International Carrom Federation

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5^th December 2007

All national federations

Affiliated to the International

Carrom Federation

Sub: 5^th World Carrom Championship

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to extend an invitation to your National Federation to depute a national carrom team to participate in the 5th World Carrom Championship to be held from 13th to 17th February 2008 at Palais Des Festivals, Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes, France. A copy of the Prospectus giving all terms and conditions for participating in the prestigious World Championship is attached.

We invite a contingent of four men players, four women players and Manager(s) from each country for participating in seven events of the 5^th World Carrom Championship. We also extend an invitation for additional four men and four women players for participating in Krishan Sharma Open International event. The participation fee for all participants would be as per details given in the Prospectus. The host Association i.e. French Carrom Federation would be providing free hospitality i.e. free boarding, lodging and local transport from 11 AM on 12.2.2008 to 11 AM on 18.2.2008. 

We request you to kindly submit the entries of your country, as per provisions of the Prospectus, immediately but not later than 7.1.2008. We also request you to kindly send photographs and passport particulars of all the participants entered for the World Championship by email.

With best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

S.K. Sharma

Secretary General

P R O S P E C T U S

5th World Carrom Championship 
 
 

Cannes, France

13^th to 17^th February 2008

organised by the

FRENCH CARROM FEDERATION

As part of

10^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE

FRENCH CARROM FEDERATION

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE

INTERNATIONAL CARROM FEDERATION

Under the aegis of the

INTERNATIONAL CARROM FEDERATION

In accordance with

the authority granted by the

International Carrom Federation

to host the

5^th WORLD CARROM

CHAMPIONSHIP

Organising Committee of the

CARROM FEDERATION FRANCAISE

has the honour to invite

all affiliated member nations of the

INTERNATIONAL CARROM FEDERATION

to participate in the competitions

which will take place at Cannes, France

from 13^th to 17^th February 2008

From 17^th to 21^st November, 2006 

INTERNATIONAL CARROM FEDERATION

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Patron-in-Chief   :  The Rt. Hon. The Lord Paul

Patrons    : Mr. S. L. Anand (Sri Lanka)

                              : Mr. Nazir P. Jessa (U.K.)

                              : Mr. M. Ahmed Nasir (Maldives)

President   : Mr. Arif Naqvi (Germany)

Vice-Presidents (7)  : Ms. Elisa Martinelli (Italy)

                              : Mr. Langley Mathiasz (Sri Lanka)

                              : Mr. Zainal Abu Zarin (Malaysia)

                              : Mr. Sakhawat Ali (Pakistan)

                              : Mr. Vijay Sharma (U.K.)

                              : Mr. Billy Stevens (USA)

                              : Mr. Ratan Singh (India)

Secretary General  : Mr. S.K. Sharma (India)

Asstt Secretaries (2)  :  P. Krishna Murthy (Malaysia)

 Rohini Mathiasz (Sri Lanka)

Treasurer   : Mr. Zahir Naseer (Maldives)

Asstt. Treasurer   : Laurent Prost (France)

Members   : Germany

            Japan

            South Korea

            Bangladesh

Chairman, Technical   : Mr. B. K. Haranath (India)

Commission

Honorary Member  : Mr. Martin Meier (Switzerland)

CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE

5^th WORD CARROM CHAMPIONSHIP

Chairman   : Mr. Arif Naqvi, President, ICF

Vice-Chairman  : Mr. Zahir Naseer, Treasurer, ICF

                              Mr. Billy Stevens, Vice-President, ICF

   Mr. Ratan Singh, Vice-President, ICF

   Mr Franck Cianarella, President FCF

   Mr. Denis Braun, Vice-President, FCF

                              

Championship Director : Mr. S. K. Sharma, Secretary General, ICF

Championship Secretary : Mr Karim Nessakh, Vice-Treasurer, FCF

Organising Secretary : Mr. Aurélien Hanique, Secretary, FCF

Technical Directors : Ms. Elisa Martinelli, Vice-President, ICF

                              Mr. Langley Mathiasz, Vice-President, ICF

                              Mr. B. K. Haranath, Chairman, Technical Commission

     Mr. P. Raveendran, Chairman, Umpires’ Commission

Chief Referee  : Ms Rohini Mathiasz (Sri Lanka)

Asstt. Chief Referee : Mr. V.D. Narayan (India)

   Mr Norbert Mothe (France)

Members    : Mr. D.H. Bae, President, Korean Carrom Federation

                              Sakhawat Ali, President, Pakistan Carrom Federation

                              Jorg Kjinaski, President, German Carrom Federation

   Mr Patrice Dumas, Vice-Secretary, FCF

                        ………………….. 

