GENERAL TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS OUTDOOR COMPETITIONS

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1 GENERAL TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS OUTDOOR COMPETITIONS Otoer 2016 INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION

2 CONTENTS 1 Rules of ompetition 2 Tournment Offiils 3 Tem entry 4 Pre-tournment riefing meetings 5 Composition of tem 6 Tem lothing, equipment nd olours 7 Durtion of mthes 8 Sustitution of plyers 9 Admission to the field of ply 10 Interruptions of mth 11 Medil Dt 12 Mth report forms 13 Disqulifition or filure to ply 14 Video Umpire 15 Code of ondut nd sntions 16 Protests 17 Appel Jury 18 Appels 19 Anti-Doping 20 Unforeseen events APPENDICES Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5 Appendix 6 Appendix 7 Appendix 8 Appendix 9 Appendix 10 Appendix 11 Appendix 12 Appendix 13 Appendix 14 Appendix 15 Appendix 16 Shedule of Regultions Applile to Inter-Ntions Events One Pool Competition Pln nd Rnking Rnking in Pool Two Pool Competition (ross-over lssifition mthes) Pln nd Rnking Four Pool 16 Tem Competition (Knok Out lssifition mthes) Pln nd Rnking Two Pool 8-tem Competition (Knok Out lssifition mthes) Pln nd Rnking Two Pool 10-tem Competition (Knok Out lssifition mthes) Pln nd Rnking Three Pool 8-tem Competition (Pool C lssifition mthes) Pln nd Rnking Four Pool 8-tem Competition (Pools C & D plus lssifition mthes) Pln nd Rnking Two Tem Ply-Off Competition Shoot-Out Competition FIH Code of Condut FIH Code of Condut Guidelines to Tehnil Delegtes on Proess for Hering nd Determining ny Reported Offene FIH Medi Poliy FIH Uniform Advertising Poliy Video Umpire Pge 1

3 1 RULES OF THE COMPETITION 1.1 The ompetition shll e onduted in ordne with the Rules of Hokey in fore on the first plying dy of the ompetition exept s vried y Appendix 1 of these Regultions nd in ordne with these Regultions. 1.2 The vrious ompetition plns nd rnking shemes re set out in Appendies The Tournment Regultions will e pulished y the FIH on its wesite from time to time. A opy of the Regultions must e ville for the prtiipting tems nd the tehnil offiils t the Event Briefing Meeting. 1.4 The FIH in its solute disretion will formulte nd pulish the Mth Shedule for the ompetition. The FIH reserves the right to mend this shedule s result of ny irumstnes tht my rise. 1.5 In order to e eligile to ompete in n Under 16, Under 18 or Under 21 ompetition, plyer must e under 16, under 18 or under 21 yers of ge (s pplile) on the 31 Deemer of the yer preeding the strt of the relevnt ompetition. 1.6 In order to e eligile to ompete in ny Msters ompetition, plyer must e over the designted ge limit on the 31 Deemer of the yer of the relevnt ompetition. 1.7 The FIH Code of Condut (Appendix 12) will pply t ll Interntionl Events. For the purposes of these Tournment Regultions, Interntionl Event shll men duly sntioned mth or event ontested y ntionl representtive tems, inluding the World Cup, World Legue, Chmpions Trophy, Chmpions Chllenge 1, Chmpions Chllenge 2, Junior World Cup nd Continentl Federtion events. 1.8 The FIH Medi Poliy (Appendix 14) will pply t ll FIH Interntionl Events s pproprite. 1.9 In ddition to Artiles 1.7 nd 1.8 ove, the FIH Sttutes nd Generl Regultions, Rules of Hokey, FIH Tournment Regultions, FIH Anti-Doping Rules, FIH Anti-Corruption Regultions, FIH Stndrd Event Operting Proedures nd ny other rules nd regultions tht re pplile nd my ome into fore from time to time, shll pply t ll FIH Interntionl Events. 2 TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS 2.1 The President of the FIH (or, in his sene, one or more offiils formlly designted y the FIH President), shll e the FIH Representtive(s) during the tournment. 2.2 Where n FIH Representtive is not the President nd ny dout rises t ny time during tournment s to the role of the Representtive or ny other mtter ffeting their duties, ontt must immeditely e mde with the President or Chief Exeutive Offier for guidne nd instrutions. Pge 2

4 2.3 A Tehnil Delegte is ppointed y the FIH. The Tehnil Delegte hs the full power nd uthority of the FIH in reltion to tehnil mtters onerning the ondut of the tournment in ordne with these Regultions. 2.4 The Tehnil Delegte ppoints the Umpires (inluding the Video Umpire if pplile), Tehnil Offiers nd Judges for eh mth from mong the persons ppointed y the FIH to offiite in the tournment provided tht: Mth or Video Umpires must not e ppointed to mth in whih their ountry is plying (whenever possile, the sme priniple will pply to ny offiil on duty for mth); n offiil of prtiipting tem is not permitted to e Tehnil Offiil of the tournment. 2.5 The Tehnil Delegte ensures tht ll prtiipnts ide y the FIH Code of Condut (Appendix 8) nd, unless the Sttutes of the FIH or ny regultions pssed y the FIH in ordne with the Sttutes provide otherwise, hs uthority to tke tion in ordne with the Code of Condut, the Sttutes nd / or the relevnt regultions (s pplile). 2.6 With the onsent of the FIH Chief Exeutive, the Tehnil Delegte my delegte the exerise of his / her powers nd uthorities to Tehnil Offier, in whole or in prt nd for suh durtion s the Tehnil Delegte deems neessry. 3 TEAM ENTRY 3.1 The offiil Tem Entry Form must e forwrded y ll prtiipting ountries to oth the FIH nd the Orgnising Committee not lter thn 14 dys efore the strt of the tournment. 3.2 By virtue of Tem sumitting Tem Entry Form to n Interntionl Event, ll Tem memers re utomtilly ound y nd required to omply with ll of the provisions of the FIH Tournment Regultions, Code of Condut, Medi Poliy nd Uniform Advertising Poliy. 3.3 All plyers must e identified y their respetive plying shirts numered within the rnge 1 32 whih must remin the sme throughout the ompetition. 3.4 The Tem Entry Form must inlude: d e the nmes of up to 18 plyers wishing to tke prt in the tournment identified y their respetive plying shirt numers; the nme of the Tem Mnger, not eing the Tem Coh, Assistnt Tem Coh or Tem Medil Dotor; the Stnd-in Tem Mnger who will tke over the duties nd responsiilities of the Tem Mnger if nominted to e the Tem Mnger for prtiulr mth or if the Tem Mnger is inpitted or suspended; the nme(s) of the Hed Coh, ny Assistnt Coh, Tem Physiotherpist nd Tem Medil Dotor, if present nd wishing to e uthorised to sit on the tem enh; For n invittionl tournment only, if it is proposed tht squds my omprise numer greter thn 18 plyers, ll prtiipting tems must gree to tht greter numer Pge 3

