TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS HOCKEY INDIA SANCTIONED ALL INDIA TOURNAMENTS

TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS HOCKEY INDIA SANCTIONED ALL INDIA TOURNAMENTS Mrh 2015 INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION

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 Mth report forms 12 Disqulifition or filure to ply 13 Video Umpire 14 Code of ondut nd sntions 15 Protests 16 Appel Jury 17 Appels 18 Anti-Doping 19 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 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 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 Guideline Sntions FIH Code of Condut Guidelines to Tournment Diretors on Proess for Hering nd Determining ny Reported Offene Uniform Advertising Video Umpire Pge 1

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 2 9 1.3 The Tournment Regultions will e pulished y the FIH on its wesite www.fih.h from time to time. A opy of the Regultions must e sent to ll prtiipting ountries y the host Ntionl Assoition t lest 28 dys prior to the strt of the tournment. In ddition, the host Ntionl Assoition is lso required to mke opies ville for the prtiipting tems nd the tehnil offiils t the pre-tournment riefing meetings. 1.4 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. 1.5 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. 1.6 The FIH Code of Condut, Appendix 11, estlished to rete wreness of nd ountility for the promotion of the gme of hokey mongst the prtiipnts of the ompetition will pply. 1.7 The FIH Imge Rights Poliy will pply t ll FIH Glol Events (ie World Cup, Indoor World Cup, World Legue, Chmpions Trophy, Chmpions Chllenge 1, Chmpions Chllenge 2, nd Junior World Cup). 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 uthority 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. 2.3 A Tournment Diretor is ppointed y the FIH. The Tournment Diretor hs the full power nd uthority of the FIH in reltion to ll mtters onerning the ondut of the tournment in ordne with these Regultions. 2.4 The Tournment Diretor 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 ompetition provided tht: Mth or Video Umpires must not e ppointed to mth in whih their ountry is plying (it eing the se tht whenever possile, the sme priniple will pply to ny offiil on duty for mth); Pge 2

n offiil of prtiipting tem is not permitted to e Tehnil Offiil of the tournment. 2.5 The Tournment Diretor ensures tht ll prtiipnts ide y the FIH Code of Condut (Appendix 11) 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 Representtive, the Tournment Diretor my delegte the exerise of his/her powers nd uthorities to Tehnil Offier, in whole or in prt nd for suh durtion s the Tournment Diretor deems neessry. In the sene of n FIH Representtive, suh power of delegtion my only e exerised with the onsent of the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier. 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 All plyers must e identified y their respetive plying shirts numered within the rnge 1 32 whih must remin the sme throughout the ompetition. 3.3 The Tem Entry Form must inlude: d e f 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 Tem Coh, nd ny Assistnt Tem Coh, Tem Physiotherpist nd Tem Medil Dotor, if present nd wishing to e uthorised to sit on the tem enh; 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. 3.4 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 Pge 3

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. 3.5 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. 3.6 The Orgnising Committee must hnd opy of ll entry forms to the Tournment Diretor upon his/her rrivl t the venue. 3.7 Notifition in writing of ny mendment to n entry form must e delivered y the Tem Mnger to the Tournment Diretor not lter thn 24 hours prior to the first mth of the tournment or t the pre-tournment riefing 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 Tournment Diretor 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. 3.8 In the event of withdrwl of one or more tems, the prtiiption of reserve tems is: to e pproved y the FIH in the se of n invittion 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 meeting with the Tournment Diretor t time nd ple to e speified. 4.2 Tem Mngers must ring to this meeting or suh other meeting speified y the Tournment Diretor: 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 Tournment Diretor 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 Tournment Diretor my require plyer to ttend the meeting with his / her pssport. Aknowledgement nd Agreement Forms required y the FIH Code of Condut, FIH Anti- Doping Regultions, FIH Imge Rights Poliy nd FIH Anti-Corruption Regultions must Pge 4

e signed y eh individul prtiipnt (ie ll tem memers nd tem offiils, inluding plyers, mngers, ohes, tehnil, medil nd pr-medil stff). 4.3 If direted y the Tournment Diretor, 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 Tournment Diretor, the Tem 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 Tournment Diretor 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. A minimum of 16 plyers must e ville to prtiipte for tem in mth, nd inluded on the Tem Entry Form 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 15 plyers inluding only 1 golkeeper for ny prtiulr mth. If plyer(s) hs een suspended y the Tournment Diretor 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 nd ple to e greed upon with the Tournment Diretor during the Pre-Tournment 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 Tournment Diretor. 5.4 A nominted plyer who eomes inpitted during wrm-up or prtie my e repled y plyer whose nme ppers on the Tem Entry Form up to 10 minutes prior to the sheduled strting time of the mth. The Tem Mnger must notify the Tehnil Offier on duty ordingly, who will inform the Tem Mnger of the opposing tem nd the medi. Pge 5

