
5.Federations who have not yet made their payments are asked to settle their accounts with FIE
Secretary Treasurer Mr. Jacek Bierkowski or FIE by 12h00 on 31 March, 2015.
6.The accreditations will be distributed to the chiefs of delegations, upon payment of their
entry fees.
III - INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
• At 12h00 on the day preceding the event the Directoire Technique will publish at the
Competition Venue and on the Internet:
- the list of participants by country
- the list of participants by initial ranking
- the list of participants by initial ranking (drawing pools in the World Cadet Championships
according to the Organization Rules of FIE Art o.39)
• 15h00 is the deadline for all remarks, objections or withdrawals presented to the Directoire
Technique. No changes will be accepted beyond this deadline.
• At 16h00 - on the information panels in the Competition Venue and at 17h00 - in the official
hotels and in the pigeon holes the Directoire Technique will publish the following information:
- final composition of the pools;
- times and piste allocations
- competition format
IV - JUNIOR’S TEAM COMPETITION
• The Directoire Technique must be notified of any changes related to the teams by 15h00 the
day prior to the event.
• Direct Elimination tables of 64-32 will be posted in the Competition Venue and official hotels
the day preceding the team event at 16h00.
• Preliminary tables T64-16 will be fenced in the Preliminary Hall.
• Final Direct Elimination tables of 8 will be posted Immediately in the Competition Venue ,
after the termination of qualifying competitions
• The drawing of lots to place the teams up or down on the match score-sheet, according to
the Rules, will be held where indicated by the DT.
• The team ranking is set according to the Organization Rules of FIE events: Art. o.43.4
V - CADET’S MIXED TEAM COMPETITION
Formula for Mixed Team Competition
The ranking of the teams is calculated by adding together the positions obtained by the six team
members in the individual events. In case a member of the team did not participate in the individual
competition of the weapon the team member is fencing in the Mixed Team Competition, the team
member will be awarded the place equivalent of the total number of participants of that individual
event + 1.
The competition is run by integral direct elimination. Match for the 3rd place will be fenced, but the
qualification places for T5-8 and T9-16 will not be fenced.
Video Refereeing
Video refereeing will be used from T16. Each fencer has one possibility per match to challenge the
referee’s decision. This possibility is retained if the decision of the referee is changed.
Selection Process in the Mixed Team Competition
The number of participating teams is subject to the inscriptions of the National Federations. All
national teams consist of 6 fencers (foil, epée and sabre, men and women).
The final composition of the teams is to be announced until 19.00 the day preceding the team
competition.
Order of Relays in the Mixed Team Competition
In the course of the Mixed Team Competition male and female relays of the same weapon will
follow each other. The order of the matches will be decided by a sequence of two draws, which
takes place the day preceding the team competition in the presence of the Heads of Delegations
of the concerned National Federations. The first draw decides the gender (boys/girls) of the first
match of the first relay. The gender is then alternated between each match. The second lottery will
decide whether foil or epée will be the weapon of the first male and female relays. The weapon of
the second men and women relays is fixed for sabre.
Injury in the Mixed Team Competition
In case of withdrawal caused by injury to one of the team members occurring after 19.00 on the
day before the competition, there is no possibility for the team to call a substitute. The team can
continue the competition but the result of the fight in the team match, in which the withdrawn fencer
should have fenced, will be that the withdrawn fencer scored zero hits and his or her opponent the
maximum number of hits possible.
If the withdrawn fencer was supposed to fence the last relay of the team match and is not replaced
by a substitute, the team must withdraw from the competition.
Coaches in the Mixed Team Competition
For each team the Head of Delegations should select one coach. The coach is allowed to remain
with their teams within the team box. The name of the coach for each team must be announced to
the Directoire Technique at the latest at 19.00 the day preceding the competition.
VI - COMPETITION VENUE
THE “GYMNASTICS HALL”
• Equipped with 28 pistes
• Total number of pistes available for the
competition is 33
• Referees’ Room,
• Medical Room and Medical Station
• Main Info Desk
• Training Hall: - 12 pistes and team boxes.
The training hall is open:
- 09h00-13h00 and 14h00-19h00 each
day from the 29th of March
- Official warm-up zone throughout the
whole duration of the competition:
- Warm-up is available only for the athletes
participating at the competitions of the
given day.