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

5^th WORD CARROM CHAMPIONSHIP

   Chairman   : Arif Naqvi

   Vice-Chairmen   : Zahir Naseer

                                       Denis Braun

                                       Karim Nessakh

   Championship Director : S. K. Sharma

   Organising Secretary : Aurélien Hanique

   Technical Directors  : Ms Elisa Martinelli

                                       Langley Mathiasz

                                       B.K. Haranath

                                       P. Raveendran

   Chief Referee   : Ms Rohini Mathiasz

   Asstt. Chief Referees : V. D. Narayan

                                       Mr Norbert Mothe 

   Members   : Billy Stevens

                                       

                                 Patrice Dumas

PROSPECTUS

TITLE OF THE TOURNAMENT

5^th WORLD CARROM CHAMPIONSHIP 2008

AUTHORITY

The 5th World Carrom Championship will be organized by the French Carrom Federation under the authority granted by the International Carrom Federation.

DATE

The World Championship will be held from 13^th to 17^th February 2008 during the International Festival of Games of Cannes.

VENUE

Palais Des Festivals, Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes, France

ELIGIBILITY

The World Championship is open to the Registered Players of the member Federations/Associations affiliated to the International Carrom Federation.

Special invitees from other nations too are permitted to take part in the events with the approval of the International Carrom Federation.

Only those affiliated Federations/Associations who have paid membership fees, annual subscription and/or other dues, if any, to the ICF, up to the current year, shall be eligible to enter team and/or individual players in the Tournament.

EVENTS    MAXIMUM ENTRIES       

Men’s Team 1  

Men’s Singles 4

Men’s Doubles 2    

Women’s Team 1  

Women’s Singles 4

Women’s Doubles 2

Krishan Sharma Open (Men and Women) 8 (other than players entered in above events)

Swiss League Open (Men and Women) 8

PARTICIPATION FEE

Participation for the 5^th World Carrom Championship would be as under:

Players  : Euro 220 each player

Managers / coaches : Euro 180 each person

Umpires / Officials : Euro 130 each umpire

The participation fee for players includes Doubles, Team, Singles and Swiss League events.

Participation Fee for Krishan Sharma Open International event shall be Euro 30 per player. Such fee would not entitle the players any boarding, lodging and local transport facility. If required, such facility can be booked on World Championship site at www.carrom.net/~cannes2008

Each National Federations/Associations may remit the participation fee, as detailed above by 7^th January 2008 for all members of the contingent of their respective countries. The entry fee shall be remitted to the French Carrom Federation through bank transfer as per details given as under:

Beneficiary  FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE CARROM

Bank: SOCIETE GENERALE – AGENCE PALAISEAU LOZERE

Address: 4 rue Charles Peguy 91120 Palaiseau, France  

Bank Account No.  00037265408

International Identification (IBAN): FR76 30003 02251 00037265408 96

SWIFT Code:  SOGEFRPP

RULES

The Championships will be conducted in accordance with the ‘Laws of Carrom’ as adopted by the International Carrom Federation and as per special regulations for the World Championships.

UMPIRING

The Umpiring will be in English. Matches will be supervised by the International and National Grade Umpires (both local and foreign).

The decision of the Umpires shall be final. The decision of the Chief Referee shall be final and binding on both the parties on the matter not covered in the Laws of Carrom.

PARTICIPATION / ENTRY

Each Federation/Association may enter maximum of 4 men players & 4 women players in the tournament and depute one/two official(s) to manage the team.

However, eight more players (maximum 4 men and/ or 4 women) can be entered in Krishan Sharma Open Swiss League event. Such players shall be other than the eight players already entered for the World Championship. Players entered for Krishan Sharma Open event are not eligible to participate in other events of the World Championship. Entries for Krishan Sharma Open event shall also be forwarded through their respective national Federations/Associations. Top 16 players of this event would qualify to participate along with other players in the Swiss League event to be organised on 17^th February 2007. Since the entries to Krishan Sharma Open event are restricted to 80, entries for this event would be accepted on first come first serve basis. 

The Championship Committee, however, reserves the right to reject any entry without assigning any reason.

SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES

Entries shall be submitted on Entry Form sent along with the Prospectus. Entry Form duly filled shall be returned together with requisite entry fee on or before 7th January 2008 to Mr Aurelien Hanique, Organising Secretary, 5th World Carrom Championship, 23 AVENUE MAIGNAN, 31200 TOULOUSE – FRANCE (contact@carrom.net) and copy sent to Mr. S. K. Sharma, Secretary General, International Carrom Federation (email: icfsk@yahoo.co.uk and icf_sk@yahoo.co.in). All forms should be signed by the President/Secretary of the nominating Federation/Association with their office seal affixed.

DRAW

Draws will be held at the venue of the Championship in Cannes, France on the evening of 12^th February 2008. However, draw for the Krishan Sharma Open International event would be held immediately after the Opening Ceremony on 13.2.08 on random basis.

MATCH SCHEDULE

The World Championship will start on 13^th February 2008 with Doubles events followed by Team and Singles events respectively.

The first session starts at 9 AM daily and matches would conclude at 8 PM daily.

Krishan Sharma Open International event would commence at 1 PM on 15.2.2007.

However, the Organizing/Championship Committee reserves the right to alter/change/ amend the schedule of the proposed days and time of play. 

HOSPITALITY

Free hospitality i.e. boarding, lodging & local transport will be provided to the participants listed on official Entry Forms and ICF / Technical officials from 1 PM of 12^th February 2008 to 11 AM of 18^th February 11 AM 2008.

Breakfast can be had at the hotel, lunch at the venue “Palais des Festivals” and dinner at "Le Trimaran" restaurant.

Participants wishing to stay for extra night may visit World Carrom Championship website for the hotel and food (breakfast, lunch and dinner) tariffs.

TRANSPORT

Everyday at 08.00 AM and 08.30 PM, buses will be provided to transport all the players / officials from their hotel to the venue and back.

In case any participant misses the bus or wishes to go by any other mode of transport to the venue, he/she will have to manage and pay for the transport himself/herself.

INSURANCE

All participating Federations/Associations must get Medical Insurance Cover for their players/officials for the period of their participation in the World Championship before they start for France from their respective places.

UNIFORM

All players and Managers/Coaches must be in proper uniform. The name of their respective countries should be printed on the back of their T-shirts in BLOCK CAPITAL letters. The National Federation of each country shall mention the colour of uniform in the prescribed entry form.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

A meeting of the Technical Commission will be held at 1500 on 12^th February 2008 at the venue and on subsequent occasions during the Championship, if required.

PROTEST

All protests shall be submitted as per provisions of the ‘Laws of Carrom’, along with scrutiny fee of US @ 50.

If the protest is upheld, the match shall continue from the particular board in which the protest was lodged and scrutiny fee refunded. In case the protest is overruled, the result already obtained shall stand and the scrutiny fee forfeited.

EQUIPMENTS

‘Synco Premium’ Carrom Boards and ‘Ashwin Rosy’ brand c/m would be used for the tournament. Potato starch would be used as powder for play.

ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION

Mr. AURELIEN HANIQUE

ORGANISING SECRETARY, 5^th WCC,

FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE CARROM

23 AVENUE MAIGNAN

31200 TOULOUSE – FRANCE

Mr Karim NESSAKH Mobile: +33 6 07 41 31 86

Email: contact@carrom.net

GENERAL RULES

Team and Singles events would be played on league-cum-knockout basis, Doubles events would be played on knock-out basis while Krishan Sharma Open and the main Swiss League would be organised as per rules adopted by the European Carrom Confederation for the Swiss league.

TEAM EVENTS

A team for any tie of the Team Championship shall consist of three out of four players already entered for the World Championships. Players may be changed from amongst four in the next round, if so desired by the Captain/Manager of the team. The names of the three players for each tie shall be submitted to the Chief Referee half an honour before the time fixed for each tie.

Each tie shall consist of three Singles to be played simultaneously. The team winning the tie either by 3-0 or 2-1 will be credited two points for each tie in the league. The loser of the tie will not be awarded any point.

The matches in each Group shall be played on the basis of ‘total league’. All the matches in the league shall be played on the basis of best of three games of eight boards or 25 points whichever is earlier.

If 7 or less teams are entered, all the ties shall be played on ‘round robin league’ basis. The position of the teams shall be decided on the basis of the aggregate points secured by them in the league. However, FINAL (best of three Singles) will be organised between the top two teams of the league to decide 1st and 2nd positions.