5 f g detils of the primry nd lterntive olours of field plyers lothing; eh piee in one set must onsist of t lest 80% single olour nd the other set must onsist of olour(s) ompletely different from the dominnt one(s) in the first mentioned set for shirt, shorts / skirt / skorts nd soks; nd detils s to primry nd lternte olours of golkeeper s shirts whih must onsist of olours ompletely different from the primry nd lternte olours of the field plyers shirts. 3.5 If pplile nd required, the Tem Entry Form must e ompnied y ompleted Age Verifition Form nd supporting Age Verifition Douments in respet of eh plyer nmed on the Tem Entry Form, s set out in the FIH Athlete Eligiility Regultions. The FIH my t ny time require plyers to undergo ge determintion tests to onfirm their eligiility to ply in ompetition. Any plyer who fils suh test, or who refuses or fils without ompelling justifition to sumit to suh test, or evdes suh test, shll e exluded from the ompetition, nd proeedings my e rought efore the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner seeking further sntions ginst the plyer, nd/or his/her tem/ntionl Assoition, nd/or ny offiil ompliit in his or her reh of the ompetition eligiility requirements, s pproprite. 3.6 In the event tht tournment is plyed t the sme time s nother tournment t the sme venue, the Tem Mnger nd Stnd-in Tem Mnger nmed in the Tem Entry Form must e different Tem Mnger nd Stnd-in Tem Mnger to those nmed in the Tem Entry Form for tht other tournment. 3.7 The Orgnising Committee must hnd opy of ll entry forms to the Tehnil Delegte upon his / her rrivl t the venue. 3.8 Notifition in writing of ny mendment to n entry form must e delivered y the Tem Mnger to the Tehnil Delegte not lter thn 12:00 (lol time) on the dy efore the first mth of the tournment or t the Event Briefing Meeting, whihever is the lter, provided tht tem my not reple ny plyer who ws nmed on the Tem Entry Form nd susequently suspended y the Tehnil Delegte for reh of the Code of Condut. Any suh notifition must e ompnied y ompleted Age Verifition Form nd supporting Age Verifition Douments in respet of eh plyer who is eing dded to the Tem Entry Form, s set out in the FIH Athlete Eligiility Regultions. No further mendments will e epted fter the dedline onerned. 3.9 In the event of withdrwl of one or more tems, the prtiiption of replement tem(s) is: to e pproved y the FIH in the se of n invittionl tournment; the prerogtive of the FIH in ny other se. The host ountry, the prtiipting ountries nd the medi will e notified ordingly prior to the tournment ommening. 4 PRE-TOURNAMENT BRIEFING MEETINGS 4.1 Tem Mngers nd stnd-in Tem Mngers must ttend the Event Briefing Meeting with the Tehnil Delegte t time nd ple to e speified. Pge 4

6 4.2 Tem Mngers must ring to this meeting or suh other meeting speified y the Tehnil Delegte: smples of the lothing of their field plyers nd golkeepers (primry nd lternte olours) nd ll plying equipment for pprovl prior to the ommenement of the ompetition; equipment inludes golkeepers hedger, hnd protetors, leg gurds nd kikers together with ny protetive equipment suh s fe msks nd hnd protetors worn y field plyers; stiks for ll plyers will lso e heked ut the Tehnil Delegte my uthorise this to e done t nother time; the pssports of plyers for proof of identity, ntionlity nd (if pplile) ge; no other form of doumenttion (eg ntionl identity rd) is eptle. The Tehnil Delegte my require plyer to ttend meeting with his / her pssport. 4.3 If direted y the Tehnil Delegte, the Tem Medil Dotor (if ny) must ttend the meeting with the FIH ppointed Medil Offier t time nd ple to e speified. If tem hs not nominted Tem Medil Dotor, the Tem Physiotherpist or other tem medil person must ttend the meeting. 4.4 If direted y the Tehnil Delegte, the Hed Coh must ttend the meeting with the FIH ppointed Umpires Mnger(s) t time nd ple to e speified. 5 COMPOSITION OF A TEAM 5.1 A mximum of 18 plyers my e used y tem in mth, of whom 2 must e golkeepers wering full protetive equipment. If one of the golkeepers eomes injured or is suspended during tournment, tht tem n ontinue to use 17 plyers inluding only 1 golkeeper. If tem hooses not to inlude seond golkeeper in the 18 plyers, they re limited to using 16 plyers in mth. If plyer(s) hs een suspended y the Tehnil Delegte for one or more mthes then, for those mthes, the numer of plyers the tem onerned my use will e redued y the numer of plyers suspended. 5.2 At time, ple nd method s stted y the Tehnil Delegte during the Event Briefing Meeting, eh Tem Mnger must deliver the pproprite form nominting: d e f g the eleven plyers who will e on the field of ply t the ommenement of the mth; sujet to regultion 5.1 in reltion to golkeepers, up to seven plyers who will strt on the tem enh (unless one or more plyers hs or hve een suspended for tht mth in whih se the relevnt plyer(s) should e inluded on the form ut mrked with n S); the ptin nd golkeeper(s) for the mth; the Tem Mnger for the mth; the Coh on the tem enh for the mth; Physiotherpist (if ny); Medil Dotor (if ny). 5.3 Nomintions n only e mde from the plyers nd tem offiils whose nmes pper on the Tem Entry Form, exluding ny person who hs een suspended from prtiipting in the mth y the Tehnil Delegte. Pge 5

