Welcome Manual &

Competition Guide

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WELCOME ............................................................................................................................................... 2

ACCOMMODATION .............................................................................................................................. 3

TRANSPORTATION ............................................................................................................................. 5

MEALS ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

VENUE ...................................................................................................................................................... 7

ACCREDITATION.................................................................................................................................. 9

MEDICAL CARE ..................................................................................................................................... 9

TEAM MANAGERS MEETING ....................................................................................................... 10

COMPETITION SCHEDULE ............................................................................................................ 10

COMPETITION FORMAT ................................................................................................................ 10

CLASSIFICATION ............................................................................................................................... 12

EQUIPMENT CHECK ........................................................................................................................ 12

TRAINING ON F.O.P .......................................................................................................................... 12

INDIVIDUALS ATHLETES LIST .................................................................................................... 14

TEAMS & PAIRS LIST ....................................................................................................................... 17

OPENING CEREMONY ..................................................................................................................... 19

GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE COMPETITION .......................................................................... 19

BISFED OFFICIALS ............................................................................................................................ 19

COMPETITOR BIBS ........................................................................................................................... 20

UNIFORM COLOUR ........................................................................................................................... 20

WARM UP AREA PROCEDURES .................................................................................................. 20

CALL ROOM PROCEDURES ........................................................................................................... 21

BOCCIA BALLS ................................................................................................................................... 21

PROTEST PROCEDURES ................................................................................................................. 22

IMPORTANT LOCATIONS .............................................................................................................. 22

ANTI-DOPING CONTROL ............................................................................................................... 23

MEDAL AND CLOSING CEREMONIES ........................................................................................ 23

WHATSAPP GROUP INFORMATION .......................................................................................... 23

WELCOME Welcome to the BISFed European Championship 2019.

We are looking forward to welcoming European Nations in Sevilla.

The Hosting Committee commanded by the FEDPC has the honour of welcoming you to what

we feel will be one of the most important Boccia events during the 2019.

We are proud to host this Boccia European Championship and will try our best to promote our

Paralympic Sport and what it means in the territory.

Get all the updated news from our media services on the internet via the Boccia European

Championship Official Website http://www.sevillaeuropeanboccia2019.com

ACCOMMODATION

Delegations have been accommodated in 2 of the finest Hotel during their stay in Sevilla: HOTEL

SEVILLA CONGRESOS 4* and HOTEL VERTICE SEVILLA 4*

The Entry Fees include all accommodation expenses and all meals, from dinner on the 25th August

until breakfast on the 1st September, 2019 (excluding delegations that have requested extra days

to the HOC).

Name: Hotel Sevilla Congresos

Address: Av Alcalde Luis Uruñuela, 2, 41020 Sevilla

Tel.954 25 90 00

Web: http://www.hotelsevillacongresos.com/

Name: Hotel Vértice Sevilla

Address: Av de la Aeronautica, 41020 Sevilla

Tel.954 47 58 47

Web: https://www.verticehoteles.com/hoteles/hotel-

vertice-sevilla/

MA SEVILLA CONGRESOS

SPAIN 23 August 1 September 23 pax

UKRAINE 25 August 1 September 12 pax

GB 23/24 August 1 September 26 pax

PORTUGAL 24 August 1 September 26 pax

GREECE 25 August 1 September 22 pax

AZERBAIJAN 25 August 1 September 4 pax

BELGIUM 24 August 1 September 3 pax

CROATIA 26 August 1 September 7 pax

CZ REPUBLIC 25 August 1 September 6 pax

DENMARK 24 August 1 September 5 pax

FRANCE 24 August 1 September 9 pax

GERMANY 12 pax

NETHERLANDS 23 August 1 September 10 pax

ISRAEL 24 August 1 September 12 pax

NORWAY 24 August 1 September 5 pax

POLAND 24 August 1 September 9 pax

VERTICE SEVILLA

HUNGARY 25 August 1 September 6 pax

ITALY 25 August 1 September 8 pax

RUSSIA 25 August 1 September 20 pax

SLOVAKIA 25 August 1 September 18 pax

SLOVENIA 25 August 1 September 3 pax

SWEDEEN 23 August 2 September 11 pax

TURKEY 25 August 1 September 9 pax

REFEREES 24 August 1 September 31 pax

CLASSIFIERS 24 August 1 September 5 pax

TRANSPORTATION A transportation plan will be delivered to teams in order to ensure all their transfers during the

competition.

