Coupe du Nord

Open North European Fencing Championships

THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS MUST BE ADHERED TO:

1. ONE PRE TOURNAMENT ROUND OF POULES, WHICH MUST BE SEEDED ON THE FORMULA LAID DOWN IN THE COUPE DU NORD RULES. ALL FENCERS ENTERED MUST COMPETE. THERE ARE NO ELIMINATIONS FROM THIS ROUND.
2. ONE ROUND POULES ‘TOURNAMENT PROPER’ SEEDED ON THE INDICATORS OF ALL THE FENCERS IN THE PRE TOUNAMENT ROUND OF POULES. 20 – 30% OF FENCERS MUST BE ELIMINATED AFTER THIS ROUND OF POULES.
3. FOR EPEE/FOIL 20/30% AFTER THE ONE ROUND TO BE ELIMINATED UNLESS THE ORGANISERS ARE RUNNING A PRE TOURNAMENT ROUND. THEN THE RULES AS ABOVE APPLY.
4. ALL OTHER FENCERS PROMOTED TO, AND SEEDED FOR, THE DE BASED ON THEIR INDICATORS FROM THE SECOND ROUND ONLY.
5. FOR EPEE/FOIL TOURNAMENTS ONLY ONE ROUND OF POULES IS REQUIRED. UNLESS THE ORGANISERS ARE RUNNING A PRE TOURNAMENT ROUND. THEN THE DE WILL BE SEEDED ON THE SECOND ROUND ONLY.
6. DIRECT ELIMINATION WILL TAKE PLACE WITHOUT REPERCHAGE TO THE FINAL FOUR,
7. ALL FIE REGULATIONS REGARDING FINALS MUST BE OBSERVED. ALL FENCERS COMPETING FOR WORLD CUP POINTS MUST WEAR THEIR NAME AND NATION ON THE BACK OF THEIR SABRE LAME/ FOIL LAME/ JACKET (EPEE) AND THEIR FIE APPROVED NATIONAL COLOURS ON BOTH LEGS OF THEIR BREECHES. THESE MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIE RULES AND REGULATIONS. FENCERS WHO PRESENT THEMSELVES ON THE PISTE NOT WEARING THEIR NAME, NATION, NATIONAL COLOURS, OR WEARING CLOTHING WHICH DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE FIE RULES AND REGULATIONS, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO FENCE..
8. FOR THE PRESENTATION OF PRIZES, TRACK SUITS MUST BE WORN AND ZIPPED UP TO THE NECK.
9. TOURNAMENT ORGANISERS MAY IF THEY SO WISH ORGANISE A SECONDARY COMPETITION TO INCLUDE THE 20 – 30% OF FENCERS WHO WERE ELIMINATED AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF POULES PROPER AND THOSE FENCERS ELIMINATED FROM THE FIRST AND/OR SECOND ROUND OF DE. THE ORGANISERS WILL SET THE FORMAT FOR THE SECONDARY COMPETITION.
10. COUPE DU NORD POINTS ARE AWARDED ACCORDING TO THE FINAL POSITION THE FENCER OR TEAM FINISHES. THE FINAL TOTAL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM WILL BE THEIR BEST 5 RESULTS ONLY. A MAXIMUM OF 2 RESULTS FROM EACH COUPE DU NORD REGION CAN BE COUNTED. (THE REGIONS ARE ATLANTIC, SCANDINAVIAN AND CONTINENTAL.) THE FINAL OVERALL RANKING OF TWO OR MORE FENCERS OR TEAMS WHO HAVE THE EQUAL NUMBER OF POINTS AT THE END OF THE SEASON, WILL BE THE SAME. A SCALE OF POINTS IS ATTACHED.
11. IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS FIE RULES WILL APPLY.
12. THE OVERALL INDIVIDUAL COUPE DU NORD RANKING WILL BE CALCULATED ON A ROLLING BASIS, THE TEAM RANKING WILL BE SEASONAL.
13. THE DIRECTOIRE TECHNIQUE IS TO BE COMPOSED OF PEOPLE USED TO ORGANISING COMPETITIONS.