7 5.4 A plyer nominted to strt the mth who eomes inpitted during wrm-up or prtie my e repled y plyer whose nme ppers on the Tem Entry Form. The Tem Mnger must notify the Tehnil Offier on duty ordingly, who will inform the Tem Mnger of the opposing tem nd the medi. 6 TEAM CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT AND COLOURS 6.1 The Tehnil Delegte, t his / her solute disretion, shll speify to the Tem Mngers the lothing to e worn y their field plyers nd golkeepers for eh mth. 6.2 Any dditionl items of lothing worn y plyer during mth must e the sme olour s the djoining piee of lothing. 6.3 When wrming up during mth, sustitutes must wer is or some other form of lothing in olour different to oth tems. 6.4 Eh field plyer s numer must: pper in distintive filled (not outlined) figure(s); e not less thn 16 m nd not more thn 20 m in height on the k of the plyer's shirt; e not less thn 7 m nd not more thn 9 m in height on the front of the plyer's shorts/skirt/skorts t thigh level. 6.5 Eh golkeeper s numer must: pper in distintive filled (not outlined) figure(s); e not less thn 16 m nd not more thn 20 m in height on the k of the golkeeper s shirt; e not less thn 7 m nd not more thn 20 m in height on the front of the golkeeper s shirt. 6.6 The disply of the fmily nme of the plyer is ompulsory for speified FIH Events, ie World Cup, Hokey World Legue Finl, Hokey World Legue Semi-Finl, Chmpions Trophy, Chmpions Chllenge 1 nd Junior World Cup. Eh plyer s nme must: pper on the k of their shirt (exept if they re tking prt t tht time s field plyer with golkeeping privileges); e in distintive filled (not outlined) letters not less thn 6 m nd not more thn 10 m in height; e positioned ove the plyer's numer so tht the numer remins lerly visile. 6.7 The disply of the FIH logo on plyers shirts is ompulsory for speified FIH Events, ie World Cup, Indoor World Cup, World Legue (Semi-Finls nd Finls), Chmpions Trophy, Chmpions Chllenge 1 nd Junior World Cup. The logo must e minimum size of 77mm x 40 mm. If lrger, the logo must remin in these proportions (ie 77 x 40); pled etween the nme of the plyer nd the nek line of the shirt; Pge 6

8 Detils of the logo n e found on the FIH we site under nd Eh tem involved in mth must hve ville two spre sets of plyers lothing without numer plus suitle mteril for numering in n emergeny suh s replement of loodstined lothing. 6.9 All plyers must e uniformly nd netly dressed t ll times during mth Field plyers must: wer shin gurds inside the soks nd elow the knee t ll times during mth; wer ny form of ody protetion (inluding leg protetion) underneth norml plying lothing; knee pds my e worn outside the soks, provided tht the olour of the knee pds is the sme s the olour of the soks. not wer ny dditionl protetive equipment relted to medil resons or similr s speified in the Rules of Hokey unless pproved y the Tehnil Delegte No dvertisement my pper on ny item of lothing or equipment used y ny plyer or tem offiil exept s permitted in Appendix Mnufturer identifition(s) on prtiulr item of lothing worn y plyers or tem offiils or equipment used y plyers whilst plying is permitted in ordne with Appendix A plyer on the field of ply must not use or e equipped with ny devie to reeive ommunition. 7 DURATION OF MATCHES 7.1 The Umpires strt nd re-strt the mth; they lso signl to the Tehnil Offiils on duty every time stoppge they order nd the susequent re-strt. 7.2 Time-keeping is ontrolled y the Tehnil Offiils on duty; they re responsile for signlling the end of eh period. If mth, however, is prolonged t the end of period to llow for the ompletion of penlty orner s speified in the Rules of Hokey, the Umpires will signl the end of tht period. 8 SUBSTITUTION OF PLAYERS 8.1 Sustitution tkes ple s speified in the Rules of Hokey from the plyers nmed in the Mth Report. 8.2 Sustitution tkes ple under the supervision of the Tehnil Offier on duty. 8.3 After leving the field of ply hving een sustituted, plyer must immeditely go to the tem enh. 8.4 Tem Mngers re responsile for the proper pplition of the proedures. Pge 7

9 9 ADMISSION TO THE FIELD OF PLAY 9.1 The Coh on the tem enh my not enter the field of ply during plying time under ny irumstnes ut my do so during shoot-out ompetition. 9.2 The Tem Mnger, the Physiotherpist nd sustitute plyers nominted for tht mth, up to mximum of ten persons, plus the Tem Medil Dotor, if registered, must remin seted on the tem enh during plying time, inluding time stoppges, unless the Tehnil Offier on duty or Umpire(s) diret otherwise or when implementing the sustitution proedures. The Coh nominted for the tem enh must remin in n re designted y the Tehnil Offier on duty ut need not e seted. Sustitutes my leve their sets to wrm up in n re designted y the Tehnil Offier on duty. The Tem Medil Dotor nd Physiotherpist my leve their sets to tret plyers t the end of the tem enh. 9.3 The nominted Tem Mnger is responsile for the ondut of ll persons oupying the enh, must e present on the enh during the mth nd oupy the set nerest to the tehnil offiils tle. 9.4 Vol ommunition y tem offiils nd / or plyers on the tem enh must not e direted t the tehnil offiils seted t the tle, the Umpires nd / or the plyers of the opposing tem. 9.5 If misondut ours fter Tem Mnger hs een wrned out ts of misondut on his / her tem enh, the Tehnil Offier on duty is empowered to order the person or persons involved to leve the tem enh nd remin in the tem hnging room for the rest of the mth. After the mth, the Tehnil Offier will report the irumstnes to the Tehnil Delegte who my tke further disiplinry tion. 9.6 No inpity tretment is permitted on the field of ply. If plyer eomes inpitted on the field of ply, one of the Umpires my stop the mth nd ssess whether or not the plyer requires ttention: d the Umpire my uthorise the registered Tem Medil Dotor nd / or Physiotherpist to enter the field of ply; if tem does not hve suh registered offiils, the Umpire will uthorise the on-duty Medil Offier nd / or Tem Mnger, to enter the field of ply; if neessry, the Umpire my lso uthorise strether erers to enter the field of ply; persons uthorised to enter the field of ply re required to ssist nd remove the plyer onerned from the field of ply s soon s it is sfe to do so. 9.7 If ny person from the tem enh nd / or the on-duty Medil Offier enters the field of ply nd ttends plyer: tht plyer must leve the field of ply nd return to the tem enh re for minimum of two minutes of plying time; the two minutes period will e mnged y the Tehnil Offiils on duty; the plyer required to leve the field of ply my e sustituted. Pge 8

