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THE 2018 FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP KOBE, JAPAN TABLE OF CONTENTS page 1. Event Details 3 Event Title Competition date Competition categories & modalities 2. Forthcoming procedures & Schedules NEW 4 Deadlines for the Accreditation Fee Payment 3. Immigration & Visa Requirements 4 4. Championship Venue 5 5. Schedule of Events 6 6. Rules 8 7. Accommodation 8 8. Transportation AMENDED 10 9. Currency 11 10. Organiser 11 11. Contact Information 12 Page 2 of 12
1. EVENT DETAILS EVENT TITLE THE 2018 FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY KARATE CHAMPIONSHIN KOBE, JAPAN COMPETITION DATE July 18th ~ 22nd, 2018 (Competition day July 19th 22nd, 2018) COMPETITION CATEGORIES & MODALITIES: Program: Each country is authorized to enter a maximum of twenty-nine (29) competitors (sixteen (16) men and thirteen (13) women) and five (5) officials. Each athlete and coach must be able to provide evidence of WKF membership. 1.1 - KATA For men and women: - Individual events: one (1) competitor per country - Team events: three (3) competitors per country 1.2 - KUMITE I. Individual events: Individual events: a maximum of one (1) competitor in each category - Men: bouts duration: three (3) minutes -60kg, -67 kg, -75 kg, -84 kg, +84 kg - Women: bouts duration: two (2) minutes -50kg, -55kg, -61kg, -68kg, +68kg II. Team events - Men: a team comprises seven (7) members with five (5) competing in a round. - Women: a team comprises four (4) members with three (3) competing in a round. *No Video Review is applied. Page 3 of 12
2. FORTHCOMING PROCEDURES & SCHEDULES NEW DEADLINES FOR THE ACCREDITAION --------Quantitative: 3 months before the championship: 19 th April 2018 *Please make sure you carry out Quantitative entry until 7 th May 2018. --------Individual: 1 month before the championship: 19 th June 2018 *Your earliest entries will be highly appreciated. FEE PAYMENT Pre-payment of the participation fee (25%) to following Bank account. DEADLINE for Pre-payment:14 th May 2018 <Bank Account> Bank Name: MIZUHO BANK, Ltd. Swift code: MHCBJPJT Branch Name: OSAKA BRANCH Beneficiary s Account Number: 440-1449073 Beneficiary s Name: JAPAN UNIVERSITY KARATEDO FEDERATION 3. IMMIGRATION & VISA REQUIREMENTS Japan has visa-exemption agreement with 67 countries. A citizen of any of these countries who intends to stay in Japan no longer than that period specified in the relevant agreement requires no visa. For more information, contact your nearest Japanese embassy or consulate. The website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan included a list of Japanese embassies and consulates. (http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html) In case of the visa invitation request, please contact the Japan Karatedo Federation. Please make sure to send email both following addresses to jaw@mint.ocn.ne.jp (Ms. Noguchi) and wuc.karate2018@gmail.com (OC Team). DEADLINE for visa invitation request: 1st May 2018 Your earliest contact to your nearest Japanese embassy will be highly recommended. Page 4 of 12
4. CHAMPIONSHIP VENUE Place: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, JAPAN Kobe Central Gymnastics4-1-1 Kusunokicho Kobe City, Chuo Ward, Hyogo URL: http://www.kobe-spokyo.jp/engkcg/english/ Page 5 of 12
5. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TUESDAY 17 JULY 2018 10:00/20:00 ACCREDITATION SPORTS HALL 10:00/19:00 TRAININGS SPORTS HALL WEDNSDAY 18 JULY 2018 10:00/17:00 TRAININGS SPORTS HALL 10:00/19:00 ACCREDITATION SPORTS HALL 11:00/12:00 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING SPORTS HALL 12:00/13:00 MEDICAL COMMITTEE MEETING SPORTS HALL 14:00/15:00 REFEREE COMMITTEE MEETING SPORTS HALL 17:00/18:00 OPENING CEREMONY CITY CENTRE 19:00/20:00 GENERAL TECHNICAL MEETING HQ HOTEL 20:00/21:00 REFEREE BRIEFING HQ HOTEL COMPETITION PROGRAMME THURSDAY 19 JULY 2018 8:00/10:00 WEIGH-IN MALE ALL CATEGORIES SPORTS HALL 10:00/12:00 WEIGH-IN FEMALE ALL CATEGORIES SPORTS HALL 9:00/11:00 INDIVIDUAL KATA MALE&FEMALE ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 11:00/13:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE MALE -60Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 13:00/14:00 BREAK FOR LUNCH 14:00/16:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE FEMALE -50Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 15:00/17:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE MALE -67Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 17:00/19:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE FEMALE -55Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES Page 6 of 12
