01/20/07

From ETBF Rules, Chapter 5: Rules for ETBF Championships

5.1 Championship categories
5.1.3 European Youth Championships (EYC), including a girls and a boys division.

5.2 Age limitations
5.2.2 For the EYC players must not reach the age of 19 years in the season in which the championships takes place. With season is meant 1 September until 31 August the following year.

5.3 Periods
5.3.3 The EYC is conducted each year, preferably in the period up to and during the Easter week.

5.4 Teams
5.4.1 Each team consists of maximum 6 players
5.4.2 The teams must come from affiliated ETBF federations

5.5 Disciplines
5.5.1 The following disciplines exist
A) Singles, 6 games (not in effect for the EYC)
B) Doubles, 6 games
C) Trios, 6 gamesTeam, 6 games
D) Team, 6 games
E) All Event, consisting of the above 24 games (18 games for the EYC)
F) Masters as specified in 5.5.2
5.5.2 Masters
A) There will be 8 matches in the Masters event Step 2, including the players seeded 1-8 plus the 8 winners of the Masters event Step 1. The winners of the 8 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 3.
B) There will be 4 matches in the Masters event Step 3, including the 8 winners of the Masters event Step 2. The winners of the 4 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 4.
C) There will be 2 matches in the Masters event Step 4, including the 4 winners of the Masters event Step 3. The winners of the 2 matches will continue to the Masters event Step 5.
D) There will be 1 match in the Masters event Step 5, including the 2 winners of the Masters event Step 4. The winner of the match is the European Masters Champion.
5.5.3 Positioning
A) The winner of the match in the Masters event Step 5 will be positioned as number 1 and the loser of this match as number 2.
B) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 4 will be positioned in the interval 3-4 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
C) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 3 will be positioned in the interval 5-8 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
D) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 2 will be positioned in the interval 9-16 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
E) The losers of the matches in the Masters event Step 1 will be positioned in the interval 17-24 according to their seeding before the Masters event.
F) The remaining players will be positioned 25-NN according to their scores in the All Event standing.
5.5.6 Amendments
This Chapter was adopted by the Congress in Moscow, Russia on 2 June 2005 and amended after an email ballot in December 2005.

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