10 9.8 If lood stining to the field of ply ours lening must immeditely tke ple using Non-Aid Disinfetnt Surfe Clener whih is effetive ginst ntiioti-resistnt teri or, if suh mteril is not ville, n 80% lohol solution. During this opertion there must e time stoppge of ply. 9.9 No liquid or other refreshment my e onsumed on the field of ply. Any plyer wishing to tke refreshment during mth, inluding during time stoppges must leve the field of ply. A golkeeper my leve nd re-enter the field of ply djent to the gol Audile vol ommunition from the videogrpher fility overlooking the field of ply is not permitted y the personnel dmitted to this fility. 10 INTERRUPTIONS OF A MATCH 10.1 If mth is interrupted y the umpires (eg euse of wether or field of ply onditions) or y the Tehnil Offier (eg euse of thunderstorm with lightning), this mth must e resumed s soon s possile (not neessrily on the sme field of ply or on the sme dy), under the following onditions: the mth must e ompleted up to the regultion full time (see Regultion 7.1 nd rtile 4 of Appendix 1), the sore on the resumption eing tht t the time the interruption took ple; on resumption, Regultion 8 relting to the sustitution of plyers shll pply s though there hd een no interruption to the mth. 11 MEDICAL DATA 11.1 FIH my ollet nd ssess injury dt in the gme in order to monitor injuries sustined y ll plyers within Interntionl Events. Suh studies re onduted in the interests of plyers helth nd sfety Plyers shll prtiipte in ny FIH medil injury surveillne study onduted in onnetion with Interntionl Events. For the voidne of dout ny informtion gthered in the ourse of ny medil injury surveillne study shll not identify plyers personlly nd shll e used for sttistil purposes only. It is the right of plyers not to prtiipte in ny medil injury survey should he or she not wish to do so. 12 MATCH REPORT FORMS 12.1 At the end of mth, Mth Report is produed t the tehnil tle. This is summry of the mth showing the nmes of ll plyers, tem offiils nd tehnil offiils nominted for the mth nd the key mth sttistis, inluding the result Within ten minutes of the end of the mth, the Tem Mnger of eh prtiipting tem must sign the Mth Report, even if protest is ontemplted. Pge 9

11 12.3 The mth offiils must lso sign the Mth Report one oth Tem Mngers hve done so. 13 DISQUALIFICATION OR FAILURE TO PLAY 13.1 During the pool mthes: A tem either disqulified or refusing to ply or filing to omplete mth is deemed to hve withdrwn from the ompetition. If tem so withdrws from the ompetition: i ii iii iv v ny mthes it hs plyed until then, s well s ll the mthes it hs still to ply, will e reorded s 5-0 loss; tht tem will e disqulified nd will not e rnked in the ompetition; the pool points tle nd rnking tle will e djusted ordingly for ll tems; the tem will not e entitled to ny FIH World Rnking points for the ompetition; sttistis for the tem nd individul plyer soring sttistis will e removed for ll mthes in whih tem hs een disqulified or hs filed to ply During lssifition mth: A tem either disqulified or refusing to ply or to omplete mth is deemed to hve withdrwn from the ompetition t tht stge. If tem so withdrws from the ompetition t the lssifition stge: i ii iii iv v vi the tem is deemed to hve lost the mth in question; the tem will e disqulified nd will not e rnked in the ompetition; the tem will not e entitled to ny FIH World Rnking points for the ompetition; ll tems rnked elow the tem t the time of the withdrwl will e dvned y one ple in the finl rnking. no gols will e ttriuted to plyer for ny mthes plyed in the lssifition stge y the tem tht hs een disqulified; tem sttistis re retined for ny mthes plyed in the pool stge y the tem tht hs een disqulified ut individul plyer soring sttistis re removed. Depending on the time of withdrwl of tem during the lssifition stge, the FIH reserves the right to determine how finl rnking will e determined A tem whih is deemed to hve withdrwn my e sujet to further disiplinry tion. 14 VIDEO UMPIRE Appendix 16 speifies the Video Umpire proedures. Pge 10

12 15 CODE OF CONDUCT AND SANCTIONS 15.1 The FIH Code of Condut pplies to ll Prtiipnts (s defined in the Code of Condut) inluding ll Ntionl Assoition tem memers nd offiils, FIH tournment offiils nd host Ntionl Assoition representtives nd the memers of the orgnising ommittee, in FIH Interntionl Events Appendies 12 nd 13 to these Regultions provide further informtion for the Tehnil Delegte out the pplition of the Code of Condut, Appel Proess, guidelines on sntions nd the Proess for Hering nd Determining Any Reported Offene 15.3 In deiding on the durtion of ny suspension, the Tehnil Delegte is limited to the remining mthes in the tournment ut, if the Tehnil Delegte deides tht the pproprite penlty my or ought to inlude the imposition of suspension tht ffets mthes or should otherwise tke effet eyond the onlusion of the ompetition, the Tehnil Delegte must, within 3 dys of the deision eing pulished, give written notie of the deision to the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier, who will refer it to the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner to deide on ny further period of suspension or other penlty to e imposed Suspended persons my not enter the field of ply or the tehnil fility res (inluding the tem enhes, ohes oxes nd video tower) until ompletion of the mth or mthes omprising the suspension Sujet to Regultion 18 n individul or tem my ppel ginst ny suspension during tournment. At FIH Interntionl Events where n FIH Representtive hs een ppointed, the ppel will e referred to n Appel Jury. At n event where there is not n FIH representtive, the ppel will e referred to the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier Sujet to Regultion 18 if n individul or tem wishes to ppel, the Tem Mnger(s) must give written notie to the Tehnil Delegte within sixty (60) minutes fter the Tehnil Delegte s deision is pulished. If no ppel is lodged, the deision of the Tehnil Delegte is finl If n ppel is lodged, the Tehnil Delegte must immeditely inform the FIH Representtive nd Event Diretor, if one hs een ppointed. If there is not n FIH Representtive or FIH Event Diretor, the Tehnil Delegte must dvise the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier. 16 PROTESTS 16.1 If tem wishes to lodge protest t the end of mth or t the end of stnd-lone Shoot-out ompetition the Tem Mnger must: delre the intention to do so immeditely in writing diretly elow his / her signture when signing the Mth Report or Shoot-out Competition form; produe in ddition in writing the grounds of the protest nd must hnd tht doument to the Tehnil Offier on duty within 30 (thirty) minutes of the ompletion of the mth or stnd-lone shoot-out ompetition ; Pge 11