At arrival and departure, the HOC will ensure transportation for all delegations and officials from

Sevilla International Airport to the Hotel and from the hotel to the Airport.

Shuttle service from the official hotel will be provided to the teams in order to hep ensure an on-

time arrival for all the possible competition times. Shuttles are departing from the hotel at

07:00am. To come back to the hotel shuttles are departing at the end of the day. More information

about Schedule of the shuttles will be given in the Welcome Desk.

In order to attend the Opening Ceremony teams will not return to the hotel. Lunch will be served

in the Venue (IMD PALACIO DE LOS DEPORTES SAN PABLO) as during the rest of the European

Championship.

Teams must be ready for the parade in front of Main Entry.

After the Opening Ceremony the teams will be transported to the hotel. Teams will be previously

informed which bus will pick them up. Some slight delays may occur while we try to fill each

shuttle completely.

No transportation will be provided to any team staying in a hotel out of the HOC.

MEALS Breakfast and dinner will be served in the Hotel.

Lunch time will occur during the competition time and be served by the HOC in the Competition

Venue in the designated dinning zone.

During training and medical/equipment classification days, HOC will inform you if your lunch

will be provided in the Competition Venue or Hotel.

For any special needs or new arrangements concerning accommodation and meals please contact

Mr. Antonio Ranchal / Carlos Varela / Adriana Cepeda directly from our official email

info@sevillaeuropeanboccia2019.com and boccia@fedpc.org

VENUE Official venue for the BISFed 2019 European Championship will be the Palacio de los Deportes

San Pablo (Seville).

This facility has different zones:

ZONE 1: Competition venue and Ceremonies

ZONE 2: To be used as warm up zone

ZONE 3: To be used as equipment check

ZONE 4: To be used as medical check

ZONE 5: Dining room

PAV1& PAV2: To be used as storage zone

BATHROOMS & SHOWERS

There are adapted bathrooms in all competition venue. We suggest that the teams use the showers

in the adapted bathrooms in zone 1.

ACCREDITATION The following participants will receive accreditation upon arrival to their hotels:

- Coaches, Assistants and other staff

- BISFed Executive Board

- BISFed Officials

- National Officials

- Host Committee

- Volunteers

- Media

- Guests

MEDICAL CARE At the venue: First Aid services will be offered with medical service.

HEALTHLINE 112

In Spain the Health line is a free telephone for emergency medical services.

Hospital Victoria Eugenia and Hospital Virgen del Roció are only 5km from the Venue: 954 35

14 00 – 955 01 20 00 there is a special emergency corridor, for the European Champhionship

players.

Teams, players and staff must attend on the competition with their own medical insurance

including medical costs of foreign countries and repatriation.

TEAM MANAGERS MEETING The Team Managers technical Meeting on the 26th of August at 17:30h / 5:30pm. It will be in the

Competition Venue.

Meeting Point: TIC

Team Managers can bring one other person and a translator with them to the meeting if required.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

August

25th

August

26th

August

27th

August

28th

August

29th

August

30th

August

31th

Sept

1st Arrival / Accreditation

Classification

Training

Opening Ceremony

Competition

Closing Ceremony

Departure

COMPETITION FORMAT The competition format will be governed by the May 2018 version of the BISFed Competition

Manual:

http://www.bisfed.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/BISFed_Competition-and-Ranking-Manual_1.3_2018-05.pdf

CLASSIFICATION

Athletes must bring their Passport (or Identification Card) to their classification appointment.

