SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING MEDITERRANEAN CUP 2018 Seville (ESP), July 2018

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2 SEVILLE Seville, Tourist destination of the First Order at World Level, possesses an immense historical, monumental and cultural patrimony. Intersection and crucible of all the civilizations that settled along with the Guadalquivir river. Tradition and modernity go in this city by hand, with its millennial past it faces illusion its promising future. the most beautiful cities and surprisingly of the world. This wise combination of tradition and innovation is one of the factors that have helped to do of Seville a tourist destination of the first order, on a global scale. The people of all the corners of the world are chosen by them every year attracted by the reputation of its good climate, its rich gastronomy, the popular hospitality of its nations and the desire to take delight with the contemplation of one of Seville is the third urban tourist destination of Spain, suitable for the individual tourism, of culture and pleasure, also it is for the visitor of congresses, conventions and trips of incentives, thanks to its modern infrastructures and its excellent system of communications. Placed to the South-west of the Iberian Peninsula, Seville has experienced notable changes in the last years, fruit of the effort of a dynamic and modern society, where the quality of the services and the technological incorporation the sample as a tourist product of the first order in the south of Europe.

3 ORGANIZATION Mediterranean Swimming Confederation (COMEN), The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN), and the Club Circulo Mercantil e industrial de Sevilla (CMIS) are responsible for the organization of the Synchronized Swimming Mediterranean Cup ROYAL SPANISH SWIMMING FEDERATION Address: C/ Juan Esplandiu, Madrid (Spain) Phone: Fax: internacional@rfen.es DATE July 26 th to 29 th, 2018 VENUE The Competition will be held at the Círculo Mercantil e Industrial of Seville 50 x 21 m. outdoor pool, roped at 25 m., depth 2,10 m. CIRCULO MERCANTIL E INDUSTRIAL Address: Avenida Adolfo Suárez, Sevilla (Spain) web; www. mercantilsevilla.com PARTICIPATION The competition is open to all Federations affiliated to FINA, LEN or COMEN. The competition is for Age group 13, 14 and 15 y.o. (swimmers born in 2005, 2004 and 2003) according to FINA rules ASAG 2.2, ASAG 6. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION Official Hotel HOTEL ALCORA (4***)

4 Prices Single room Twin room Triple room 120,00 person/day 105,00 person/day 95,00 person/day All reservation must be done trough the official Agency Viajes Todotravel: and copy to: Meals: The breakfast and dinner (buffet) will be at the Hotel The lunch will be at the restaurant of the swimming club (Círculo Mercantil e Industrial) Payment details: Beneficiary: Viajes Todotravel Bank name: BBVA IBAN: ES BIC: BBVAESXXX TRANSPORTATION Local Transportation (Airport/Train Station-Hotel-Airport/Train Station and Hotel- Swimming pool-hotel Transfers) will be provided free for all team only if the hotel booking will be done through the Official Agency of the Organizing Committee Viajes Todotravel Each Federation will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation. OFFICIAL AIRPORT & TRAIN STATION Airport The international airport of Seville (San Pablo Airport) is placed to only ten kilometers of the city center. It is designed to be able to receive up to eight million travelers per year and offers regular flights with the different Spanish capitals and more than 30 international connections. Train Station The official Train Station is Sevilla - Santa Justa, with the service of High Velocity Trains. RULES The competition will be conduct in accordance to FINA Age-group rules

5 CONTEST RULES The meeting will be held according to the COMEN tournament rules (copy is attached) DEADLINES 01/04/2018 Preliminary Entry Form 23/04/2018 Accommodation Form 23/04/2018 Accommodation payment 01/06/2018 Visa Support (If necessary) 01/06/2018 Accreditation Form and photos in JPG format 02/07/2018 Travel Form 11/07/2018 Final Entry Form 16/07/2018 Music files send to TECHNICAL MEETING Wednesday, July 25 th, 2018 at 18:00 h. at the venue. ACCREDITATION All teams will have their accreditation and they should send a picture of each member of the team and also the accreditation form enclosed before June1st 2018 Please send the picture as jpg or jpeg files and named as follow: NAME_Firstname_CRY_function (e.g. GARCIA_María_ESP_swimmer) VISA INFORMATION The Royal Swimming Federation will provide Visa Assistance. If your team needs Visa please send us the Visa Form enclosed before June1st 2018

6 PROGRAM Time Activity Place Wednesday 25 th July Team Managers Meeting & Draws Evening Judges & Coaches Clinic Thursday 26 th July Morning FREE DUET PRELIMINARY Afternoon Lunch Restaurant of the Venue Evening Open Ceremony FREE TEAM PRELIMINARY Friday 27 th July Morning FREE SOLO PRELIMINARY Lunch Restaurant of the Venue Afternoon FREE COMBO PRELIMINARY FREE COMBO FINAL Evening Medals Ceremony Combo Open & COMEN Saturday 28 th July Morning FIGURES COMPETITION Afternoon Lunch Restaurant of the Venue Draw of Finals (SOLO DUET & TEAM) Evening FREE DUET FINAL Medals Ceremony Duet Open & COMEN Sunday 29 th July Morning FREE SOLO FINAL Medals ceremony Solo Open & COMEN Restaurant of the Venue FREE TEAM FINAL Afternoon Medals Ceremony Team OPREN & COMEN Barbecue and Final Party Venue