13 deposit in ddition five hundred Euros ( 500) (or equivlent in freely onvertile urreny) with the written protest If protest is mde, the Tehnil Offier on duty must immeditely notify the Tehnil Delegte nd FIH Event Diretor Notwithstnding the provisions of this Regultion, protest from deision of n Umpire or Video Umpire during mth or shoot-out ompetition my not e mde to or onsidered y the Tehnil Delegte A tem my protest to the Tehnil Delegte out ny other deision of the Tehnil Delegte or pplition of these Regultions, other thn Regultion 1.4. If Protest is to e mde the Tem Mnger must: produe in writing the grounds of the protest nd must hnd tht doument to the Tehnil Delegte within thirty (30) minutes of the pulition or other ommunition on whih the protest is sed; deposit five hundred Euros ( 500) (or equivlent in freely onvertile urreny) with the written protest The Tehnil Delegte must mke deision nd pulish it within two hours from the sumission of protest, sve for protests relting to the ntionlity or ge of plyer where further time is required in order to properly investigte the protest (in whih se the Tehnil Delegte must mke deision nd pulish it s soon s resonly possile); if possile, the Tehnil Delegte should lso orlly notify the deision to the Tem Mnger onerned immeditely fter mking the deision The Tem Mnger must mke rrngements with the Tehnil Delegte so tht (s)he is ville to reeive the deision from the Tehnil Delegte Filure to omply with ny prt of this Regultion will result in dismissl of the protest 16.8 The deposit my e refunded in whole or in prt if the protest is not llowed, t the disretion of the FIH Exeutive Bord, who will onsider the mtter t n pproprite time fter the mth or the event If tem involved in protest wishes to ppel the deision of the Tehnil Delegte resulting from ny protest under these Regultions, the Tem Mnger(s) must give written notie to the Tehnil Delegte within sixty (60) minutes fter the Tehnil Delegte s deision is pulished. If no suh ppel is lodged, the deision of the Tehnil Delegte is finl If n ppel is lodged, the Tehnil Delegte must immeditely inform the FIH Representtive. For tournments in whih there is no FIH Representtive see Artile (elow). 17 APPEAL JURY 17.1 At FIH events where there is n FIH Representtive ppointed, the FIH Representtive will ppoint n Appel Jury. One onfirmed, the nmes of the memers of n Appel Jury will e nnouned. In the sene of the FIH Representtive, the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier or FIH Event Diretor will ppoint n Appel Jury. Pge 12

14 17.2 If not hiring the hering, the FIH Representtive will ppoint hir An Appel Jury shll onsist of minimum of three persons nd mximum of five persons Any person who hs tken prt in ny previous proeedings relting to the mtter under ppel must not e ppointed to prtiulr Appel Jury Resonle steps should e tken to ensure tht t lest one memer of n Appel Jury for prtiulr hering hs plyed interntionl hokey within the previous 10 yers. 18 APPEALS 18.1 An individul or tem my lodge n ppel ginst: deision y Tehnil Delegte to suspend plyer, tem, tem offiil or other offiil; protest whih hs not een llowed y Tehnil Delegte An ppel my not e lodged for onsidertion y n Appel Jury in respet of ny deision of the Tehnil Delegte unless the deision ppeled ginst is in respet of suspension or other penlty imposed to hve effet during the reminder of the tournment. Where the deision ppeled ginst is in respet only of period of suspension or other penlty tht my tke effet fter the onlusion of the tournment, written notie of ppel must e given, within 3 dys of the Tehnil Delegte s Deision eing pulished, to the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier, who will refer it to the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner A deposit of five hundred Euros ( 500) (or equivlent in freely onvertile urreny) must e pid if the ppel is ginst deision y Tehnil Delegte to suspend plyer, tem or tem offiil; the deposit must ompny the written notie of ppel The written notie of ppel must ontin sttement outlining the grounds of ppel nd inditing whether the ppel is ginst: d finding; penlty imposed; oth finding nd penlty; proedurl irregulrities of Tehnil Delegte hering The ppel is not y wy of re-hering of the evidene. It is limited to review of the deision of the Tehnil Delegte to ensure ompline with the Regultions, Code of Condut Guidelines nd priniples of nturl justie No fresh evidene shll e presented to the Appel Jury without its pprovl. If pprovl is sought to present fresh evidene, prtiulrs of suh evidene nd the resons why it ws not presented to the erlier deision-mker must lso e inluded in the written notie of ppel The prties re entitled to mke orl representtions to the Appel Jury t the hering The Appel Jury my ondut the hering in suh mnner nd t suh time nd in suh wy s it onsiders desirle nd / or suitle. This my inlude holding the meeting eletronilly. If ny prty fils to ttend the hering, the Appel Jury my proeed in the sene of tht or ny other prty. Pge 13

15 18.9 The Appel Jury must pulish deision in writing. A opy must e provided to the FIH Representtive, FIH Event Diretor nd the Tehnil Delegte; it must e pulished s soon s possile ut not lter thn two hours efore the strt of the first mth on the next dy tht mthes in tht tournment re plyed. If possile, the Chir of the Appel Jury whih herd the se should orlly notify the deision to the Tem Mnger or offiil onerned immeditely fter mking the deision The deision of the Appel Jury is finl nd inding on ll prties onerned sujet to ny right of ppel to the Judiil Commission s set out in the FIH Sttutes The deision of the Appel Jury shll e sed on the lne of proilities (more likely thn not) An Appel Jury hs the power: d e f to llow or dismiss the ppel; to vry the deision of the Tehnil Delegte; to inrese, derese, remit or otherwise vry ny penlty inluded in the deision of the Tehnil Delegte; to impose suh other penlty or sntion s it deems fit; to reommend to the FIH Exeutive Bord tht the deposit e refunded or forfeited; to mke n order for pyment of osts If the Appel Jury deides, whether or not it llows the ppel in whole or prt, tht ny period of suspension or other penlty my or ought to inlude the imposition of suspension tht ffets mthes or otherwise should tke effet eyond the onlusion of the tournment, the Appel Jury must, within 3 dys, give written notie of its deision to the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier, who will refer it to the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner to deide on ny further period of suspension or other penlty to e imposed At events where n FIH Representtive hs not een ppointed, ny ppel ginst deision of Tehnil Delegte must e ommunited to the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier, who will refer it to the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner. The proedures in rtiles 16.10, 18.3 nd 18.4 must e followed. As it my not e possile for the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner to reh deision on ny ppel within the timefrme in rtile 18.9, ny deision of the Tehnil Delegte will stnd until the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner hs onsidered the ppel. 19 ANTI - DOPING 19.1 As pre-ondition of their prtiiption in speified FIH Interntionl Events, ll plyers must hve undertken n nti-doping edution progrm prior to the ommenement of the FIH Interntionl Event (if not ompleted within the preeding 24 months). Eh Ntionl Assoition is free to hoose whih edution progrm is most suitle for its plyers, suh s the World Anti-Doping Ageny s on-line ourse ALPHA, or Ntionl Anti-Doping Orgnistion / Regionl Anti-Doping Orgnistion orgnised trining All nti-doping tests will e rried out in ordne with the World Anti-Doping Code nd the FIH Anti-Doping Rules relevnt s t the first plying dy of the tournment. Pge 14