In addition, the athletes must sign, in the presence of a witness, the BISFed Consent for

Classification Form that can be printed from Classification Rules (available on the BISFed

website at http://www.bisfed.com/documents-library/)

Please ensure that the athletes understand the document, provide translation if necessary and bring

the form to classification. Athletes must bring a list of all medications and any pertinent health

information written in English with them. They must also bring the Certificate of Diagnosis

completed by their medical doctor.

The athlete must come to classification with Boccia equipment used in play and be dressed in

sports clothing. If they are not properly attired they will not be classified.

EQUIPMENT CHECK The Equipment Check will be done according to the schedule below in the Competition Venue ,

on the 25 th -26th August. Equipment that does not meet the criteria will not be certified and will

be held by the organization until the end of the championship.

"All BC3 Sports Assistant are required to bring their passport to the equipment check in order to

confirm Nationality eligibility according to the BISFed Policy - Nationality of competitors

(http://www.bisfed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BISFed-Policy-on-the-Nationality-of-

Competitors-April-2014.pdf)"

TRAINING ON F.O.P

The teams must be at the entrance of the competition area at least 5 minutes before the scheduled

time.

Five minutes before the finish time they must stop training and prepare all the equipment to get

out at the scheduled time.

Access to the entrance of the training area will be allowed only to accredited staff or athletes who

are scheduled for training.

Access to the entrance of Sports Equipment Storage will be allowed only to accredited staff or

athletes who are scheduled for training and for picking up or leaving sports equipment.

