Karate1 Premier League Salzburg 2015 WKF Karate1 Premier League The Karate1 WKF Premier League is the prime league event in the world of Karate. Together with the WKF Karate1 World Cup (WWC) it is a series of world class Karate competitions recognized and supported by the World Karate Federation Its aim is to bring together the best Karate competitors in the world in a series of open championships of unprecedented scale and quality. [1.1] [27.07.2015]
WELCOME / INTRODUCTION PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRIAN KARATE FEDERATION OAR GEORG RUßBACHER Dear ladies and gentlemen Dear friends of Karate From 17th to 18th of October 2015 the Karate1 Premier League will be held in the city of Salzburg. Once again there will be many athletes from all over the world participating in this great tournament. Such major events can only be made possible with the help of all the volunteers of the Salzburg Karate Association. Therefore my special thanks go to all these volunteers for their active support. I also want to thank the city of Salzburg and its mayor Dr. Heinz Schaden, the Landessportorganisation Salzburg, our sponsors and the World Karate Federation (WKF), with its president Antonio Espinos, which has once again honored us with the organisation of this event. Finally, I wish all the competitors a pleasant stay in Salzburg as well as an exciting, successful and most of all injury-free competition. Georg Rußbacher President of the Austrian Karate Federation President of the Salzburger Karate Association 1
ORGANIZER AND CONTACT ORGANIZER CONTACT: HEAD OF ORGANISATION OF THE SALZBURG KARATE ASSOCIATION VALENTIN HAFNER Email: tournament@salzburger-karateverband.at TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION Web: http://www.sportdata.org/wkf Email: office@sportdata.org SITE AND DATE DATE: Saturday 17 th to Sunday 18 th of October 2015 START TIME: Saturday, 17 th of October 09:00 a.m. Sunday, 18 th of October 09:00 a.m. 2
COMPETITON VENUE NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: Sporthalle Alpenstraße Otto-Holzbauer-Straße 5 (Alpenstraße) Salzburg POST CODE: 5020 COUNTRY: Austria ROUTE PLAN: https://goo.gl/maps/vu6hv REGISTRATION All competitors, referees, coaches and officials must register online using the online system on http://www.sportdata.org/wkf. In case of any questions concerning the online registration please directly contact the sportdata software team via the email address office@sportdata.org. Clubs / teams / federations are responsible for the quality of the entered registration data. Changes of online registration data are possible until Sunday 4 th of October 2015. The official registration session will take place on Friday 16 th of October 2015 from 02:00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. at the headquarter hotel (Amadeo Hotel Schaffenrath). If changes are required during the official registration session because of incorrect, missing or new registration data, a fee of 20 is charged for each change. At registration, accreditation cards will be issued with the participant s main data, a photograph and information about registered categories. The accreditation card must be worn at all times during the event. The WKF card is not compulsory, it may be purchased by those athletes who are interested in having one. Only members of national federations recognized by WKF are admitted to participate. Any athlete not registered by their national federation who wishes to participate in the Premier League event will have to present a relevant letter confirming his/her national federation membership. 3
