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february 3 2012 presidents wtf member national association re 9th wtf world junior taekwondo championships dear beloved taekwondo family it is a great pleasure to extend an invitation to your national association to participate in the 9th wtf world junior taekwondo championships which will be held on april 4-8 2012 in sharm el-sheikh egypt i expect that the 9th wtf world junior taekwondo championships will serve as an opportunity for the youth to display their skills to the full and also to exchange friendship among the youth from all parts of the globe rest assured that the world taekwondo federation and the organizing committee will do its utmost effort to ensure the success of the championships hoping to see you all in sharm el-sheikh i extend my warmest season s greetings and my best wishes for the new year sincerely yours chungwon choue president world taekwondo federation 1

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message from the president of the egyptian taekwondo federation presidents wtf member national association dear colleagues in accordance with the instructions of the world taekwondo federation it is with great pleasure to extend an invitation to your estimate association to participate in the 9th wtf world junior taekwondo championships during the period april 4-8 2012 in cairo egypt i hope that you and your junior athletes will participate in this event to display highest spirit of the taekwondo to dispatch the taekwondo peace message all over the world we as organizers promise to do our best to provide a high quality championship and we ensure that every participant will win by joining the tournament who will not win the medal will win the participation in this distinctive event i look forward to seeing you in cairo egypt yours faithfully hussam morsy hussam morsy kamal president the egyptian taekwondo federation 2

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outline 9th wtf world junior taekwondo championships 1 promoter address telephone fax e-mail web-site 2 organizing mna address telephone fax e-mail web-site world taekwondo federation wtf th 4 floor joyang building 113 samseong-dong gangnam-gu seoul korea 135-090 +82.2.556.2505 82.2.557.5446 +82.2.553.4728 sport@wtf.org sports division http www.wtf.org the egyptian taekwondo federation olympic federations complex ­ cairo stadium cairo egypt +202 2263 1737 +202 2261 7576 president@egypt-tkd.org hkamal@compexit.com www.egypt-tkd.org 3 organizing committee president address olympic federations complex ­ cairo stadium cairo egypt telephone +202 2263 1737 fax +202 2261 7576 e-mail wtj2012@egypt-tkd.org www.egypt-tkd.org/wtj2012 web-site 4 venue sharm el sheikh covered hall 5 qualifications in accordance with article 4 qualification of contestant of the wtf competition rules the contestant must be criterion #1 holder of the nationality of the participating team criterion #2 an athlete must be nominated by the pertinent national taekwondo association that is recognised by the world taekwondo federation and by their noc criterion #3 holder of the kukkiwon poom or dan certificate a copy of the dan certificate should be enclosed when registering for accreditation in case a contestant has applied for a kukkiwon dan certificate but has not received it yet a copy of the dan application form and the remittance certificate sent to the kukkiwon must be enclosed when registering for accreditation please refer to the kukkiwon web site www.kukkiwon.or.kr for more information an athlete must be born between 1 january 1995 and 31 december 1998 criterion #4 holder of the wtf global athlete license gal criterion #5 wtf global athlete license gal rules stipulate that all athletes to participate in wtf-promoted championships except world para-taekwondo championships should hold wtf gal please take note that entry registration without gal no will not be considered as completed application for wtf gal should be made only through member national association to mr justin tenbeth gal project manager in wtf lausanne office at licence@wtf.org 6 method of competition single elimination tournament 7 contest time i option 1 1 minute 30 seconds x 3 rounds with 1 minute break in the event that the number of 3

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ii iii 8 participating athletes is overwhelming and exceeds the expected number of athletes for preliminaries till quarter-finals and 2 minutes x 3 rounds with 1 minute break for semi-finals and finals option 2 2 minutes x 3 round with 1 minute break for all matches final decision will be announced at the head of team meeting after completion of registration weight divisions men s division under 45kg not exceeding 45kg under 48kg over 45 kg not exceeding 48 kg under 51kg over 48 kg not exceeding 51 kg under 55kg over 51 kg not exceeding 55 kg under 59kg over 55 kg not exceeding 59 kg under 63kg over 59 kg not exceeding 63 kg under 68kg over 63 kg not exceeding 68 kg under 73kg over 68 kg not exceeding 73 kg under 78kg over 73 kg not exceeding 78 kg over 78kg over 78 kg 9 under 42kg under 44kg under 46kg under 49kg under 52kg under 55kg under 59kg under 63kg under 68kg over 68kg women s division not exceeding 42 kg over 42 kg not exceeding 44 kg over 44 kg not exceeding 46 kg over 46 kg not exceeding 49 kg over 49 kg not exceeding 52 kg over 52 kg not exceeding 55 kg over 55 kg not exceeding 59 kg over 59 kg not exceeding 63 kg over 63 kg not exceeding 68 kg over 68 kg conditions for participation i round-trip airfare and accommodation round trip airfare and and accommodation charges of room and board shall be borne by the participating national association ii entry fees the oc shall collect the entry fees from the participating national teams the national team shall pay an entry fee to the organizing committee by cash in us only at the accreditation centers in egypt prior to the start of the championships athletes shall not be allowed to compete without successful payment of entry fee to the organizing committee entry fee shall be various according to the timing and situation of the submission of entry please read carefully the following guidelines us$50 per athlete entry forms will be accepted only when the forms are completely filled out with all required information and signed by the president of the pertinent member national association excluding tue which can be submitted to the wtf by no later than 21 days before the tournament entry deadline is march 10 2012 us$200 of penalty per team in addition to individual entry fee of us$50 per athlete should be paid in case of submission of entry form entire team or part of the team including athlete and team officials after march 10 2012 entry submission after march 10 2012 will be not accepted under any circumstances the registered athletes or team officials may be replaced without any penalty money until march 10 2012 entry fee of us$50 per athlete will not be charged in case of cancellation of participation until march 10 2012 entry fee must be paid in case of the cancellation of participating athletes after march 10 2012 or no-show athletes member national association can submit entry for maximum 10 male and 10 female athletes and no additional athletes are accepted no reserve athlete is accepted no entry will be accepted or modified during on-spot registration 4

