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Entry Information Handbook 2020 AYWPC

Updated 16 September, 2019

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Table of Contents

1. Documents to Reference ..................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Event Information ................................................................................................................................................. 4

2.1 2020 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships ............................................................................................. 4

2.2 Championship Dates/Times ................................................................................................................................. 4

2.3 Cost per Team ...................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.4 Technical Meetings .............................................................................................................................................. 5

2.5 Venues ................................................................................................................................................................. 5

3. Event Timelines .................................................................................................................................................... 6

4. Competition Rules ................................................................................................................................................ 7

4.1 Teams & Bench .................................................................................................................................................... 7

4.2 Venue ................................................................................................................................................................... 7

4.3 Cap Colour ........................................................................................................................................................... 7

4.4 Table Duty ............................................................................................................................................................ 7

4.5 Competition Points .............................................................................................................................................. 8

4.6 Results ................................................................................................................................................................. 8

4.7 Tournament Awards ............................................................................................................................................ 8

5. Eligibility Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 9

5.1 Team Lists ............................................................................................................................................................ 9

6. Accreditation Requirements ................................................................................................................................. 9

7. Draft Process ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

7.1 Draft Player Nominations .................................................................................................................................. 10

7.2 Draft Team Nominations ................................................................................................................................... 10

7.3 Draft Process ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

7.4 Draft Entry Forms .............................................................................................................................................. 11

8. Competition Draw & Seedings f ......................................................................................................................... 12

8.1 Competition Structure ....................................................................................................................................... 12

8.2 Competition Title Breakdown ............................................................................................................................ 12

8.3 Seedings Process ................................................................................................................................................ 13

9. Streaming of Matches ......................................................................................................................................... 14

10. Auxiliary Events .................................................................................................................................................. 14

11. Think.Act.Play. .................................................................................................................................................... 15

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1. Documents to Reference

FINA Water Polo Rules – Click Here National Technical Rules - Click Here AYWPC Club, Team and Player Eligibility Regulations – Click Here WPA Accreditation and Appointments Regulations - Click Here

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2. Event Information

2.1 2020 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships

The Australian Youth Water Polo Championships bring together eight national age Club Championships; 12&U Boys and Girls, 14&U Boys and Girls, 16&U Boys and Girls, 18&U Boys and Girls. The 2020 event will be hosted in Brisbane, Queensland with more than 3000 participants expected for a two-week festival of water polo.

2.2 Championship Dates/Times

Full event duration is 11th to 23rd of January 2020 with the age groups split over a 2-week period.

Week 1

11-16 January 2020

Week 2

18-23 January 2020

14&U Championships 12&U Championships

18&U Championships 16&U Championships

*If less than eight (8) teams nominate for any division, the competition will be reduced by one (1) day. Daily competition playing times are anticipated to be between 8am and 8pm each day, pending entry numbers. 2.3 Cost per Team

Early Bird Team Entry Fee - $2,500 (incl. GST)

- July 2019 to 22nd September 2019 23:59 AEST - Non-refundable deposit of $1,250 due at point of nomination by online card

payment - Remaining $1,250 due by 27th October 2019 (invoice by WPA)

Late Team Entry Fee - $3,000 (incl. GST)

- 23rd September 2019 – 27th October 2019 23:59 AEST - Full amount due at point of nomination - Non-refundable

Please note: there are no individual player fees. Spectators will be required to pay an entry fee at each venue. Tickets will be available for pre-purchase online closer to competition, as well as at the door.

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2.4 Technical Meetings

At least one (1) representative from each team is required to attend the Technical Meetings where accreditation passes and programs are to be collected. This representative is to be the pre-nominated Coach, Assistant Coach and/or Manager. This meeting is compulsory as passes will not be available for collection at any other time. If you are taking part in both weeks of competition, you are required to attend both Technical Meetings as the information will be relevant for the specific divisions taking part in that week. The Technical Delegates and Referees will also be in attendance at the meeting.