Please also note: - All teams have to register their participants at the official registration session - Only one responsible per team has to register the complete team - All participants have to show their passports at the registration session CATEGORIES Kata individual female and male (16 years and older) Kata team female and male (16 years and older) Kumite individual female (18 years and older): -50 kg, -55kg, -61 kg, -68 kg, +68kg Kumite individual male (18 years and older): -60 kg, -67 kg, -75 kg, -84 kg, +84 kg ENTRY FEE The entry fees are 45 per individual category entry and 70 per team category entry. PAYMENT: By bank transfer to the following account (confirmation of payment required at the registration process): Owner of Account: Salzburger Karateverband Name of Bank: Oberbank Salzburg IBAN: AT451509000131007148 BIC: OBKLAT2L Purpose of Payment: Premiere League PayPal (via online registration system) Or cash at the registration session on 16 th of October 4
COMPETITON RULES WKF Rules / Karate1 Rules For all categories the official WKF rules / Karate1 rules are applied. Only WKF Approved protective equipment is allowed to use. Athletes have to bring their equipment. Kindly see below the list of WKF approved items. TRADEMARK MAIN OFFICE DOUBLE D 2, rue Vladimir Jankelevitch 77184 Emerainville France Phone : +33 1 64 73 00 03 Fax : + 33 1 64 73 00 04 E-mail: nicolas.poy-tardieu@doubled.fr ARAWAZA 724, Chemin des Anglais Mascouche (QC) J7L 3R6 Canada Phone: + 1 450 477 4410 Fax: +1 450 477 4400 E-mail: sales@arawaza.com SBI SPORT AB Staffanstorpvägen 115 S-23291 ARLÖV- MALMÖ Tel: +46 40 948888 Fax: +46 40 940780 E-mail: robert.tegel@sbisport.se DAEDO, S.L. C/ Balmes 55 08007 Barcelona Spain Tel : +34 93 2635350 / 93 4541514 Fax : +34 93 4535251 Email : daedo@daedosport.com BUDOLAND Am Grießenbach 8 83126 Flintsbach Germany Phone: 08034-90990-0 Fax: 08034-90990-11 E-mail: info@budoland.de SHUREIDO 1-1-6 Tomari, Naha-City Okinawa (Japan) 900-0012 Tel No: +81(98)861 5621 Fax No: +81(98)861 5525 Email: shureido@orange.ocn.ne.jp 5
OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTOR LIST CAN BE CHECKED ON THE WKF OFFICIAL WEB PAGE: www.wkf.net UNDER THE HOMOLOGATED ITEMS AREA T O K A I D O Kojimachi KY Bldg., 3-12-4 Chiyoda-Ku 102 Tokyo Japan Phone: +81 3 3262 02 81 Fax: +81 3 3234 93 87 E-mail: tokaodo@par.odn.ne.jp WESING Fujian Weizhixing Sports Goods Co., Ltd. Binjiang Industrial Park, Xiamei Town, Nan an City, Fujian Province 362302, China. Tel: +86-595-26889099 Fax: +86-595-8675 6390 E-mail: fu.yingwei@wesingsports.com The use of the WKF Body Protector is compulsory for all male and female Kumite categories. PRIZE MONEY For individual categories (Kumite and Kata): Gold Medalist: 500 Silver Medalist: 300 Bronze Medalist: 100 For Kata team categories: Gold Medalist: 600 Silver Medalist: 400 Bronze Medalist: 200 RANKING Competitors can earn ranking points in every Karate1 event according to the official WKF Ranking Criteria. Karate1 ranking starts new by the first event of a Karate1 season. After each WKF Karate1 event new ranking lists are issued on this website For each category, the competitor with the highest ranking score will be the grand winner of this category. Grand winners (Karate1 champions) have to participate in 5 Karate1 events at least. 6
Grand winners (Karate1 champions) at the end of the WKF Karate1 season receive extra price money. The results of each Karate1 event will also influence the official continuous WKF World Ranking List. TICKETS FOR SPECTATORS Tickets can be purchased via the online system: https://www.sportdata.org/wkf The ticket categories and prices are: 1-day ticket 9 Tickets can also be purchased at the entrance at the venue. SCHEDULE / PROGRAMME PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE THIS YEAR S NEW COMPETITION VENUE: SPORTHALLE ALPENSTRAßE FRIDAY, 16 TH OF OCTOBER 02:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Registration and Weight-In at the headquarter hotel (Amadeo Hotel Schaffenrath) for all competitors attending Premiere League 07:00 p.m. Referee meeting at the headquarter hotel (Amadeo Hotel Schaffenrath) SATURDAY, 17 TH OF OCTOBER, START OF COMPETITION 09:00 A.M.: Weight-In: 07:30 a.m. 09:30 a.m. at the sport hall Alpenstraße Kata individual female Seniors Kata team male Seniors Kumite individual female -50 kg, -68 kg Kumite individual male -67 kg, -75 kg, -84kg Finals with winner ceremony 7