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team officials member national association can submit entry for maximum one 1 head of team per country three 3 national federation officials per country one 1 manager per team two 2 coaches per team one 1 team doctor per team one 1 trainer per team in case of exceeding this number us$100 will be charged per person before issuance of the accreditation card us$100 will be charged per team official in case of on-spot registration without prior entry submission until march 10 2012 iii entry registration entry will be accepted only by online at the oc s online registration site http egypttkd.org/wjtc/registration/index.php that will be available from february 10 2012 through march 10 2012 iv ground transportation ground transportation will be provided for national teams on arrival and departure provided that the organizing committee has been informed of the date time and flight schedule of the national team at the latest by the designated deadline march 10 2012 the organizing committee will also provide ground transportation to and from all official hotels training venue and the venue provided that the national teams stay at the official hotels 10 classification of results i individual awards medals will be awarded to the top four athletes in the respective classifications and weight divisions of the pertinent championships st 1 place gold medal certificate nd 2 place silver medal certificate rd 3 place bronze medal certificate rd 3 place bronze medal certificate ii team awards based on the point system below the top five 5 teams of the men s division and the top five 5 teams of the women s division will receive trophies rationale no of points awarded for every contestant who passed the official weigh-in 1 for every win including byes 1 for every gold medal 7 for every silver medal 3 for every bronze medal 1 other prizes such as the good fighting spirit prize active participation prize mvps and best referees and best coaches may be awarded to selected teams and individuals 11 team entries per country maximum 31 members position max no of members male head of team manager 1 coach 2 trainer 1 team doctor 1 contestants 10 max no of members female 1 1 2 1 1 10 12 international referees the wtf will appoint total ninety 90 international referees the appointed international referees shall officiate at th the 9 wtf world junior taekwondo championships the following conditions shall apply i international referees are required to pay for their own roundtrip airfares ii the organizing committee shall pay for the expenses for nine 9 nights stay of room and board checkin march 31 saturday check-out april 9 friday iii the organizing committee shall pay a per diem of us$100 to the selected international referees for competition period total five days us$500 per referee 5

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13 technical delegate and competition supervisory board the wtf will appoint one 1 technical delegate and four 4 members of the competition supervisory board who th shall oversee 9 wtf world junior taekwondo championships the following conditions shall apply i the organizing committee shall pay for the expenses of room and board for the technical delegate ten 10 nights stay of room and board check-in march 30 friday check-out april 9 friday and the competition supervisory board members eight 8 nights stay of room and board check-in april 1 sunday check-out april 9 friday ii the organizing committee shall pay a per diem of us$100 to the technical delegate and the members of the competition supervisory board for competition period total five days us$500 per person 14 wtf-recognized taekwondo uniform dobok and protective equipment i participating contestants are required to wear wtf-recognized doboks and wtf-recognized protective equipment the latest version of wtf-recognized manufacturers list is available at the website of wtf http www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/about_wtf/recognized.html ii the organizing committee will provide protector and scoring system pss the participating contestants participating contestants are required to bring their own groin guards mouthpieces gloves sensing socks and shin and forearm guards for their personal use iii before entering the field of play all contestants will proceed to the inspection desk for inspection of their doboks and protective equipment any contestant who wears unofficial doboks or protective equipment will not be permitted to compete organizing committee shall prepare white masking tapes to cover up any kind of identification of the manufacturers not recognized by the wtf th iv protector and scoring system will be used for the 9 wtf world junior taekwondo championships 15 identifiation of noc code and manufacturer i national flag shall be located between 3cm and 3.4cm below the right shoulder line of upper garment ii noc code is a three-letter national olympic committee abbreviation and it shall be printed at the back in black and centred at 5cm or higher from the bottom line of the upper garment within the size of 30cm width x 12cm height the font of the letters shall be in bold verdana iii manufacturer s identification name designation trademark logo or any distinctive sign of the manufacturer shall be located one per garment within 20 except at the location of the wtf logo 16 medical control i the wtf anti-doping rules and where necessary the code of the world anti-doping agency shall apply throughout the competitions ii compulsory anti-doping tests will be carried out for all finalists while random tests will be conducted to one of the semi-finalists who failed to advance to the final the wtf and/or wada may carry out random out-of-competition testing prior to the championships therefore all participating contestants are required to submit their latest and most accurate athlete location forms iii tue therapeutic use exemption athletes who take any substance or medicine listed in the prohibited list of the wtf anti-doping rules and anti-doping code of world anti-doping agency wada are requested to visit the website of wada and make online filing of their tue applications on adams http www.wada-ama.org/en/adams and report to the wtf sports division at sport@wtf.org by no later than march 4 2012 for more details please see the following page of the wtf website http www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/anti_doping/06_therapeutic_use_exemptions.html for adams login please contact national anti-doping organization nado in your country or wtf sports division at sport@wtf.org 17 head of team meeting drawing of lots session i the head of team meeting and the drawing of lots session shall be conducted two 2 days prior to the start of the championships that is april 2 2012 in the presence of the wtf officials and the representatives of the participating nations ii the method and order of the draw may be changed depending on the decision of the technical delegate iii depending on the decision of the technical delegate wtf officials or organizing committee volunteers could be designated to draw lots on behalf of the officials of the participating nations who are not present at the time of the lot drawing session 6

