Rules 2006 edition       
 

1) Circolo Tre Druidi, with A.I.C.S. (Italian Association Sport and Culture), and the support of the Pinerolo Town Sport and Tourism Office, manages on Saturday the 17th and Sunday the 18th of June  2006 the XIII edition of amatorial volleyball tournament "24 ORE DI PALLAVOLO"
2) Can join this competition athletes, male and female, not belonging to any volley federation, or playing not over the "D" italian series or equivalent for men, and not over the "C" italian series or equivalent for women. Tre Druidi are not responsible for controls about the identity and the series played by each athlete. A team that has an athlete not responding to the above terms will be immediately disqualified.
3) Only ten teams can join the tournament, each one made of max 15 players (male and female), and the complete listing must be sent via e-mail (druidi@vds.it), by fax (+39 (0) 181 303582), or by hand in Pinerolo (TO), Via Fenestrelle, 59, not after June 9. The complete listing of athletes will be published in the 24 ore internet site, as soon as it will be delivered. Each team, in every moment, must play with at least two women.
4) The tournament will be played in a single group in the Italian way, with games to be played more times in the 24 hours, beginning Saturday 17 June at 17.00  without any stop until the ending of the calendar. At this time it will be published a  temporary chart in order to decide the next phase of the calendar. In case of  draw,  any play-off will be played (see point 5). There will be a clock calendar in which every team will play with the preceding team and the next team on the chart published at the end of the first phase. The first and the last team will play one against the other. The conquered points will be added at those conquered during the first phase. Matches will end on Sunday 18 at 17.00, or when every team will have played the same number of matches. If at the end of the clock phase there will be  enough time, the organising committee can decide to play an extra turn of matches. This will always be played with a clock phase, according to a calendar computed in real time. On the contrary, if the organising committee decides that there is time only for the playing of one turn, it will be played the turn in which every team will meet the team that follow, starting with the first classified in the first phase,
5) Each match will be played in a single set following the FIPAV rules, and the winning team will be awarded with two points. At the 24th hour it will be published a chart,  if there will be two or more teams heading with the same points number, extra match will be played, made of only one set. If there will be more than two teams leading in the first place, it will be calculated a new chart considering only the direct matches between this teams played in the first leg only. The two teams better classified after this will play the extra match. If there will still be more than two teams with the same number of points, or two or more teams standing at second place, will be computed the point difference resulted from every match in the first leg only for the teams involved. If there will still be more than two teams with the same number of points, or two or more teams standing at second place, a draw will determine the names of the two teams admitted to the extra match. The final standings, if there will be other teams with the same number of points, will be computed by the same way described before, without playing any play-off.
6) The net will be placed at 2.30 Mt.
7) It is not allowed to modify the matches sequence for any reason, and matches cannot be posticipated. The sequence of matches will be published by the organizers only after half an hour before the beginning of the tournament.
8) Referees are players and ex volley players chosen by the organizers.
9) For any questions connected to the matches, claims must be presented to the organizers, with the fee of € 25, not later than 20 minutes after the end of the match. The fee will be returned if claim will be accepted, or earned by the organizers in the other case.
10) Matches must succeed each other without any pause. If a team is not ready to begin match in five minutes from the end of match before, will be declared defeated, and then the tournement will proceed with the next match, that must begin in ten minutes.
11) The subscription fee is € 120 for each team.
18) The tournement T-shirt will be awarded to all athletes.
19) Athletes associated with Circolo Tre Druidi, or with A.I.C.S., will have an insurance coverage for all the tournament from any injury occurred playing the matches. It depends on you to associate or not, but Tre Druidi is not responsible for any injury occurred to athletes not associated. The association fee is € 10 for each person. If an athlete would like to associate, he must communicate the following personal data when joining the tournament: name, surname, full address, phone number, place and date of birth, title and profession.
14) Circolo Tre Druidi is not responsible for any accident, person or stuff damage that may happen before, during or after the tournament.
15) For all not complained in the present rules, worth F.I.P.A.V. (Italian Federation Volleyball) rules.
16) Single athletes will be responsible about the sanitary normatives for the sport practice. Every athlete must have a medical declaration that states his idoneity for the sport practice.

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