INDIVIDUALS ATHLETES LIST

BC1

Country Name Ranking

GBR David Smith 1

NED Daniel Perez 3

SVK Tomas Kral 5

RUS Mikhail Gutnik 6

POR António Marques 13

POR André Ramos 16

GRE CHRISTOS KYPRIOTIS 17

GRE PANAGIOTIS SOULANIS 18

UKR Vladyslav Kukhta 24

ESP FERRAN RIBAS 25

CZE Katerina CURINOVA 27

NED Barend Drost 28

RUS Mikhail Letnikov 29

POL Kinga KOZA 39

ESP SERAFIN RODRIGUEZ 42

ESP AMAGOIA ARRIETA 45

ISR Orit Kelner 47

SVK Martin Opat 48

UKR Yana Pielykh 50

ITA Diego Gilli 56

ITA Mauro Perrone 61

ISR Sergiy Yaremenko 84

GRE DIONYSIA TSAKIRI 109

GBR Reegan Stevenson 110

BC2

Country Name Ranking

SVK Robert Mezik 6

POR Abílio Valente 7

ISR Nadav Levi 10

RUS Dmitry Kozmin 11

NED Bernd Meints 12

POR Cristina Gonçalves 13

POR Nelson Fernandes 14

BEL Francis Rombouts 16

ESP RAUL MARTI 18

POL Mateusz URBAŃSKI 22

GBR Claire Taggart 24

SVK Rastislav Kurilak 26

NED Judith Bulthuis 28

UKR Andrii Moroz 29

ESP BENITO SÁNCHEZ 31

RUS Diana Tsyplina 41

GRE ALEXANDROS PAPADAKIS 42

TUR Hasan ÇAKIR 44

UKR Mykyta Nafihov 47

TUR Mustafa ÖZKAN 59

GRE NIKOLAOS GONIOS 68

GBR Will Hipwell 82

ISR DADI IDAN GAL-WEICH 84

SVK Kristina Kudlacova 109

BC3

Country Name Ranking

GRE GRIGORIOS POLYCHRONIDIS 1

GBR Jamie McCowan 4

CZE Adam PESKA 7

POR José Macedo 8

GBR Patrick Wilson 9

POL Damian ISKRZYCKI 10

RUS Aleksander Legostaev 12

POR Avelino Andrade 13

SWE Christoffer Hagdahl 17

SWE Maria Bjurstrom 18

RUS Maxim Vasilyev 26

FRA Samir VAN DER BEKEN 27

GRE ANNA NTENTA 28

ESP WAFID BOUCHERIT 29

ITA Mirco Garavaglia 30

FRA SONIA HECKEL 36

DEN Tanija Madsen 48

DEN Daniel Bente 54

GER Petra Benharkat 55

POL Edyta OWCZARZ 62

NOR Per-Kristian Thorsrud 66

GRE ANASTASIA PYRGIOTIS 96

ESP VERONICA PAMIES 111

GBR Jessica Hunter 170

BC4

Country Name Ranking

GBR Stephen McGuire 3

GER Boris Nicolai 6

RUS Sergey Safin 11

CRO DAVOR KOMAR 12

SVK Samuel Andrejcik 16

UKR Artem Kolinko 17

SVK Michaela Balcova 19

ESP VASILE AGACHE 20

RUS Ivan Frolov 22

SLO MATJAŽ BARTOL 23

HUN Laszlo Hegedüs 24

POR Manuel Cruz 27

POR Carla Oliveira 33

AZE BAHRUZ MIRZAYEV 34

GBR Evie Edwards 38

GRE NIKO VASILI 40

CRO MELISA OSMANOVIC 42

UKR Andrii Okulov 43

GBR Louis Saunders 49

GER Bastian Keller 51

GER Anita Raguwaran 53

HUN Alexandra Szabo 76

ESP RAMON PRAT 78

GRE CHRYSI MORFI METZOU 83

TEAMS & PAIRS LIST

TEAMS BC1 BC2

Country Ranking Name Gender Class

SVK Slovakia 5 Tomas Kral M BC1

Martin Opat M BC1

Robert Mezik M BC2

Rastislav Kurilak M BC2

Kristina Kudlacova F BC2

NED Netherlands 8 Daniel Perez M BC1

Barend Drost M BC1

Bernd Meints M BC2

Judith Bulthuis F BC2

POR Portugal 9 António Marques M BC1

André Ramos M BC1

Abílio Valente M BC2

Cristina Gonçalves F BC2

Nelson Fernandes M BC2

RUS Russia 10 Mikhail Gutnik M BC1

Mikhail Letnikov M BC1

Dmitry Kozmin M BC2

Diana Tsyplina F BC2

GRE Greece 12 CHRISTOS KYPRIOTIS M BC1

PANAGIOTIS SOULANIS M BC1

DIONYSIA TSAKIRI F BC1

ALEXANDROS PAPADAKIS M BC2

NIKOLAOS GONIOS M BC2

GBR United Kingdom 13 David Smith M BC1

Reegan Stevenson M BC1

Claire Taggart F BC2

Will Hipwell M BC2

ISR Israel 16 Orit Kelner F BC1 Sergiy Yaremenko M BC1 Nadav Levi M BC2 DADI IDAN GAL-WEICH M BC2