SECOND FLOOR - TRIBUNES AND DINING AREA
• First floor: the final piste (podium), the four
colour pistes, Call Room, Referees’ Room,
Medical Room and two medical stations,
Mixed Zone, Mail Boxes and Info Desk
• Second floor: FIE offices, Press Centre and
VIP lounge, Dining Area and VIP lounge
ACCREDITATION CENTRE, DOPING CONTROL, WEAPONS CONTROL
VII - EQUIPMENT AND WEAPON CONTROL
On March 29th, 30th and 31st all equipment will be accepted for control according to the
following time schedule:
- From 08:00 - equipment reception for checking
- From 14:00 - equipment delivery
From the 29th July only the equipment for the next day’s event will be accepted
for control according to the above schedule.
It is requested by the Equipment Control to have each type of equipment assorted in different bags.
- The electric parts to be packed into a bag (points 1-4, of the below table)
- The weapons to be packed in a separate bag.
- Not electric part of the equipment (points 5-9, of the below table) and masks in another bag.
The list and quantity of the equipment accepted on control (tab. 1)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Mask (no visor)
Under-plastron
Jacket
Breeches
Sabre glove
Weapon
Body wire
Mask wire
Electric Jacket
min
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
Foil
max
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
2
min
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
-
Epee
max
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
-
Sabre
min
max
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
2
During the weapon control the required pressure on the point d’arret will not be checked!
In the Call Room the minimum number of weapon requested from the fencers is 3, the minimum
number of body wire is 2.
For the weapon and equipment control process an automated electronic control system will
be used. If the quantity of equipment does not correspond to the above table per teams, the
terminal will not give the requested coupon for the weapon control.
Every fencer must appear on the piste with clothing conforming to the rules as follows: the
wearing of national strips (logos) is compulsory on both legs, and all the logos worn by the
fencers of the same team must be identical. The name and the nationality of the fencer has to
be printed on the back of the jackets conforming to the rules of the FIE.
During the World Championships there will be no possibility to print the name
and nationality of the fencers on the back of jacket!
VIII – MEDICAL STATIONS
Medical stations will be at the following places
1) Main Hall 2 station
2) Preliminary Hall 3 station
3) Warm-up Area 1 station
IX - ACCESS TO THE FENCING AREA
1.Only the designated fencers, referees and piste staff are granted access to the pistes. No access
will be granted to the coloured pistes fencing area without sport shoes and long pants.
2.Athletes in the fencing area must keep their belongings in closed fencing bags at the end of the
piste.
3.Individual competitions: one coach per athlete and per piste is allowed to stay in the team box.
4.Team competitions: the team captain and one more person is allowed to stay in the box reserved
for teams.
5.All fencers and referees must report to:
•The piste 15 minutes before the beginning of the pools
•The piste 10 minutes before the beginning of the DE bouts
•The piste 10 minutes before the beginning of the team matches
•The Call Rooms 20 minutes before the beginning of the DE bouts starting with the table of
32-8 and the beginning of matches of teams
X - OFFICES AND ROOMS
FIE President's office
FIE Administration and Treasury (Bureau FIE)
Directoire Technique
Commission Delegates
Technical Delegate
Referees' room
Accreditation and Information
Equipment Control
Information and results for the Competition
Press Room and press gallery
FINALE HALL 2nd floor
FINALE HALL 2nd floor
Competition Venue / Ground floor
Competition Venue / Ground floor
Competition Venue / Ground floor
Competition Venue / Main Hall (next to the
call room)
Competition Venue (at the main entrance)
Competition Venue / Ground floor
Competition Venue / Ground floor entrance)
Main Hall 2 floor
XI - INFORMATION POINTS
Two
-
-
-
fixed information points are at the Competition Venue:
The first posting area will be near the of the DT
The second bulletin board will be on the wall at the main entrance for athletes
Screens and display monitors in the Competition Venue will be placed in:
1 Accreditation room
2 Call Room and Referees’ Room
3 Press Room
4 VIP and Presidents’ Room
5 FIE office
6DT
7 The catering restaurant
8 The qualification hall
9 The casual zone/VIP restaurant
10 The entrance of the athletes’ complex
11 Near the VIP stands
12 The entrance of the Competition Venue
13 The vendors’ room
14 All public and athlete meeting places.
there will be many posts related to the pistes and services on coloured cardboard signs and totems.