7 SY 1. ORGANIZATION MEDITERRANEAN CUP SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING COMPETITION Contest rules COMEN Cup-SY 1 COMEN Cup-SY 1.1 COMEN Cup-SY 1.2 COMEN Cup-SY 1.3 COMEN Cup-SY 1.4 FINA Technical Rules will apply The Cup shall be held every year over four (4) days. The organising Federation, the date and the place where the Cup shall be held shall be decided by the COMEN Bureau and circulated by the COMEN Secretariat. The COMEN official Delegate together with the Coordinator of the Technical Synchronised Swimming Committee (COMEN TSSC), shall be responsible for and supervise the organisation and the correct conduct of the competitions according to COMEN Rules and Regulations. They shall decide on all matters arising on site at the competitions which require an immediate decision. In addition the COMEN TSSC shall nominate: a) one (1) referee; b) one (1) Chief Recorder; c) one (1) Evaluator. SY 2. PARTICIPATION AND EVENTS Age Group: 13 to 15 COMEN Cup-SY 2.1 COMEN Cup-SY 2.2 Events are Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination. Federations may submit entries for: a) one (1) solo with one (1) reserve; b) one (1) duet with maximum one (1) reserve; c) one (1) team of four to eight (4-8) members with maximum four (4) reserves; d) one (1) free combination of four (4) to ten (10) members with maximum two (2) reserves. Note: one (1) reserve refers to one (1) swimmer. COMEN Cup-SY 2.3 Maximum number of competitors, twelve (12). SY 3. FORMAT COMEN Cup-SY 3.1 COMEN Cup-SY 3.2 COMEN Cup-SY 3.3 COMEN Cup-SY 3.4 Solo, Duet, & Team shall be held with Preliminaries and Finals. The Preliminaries & Finals shall include Figures (100%) and Free Routine (100%). Only Final in Free Combination shall be held. Preliminaries and Finals may be held when there are 14 or more Free Combinations. The FINA figures for Age Group 13,14,15 and the FINA time limits for Age Group 13,14,15 shall apply (see FINA Synchronised Swimming Age Group Rules). Solos, Duets and Teams ranked 1st to 12th (the best 8 COMEN countries & the best 4 non-comen countries) shall qualify for the Finals. The Finals shall start with zero points for the Free Routine(100%). The Final Result includes the Figure Result (100%).

8 COMEN Cup-SY 3.5 The composition of Duets, Teams and Free Combinations shall be declared no later than two hours before the commencement of the session in which the event shall take place. COMEN Cup-SY 3.6 Withdrawals from any Final shall be announced no later than one (1) hour after the end of the Preliminaries concerned; otherwise they shall be fined (see Rule E 16.5) SY 4. AWARDS There will be separate awards for COMEN and for non COMEN Countries. COMEN Cup-SY 4.1 COMEN Cup-SY 4.2 COMEN Cup-SY 4.3 COMEN Cup-SY 4.4 SY 5. ENTRIES COMEN Cup-SY 5.1 COMEN Cup-SY 5.2 SY 6. OFFICIALS Medals shall be awarded to the competitors placed first, second and third in each event including the figures. The added scores achieved by a Federation in each event shall decide the ranking in the Cup Competition. For finalists, the score of the finals shall be used. In case of a tie the highest classification shall be awarded to the Federation having obtained the highest score in the Team event. If there is still a tie, the higher ranked in the event "Free Combination" shall determine the place, and if there is still a tie, the higher ranked in the Duet event. The Federation ranked 1st shall be awarded a Trophy engraved "COMEN Synchronised Swimming Trophy 20xx". The Federations ranked 2nd and 3rd shall be awarded a Cup. Trophy and Cups are on the costs of the organising Federation. Preliminary Entries shall be submitted to the organising Federation, with copy to the COMEN Office, no later than the date circulated by the COMEN Office. A Federation having made a Preliminary Entry may withdraw up to the date circulated by the COMEN Office. Named Entries shall be submitted to the organising Federation, with copy to the COMEN Office, no later than ten (10) days before the first day of the competition, if not announced otherwise. COMEN Cup-SY 6.1 COMEN Cup-SY 6.2 COMEN Cup-SY 6.3 COMEN Cup-SY 6.4 Each participating Federation is obliged to enter at least one (1) judge qualified in category "G" (General) from FINA or LEN list. A second judge from FINA or LEN list category "B" or "G" may be entered. Non-participating Federations may enter a judge qualified in category "G". Nominations shall be submitted to the COMEN Office no later than the date circulated by the COMEN Office. Entered judges shall be approved by the COMEN TSSC.

9 COMEN Cup-SY 6.5 COMEN Cup-SY 6.6 COMEN Cup-SY 6.7 COMEN Cup-SY 6.8 Officials approved by the COMEN TSSC are on the costs of the nominating Federation. The organizing Federation shall provide all other officials. For each part of a competition, the COMEN Technical Delegate shall nominate the judge s panels and the other officials. Acting judges shall be evaluated. SY 7. PARTICIPATING FEDERATIONS Each participating Federation shall be financially responsible for the expenses for accommodation and travel of its team. Eligible to participate, are the COMEN member Federations, but the organizers at their discretion, may also invite nonmember Federations to participate, who shall be obliged to pay an enrolment fee of 10 euro per athlete per entry. The organizers must hand over the collected enrolment fee, to the official Delegate of COMEN or if not present, to the Coordinator of the Technical Committee, during the Technical Meeting to be deposited at the COMEN Bank account. SY 8. SOCIAL EVENT The organizers must organize and offer a free social event (dinner) to the Officials and Coaches of the participating teams. SY 9. OBLIGATION OF HOST FEDERATION The organising Federation shall provide whatever is included, described and specified in the Art.18 of the Rules of Procedure. The transportation facilities are not applicable for the participating Federations that arrange their hotel reservation directly (not through the organisers), even if this is done in hotels recommended by the organisers. The organizing Federations must issue and provide accreditations with details and photo for each competitor Any item not covered by these Regulations, shall be examined by the Bureau, or, in urgent cases, by the Delegate assisted by the Technical Committee.