Week 1 Meeting Week 2 Meeting

Friday 10th January Friday 17th January

7-8.30pm at the Sleeman Sports Complex, Theatre

2.5 Venues

The following venues have been confirmed to host the 2020 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships. The location for matches in each age group will depend on the number of team entries received. Each venue encompasses a different number of Fields of Play.

VENUE SITE ADDRESS BEST ACCESS ADDRESS

All Hallows’ Consilio Aquatic Centre

547 Ann Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

20 Dodge Lane, Brisbane QLD 4000

Brisbane Aquatic Centre – Sleeman Sports Complex

Old Cleveland Road & Tilley Road, Chandler QLD 4155

Carpark 3 off Old Cleveland Road, Chandler QLD 4155

Fortitude Valley Pool 432 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

Murray Evans Sports and Aquatic Centre – Somerville House School

4 Stephens Road, Brisbane QLD 4101

Stuartholme Aquatic Precinct Birdwood Terrace, Brisbane QLD 4066

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3. Event Timelines

Team En trie s Open - Early Bird Prices

NOW!

Must pay $1,250 non-refundable deposit at point of nomination.

Click here to nominate!

Team En trie s Close - Early Bird Prices

Sunday 22nd September

23:59 AEST

Remaining $1,250 due by 27th October.

Late Team Entries Close

Sunday 27th October

23:59 AEST

Total $2,500 + $500 late fee

due at point of nomination.

EOI TD's & Referees

Nominations Close

Sunday 27th October

23:59 AEST

Team s an d Individuals

to nominate

Click here to nominate!

Team Lists Due incl. Cap

Numbers & Officials

Sunday 10th November

23:59 AEST

Submitted via WPA MemberPool. Team

Official will be granted access.

Officials Confirmation

by Monday 11th November

17:00 AEST

Notification of all Officials

appointed

Individual & Team Draft

Request Close

Sunday 17th November

23:59 AEST

Submitted via WPA MemberPool. Team

Officials will be granted access.

Draft Conducted (via Teleconference)

14&U / 18&U

20th November

Time TBC

12&U / 16&U

27th November

Time TBC

ANNOUNCED:14&U / 18&U 21st Nov12&U / 16&U 28th Nov

DRAW RELEASED

Monday 2nd DECEMBER

12:00 AEST

Announced on WPA Website

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4. Competition Rules This competition will be played under the current FINA Water Polo Rules, with modifications as outlined in the WPA National Technical Rules. Please refer to the WPA website for these rulebooks:

FINA Water Polo Rules – CLICK HERE

WPA National Technical Rules – CLICK HERE (Team rosters, participation rules, age groups, game duration, possession clock, timeouts, shots at goals,

exclusion fouls, pool dimensions, goal size and ball size) A summary of the key Competition rules to highlight that are not included in either of the above are;

4.1 Teams & Bench

Up to 14 players can be used during the Championships with a maximum of 13 in any match. All players will appear on the scorecard. Each team shall consist of seven (7) players, one who shall be a goalkeeper who shall wear the goalkeepers cap and not more than six reserves that may be used as substitutes. Up to three (3) accredited Team Officials, being a Coach, Assistant Coach and Manager are permitted to sit on the bench along with six (6) substitutes.

4.2 Venue

All five (5) venues listed above will be used for the duration of the tournament. Each venue encompasses a different number of Fields of Play.

4.3 Cap Colour

The first named team shall wear the light cap colour of their choice and the second named team a cap of contrasting colour, predominantly dark. The first named team will commence play to the LEFT of the Official’s Table.

4.4 Table Duty

Teams must provide the names of four (4) suitably qualified table officials with their team lists through the MemberPool. Table Officials must hold the Competition Official Accreditation listed in their MemberPool profile. At least two (2) listed table officials are required from EACH TEAM for duty during the team’s own schedule match.

