ATLAS BALKAN CUP1st edition1&2 October 2022

1. ORGANIZATION:
1.1. Organization and running of the Tournament is performed by the organizing committee composed by a representatives of host league (Trout Area Romania) and one representatives of Area Trout Leagues Association (further ATLAS).
1.2. Tournament director: Stefan DINU (stefandinu9@gmail.com)

2. DATE AND LOCATION:
2.1. Tournament place: Crasna Bogiri Trout Pound
Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/58ZWjidwgvU5Gov38
2.2. Tournament date: 1-2 October 2022

3. AGENDA OF THE TOURNAMENT:

3.1. Saturday, 01.10.2022
06:30-07:00 breakfast
07:00-08:00 technical meeting and drawing of lots
08:00-16:00 qualification stages (includes lunch break)
12:00-13:00 lunch break
16:00-17:00 compilation of the 1st day results.
18:00-19:00 dinner (need to be preordered separately during registration)

3.2. Sunday, 02.10.2022
06:30-07:00 breakfast
07:00-08:00 technical meeting and drawing of lots
08:00-12:00 qualification stages (includes lunch break)
12:00-13:00 lunch break
12:00-12:30 compilation of the 2nd day result
13:00-16:30 final stages of the tournament
16:30–18:00 award ceremony, closure of the Tournament

*Schedule can be changed, depending on number of teams

4. TEAM REGISTRATION AND FEES:
4.1. Members of ATLAS are welcomed to delegate teams to the tournament.
4.2. Each team comprises of 4 (four) players of respective league and supporting delegates.
4.3. The determination of the list of players is carried out by each league independently based on the results of the performance of anglers, internal rating, etc.
4.4. Players representing a league in a competition must be active participants in that league.
4.5. Registration of teams from leagues, that are not members of ATLAS is possible only with acceptance of organizing committee.
4.6. Official representative of each league shall fill the application form latest by the 23rd of September 2022. Application form can be found on event page or can be received by request from organization committee. Changes in the list of players and delegates can be made by 28th of September 2022 officially informing organization committee.
4.7. The tournament participation fee is 140 euro/ competitor (it includes breakfast & lunch for both days of tournament, fishing permits and organizational fee)
4.8. Tournament fee shall be paid until 23rd of September 2022 to the name of:
Asociatia TROUT AREA RO
Bank: Romanian Commercial Bank
IBAN code: RO71 RNCB 0304 1695 7244 0001
BIC code: RNCBROBU
Mention: registration ATLAS Balkan Cup, nation`s name
4.9. In case of odd number of participating teams, the league that hosts the tournament could register additional teams.

5. PERMITTED LURES AND OTHER RULES:
5.1. During the competition, it is allowed to use only hard-type lures: spoons, cranks, minnows, equipped with single barbless hooks;
5.2. The use of lures with a length less than 18 mm is prohibited;
5.3. The use of the frontal hook on any lures is prohibited;
5.4. When retrieving a hooked fish, the rod should be kept in a horizontal position or with the tip down (even in the water) to avoid as much as possible the fish to coming out of the water
5.5. Fish shall be netted in the water and not out of the water (butterflying technique is forbidden)

6. DRAW PROCEDURE:
6.1. The draw shall be led by the organization committee.
6.2. According to the draw, each team member shall receive numbers (badge) and scoring cards (sector numbers for the stage). Captains of the Teams are responsible for filling in name and surname of the player in the set of cards.

7. TOURNAMENT FORMAT:
7.1. The basic principle of the competition is the players' direct match.
7.2. In the middle of the period, the players occupying the same peg will switch sides within the peg.
7.3. The overall number of the period depend on number of registered teams
7.4. Each match is 15 minutes long.
7.5. Each break, between matches, is 5 minute long
7.6. The Tournament is organized into two stages: Preliminary Stage and Final Stage.
7.7. During the competition, players score points in each period according with the following system:
• 3 points: the player has caught the biggest number of fish.
• 2 points: both players have caught the same number of fish.
• 1 point: both players have not caught any fish.
• 0 points: the player has caught the lowest number of fish

7.8. The preliminary stage:
7.8.1. Teams are divided into 4 groups (each member of each team will be part of different group). In each group there will be only one member of each team.
7.8.2. The Preliminary Stage will have 3 series of direct matches (2 in first day & 1 in second day)
7.9. After the Preliminary Stage, the teams are ranked according to the sum of points won by each team member. The team with the highest number of points wins the highest place.
7.10. In case of equal points, the team with the higher number of wins takes the higher place. In case the number of wins for the teams is the same, the team with the higher number of draws will take the higher place. In case the number of result draws is the same for the teams, the team with the higher number of fish will take the higher place.
7.11. Best 6 teams continue participation in Final Stage. Other teams are no longer compete in the tournament.

7.12. In the Final Stage, teams will compete against each other therefore team members alternate in pegs.

7.13. Scoring in the Final Stage is based on total number of fish caught by all the team members.

7.14. The Final Stage of the tournament consists of the Qualification Round, Semifinal Round, Small Final and Big Final:
7.14.1. The teams that ranked 1st and 2nd place in the preliminary stage, will have a reserved place in Semi Final and they will wait for their opponent teams to pass Qualification round.
7.14.2. The teams that ranked 3rd to 6th place in the preliminary stage will take part in Qualification Round. Teams with higher number of counted fish will win. In case there is a tie at the end of the Qualification round game then higher ranked team in Preliminary Stage, will win.
7.14.3. The teams that ranked 1st and 2nd place in Preliminary Stage and the first two teams ranked in Qualification Round will compete each other in Semifinal Round. Team with higher number of counted fish will win. In case there is a tie at the end of the Semifinal Round, higher ranked team in previous stage will win.
7.14.4. The teams Ranked 3rd and 4th in the Semifinal Round, will compete in Small Final match. The teams Ranked 1st and 2nd in the Semifinal Round, will compete in Big Final match.
7.14.5. Team with higher number of counted fish will win the match. In case there is a tie, 15 minute of extra time is played until the first fish is caught. In case there is still a tie at the end of extra time, higher ranked team in previous round will win.

7.15. During the whole Tournament, participants are responsible to fill in the following information on the scoring cards: number of caught fish and number of points won by the competitor. The card shall contain signatures of both players.

7.16. After filling each card, participants must handover cards to the judges to calculate the overall score.

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