FRIDAY 20 JULY 2018 9:00/11:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE MALE -75Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 11:00/13:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE FEMALE -61Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 13:00/14:00 BREAK FOR LUNCH 14:00/15:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE MALE -84Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 15:30/17:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE FEMALE -68Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 17:00/18:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE MALE +84Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 15:30/19:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE FEMALE +68Kg ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES SATURDAY 21 JULY 2018 9:00/10:30 TEAM KATA MALE ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 10:30/12:00 TEAM KATA FEMALE ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 12:00/13:00 BREAK FOR LUNCH 13:00/15:30 TEAM KUMITE FEMALE ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES 15:30/18:00 TEAM KUMITE MALE ELIMINATION&REPECHAGES SUNDAY 22 JULY 2018 9:00/10:30 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE BRONZE MATCHES ALL CATEGORIES 10:30/12:00 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE FINAL MATCHES ALL CATEGORIES 12:00/12:30 INDIVIDUAL KUMITE MEDALS CEREMONY ALL CATEGORIES 12:00/13:00 BREAK FOR LUNCH 13:00/13:45 INDIVIDUAL KATA BRONZE MATCHES ALL CATEGORIES 13:45/14:15 INDIVIDUAL KATA FINAL MATCHES ALL CATEGORIES 14:15/14:30 INDIVIDUAL KATA MEDALS CEREMONY ALL CATEGORIES 14:30/15:00 TEAM KATA BRONZE MATCHES ALL CATEGORIES 15:00/16:00 TEAM KUMITE BRONZE MATCHES ALL CATEGORIES 16:00/16:30 TEAM KATA FINAL MATCHES ALL CATEGORIES 17:00/17:30 TEAM KUMITE FINAL MATCHES ALL CATEGORIES 17:30/18:00 TEAM KATA KUMITE MEDALS CEREMONY ALL CATEGORIES Page 7 of 12
6. RULE: WKF RULES The Karate competitions shall be organised in accordance with the current World Karate Federation (WKF) rules. In case of disagreement in the interpretation of these rules, the English text shall be regarded as authoritative. 7. ACCOMMODATION HQ HOTEL 本部ホテル https://www.crownpalais.jp/kobe/ OFFICIAL HOTEL Already booked for all the members of delegations at these hotels. For your reference, please see following web site for each hotel. https://www.anaihghotels.co.jp/ Page 8 of 12
https://www.solarehotels.com/ https://www.pearlcity.jp/kobe/ http://kobe-citygardens.com/ http://sanside.co.jp/ Page 9 of 12
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1 Bay Shuttle boarding place AMENDED Bay Shuttle will be used as a means of transportation from Kansai International airport to the hotels and from the hotels to Kansai International airport. In order to ride on Bay Shuttle, please refer to following web site. https://www.kobe-access.jp/eng/ 2 Shuttle Bus Schedule between Hotels and Championship Venue 9. Currency Currency exchanges are available at the airport, Hotel, and exchange shops in the town. Please be noted you bring US dollar currency or EURO currency to exchange into Japanese Yen. 10. ORGANISER Organiser: International University Sports Federation (FISU) Address: Maison du Sport International Av. de Rhodanie 54 CH- 1007 Lausanne Switzerland Tel: +41 (0) 21 6130810 Fax: +41 (0 )21 6015612 e-mail: championships@fisu.net Organiser: Japanese University Sports Board (JUSB) Address: 1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050, Japan Tel: 81-3-3481-2286 Fax: 81-3-3481-2292 e-mail: jpn-noc@joc.or.jp Page 11 of 12
Organiser: World Karate Federation Address: Avenida de Filipinas 50. Escalera 2 1ºA 28003. Madrid (Spain). Tel: (+34) 91 535 96 32 Fax: (+34) 91 535 96 33 e-mail: wkf@wkf.net Organiser: Japan Karatedo Federation Address: 1-1-20 Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8538, Japan Tel: 81-3-5534-1953 Fax: 81-3-5534-1952 e-mail: jaw@mint.ocn.ne.jp Organiser: Japan University Karatedo Federation Address: 4-6-14-602, Koreibashi, Chyuo-ku, Osaka city, Osaka, Japan Tel: 81-6-6226-1401 Fax: 81-6-6484-7866 e-mail: gakusei-karate@fuga.ocn.ne.jp 11. CONTACT INFORMATION 2018 WUC KARATE Organising Committee (Secretariat of Japan University Karatedo Federation) 4-6-14-602, Koreibashi, Chyuo-ku, Osaka city, Osaka, JAPAN Postal code 541-0043 Phone: +81-(0)6-6226-1401 Official Web Site: https://www.wuc-karate2018.jp Page 12 of 12