16 19.3 All mthes re sujet to nti-doping tests s the FIH my diret Tem Mngers will e dvised out nti-doping test proedures t the Event Briefing meeting Any plyer listed on the Tem Entry form my e the sujet of n nti-doping test fter mth even if tht plyer hs not entered the Field of Ply. A plyer my e the sujet of more thn one nti-doping test during ompetition A plyer seleted for n nti-doping test my not tke shower, th, ie-th or similr efore providing urine / lood smple whih meets the requirements in the Interntionl Stndrd for Testing. 20 UNFORESEEN EVENTS 20.1 If irumstnes rise pertining to the tehnil spets of the ondut of the tournment, whih re not provided for in these Regultions, the Tehnil Delegte will determine ny tions neessry If ny tem ffeted y deision of the Tehnil Delegte under rtile 20.1 wishes to protest, it my do so following the proedures set out in Regultion 16. Pge 15

17 APPENDIX 1 SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO INTER-NATIONS EVENTS Below is list of Regultions whih supersede the Rules of Hokey. Artiles 1 3 elow pply to ll inter-ntions mthes inluding test mthes nd under 21 junior inter-ntions mthes. 1 BALL COLOUR Rule 4.8: The ll is spheril, hrd nd white (or n greed olour whih ontrsts with the plying surfe). Regultion: The ll my e yellow or white s greed with FIH 2 GREEN CARD TWO MINUTES SUSPENSION Rule 14.1.: For ny offene, the offending plyer my e wrned nd temporrily suspended for 2 minutes of plying time (indited y green rd). Regultion: For ny offene, the offending plyer my e wrned nd temporrily suspended for 2 minutes of plying time (indited y green rd). d e f g h For the durtion of eh temporry suspension, the offending tem plys with one fewer plyer. If field plyer reeives green rd, the Umpires stop the mth (ut not neessrily the time) to issue the rd; if time hs een stopped, the Umpires restrt it immeditely fter issuing the rd. If golkeeper or plyer with golkeeping privileges reeives green rd, the Umpires stop the time nd re-strt it immeditely fter tht plyer hs left the field of ply. The offending plyer leves the field immeditely; if he / she interferes with ply on their wy to the designted suspension re the Umpire my further penlise the plyer in ordne with the Rules of Hokey. The 2 minutes temporry suspension strts when the plyer is seted in the designted re. Timing of the suspension is ontrolled y Tehnil Offiil on duty. The offending plyer is permitted to resume ply when the Tehnil Offiil on duty indites tht the period of suspension hs een ompleted unless this ours during the tking of penlty orner in whih se the plyer nnot return until the penlty orner hs een ompleted or nother penlty orner is wrded. If the offending plyer is golkeeper or plyer with golkeeping privileges, the Tehnil Offiil on duty notifies the Umpires when the period of suspension hs een ompleted; the Umpires stop the time t the next stoppge of ply to enle tht plyer to resume ply. 3 YELLOW CARD TEMPORARY SUSPENSION Rule 14.1.: For ny offene, the offending plyer my e temporrily suspended for minimum of 5 minutes of plying time (indited y yellow rd). Pge 16

18 Regultion: For ny offene, the offending plyer my e temporrily suspended for minimum of 5 minutes of plying time (indited y yellow rd). d e f g h i The durtion of temporry suspension is indited to the Tehnil Offiil on duty y the Umpire who issues the yellow rd. For the durtion of eh temporry suspension, the offending tem plys with one fewer plyer. If field plyer reeives yellow rd, the Umpires stop the mth (ut not neessrily the time) to issue the rd; if time hs een stopped, the Umpires restrt it immeditely fter issuing the rd. If golkeeper or plyer with golkeeping privileges reeives yellow rd, the Umpires stop the time nd re-strt it immeditely fter tht plyer hs left the field of ply. The offending plyer leves the field immeditely; if they interfere with ply on their wy to the designted suspension re the Umpire my further penlise the plyer in ordne with the Rules of Hokey. The temporry suspension ommenes when the plyer is seted in the designted re. Timing of the suspension is ontrolled y Tehnil Offiil on duty. The offending plyer is permitted to resume ply when the Tehnil Offiil on duty indites tht the period of suspension hs een ompleted unless this ours during the tking of penlty orner in whih se the plyer nnot return until the penlty orner hs een ompleted or nother penlty orner is wrded. If the offending plyer is golkeeper or plyer with golkeeping privileges, the Tehnil Offiil on duty notifies the Umpires when the period of suspension hs een ompleted; the Umpires stop the time t the next stoppge of ply to enle tht plyer to resume ply. 4 MATCH PERIODS Rule 5.1: A mth onsists of two periods of 35 minutes nd hlf time intervl of 5 minutes Regultion: For sntioned inter-ntions mthes nd tournments A mth onsists of two periods of 35 minutes nd hlf-time intervl of 10 minutes. For Chmpions Trophy, Hokey World Legue Round 2, Hokey World Legue Semi- Finl, Hokey World Legue Finl, ll Continentl Qulifying Events for the Rio de Jneiro 2016 Olympi Gmes nd interntionl events with pprovl of FIH A mth onsists of 4 periods of 15 minutes. At the end of the first nd third period there shll e n intervl of 2 minutes. During this intervl, tems re not permitted to leve the field of ply. At the end of the seond period there shll e n intervl of 10 minutes. During this intervl Tem offiils nd plyers my leve the tehnil fility re surrounding the field of ply only with the prior permission of the Tehnil Offier on duty. Ply is resumed y entre pss whih is tken y the tem tht did not tke the entre pss for the first period. Pge 17