If 8 to 11 teams are entered, they shall be divided into two groups. The strength of each group shall be with a maximum difference of one. Top TWO teams from each group shall qualify for the Semi-finals to be played on knock-out basis. Winner of Group ‘A’ shall meet the Runner-up of Group ‘B’ in the first Semi-Final while the winner of Group ‘B’ meets the Runner-up Group ‘A’ in the second Semi-Final. Winners of both the Semi-Finals shall play the FINAL for 1st and 2nd positions and losers play for 3rd and 4th positions.

If 12 to 20 teams are entered, they shall be divided into four groups. The strength of each group shall be with a maximum difference of one. Top TWO teams from each group shall qualify for the Quarter-finals to be played on knock-out basis. Winner of Group ‘A’ shall meet the Runner-up of Group ‘B’ in the 1st Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘B’ shall meet the Runner-up Group ‘A’ in the 2nd Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘C’ shall meet the Runner-up of Group ‘D’ in the 3rd Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘D’ shall meet the Runner-up of Group ‘C’ in the 4th Quarter-Final. Winners of 1st and 2nd Quarters shall meet in the 1st Semi-Final while Winners of 3rd and 4th Quarters meet in the 2nd Semi-Final. Winners of both the Semi-Finals shall play the FINAL for 1st and 2nd positions and losers play for 3rd and 4th positions.

All knock-out matches of the team events shall be played on the basis of best of three games of 25 points each.

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS maximum

Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles

If up to 27 players are entered, they shall be divided into four groups. The strength of each group shall be with a maximum difference of one. Top two players from each group shall qualify for the Quarter-Finals to be played on knock-out basis.

Winner of Group ‘A’ shall meet the Runner-up of Group ‘B’ in the 1st Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘B’ shall meet the Runner-up Group ‘A’ in the 2nd Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘C’ shall meet the Runner-up of Group ‘D’ in the 3rd Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘D’ shall meet the Runner-up of Group ‘C’ in the 4th Quarter-Final. Winners of 1st and 2nd Quarters shall meet in the 1st Semi-Final while Winners of 3rd and 4th Quarters meet in the 2nd Semi-Final. Winners of both the Semi-Finals shall play the FINAL for 1st and 2nd positions and losers play for 3rd and 4th positions.

If 28 to 56 players are entered, they shall be divided into eight groups. The strength of each group shall be with a maximum difference of one. Top One player from each group shall qualify for the Quarter-Finals to be played on knock-out basis.

Winner of Group ‘A’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘B’ in the 1st Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘C’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘D’ in the 2nd Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘E’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘F’ in the 3rd Quarter-Final and Winner of Group ‘G’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘H’ in the 4th Quarter-Final. Winners of 1st and 2nd Quarter-Finals shall meet in the 1st Semi-Final while Winners of 3rd and 4th Quarter-Finals meet in the 2nd Semi-Final. Winners of both the Semi-Finals shall play the FINAL for 1st and 2nd positions and losers play for 3rd and 4th positions.

If 57 or more players are entered, they shall be divided into 16 groups. The strength of each group shall be with a maximum difference of one. Top One player from each group shall qualify for the Pre-Quarter-Final round to be played on knock-out basis.

Winner of Group ‘A’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘B’ in the 1st Pre-Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘C’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘D’ in the 2nd Pre-Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘E’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘F’ in the 3rd Pre-Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘G’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘H’ in the 4th Pre-Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘I’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘J’ in the 5th Pre-Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘K’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘L’ in the 6th Pre-Quarter-Final; Winner of Group ‘M’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘N’ in the 7th Pre-Quarter-Final& Winner of Group ‘O’ shall meet Winner of Group ‘P’ in the 8th Pre-Quarter-Final. Winners of 1st and 2nd Pre-Quarter-Finals shall meet in the 1st Quarter-Final; Winners of 3rd and 4th Pre-Quarter-Finals meet in the 2nd Quarter-Final; Winners of 5th and 6th Pre-Quarter-Finals shall meet in the 3rd Quarter-Final while Winners of 7th and 8th Pre-Quarter-Finals meet in the 4th Quarter-Final. Winners of 1st and 2nd Quarter-Finals shall meet in the 1st Semi-Final while Winners of 3rd and 4th Quarter-Finals meet in the 2nd Semi-Final. Winners of both the Semi-Finals shall play the FINAL for 1st and 2nd positions and losers play for 3rd and 4th positions.