XII - CONFIRMATION OF RESULTS
1. Fencers are responsible for checking if the results in their pool and the DE sheets are
recorded correctly. The screens placed in different locations will allow a quick verification
of the updated results of the round of pools and DE matches.
2. To avoid any kind of error the DT will publish the results of the pools and the list of qualified
and eliminated fencers as soon as the round of pools is over. Delegations must submit any
protest to the DT within 10 minutes. After this deadline, the ranking will not be modified.
3. The DE tables, together with the schedule and pistes, will be posted after this 10-minutes
period and after each round of DE.
4. No calls will be made via microphone
XIII - ORGANISATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL
DIRECT ELIMINATION TABLE
• For T32 all fencers must report to the Call Room 15 minutes before the scheduled beginning
of their matches to be lead to the coloured pistes at the scheduled time. Coaches are not
allowed to be in the Call Room
• The winners of the T32-16 matches should arrive in the Call Room according to the schedule
of following fights.
• Equipment Control in the Call Room will be from T32
• Wireless system it will not be used
• The SEMI delegates will remit the weapons in closed fencing bags, which will be carried by
volunteers who will escort the athletes to the coloured pistes. The bag is to remain closed for
the entirety and put in the team box under the supervision of the volunteer. During the one
minute break, or when it is needed, the volunteer will bring to the athlete a chair, a towel,
some water and the spare weapon.
• The exit on a pistes for meeting carrying out is supposed only to fencing uniform (national
suits, towels, gadgets, bottles with water should be placed in a personal bag)
• Athletes are to leave the Call Room ready to fence, i.e. mask in hand and weapon already
plugged into their body wires.
• Attention! In case the fencer does not report to the Call Room at the appointed time the
sanction in the rules (art t.120) will apply
XIV - ORGANISATION OF THE TEAM
DIRECT ELIMINATION TABLE
• Mixed team competitions cadets will be fenced in one day.
T 32-16 - a hall of preliminary competitions.
8 - FINALE will be it is spent in the FINALE HALL
• Junior Team competitions will be fenced in two days.
1st day qualifying competitions T64-16 (T9-16)
2nd day T8 – finale (T5-8)
• For the T64.T32 and T16 teams must report to the piste 10 minutes before the scheduled
beginning of their bouts.
• For T8 teams must report to the Call Room (without weapon control) 20 minutes before the
scheduled beginning of their matches to be lead to the coloured pistes at the scheduled time.
• The winners of the T8 matches will be lead back to the Call Room according to the schedule
• Equipment Control in the Call Room will be from T8 (in earlier stages equipment control will
be made on the piste). Equipment will be controlled in the team boxes during the matches.
• The control mark (stamp) will be checked up the referee in call room
• The teams will have designated areas, sectioned off by barriers, near the coloured pistes
• Team members must remain within these areas during the team matches.
• From the T8 weapons are to be remitted to volunteers by the SEMI delegates closed fencing
bags.
• The volunteers will escort teams to the coloured pistes.
• The bags are to remain closed for the entirety of the team matches
XV - VIDEO-REFEREEING AND
DESIGNATION OF REFEREES AND
VIDEO-CONSULTANTS
VIDEO-REFEREEING
Video Refereeing is used in all three weapons from the T32 at the individual events and
starting from the T16 (sabre and foil) and T8 (epee) at the team competitions.
CADET’S MIXED TAM COMPETITION
Video Refereeing is used from the T16
DESIGNATION OF REFEREES AND VIDEO-CONSULTANTS
The designation of referees and video-consultants is done according to art. t.37 and t.38 of
the Technical Rules.
XVI - MEDAL CEREMONY
• Medal Ceremony for the individual competitions (4 athletes) and team competitions (3 teams)
will immediately start after the termination of last final.
• Athletes and teams participating at the Medal Ceremony must report to the Call Room 15
minutes before the beginning of ceremony
XVII - TEAM BOXES
AND A WARM-UP ZONE
• All participating countries will have personal Team Boxes and a zone for warm-up located
on 1st floor of the Competition Venue.
Attention! Trainings for athletes who are not taking part in competitions
of the given day should be spent only in a training hall!