TECHNICAL MANUAL BEACH VOLLEYBALL

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SPORTS AUTHORITIES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Name Position Country 4 Mr. Steve Stoute President Barbados Sr. Carlos Padilla 1st Vicepresident Mexico Mr. Baltazar Medina 2nd Vicepresident Colombia Ms. Judy Simons 3rd Vicepresident Bermuda Mr. Eduardo Alvarez Secretary General Venezuela Mr. Camilo Amado Treausurer Panama Mr. Salvador Jimenez First Vocal Honduras Mr. Ruperto Herrera Second Vocal Cuba Mr. Christopher Samuda Third Vocal Jamaica Mr. Hans Larsen Fourth Vocal Haiti Ms. Sara Rosario Mr. Ciro Solano Fifth Vocal Ex Officio Member Colombia CACSO Central American and Caribbean Sport Organization. Address Olympic House Olympic Committee Second Floor, Suite CACSO San Juan, PR 00908 Telephones +1(787) 723-3890 721-6805 (Fax) Mail humbertocintron@msn.com

CACSO STAFF Name Position Country Ms. Myrna Febus Dr. Enrique Amy Mr. Carlos Uriarte Ms. Carla Alonso Lic. Julio E. Torres Lic. Mario Rodriguez Lic. Jorge O. Sosa CPA. Ricardo Alvarez Adjunt Secretary Medical Director Head of Media Events Operations Legal Advisor Legal Advisor Audit Finance TECHNICAL COMMISSION Name Position Country Prof. Humberto Cintrón President Mr. Keith Joseph Vicepresident Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Mr. Luis Cumba Member Dominican Republic Mr. Carlos Cisneros Mr. Erskine Simons Member Member Mexico Barbados 5 Mr. Melecio Rivera Member El Salvador Mr. Julio Roberto Gómez Member Colombia Dr. René Romero Member Cuba TECHNICAL ADVISORS Name Position Country Mr. Guillermo Rergis Mr. Hector Figueroa Ing. Salvador Ortiz Ms. Maria C. Muñoz Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Mexico

NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES MEMBERS OF THE CACSO 6 ASSOCIATED MEMBERS

COBAR 2018 XXIII Central American and the Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018, Organizing Committee COBAR 2018 Address CRA 54 No. 74-127 Telephone +(57) 311 230 3984 Official Webpage www.barranquilla2018.com COBAR 2018 COBAR 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE NAME Dr. Baltazar Medina Dr. Alejandro Char Chaljud Dr. Eduardo Verano De La Rosa Dra. Clara Luz Roldán Dr. Ciro Solano Dr. Gonzalo Baute Dra. Ana María Aljure Dr. Carlos Acosta Dr. Rafael Lafont POSITION President (President Colombian Olympic Committee) Mayor of Barranquilla Governor of the Atlantico State National Director of COLDEPORTES Secretary General of Colombian District Secretary of Sports District Secretary General City Development Manager District Infrastructure Secretary 7

TECHNICAL DIRECTION 8 NAME Armando Segovia Ortiz Alexander Gonzalez Vidal Maria Llinas Bermejo Jorge Cotte Bruges Nelson Osorio Lentino Maria Barraza Cervantes Carmen Sanjuan Melendez Maycol Thomas Gutierrez Daniel Paez Bastidas POSITION Director General Secretary National Olympic Committees Entry Coordinator Judgment Intl. Federations Communications Sports Management Sports Venues Sports Operations

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10 FIVB INTERNATIONAL VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION Dr. Ary C. Graca F Edouard Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Chatea Les Tourelles, CH. Lausanne, Switzerland +(412) 1345 3535 +(412) 1345 3545 FAX info@fivb.org www.fivb.org NORCECA NORTH AMERICAN, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN VOLLEYBALL CONFEDERATION President: Lic. Cristóbal Mare Hoffiz Av. 27 de Febrero esquina Máximo Gómez, Pabellon de Voleibol 3ra Planta Centro Olímpico uan Pablo Duarte, Apto. Postal 2706, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. +(809)472 1222 I Central +(809) 227 3242 norcecaorgdom@hotmail.com norcecaorgdom@yahoo.es COLOMBIAN VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION President: CARLOS ALBERTO GRISALES RENGIFO TECHNICAL DELEGATE Glenn Quinn PO Oox 208 Bassterre St.Kitts 11 Quincott House #23 St (w) Basseterre, St Kitts (869) 465 2681 (869) 662 4567 glenn@qwainc.com TOURNAMENT MANAGER Carlos Gomez Ortiz 3107914361 carlosgomezor@yahoo.es