ESP Spain 20 FERRAN RIBAS M BC1 SERAFIN RODRIGUEZ M BC1 AMAGOIA ARRIETA F BC1 RAUL MARTI M BC2 BENITO SÁNCHEZ M BC2

P-BC3

Country Ranking Name Gender

GRE Greece 1 GRIGORIOS POLYCHRONIDIS M ANNA NTENTA F ANASTASIA PYRGIOTIS F

GBR United Kingdom 8 Jamie McCowan M Patrick Wilson M Jessica Hunter F

RUS Russia 9 Aleksander Legostaev M Maxim Vasilyev M Kristina Akimaeva F

FRA France 10 Samir VAN DER BEKEN M SONIA HECKEL F Rodrigue BRENEK M

POL Poland 11 Damian ISKRZYCKI M Edyta OWCZARZ F

ESP Spain 12 WAFID BOUCHERIT M VERONICA PAMIES F FRANCISCO JAVIER MARTÍNEZ M

POR Portugal 16 José Macedo M Avelino Andrade M Ana Costa F

SWE Sweden 17 Christoffer Hagdahl M Maria Bjurstrom F Sebastian Hogrell M

P-BC4

Country Ranking Name Gender

SVK Slovakia 3 Samuel Andrejcik M Michaela Balcova F Martin Streharsky M

GBR United Kingdom 4 Stephen McGuire M Evie Edwards F Louis Saunders M

POR Portugal 5 Manuel Cruz M Carla Oliveira F Nuno Guerreiro M

GER Germany 6 Boris Nicolai M Bastian Keller M Anita Raguwaran F

RUS Russia 7 Sergey Safin M Ivan Frolov M Daria Adonina F

CRO Croatia 12 DAVOR KOMAR M MELISA OSMANOVIC F DAMIR JUREN M

HUN Hungary 16 Laszlo Hegedüs M Alexandra Szabo F Gergo Berkes M

ESP Spain 17 VASILE AGACHE M RAMON PRAT M ANGELA NAVEIRA F

OPENING CEREMONY Monday 26th of August from 19:00 to 20:30 at the Competition Venue.

Teams must attend the O.C at 18:30 outside of the venue in front of the Dinning Zone.

GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE COMPETITION All Events of the BISFed 2019 European Championship will run in accordance with the BISFed

2018 Competition Rules.

http://www.bisfed.com/about-boccia/rules/

BISFED OFFICIALS

Richard Evans Head Referee Jordi Giménez National Referee

Antonio Echevarrias Assistant Head Referee Sandra Valderas National Referee

Izaskun Aguirre International Referee Ana León National Referee

Teresa Calverol International Referee Roberto Pecellín National Referee

Beatriz Castedo International Referee Sonia Hurtado National Referee

Miquel Chalé International Referee Pau Salvador National Referee

Maria Ucar International Referee Mireia Pascual National Referee

Mario Greguric International Referee Sandra Peña National Referee

Daniel Headley International Referee Jesús Jerez National Referee

Eleni Liloglou International Referee Jorge Ballesteros National Referee

David Henriques International Referee Consuelo Reguera National Referee

Inés Almeida International Referee Jorgue Gonzalez National Referee

Pedro Fernandes International Referee Jose Maria Montero National Referee

Michael Geiling International Referee Manuela Pino National Referee

Stephen Furber International Referee Marta Panufnik National Referee

Elsa Matthee Chief Classifier Jose Javier Garcia National Referee

Joaquim Viegas Classifier

Dorota Berger Classifier

Miguel Ángel López Classifier

Marali Olen Classifier

COMPETITOR BIBS Upon confirmation of classification, each athlete shall be given two competitor numbers:

✓ One of the pieces must be worn at all times during the hours of competition. The

competitor number must be affixed on the front of the shirt or the trouser leg

✓ The second competitor number is a reserve copy. Exception for classes BC1 and BC3: in

this particular case, the assistant will have a third competitor number to be affixed where

visible.

If an athlete forgets, loses or chooses not to wear their competitor number, they will not be

permitted to enter the warm-up area, the Call Room or the field of play. A side that is not

present for the start of the match forfeits the match Exceptions may be considered by the

Head Referee and/or the Technical Delegate.

UNIFORM COLOUR

A list of every team uniform colours will be distributed during the technical meeting. After the

final schedule is finished, the TD will revise it and identify the matches with possible colour clash.

On matches where the colour clash is identified the lower ranked side will be instructed by the

TD to change to an alternate uniform colour. Jackets of a different colour will be allowed, as long

as the BiB Number is visible, and the correct shirt colour underneath."

WARM UP AREA PROCEDURES Warm-up for the first row of matches of each competition day will be on the F.O.P.

4 warm up courts will be at disposal for competing delegations

Priority will be given to competitors playing on the next row of matches.