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The roles during each match that must be filled include: - Flag/Caller – 1 person from Team 1 - Main Clock – 1 person from Team 1 - Shot Clock – 1 person from Team 2 - Secretary – 1 person from Team 2

All teams must provide Table Officials as detailed above – failure to do so may result in a fine and/or loss of competition points as per WPA’s Accreditation and Appointment Regulations. WPA will appoint Referees for Table Duty for Championship Semi Finals and Medal Matches. Please note: Goal Judges will not be used in any matches.

4.5 Competition Points

Win 3 points Draw 2 points Loss 1 point In the event of a Forfeit/Disqualification, the offending team will receive 0 points and the goal margin will be 5 – 0. The non-offending team will receive 3 points. Round games that finish in a tie will result in a draw. Penalty Shoot Outs will occur from Quarter finals onwards in all title divisions.

4.6 Results Results and player statistics will be located within the Match Centre on WPA’s Website.

4.7 Tournament Awards The following awards will be given at the tournament in each age division and gender:

- Most Valuable Goalkeeper - Most Valuable Player - Highest Goal scorer - Tournament Seven Team

The criteria used to determine these awards will be released closer to the competition. All Water Polo Australia events are an opportunity to be watched and/or identified for future representative teams.

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5. Eligibility Requirements Team and Player Eligibility Requirements for this competition are defined within the AYWPC Club, Team and Player Eligibility Regulations. All Team Officials are to ensure they understand these regulations. Please refer to the WPA website for these rulebooks:

AYWPC Club, Team and Player Eligibility Regulations – CLICK HERE

A summary of additional event specific eligibility requirements to highlight, not included in the above are;

5.1 Team Lists

Once the primary representative of the team has performed the Team Nomination, they will be given access to the team within the MemberPool to add their players and accredited Team Officials. Team Lists must be submitted by 10th November 2019, including:

- Players and their cap numbers - Head Coach (required) - Manager (required) - Assistant Coach (optional) - Names of four (4) Table Officials (required)

Clubs must separately nominate their designated Referee here by 27th October 2019.

6. Accreditation Requirements

Each Team has a responsibility to ensure all Team Officials are appropriately accredited in order to be allowed on pool deck. Requirements for this competition are defined within the WPA Accreditation and Appointment Regulations. All Team Officials are to ensure they understand these regulations. Please refer to the WPA website for these rules:

WPA Accreditation and Appointment Regulations – CLICK HERE

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7. Draft Process

7.1 Draft Player Nominations

i. The player draft will be managed by WPA.

ii. An eligible player must apply to WPA to be included in the draft on the appropriate form by the publicised closing date, including a short resume, contact details and payment of $150.00 draft application deposit.

iii. A condition of entry to the draft is that a player will commit to play with the team they are picked

up by. A player who withdraws from a draft team after confirmation will not be refunded their entry deposit.

iv. In the event of a player being successfully selected in the draft process, the draft deposit will be

transferred to the receiving club.

v. In the event of a player not being selected in the draft process, the draft application deposit will be refunded.

7.2 Draft Team Nominations

i. Teams that have eleven (11) or less players will be permitted to select a maximum of three (3) players from the draft. Clubs with multiple team entries in any Championship will only be allowed to draft players to the bottom ranked team.

ii. Teams must apply to WPA to be included in the draft on the appropriate form by the publicised closing date, including all desired positions and contact details.

iii. As part of the application process, the Team guarantees that the coach, assistant coach, manager

and any other team officials have the required accreditations, including valid working with vulnerable people clearance recorded in the WPA MemberPool database.

7.3 Draft Process

i. The Draft process for the Championships will be conducted over two (2) rounds via

teleconference; a. The first round will be restricted to teams and players within the same state/territory. b. The second round (if required) will include any players who were not selected in the first

round into a National Draft if agreed upon in their draft application with parent/guardian consent.

ii. WPA may, in their absolute discretion, place left over draft players in teams who still require

drafts, even if they have reached their three (3) draft player limit or enter a National Composite Team.