DATE AND PLACE OF COMPETITION The Volleyball competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will take place from Saturday July 28 to Wednesday August 1, at the Puerto Colombia beaches. EVENTS AND MEDALS The events announced for the competition at the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018 are: EVENTS MEDALS GOLD SILVER BRONZE WOMEN S TEAM 1 1 1 MEN S TEAM 1 1 1 TOTAL MEDALS VOLLEYBALL 2 2 2 11 COMPETITION SYSTEM Female and male competitions will have 23 teams, competing in a round robin system, quarter finals, semifinals and final. The 24 teams will be arranged: Colombia, as the host country is automatically classified. A team per category. The 22 best teams classified by NORCECA until december 31 2017, according to their Voleyball Beach continental circuit participation. Colombia and Venezuela classify in each category; therefore, as part of the South American Confederation, both countries classify directly. For this reason, Colombia and Venezuela are not in the NORCECA ranking. NORCECA ranking points will be used to distribute the teams into groups.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 28 Competitions starts at 9am JULY 29 Competitions starts at 9am 12 JULY 30 Competitions starts at 9am JULY 31 Competitions starts at 9am AUGUST 1 Competitions starts at 9am

COMPETITIONS SCHEDULE TECHNICAL MEETING The Technical Meeting for Women s will take place on July 27 at the Puerta de Oro Center, room 3 in the city of Barranquilla at 2:00 P.M Up to two representatives from each NOC will be able to attend this Technical Meeting. The invitation card for the Technical Meeting will be available for the Heads of Team at the Sports Information Center of the Central American and Caribbean Village, upon their arrival. The Technical Delegate and the COBAR s Competition Manager for Volleyball will preside the meeting, which shall take place in Spanish with translation into English. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF COMPETITORS According to the CACSO established quota, the Volleyball competition will have a maximum of ninety six (96) athletes. There will be 24 teams in the women s division, and 24 teams in the men s division. Each with the maximum of two athletes per team, for a total of ninety six (96) athletes. 13 Each NOC may enter a maximum of one (1) team per gender, as long as they comply with the qualification criteria set by NORCECA for the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla, 2018. TECHNICAL OFFICIALS The designation of the Control Committee and/or Technical Personnel, such as Competitions Manager and Referees, is designated by the president of NORCECA. PROTESTS AND APPEALS According to the Official regulation of the FIVB and to the regulations that will be issued for this event NORCECA

SPORT EQUIPMENT The official ball- MOLTEN Reference BV5000 MEDAL CEREMONIES Medal ceremonies will take place accoring to CACSO s General Regulations, Chapter XIII. First Place: A diploma for the team and a gold medal and a diploma for each athlete. Second Place: A diploma for the team and a silver medal and a diploma for each athlete. Third Place: A diploma for the team and a bronze medal and a diploma for each athlete. COMPETITION VENUE 14 The Volleyball competition will take place at the Puerto Colombia Beach. MINIMUM PARTICIPATION For an event to be considered official at least five (5) representations must participate from the same number of National Olympic Committees. In the event one or more representations, after the Technical Meeting takes place, may not participate due to force majeure (verified by CACSO) the event will be carried out with a minimum of four (4) representations of the same number of National Olympic Committees. GENERAL RULES The competitions of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will be carried out according to CACSO s Statute and the corresponding International Federation Regulation in force during the Games. The cases not foreseen in the above-mentioned regulations will be solved as follows: General nature cases will be solved according to CACSO s Statute and according to the Central American and Caribbean Games Regulation. Technical nature cases will be solved according to the procedures

of the Pan American Confederation or a Continental Organization. UNIFORMS AND SPORT EQUIPMENT The Central American and Caribbean Games Regulation and the corresponding International Federation regulations must be followed as well as Rule 51 of the IOC, as per the rules established for NOCs in the Guidelines for the Use of Manufacturers Trademarks. TRAINING FACILITIES Access will be allowed only to accredited team members. There is no public access allowed. Equipment shall follow the requirements of the corresponding International Federation. DOPING CONTROL Doping control will be done according to CACSO s Medical Commission requirements, according to the corresponding International Federation Regulation and will follow the 2018 version of standards of the World Anti Doping Agency procedures (WADA). 15

GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES OF BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA Latitude: 10 58 06 N Length: 74 46 52 O Height above sea level: 24 m Average annual humidity: 79-81% T Annual average temperature 28.2 TM TM Maximum annual average temperature 32.8 Minimum annual average temperature 25.0 16 V Average wind speed(m/sec) 3.2 SUNRISE SUNSET SOLAR NOON DURATION OF THE DAY 5:46 18:24 12:05 12h 37min 18s Barranquilla Time Zone UTC-05:00 o -05 UTC-05:00 o -05 DISTANCE TO MAIN CITIES OF COLOMBIA KM Bogota Cali Cartagena Santa Marta Medellin 1302 1212 124 93 750 The official currency of Colombia is the Colombian peso.

This document has been issued by the Technical Direction of The XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 18 Responsible Alexander González Vidal Supported By: Carmen San Juan Meléndez Vivian Campo Humberto Cintron Aybar International Technical Delegates Technical Director Armando Segovia Ortiz Graphic design: Advertising Agency María Alejandra Abello Anthony Morales Núñez

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