Players may be accompanied into the Warm-up area by a maximum number of people as follows:

CLASS NUMBER OF PEOPLE BC1 1 coach 1 assistant

BC2 1 coach 1 assistant

BC3 1 coach 1 assistant

BC4 1 coach 1 assistant

PAIRS BC3 1 coach 1 assistant per athlete

PARIS BC4 1 coach 1 assistant

TEAMS BC1/BC2 1 coach 1 assistant

If it is necessary, one translator and one physiotherapist/masseuse per Country may enter in the

warm-up area. They can’t help or assist with coaching.

CALL ROOM PROCEDURES Call Room procedures will be as documented in the BISFed 2019 Competition Rules V3:

http://www.bisfed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/V.3_with_markup.pdf

In case of doubt or any disagreement in the interpretation of the rules, the English version shall

prevail.

Prior to entering the Warm-up Area and Call Room, Athletes, Coaches and Sport Assistants must

ensure that they have their Accreditation Tag with them. Athlete competitor numbers should be

clearly visible. Failure to do so will result in refused entry to the Call Room.

PLEASE BE AWARE YOU’LL NEED ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO REACH THE CALL ROOM

AREA FROM THE WARM UP ZONE

BOCCIA BALLS The Organizing Committee will have Competition Balls available for both training and

competition.

Immediately outside the entrance to the Call Room will be an electronic set of weighing scales,

measuring template for Sides and Roll Test to check the eligibility of their balls before entry.

During the competition, random ball checks will take place in the Call Room prior to each round

of matches with one or two courts being selected for inspection. Balls that fail the criteria will be

confiscated until the end of the competition.

The player will be allowed to replace the ball/s with competition ball/s at this time. After the

match, these competition balls shall be returned to the Referee.

PROTEST PROCEDURES Protest procedures will be as documented in the BISFed 2019 Competition Rules V3:

http://www.bisfed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/V.3_with_markup.pdf

Protest Forms will be available from and returned to the Sports Information Desk. The decision

of all Protests shall be available at this desk.

IMPORTANT LOCATIONS Access to Restricted Areas

Access to restricted areas shall be limited to authorised personnel only and in accordance

with the BISFed International Boccia Rules. Authorised personnel shall only be granted

access if they are wearing their appropriate Accreditation Card in a visible place. Full details

of restricted areas shall be explained at the Technical Meeting.

Sports Information Desk

Access to the Information Desk is restricted to the Team Manager or designated person. The

sports information desk will be located at the venue; the precise location can be observed

on the attached map. This desk shall hold the following information:

✓ Schedules of Play

✓ Results

✓ Protest Forms

✓ Classification Notices

✓ Time and Location of Meetings

✓ Time and Location of Social Events

✓ Map of Venue illustrating the location of specific areas

✓ Venue Facilities

Results will be published on the website http://www.sevillaeuropeanboccia2019.com on

a regular basis. One hard copy will be distributed at the end of each day. As to the schedule

of play, it will also be published and a hard copy will be delivered to each Team Manager at

the Technical meeting to be held on the 26st of August.

Competition Office

Access to the Competition Secretariat Office is restricted to members of the HOC and

BISFed Boccia officials. All enquiries should be addressed to the Information Desk

ANTI-DOPING CONTROL The list of forbidden substances can be found on BISFed website.

http://www.bisfed.com/about-boccia/anti-doping/

All doping procedures will be in accordance to the procedures of the WADA.

The doping control tests will be conducted by a Spanish Authority, the ADOP- Spanish anti-

doping Agency which is a WADA member.

BISFed Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) forms are located on the BISFed website. Athletes,

who are using banned substances found on the WADA Prohibited List for therapeutic reasons,

should complete the TUE forms and return them to the BISFed doping officer.

MEDAL AND CLOSING CEREMONIES Saturday August 31th at 19:00

WHATSAPP GROUP INFORMATION HOC will make a group of whatsapp with all Team Managers. In order to keep constant communication. Please provide your contacts number: info@sevillaeuropeanboccia2019.com boccia@fedpc.org