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7.4 Draft Entry Forms

To enter the 2020 Draft as a PLAYER - CLICK HERE

To enter the 2020 Draft as a TEAM - CLICK HERE

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8. Competition Draw & Seedings f 8.1 Competition Structure

Once team nominations have closed, the draw progressions will be determined for the number of teams in each age group and division. A sample progression is provided below using 16 teams.

8.2 Competition Title Breakdown

Position Title 1st Position Championship / Gold Medallist 2nd Position Silver Medallist 3rd Position Bronze Medallist 9th Position Plate 17th Position Bowl 25th Position Shield 33rd Position Cup

Please note: there must be 4 or more teams in each placing group to award the allocated title.

Winners GoldPos 1&2 Pos 1&2 Winners

Group E/FLosers Bronze

Winners 5th PositionPos 1&2 Pos 3&4 Losers

Group E/FLosers 7th Position

Winners 9th PositionPos 3&4 Pos 1&2 Winners

Group G/HLosers 11th Position

Winners 13th PositionPos 3&4 Pos 3&4 Losers

Group G/HLosers 15th Position

Group B - 4 Teams

Group C - 4 Teams

Group D - 4 Teams

Group EGroup A - 4

Teams

Group F

Group G

Group H

Quarter Finals

Quarter Finals

Championship Semi

Final (1-4)

Semi Final (5-8)

Plate Semi Final (9-12)

Semi Final (13-16)

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8.3 Seedings Process Rankings from the 2019 AYWPC will be used for the seedings of the 2020 Competition using the following system:

i. 2019 rankings for each division will be allocated to the number of pots required for the 2020 Competition Structure. Eg. If there were 16 teams who competed in the 16&U Girls division the previous year, ranking will be based on the Club’s result in that division, regardless of the upcoming year’s team list.

EXAMPLE

2019 16&U Girls 2020 16&U Girls Rank Club/Team Pot

1st Adelaide Crows

Pot 1 2nd Brisbane Lions 3rd Carlton Blues 4th Collingwood Magpies 5th Essendon Bombers

Pot 2 6th Fremantle Dockers 7th Geelong Cats 8th Gold Coast Suns 9th GWS Giants

Pot 3 10th Hawthorn Hawks 11th Melbourne Demons 12th North Melbourne Kangaroos 13th Port Adelaide Power

Pot 4 14th Richmond Tigers 15th Saint Kilda Saints 16th Sydney Swans

ii. Teams that did not compete in the 2019 Championships will be randomly seeded in the lowest

position.

iii. Teams that do not return after the 2019 Championship will forfeit their position, and the rankings will move up to fill the position.

iv. Once the Pots are determined, teams will be randomly drawn and placed into Groups using the following procedure:

EXAMPLE – 2020 16&U Girls Group A Group B Group C Group D

1st Pick Pot 1 2nd Pick Pot 1 3rd Pick Pot 1 4th Pick Pot 1 4th Pick Pot 2 1st Pick Pot 2 2nd Pick Pot 2 3rd Pick Pot 2 3rd Pick Pot 3 4th Pick Pot 3 1st Pick Pot 3 2nd Pick Pot 3 2nd Pick Pot 4 3rd Pick Pot 4 4th Pick Pot 4 1st Pick Pot 4

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9. Streaming of Matches It is anticipated that the medal matches that occur on the Finals Day of Competition for each week will be livestreamed and available for viewing through the OVOPlay App. The streaming schedule will be confirmed when the Draw is released.

14&U & 18&U – Thursday 16th January * 12&U & 16&U – Thursday 23rd January *

*Pending team entry numbers.

10. Auxiliary Events A variety of Auxiliary Events will be available throughout the Championships and will be advertised closer to date. Events may include:

- Medal Presentations - International Test Matches - Coaching/Refereeing development and accreditation opportunities - National Teams Open Training Sessions - Sponsorship activations - FlippaFest

A complete schedule will be released August 2019.

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11. Think.Act.Play.