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18 weigh-in i weigh-in of the contestants shall be completed one day before their scheduled competition day ii during the weigh-in male contestants shall wear underpants and female contestants shall wear underpants and brassieres however contestants may weigh-in in the nude if they want to do so 19 indemnities i the respective national taekwondo associations shall be responsible for ensuring that their participants have validly completed and signed the official participation forms thus indemnifying the organizers its officials and other contestants from any claims of injuries losses fatalities or otherwise arising in the course of participation in this championships or any activities thereto ii the respective national taekwondo associations shall be responsible for ensuring that all officials and participants are covered with effective insurance coverage iii participants without proper participation entry forms and effective insurance coverage will not be allowed to compete at the championships iv the organizing committee will acquire general insurance at its own expenses for all participants of the tournament including but not limited to contestants and staffs in the event of any injury and/or damages that may arise during the course of the championships 20 national flag and anthem every participating national taekwondo association is required to bring along the following items for use at the opening and/or closing ceremonies i two 2 ioc-recognized national flags · size 90cm x 130cm ii cd or dvd of the pertinent ioc-recognized national anthem 21 accommodation the participating teams are required to fill out the hotel reservation form through online registration system by no later than march 10 2010 22 visa information please carefully look at the visa information at the last section of this invitation packet 23 athlete replacement in the event that the registered athletes should be replaced with another due to injuries the member national association can officially request to the wtf for the replacement by no later than march 31 2010 by submitting `late athlete replace form together with certification from the medical doctor to sport@wtf.org with attention to wtf secretary general the decision on the acceptance will be made after evaluation of the submitted documents 7

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timetable subject to change date march 30 april 3 mar 27 april 8 april 1 apr 3 april 2 time 0900-1800 0900-1800 0900-1800 1000tbd 1400-1600 1300-1400 event team registration team training referee meeting and training wtf council meeting wtf council brainstorming session if any head of team meeting and drawing of lots registration for wtf general assembly place sharm elsheikh marriott resort tbd maritim sharm el sheikh international congress center maritim international congress center maritim jolie ville venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue venue april 3 1400-1800 1500-1700 1800-2000 1000-1300 1300-1430 1430-1630 1500-1700 1700-1800 1800-2000 2000-2030 1000-1300 1300-1430 1430-2000 1500-1700 2000-2030 1000-1300 1300-1430 1430-2000 1500-1700 2000-2030 1000-1300 1300-1430 1430-1900 1500-1700 1900-1930 1000-1300 1300-1430 1430-1900 1900-1930 wtf general assembly weigh-in for m-59 m+78 f-52 f+68 welcoming dinner competition m-59 m+78 f-52 f+68 lunch break competitions weigh-in for m-51 m-73 f-46 f-63 opening ceremony competitions and finals awarding ceremony competitions m-51 m-73 f-46 f-63 lunch break competitions and finals weigh-in for m-55 m-78 f-49 f-68 awarding ceremony competitions m-55 m-78 f-49 f-68 lunch break competitions and finals weigh-in for m-45 m-63 f-42 f-55 awarding ceremony competitions m-45 m-63 f-42 f-55 lunch break competitions and finals weigh-in for m-48 m-68 f-44 f-59 awarding ceremony competitions m-48 m-68 f-44 f-59 lunch break competitions and finals awarding ceremony departure april 4 april 5 april 6 april 7 april 8 april 9 8

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