19 d e f g h Ply for the seond period is resumed y entre pss tken y the tem tht strted the first period. Ply for the fourth period is resumed y entre pss is tken y the tem tht strted the third period. The mth is prolonged t the end of eh period to llow the ompletion of penlty orner or ny susequent penlty orner or penlty stroke When penlty orner is wrded, time is stopped for 40 seonds, exept in the se of re-wrds or penlty orners wrded fter Video Umpire referrl. In the se of re-wrded penlty orner time will e immeditely stopped ut the tems will not e llowed n dditionl 40 seonds. The umpire will re-strt ply t the erliest possile opportunity, ensuring tht ny dely is kept to minimum. After gol is sored, time is stopped for 40 seonds, exept in the se of gols wrded fter Video Umpire Referrl nd Penlty Stroke. The umpire will then re-strt ply s soon s possile, unless time hs to e stopped for nother reson. NOTE: Artile 5 only pplies to the Chmpions Trophy, Hokey World Legue Round 2, Hokey World Legue Semi-Finl, Hokey World Legue Finl, ll Continentl Qulifying Events for the Rio de Jneiro 2016 Olympi Gmes nd interntionl events with the pprovl of FIH 5 PENALTY CORNER COUNTDOWN CLOCK Regultion: When n initil penlty orner is wrded, the timing of the mth shll e stopped for 40 seonds, s speified in Artile 4 ove, (inter li to permit defenders to put on protetive ger et) efore llowing the penlty orner to ommene. The engged Umpire shll dvise oth the defene nd the ttkers s the shot lok pprohes zero. After 40 seonds the Umpire will re-strt ply y lowing the whistle nd the ll shll e injeted immeditely or very shortly therefter. In the event tht tem is not redy the umpire is to identify nd issue personl penlty (i.e. green rd) to the plyer who is responsile for the dely, with n inresed personl penlty (i.e. yellow rd) for repeted offenes. If this plyer is defender, the defending tem defends the prtiulr Penlty Corner with one plyer fewer. For ny offene of this rule y defending golkeeper or plyer with golkeeping privileges, the defending tem defends the penlty orner with one fewer plyer: ie the orner is defended y one fewer plyer thn efore this inident. The defending tem nomintes whih defender will e sujet to personl penlty. Pge 18

20 APPENDIX 2 ONE POOL COMPETITION PLAN AND RANKING 1 PLAN OF THE COMPETITION 1.1 There will e one pool omprising of ll prtiipting tems. 1.2 The pool will e sed on the FIH World Rnking s t the dte when the mth shedule is initilly drfted: 2 RANKING IN THE POOLS 2.1 In Hokey World Legue Round 1 nd 2 tournments, if the sore is equl t the end of regultion time, shoot-out ompetition s speified in Appendix 11 will e plyed to estlish the winner of the mth. The following points will e wrded for eh mth: - three points to the winner of mth t the end of regultion time; - two points to the winner of shoot-out ompetition, where the sore is tied t the end of regultion time: - one point to the loser of shoot-out ompetition, where the sore is tied t the end of regultion time; - no points to the loser of mth t the end of regultion time. 2.2 In ny other one pool ompetition, points will e wrded ording to luse 2.1 in Appendix Rnking in pool is determined ording to luse 2.2 in Appendix 3. 3 CLASSIFICATION MATCHES 3.1 This regultion pplies only to the finl lssifition ply-off ompetition if it is to e plyed fter the one pool ompetition. 3.2 The tems for the lssifition mthes will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: 7 th Rnked Tem v 8 th Rnked Tem (to determine 7 th nd 8 th ples) 5 th Rnked Tem v 6 th Rnked Tem (to determine 5 th nd 6 th ples) 3 rd Rnked Tem v 4 th Rnked Tem (to determine 3 rd nd 4 th ples) 1 st Rnked Tem v 2 nd Rnked Tem (to determine 1 st nd 2 nd ples) 3.3 The sore t the end of the regultion time of ny mth will e registered y the FIH s the result of the mth. 3.4 If t the end of regultion time the result is drw, in order to estlish n outright winner of lssifition mth for the purpose of the ompetition, shoot-out ompetition s speified in Appendix 11 will e plyed to estlish the winner of the mth. Pge 19

21 APPENDIX 3 RANKING IN A POOL 1 In eh pool, ll the tems will ply ginst eh other, nd the following points will e wrded for eh mth : - three points to the winner; - one point to eh tem, in the event of drw; - no points to the loser. 2 In eh pool, tems will e rnked ording to the numer of points eh hs umulted in the ompetition. d e f g h i j k If t the end of the pool mthes two or more tems hve the sme numer of points for ny ple in pool, these tems will e rnked ording to their respetive numer of mthes won. If there remins equlity mong two or more tems, then these tems will e rnked ording to their respetive gol differene (whih mens gols for less gols ginst ). A positive gol differene lwys tkes preedene over negtive one. If there still remins equlity mong two or more tems, then these tems will e rnked ording to their respetive numer of gols for. Should there still remin equlity mong two tems, then the result of the mth plyed etween those tems will determine the rnking of the tied tems. If more thn two tems re involved, then rnking sed upon the results of the mthes mong (only) them shll determine their respetive position, sed upon the points wrded in ordne with Artile 1 of this ppendix. If there remins equlity, then the tems involved shll e rnked ording to Artiles 2.,,, nd d of this Appendix. If there still remins equlity mong two or more tems, then these tems will e rnked ording to the numer of Field Gols sored in the pool mthes. Should there still remin equlity mong two tems, then the rnking will e determined y shoot-out ompetition etween those tems (for detils see Appendix 11 of these Regultions). If more thn two tems re involved, then eh tem will ply shoot-out ompetition ginst the other tems in the sme sequene of ply s the order of ply in the ompetition, in ordne with Appendix 11 of these Regultions ut with one round of 5 shoot-outs only to e tken ompulsorily y eh tem. A rnking will then e estlished sed upon the results of the round of the shoot-out ompetition only, with the wrd for eh ply of 3 points to the tem hving sored the highest numer of gols, 1 point to eh tem hving sored n equl numer of gols nd 0 points to the tem hving sored the lowest numer of gols. If equlity remins then tems hving n equl numer of points shll e rnked ording to Artiles 2.,, nd d s pplied to gols reorded during the shoot-out ompetition. If n equl position of three (or more) tems still remins therefter, then the sme proedure shll e repeted until the tems n e rnked. The Tehnil Delegte shll mke drw to estlish eh sequene of ply if suh further rounds of shoot-outs re required. Pge 20

