TECHNICAL MANUAL 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 irst Vocal Honduras Mr. Ruperto Herrera Second Vocal Cuba Mr. Christopher Samuda Third Vocal Jamaica Mr. Hans Larsen ourth Vocal Haiti Ms. Sara Rosario Mr. Ciro Solano ifth Vocal Ex Officio Member Puerto Rico Colombia CACSO Central American and Caribbean Sport Organization. Address Olympic House Puerto Rico Olympic Committee Second loor, Suite CACSO San Juan, PR 00908 Telephones +1(787) 723-3890 721-6805 (ax) Mail humbertocintron@msn.com

CACSO STA Name Position Country Ms. Myrna ebus 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 inance TECHNICAL COMMISSION Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Name Position Country Prof. Humberto Cintrón President Puerto Rico 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 igueroa Ing. Salvador Ortiz Ms. Maria C. Muñoz Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Technical Advisor Mexico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES MEMBERS O THE CACSO 6 ASSOCIATED MEMBERS

COBAR 2018 XXIII Central American and the Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018, Organizing Committee COBAR 2018 Physical 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. ederations Communications Sports Management Sports Venues Sports Operations

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IVB INTERNATIONAL VOLLEYBALL EDERATION Dr. Ary C. Graca Edouard Sandoz 2-4, 1006 Chatea Les Tourelles, CH. Lausanne, Switzerland +(412) 1345 3535 +(412) 1345 3545 AX info@fivb.org www.fivb.org 10 NORCECA NORTH AMERICAN, CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN VOLLEYBALL CONEDERATION President: Lic. Cristóbal Marte Hoz Av. 27 de ebrero esquina Máximo Gómez, Pabellon de 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 EDERATION President: CARLOS ALBERTO GRISALES RENGIO TECHNICAL DELEGATE Saul Castro Verdugo (MEX) scastroverdugo@hotmail.com TOURNAMENT MANAGER Jose Salvador Pagano Bigio 3002473175 pepepag@hotmail.com

DATE AND PLACE O COMPETITION The Volleyball competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 will take place from riday July 20 to Thursday August 2, at the Humberto Perea Coliseum, in the city of Barranquilla Colombia EVENTS AND MEDALS The events announced for the Volleyball 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 ORMAT Two groups of 4 teams are formed each group according to the IVB ranking as of December 31, 2017. GROUP A E1 Sede E2 HR3 E3 HR4 E4 HR7 GROUP B E1 HR1 E2 HR2 E3 HR5 E4 HR6 Game Schedule, both groups E1 vs E4 E2 vs E3 12 E1 vs E3 E2 vs E4 E1 vs E2 E3 vs E4 The host country has the right to pick the group its national team will be in, the rest of the teams will be distributed using the Serpentine System according to their position in IVB s World Ranking, placing the highest ranked team in the NORCECA Confederation Ranking inthe first place of group A or B. The host country has the right to pick a game in the Competition Calendar in the Premilinary Round, Quarter inals, Semifinals and inals: the Colombian Volleyball ederation may suggest the time and the order of the games to the Control Committee.

COMPETITION ORMAT ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER O PARTICIPATING TEAMS: MEN S AND WOMEN S UP TO 6 TEAMS. PRELIMINARY ROUND: The teams will play a Round Robin round. The teams that end up in the top (4) places will go on to Semifinals. SEMIINAL ROUND: The teams that qualify in the first and fourth place will play the first Semifinal game, then the teams that qualified in 2nd and 3rd place will play each other. INAL ROUND: The winners of the Semifinal rounds will play for 1st and 2nd place, the losers will play for 3rd and 4th place. MEN S AND WOMEN S VOLLEYBALL, 7 TO 8 TEAMS Two groups will be formed, GA and GB and they will be seeded according to the serpentine system, beginning with the Host Country; then the teams that have qualified through the IVB Ranking de la IVB up to December 31, then the teams that qualified through their results in previous Central American and Caribbean Games; and finally, the teams that qualified through regional qualification events, giving priority to the highest placed teams. 13 PRELIMINARY ROUND: The teams from group A and B will play a round under the Round Robin system; the teams that place first in each group will directly go to Semifinals, the teams that place second and third in each group will go on to a quarter finals in the following manner: 2nd place GA vs. 3rd place GB 2nd place GB vs. 3rd place GA The winning teams will go on to play a Semifinal round, and the losing teams will play against the teams in 4th place from groups A and B to determine 5th to 8th positions. SEMIINAL AND INAL ROUND: The teams qualified in the first place in groups A and B of the preliminary round qualify dire-