SUNDAY, 18 TH OF OCTOBER, START OF COMPETITION 09:00 A.M.: Weight-In: 07:30 a.m. 09:30 a.m. at the sport hall Alpenstraße Kata individual male Seniors Kata team female Seniors Kumite individual female -55 kg, -61 kg, +68 kg Kumite individual male -60 kg, +84 kg Finals with winner ceremony Attention! Please note that this schedule can change based on the number of participants. A detailed schedule as well as the official draws will be provided on Friday 16 th of October after the official registration session. HEADQUARTER HOTEL AMADEO HOTEL SCHAFFENRATH Alpenstraße 115 117 A-5020 Salzburg Tel.: 0043 662 63900-0 Fax.: 0043 662 63900-5 Email: info@amadeohotel.at Web: www.amadeohotel.at/en Map: https://goo.gl/maps/ehpfu Distance to sport hall: 350 meters 8
GENERAL INFORMATION HELPDESK / INFOCORNER: Available on Friday 16 th of October at the headquarter hotel Amadeo Hotel Schaffenrath and Saturday the 17 th to Sunday the 18 th of October in the foyer of the sport hall. ACCOMMODATION For room bookings please contact booking@salzburger-karateverband.at, or call +43 662 851067. TRAININGS SESSIONS: From Saturday to Sunday in the warm up area in the sporthall. SHUTTLE SERVICE: Price: Euro 7,- each person (one way ticket) The shuttle only moves between the headquarter hotel, the airport and the venue. 9
Transport duration (Airport HQ hotel/venue, or vice versa): 15 minutes (15 km) Shuttle Service times and booking: https://www.sportdata.org/wkf For questions and booking information please send an E-Mail to: tournament@salzburger-karateverband.at MEALS AT THE VENUE: Catering will be provided at the venue VISA REQUIREMENTS Entry visas and general information can be obtained from the following website: http://www.bmeia.gv.at/aussenministerium/buergerservice/pass-undvisum/visainformation-englisch.html In case of visa problems please contact the Salzburg Karate Federation: tournament@salzburger-karateverband.at The deadline for visa invitation requests is Monday 7 th of September 2015. THERE IS NO OPTION FOR ANY LIABILITY FOR SANCTIONS OF ALIENS POLICE! THE ORGANIZER GIVES NO GUARANTEE FOR VISA APPLICATION! ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TIME: Central European Summer MESZ (UTC/GMT+2Hours) CURRENCY: Euro CREDIT CARD: Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, American Express COUNTRY CODE: +43 MEDICAL SERVICE: Emergency call 112 (international) or 144 (local) LANGUAGE: German 10
ELECTRICITY: Electricity in Austria is 230 Volts, alternating at 50 cycles per second. If you travel to Austria with a device that does not accept 230 Volts at 50 Hertz, you will need a voltage converter. PUBLIC TRANSPORT: There is also public transport from the headquarter hotel or the airport to the venue. (40 to 50 minutes) TAXI: +43 662 8111 INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY OF SALZBURG: http://www.salzburg.info/en AIRPORTS: Salzburg (Distance 15 KM) Munich (150 KM) Linz (145 KM) 11
FLUGHAFEN SALZBURG (http://www.salzburg-airport.com) HOTELS NEAR TO SPORT HALL: Motel One Salzburg Süd Alpenstraße 92-94 5020 Salzburg (Österreich) Tel.: +43/662/ 83 50 20 Fax: +43/662/ 83 50 20-10 Web: http://www.motel-one.com/de/hotels/salzburg/hotel-salzburg/ Map.: https://goo.gl/maps/qdctl Distance to sport hall: 100 meters 12