22 1. PLAN OF THE COMPETITION APPENDIX 4 TWO POOL COMPETITION PLAN AND RANKING 1.1 There will e two pools, eh omprising hlf of the numer of the prtiipting tems. If the numers re uneven, one of the pools will omprise one more tem thn the other. 1.2 The two pools will e omposed s follows sed on the FIH World Rnking s t the dte when the mth shedule is initilly drfted: POOL A POOL B If one or more tem(s) does not prtiipte, reserve tem(s), if lled upon, will, in priniple, tke the ple of the defulting tem(s). The FIH reserves the right to exerise n unfettered disretion to re-rrnge the omposition of the pools prior to the pre-tournment riefing meeting. 2. RANKING IN THE POOLS 2.1 In Hokey World Legue Rounds 1 nd 2, in eh pool, ll the tems will ply ginst eh other. If the sore is equl t the end of regultion time, shoot-out ompetition s speified in Appendix 14 will e plyed to estlish the winner of the mth. The following points will e wrded for eh mth: - three points to the winner of mth t the end of regultion time; - two points to the winner of shoot-out ompetition, where the sore is tied t the end of regultion time: - one point to the loser of shoot-out ompetition, where the sore is tied t the end of regultion time; - no points to the loser of mth t the end of regultion time 2.2 Other thn ove, rnking in pool is determined ording to Appendix CLASSIFICATION MATCHES 3.1 The semi-finls will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: 1 st Pool A v 2 nd Pool B 1 st Pool B v 2 nd Pool A The winners of these mthes will ply for 1st nd 2nd ples (the finl) nd the losers will ply for 3rd nd 4th ples. Pge 21

23 3.2 Clssifition mthes for 5 th to 8 th ples will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: 3 rd Pool A v 4 th Pool B 3 rd Pool B v 4 th Pool A The winners of these mthes will ply for 5th nd 6th ples nd the losers will ply for 7th nd 8th ples. 3.3 Clssifition mthes for 9 th to 12 th ples will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: 5 th Pool A v 6 th Pool B 5 th Pool B v 6 th Pool A The winners of these mthes will ply for 9 th nd 10 th ples nd the losers will ply for 11 th nd 12 th ples. 3.4 Clssifition mthes for 13th to 16th ples will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: 7 th Pool A v 8 th Pool B 7 th Pool B v 8 th Pool A The winners of these mthes will ply for 13 th nd 14 th ples nd the losers will ply for 15 th nd 16 th ples. 3.5 If there re n odd ut equl numer of tems in eh pool, the two tems finishing t the ottom of eh pool will ply ginst eh other for the two lst ples in the tournment. 3.6 If there is n odd numer of tems in one pool nd n even numer of tems in the other pool, lssifition mthes for the lst three ples in the tournment will e s follows: Bottom Pool A v Bottom Pool B The losing tem of this mth will e rnked in the lst ple in the tournment nd, to determine the next two higher ples, the winner will then ply the tem tht finished in the penultimte ple in the pool whih hd the lrger numer of tems. 3.7 The sore t the end of the regultion time of ny mth will e registered y the FIH s the result of the mth. 3.8 If t the end of the regultion time the result is drw, in order to estlish n outright winner of lssifition mth for the purpose of the ompetition, shoot-out ompetition s speified in Appendix 11 will e plyed to estlish the winner of the mth. Pge 22

24 APPENDIX 5 FOUR POOL 16-TEAM COMPETITION (KNOCK OUT CLASSIFICATION MATCHES) PLAN AND RANKING 1. PLAN OF THE COMPETITION 1.1 There will e four pools, eh omprising four tems. 1.2 The four pools will e omposed s follows sed on the FIH World Rnking s t the dte when the mth shedule is initilly drfted: POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D If one or more tem(s) does not prtiipte, reserve tem(s), if lled upon, will, in priniple, tke the ple of the defulting tem(s). The FIH reserves the right to exerise n unfettered disretion to re-rrnge the omposition of the pools prior to the pre-tournment riefing meeting. 2. RANKING IN THE POOLS 2.1 Rnking in pool is determined ording to Appendix CLASSIFICATION MATCHES 3.1 The qurter-finls will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: 1 st Pool A v 2 nd Pool B Mth 1 1 st Pool D v 2 nd Pool C Mth 2 1 st Pool B v 2 nd Pool A Mth 3 1 st Pool C v 2 nd Pool D Mth 4 The winners of these mthes will ply for 1st to 4th ples nd the losing tems will ply for 5th to 8th ples. 3.2 The initil lssifition mthes for 9 th to 16 th ples will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: 3 rd Pool A v 4 th Pool B Mth 5 3 rd Pool D v 4 th Pool C Mth 6 3 rd Pool B v 4 th Pool A Mth 7 3 rd Pool C v 4 th Pool D Mth 8 The winners of these mthes will ply for 9 th to 12 th ples nd the losing tems will ply for 13 th to 16 th ples. Pge 23

25 3.3 The semi-finls will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: Winner Mth 1 v Winner Mth 2 Winner Mth 3 v Winner Mth 4 The winners of these mthes will ply for 1 st nd 2 nd ples (the finl) nd the losers will ply for 3 rd nd 4 th ples. 3.4 The lssifition mthes for 5 th to 8 th ples will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: Loser Mth 1 v Loser Mth 2 Loser Mth 3 v Loser Mth 4 The winners of these mthes will ply for 5 th nd 6 th ples nd the losers will ply for 7 th nd 8 th ples. 3.5 The lssifition mthes for 9 th to 12 th ples will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order Winner Mth 5 v Winner Mth 6 Winner Mth 7 v Winner Mth 8 The winners of these mthes will ply for 9 th nd 10 th ples nd the losers will ply for 11 th nd 12 th h ples. 3.6 The lssifition mthes for 13 th to 16 th ples will e s follows lthough the mthes will not neessrily e plyed in this order: Loser Mth 5 v Loser Mth 6 Loser Mth 7 v Loser Mth 8 The winners of these mthes will ply for 13 th nd 14 th ples nd the losers will ply for 15 th nd 16 th ples. 3.7 The sore t the end of the regultion time of these mthes will e registered y the FIH s the result of the mth. 3.8 If t the end of the regultion time the result is drw, in order to estlish n outright winner of lssifition mth for the purpose of the ompetition, shoot-out ompetition s speified in Appendix 11 will e plyed to estlish the winner of the mth. Pge 24