ctly to the Semifinal round, the teams that win the quarter final round will go on to the Semifinal round as well. The first Semifinal will play 1st place of GA against the winner of the game between 2nd place of GB and third place of GA; the second Semifinal will play 1st place of GB against the winner of the game between 2nd place of GA and 3rd place of GB; the teams that win the Semifinals will play for the gold medal, and the losing teams will play for the bronze. QUALIICATION CRITERIA AND TIE-BREAKERS IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUND To establish team qualification after the preliminary round, team qualification will be determined as follows: 14 By results in games won and lost. In the event of a tie in the number of won and lost games between two or more teams in the same group, final qualification will be determined by the amount of points obtained between teams in a same group during the preliminary round. The following points will be given to each team per game, according to won and lost games: Game Won 3-0 = 5 points Game Won 3-1 = 4 points Game Won 3-2 = 3 points Game won by forfeit = 0 points (25-0; 25-0; 25-0) In the event of a tie in the amount of points obtained by two or more teams the tie-breaker will proceed according to the list of points according to IVB s Sports Regulations; taking the following criteria into consideration by order of importance: Point Quotient: In the event of a tie in the number of points earned by two or more teams, these will be qualified in descending order by the resulting quotient of the division of all scored points between the total of lost points. Set Quotient: If the tie remains after the point quotient, then teams will be qualified in descending order by the quotient resulting from

the division of the number of all won sets between the number of lost sets. If the tie persists after the set quotient, priority will be given to the team that won the last game played between the two teams that are tied. When the tie happens between three or more teams, a new qualification of teams will be made, considering only the games played among the tied teams. 15

COMPETITION SCHEDULE DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 20 15:00 G1 Puerto Rico Vs Trinidad & Tobago Preliminary Round Roun Robin System 17:00 G2 Dominican Rep Vs Venezuela 19:00 G3 Colombia Vs Costa Rica Preliminary Round Roun Robin System 21:00 G4 Cuba Vs Mexico 16 JULY 21 15:00 G5 Costa Rica Vs Puerto Rico Preliminary Round Roun Robin System 17:00 G6 Venezuela Vs Cuba 19:00 G7 Colombia Vs Trinidad & Tobago Preliminary Round Roun Robin System 21:00 G8 Mexico Vs Dominican Rep JULY 22 15:00 G9 Costa Rica Vs Trinidad & Tobago Preliminary Round Roun Robin System

17:00 G10 Cuba Vs Venezuela 19:00 G11 Colombia Vs Puerto Rico Preliminary Round Roun Robin System 21:00 G12 Dominican Rep Vs Cuba Quarter inals DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 23 19:00 (Meeting 13) A2 Vs B3 Semifinal Round 21:00 (Meeting 14) B2 Vs A3 17 Classification 5/8 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 24 15:00 PJ(13/14) Vs B4 Semifinal Round 17:00 PJ(14/13) Vs A4 Semifinals DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 24 19:00 GJ(13/14) Vs B1 Semifinal Round 21:00 GJ(14/13) Vs A1

Classification 7/8 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 25 15:00 PJ15 Vs PJ16 inal Round Classification 5/6 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 25 17:00 GJ15 Vs GJ16 inal Round Classification 3/4 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 25 19:00 PJ17 Vs PJ18 inal Round Classification 1/2 INAL 18 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 25 21:00 GJ17 Vs GJ18 inal Round SPORT: VOLLEYBALL VENUE: HUMBERTO PEREA COLISEUM DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 28 15:00 G1 Puerto Rico Vs Guatemala M Preliminary Round Robin System 17:00 G2 Dominican Rep Vs Venezuela M 19:00 G3 Colombia Vs Trinidad & Tobago M Preliminary Round Robin System 21:00 G4 Cuba Vs Mexico M

JULY 29 15:00 G5 Puerto Rico Vs Trinidad & Tobago M Preliminary Round Robin System 17:00 G6 Venezuela Vs Cuba M 19:00 G7 Colombia Vs Guatemala M Preliminary Round Robin System 21:00 G8 Dominican Rep Vs Mexico M JULY 30 15:00 G9 Guatemala Vs Trinidad & Tobago M Preliminary Round Robin System 17:00 G10 Mexico Vs Guatemala M 19 19:00 G11 Colombia Vs Puerto Rico M Preliminary Round Robin System 21:00 G12 Dominican Republic Vs Cuba M Quarter inals DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE JULY 31 19:00 (P13) A2 Vs B3 M 21:00 (P14) B2 Vs A3 M Semifinal Round

Classification 5/8 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE AGUST 1 15:00 PJ(13/14) Vs B4 M Semifinal Round 17:00 PJ(14/13) Vs A4 M Semifinals DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE AUGUST 1 19:00 GJ(13/14) Vs B1 M Semifinal Round 21:00 GJ(14/13) Vs A1 M 20 Classification 7/8 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE AUGUST 2 15:00 PJ15 Vs PJ16 M inal Round Classification 5/6 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE AUGUST 2 17:00 GJ15 Vs GJ16 M inal Round Classification 3/4 DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE AUGUST 2 19:00 PJ17 Vs PJ18 M inal Round

Classification 1/2 INAL DAY TIME EVENT CATEGORY STAGE AUGUST 2 21:00 GJ17 Vs GJ18 M inal Round 21