In case of tie of points between two players for top two places in any group, earlier result of the match played between two players shall decide their relative positions. In case of tie among more than two players, the position of such players shall be determined on the basis of “games” aggregate for and against all the matches played earlier in the group. In case there is again a tie even at that stage the “points” average for and against in all the matches played earlier in the group, shall be taken into account and their position determined.

The matches in each group shall be played on the basis of ‘total league’. All the matches in the league shall be played on the basis of best of three games of eight boards or 25 points whichever is earlier.

All Pre-Quarter-Final, Quarter-final, Semi-final and Final matches would be played on knock-out basis. Pre-Quarter Final matches shall be played on the basis of best of three games of eight boards or 25 points whichever is earlier. Qr-Final, Semi-final and Final matches shall be played on the basis of best of three games of 25 points each.

However, keeping in view the number of entries received and the time schedule available, the Technical Committee may at its discretion decide to increase or decrease the number of Groups and the number of qualifiers for the knock-out rounds, after due deliberations in its meeting to be held on 18.2.2008 at Cannes, France.

Play off matches

There shall be play-off matches for 5^th to 8^th positions. All such play-off matches would be held on the basis of best of three games of 25 points each. For the play-off matches, the loser of 1^st Quarter-final shall play with the loser of 2^nd Quarter-Final while 3^rd Quarter-Final play with the loser of 4^th Quarter-Final in the first round. Winners of both the matches shall play for 5^th and 6^th positions while losers play for 7^th and 8^th positions in the second round.

Conduct of Play-off matches in the Singles events for arriving at the International Ranking (for 9^th onward positions) will be finally decided by the Technical Committee in its meeting to be held on 13^th February 2008 at Cannes, after getting on the spot feedback from officials of participating countries. If such matches are held, they shall be played on the basis of best of one game restricted to 8 boards.

Doubles events

These events shall be played on knock-out basis throughout and elimination would start from the first round itself.

Krishan Sharma Open Swiss League

This event will be held on Swiss league system at 1 PM on 15^th February 2008. There will be a total of eight rounds in the league. First round will be played on random basis. Subsequent rounds would be decided on the basis of basis of performance of each player in the previous round, as per formula adopted for the Swiss league by ECC. Top sixteen players of this event would qualify to participate in the main Swiss League to be held on 17.2.2008.

Only those players, who have not been entered in other events of the World Championship, are eligible to participate in this event.

Swiss League

This event will be held as per Swiss league system on 17^th February 2008. First round will be played on random basis. Subsequent rounds would be decided on the basis of basis of performance of each player in the previous round, as per formula adopted for the Swiss league by ECC. Depending upon number of entries, there would be six to ten rounds. After completion of the league, two top players would play the final for deciding the 1^st and the 2^nd position and the next two would play for 3^rd and 4^th positions.

This event will have entries from all participating nations subject to a maximum of 8 players (both men and women). Top 16 players selected on the basis of Krishan Sharma Open International event would be included for participating in this event.

Awards / Prizes

Top three positions holder of all events would be awarded suitable prizes/trophies. In the team events four players and the Manager would be awarded trophies for each position.

Awards and prizes would be presented in the Prize Distribution Function to be held in Debussy Auditorium (with a capacity of 1000 persons) at 6 PM on 16th February 2008 followed by Indian shows and interludes.

Matches to be held on 16.2.08 would be shown on the giant screen in Debussy Auditorium.

For the Swiss League the prizes would be presented at 7 PM on 17th February 2007.

LAST DATE FOR ENTRIES

Last date for receipt of entries for all events is 7^th January 2008.

GALA DINNER / PARTY

The French Carrom Federation would be hosting a gala dinner / party (reserved for officials, players and people coming along with them, referees and volunteers) on 16^th February 2008. The dinner is sponsored by Casino Barrière and Sports Syndicate (SYNCO) Companies

CANCELLATIONS

In case of cancellation of entries:

• 1 month before the 1^st day of the tournament, 50% of the amount of the entries will be kept

• Between 29^th and 15^th day before the first day of the tournament, 70% of the amount of the entries will be kept

- Between the 14^th day and the day of the tournament, the full amount of the entries will be kept.

INFORMATIONS REQUESTED FOR YOUR COMFORT

Please specify in the following board if you request separate flats, if you are vegetarian or non vegetarian and how you will come to Cannes:

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ENTRY FORM

5^th World Carrom Championship

13 – 17 February 2008 : Cannes, France

Name of the Federation/Association………………………………………………………..

(in BLOCK CAPITAL letters)