MAXIMUM NUMBER O COMPETITORS According to the CACSO established quota, the Volleyball competition will have a maximum of Two hundred and twenty four (224) athletes. There will be 8 teams of 14 athletes in the women s division, a total of one hundred twelve (112) female athletes and 8 teams of 14 athletes in the men s division, for a total of one hundred twelve (112) male athletes. 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. ENTRIES All countries through the corresponding NOC must send their Sport Entry requests in the official forms that the Organizing Committee will send at the latest at 24:00 hours (Colombian time) on ebruary 22 20, 2018. They must indicate in the form the sports in which they will participate in the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018. (The forms that will be published in the official WEB site barranquilla2018.com ). If recognized by the Pan American Confederation of said sport and CACSO, Associate Members may also be allowed to participate. ENTRY BY NUMBER The Entry by Number forms (indicating the number of participants in each individual event and per team) shall be sent to the Organizing Committee of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 at the latest before midnight (Barranquilla, Colombia s time) of April 20, 2018 according to CACSO s Regulation, Chapter VIII. ENTRY BY NAME or each eligible athlete to participate in the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Barranquilla 2018 it is necessary to fill out an entry by name form that should be contemplated by NOCs and will be received by the Organizing Committee before midnight (Bar-

ranquilla, Colombia s time) of Wednesday June 20, 2018 according CACSO s Regulations, Chapter VIII. Each NOC shall send the entry by number and entry by name forms in the official forms provided by the Organizing Committee, to be delivered 6 months before the Games. If you have any doubt or for clarification purposes, the Organizing Committee has this e-mail address at your disposal: inscripciones@barranquilla2018.com MINIMUM PARTICIPATION or 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 ederation Regulation in force during the Games. The cases not foreseen in the above-mentioned regulations will be solved as follows: 23 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. UNIORMS AND SPORT EQUIPMENT The Central American and Caribbean Games Regulation and the corresponding International ederation 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 ACILITIES Access will be allowed only to accredited team members. There is no public access allowed. Equipment shall follow the requirements of the corresponding International ederation. PARTICIPATION Only the NOCs recognized by CACSO, with National Volleyball ederations that are members of the International Volleyball ederation (IVB) and to the North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA) can enter athletes to the Volleyball competition of the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games, Barranquilla 2018. If recognized by NORCECA, Associated members recognized by CACSO may also be allowed to participate. MINIMUM TEAM QUOTA 24 The minimum team quota for the competition to take place is five (5) teams per gender. TECHNICAL MEETING The Technical Meeting for Women s will take place on July 19 at the Corporación Universitaria de la Costa CUC at 2:00 p.m. Room No. 1 The Technical Meeting for men s will take place on July 27 at the Corporación Universitaria de la Costa CUC at 10:00 p.m. Room No. 4. 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

TECHNICAL OICIALS Designation of the Control Committee and/or Technical Personnel: This committee is designated by the president of NORCECA and will be made up of the following people: President of the Control Committee Technical Delegate Competition Manager Administrative Assistant Competition Stage Manager President of the Appeals Subcommittee Member of the Appeals Subcommittee Member of the Appeals Subcommittee President of the Umpire Subcommittee Member of the Umpire Subcommittee Member of the Umpire Subcommittee VIS Delegate VIS Delegate VIS Assistant Medical Delegate Press Delegate Official Photographer INTERNATIONAL UMPIRES: 25 Will be designated by the President of NORCECA with the advise of the president of NORCECA s Umpire Commission and according to regulations, this umpire corps is made up of an umpire from each participating country, and the traveling expenses will be covered by the corresponding Olympic committee, room, board and per diem will be the responsibility of the Organizing Committee and a reserve umpire from the host country, this is per gender, the umpires for the women s division must differ from the ones for the men s division, there are nine (9) per competition, and the traveling expenses will be covered by the corresponding Olympic committee, room, board and per diem will be the responsibility of the Organizing Committee

NATIONAL UMPIRES: Will be determined by the host country s National ederation, a total of 24 umpires for both genders, who shall be divided among line umpires and scorekeepers. Colombian Volleyball ederation s Technical Personnel The Colombian Volleyball ederation will designate a person to be the liaison with NORCECA to coordinate the technical situations at the competition, who will also be in charge of support personnel at the field of play and national umpires. PROTESTS AND APPEALS According to the Official regulation of the IVB and to the regulations that will be issued for this event NORCECA SPORT EQUIPMENT 26 The Official Ball - Mikasa MEDAL CEREMONIES Medal ceremonies will take place accoring to CACSO s General Regulations, Chapter XIII. irst 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. DOPING CONTROL Doping control will be done according to CACSO s Medical Commission requirements, according to the corresponding International ederation Regulation and will follow the 2018 version of standards of the World Anti Doping Agency procedures (WADA). COMPETITION VENUE The Volleyball competition will take place at the Humberto Perea Coliseum. Address

GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES O 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 Maximum annual average TM temperature 32.8 TM Minimum annual average temperature 25.0 V Average wind speed(m/sec) 3.2 28 SUNRISE SUNSET SOLAR NOON DURATION O 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 O COLOMBIA KM Bogota Cali Cartagena Santa Marta Medellin 1302 1212 124 93 750 The official currency of Colombia is the Colombian peso.

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