6 TEAM CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT AND COLOURS 6.1 The Tournment Diretor, 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. Eh of the ove sizes shll e mesured strethed, tht is s worn y the plyer. 6.6 The disply of the nme of the plyer is ompulsory in n FIH Glol Event, ie World Cup, Indoor World Cup, World Legue (Rounds 3 nd 4 only), 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 FIH Glol Event, ie World Cup, Indoor World Cup, World Legue (Rounds 3 nd 4 only), Chmpions Trophy, Chmpions Chllenge 1 nd Junior World Cup. The logo must e minimum size of 77mm v 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; Detils of the logo n e found on the FIH we site under http://www.fih.h/files/logos/others/fih%20logo%20for%20tem%20uniforms.png nd http://www.fih.h/files/logos/others/fih%20logo%20for%20tem%20uniforms.png Pge 6

6.8 Eh tem involved in mth must hve ville with it two spre sets of plyers lothing without numer plus suitle mteril for numering in n emergeny suh s replement of lood-stined lothing. 6.9 All plyers must e uniformly nd netly dressed t ll times during mth. 6.10 Field plyers must: wer shin gurds inside the soks nd elow the knee t ll times during mth; wer ny ody protetion (inluding leg protetion) underneth norml plying lothing; not wer ny dditionl protetive equipment relted to medil resons or similr s speified in the Rules of Hokey unless pproved y the Tournment Diretor. 6.11 No dvertisement my pper on ny item of lothing or equipment used y ny plyer or tem offiil exept s permitted in Appendix 14. 6.11 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 14. 6.12 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 A mth onsists of two periods of 35 minutes eh nd hlf-time intervl of 10 minutes. 7.2 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. 7.3 Time-keeping is ontrolled y the Tehnil Offiils on duty; they re responsile for signlling the end of eh hlf. If mth, however, is prolonged t hlf-time or full-time to llow for the ompletion of penlty orner s speified in the Rules of Hokey, the Umpires will signl the end of tht hlf. 8 SUBSTITUTION OF PLAYERS 8.1 Sustitution tkes ple s speified in the Rules of Hokey from the plyers nmed in the Tem Entry Form. 8.2 Sustitution tkes ple under the supervision of Tehnil Offiil 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 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 Tournment Diretor who my tke further disiplinry tion. 9.6 No inpity tretment is permitted on the field of ply exept for golkeepers s provided elow. 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. When field plyer is inpitted: i ii iii iv 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 onduty 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. When golkeeper is inpitted: i ii 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 onduty Medil Offier nd/or Tem Mnger, to enter the field of ply; Pge 8

iii iv if neessry, the Umpire my lso uthorise strether erers to enter the field of ply; persons uthorised to enter the field my ring mteril for tretment; they ssess if required nd s pproprite provide rief tretment or remove the golkeeper onerned from the field of ply s soon s it is sfe to do so. d If ny person from the tem enh nd / or the on-duty Medil Offier enters the field of ply to ttend to plyer: i ii iii tht plyer must leve the field of ply nd return to the tem enh re for minimum of two minutes; 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. 9.7 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. 9.8 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. 9.9 Tem offiils nd plyers my leve the tehnil fility re surrounding the field of ply during hlf time only with prior permission of the Tehnil Offier on duty. In doing so, plyers must leve their stiks nd golkeepers their stiks, hnd protetors nd hedger, t or ner the tem enh. 9.10 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), 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 MATCH REPORT FORMS 11.1 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. Pge 9

11.2 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. 11.3 The mth offiils must lso sign the Mth Report one oth Tem Mngers hve done so. 12 DISQUALIFICATION OR FAILURE TO PLAY 12.1 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 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;. v 12.2 During lssifition mth: 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. 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. 12.3 A tem whih is deemed to hve withdrwn my e sujet to further disiplinry tion. 13 VIDEO UMPIRE 13.1 Appendix 15 speifies the Video Umpire proedures. Pge 10

14 CODE OF CONDUCT AND SANCTIONS 14.1 The FIH Code of Condut pplies to ll prtiipnts in FIH sntioned events. 14.2 Appendies 11, 12 nd 13 to these Regultions provide detils of the FIH Code of Condut nd ssoited Guidelines for Tournment Diretor. 14.3 In deiding on the durtion of ny suspension, the Tournment Diretor is not limited to the remining mthes in the ompetition ut my impose suspension tht ffets mthes eyond the onlusion of the ompetition. 14.4 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. 14.5 An individul or tem my ppel ginst ny suspension. At FIH events where n FIH Representtive hs een ppointed, the ppel will e referred to n Appel Jury exept tht suspension imposed fter the ompletion of the ompetition my only e ppeled to the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner s speified in FIH Sttutes. At n event where there is not n FIH representtive, the ppel will e referred to the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier. 14.6 If n individul or tem wishes to ppel, the Tem Mnger(s) must give written notie to the Tournment Diretor within sixty (60) minutes fter the Tournment Diretor s deision is pulished. If no ppel is lodged, the deision of the Tournment Diretor is finl. 14.7 If n ppel is lodged, the Tournment Diretor must immeditely inform the FIH Representtive, if one hs een ppointed. If there is not n FIH Representtive, the Tournment Diretor must dvise the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier. 15 PROTESTS 15.1 If tem wishes to lodge protest t the end of mth or t the end of stnd-lone Shootout 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 ; deposit in ddition five thousnd rupees (INR 5000) (or equivlent in freely onvertile urreny) with the written protest. 15.2 If protest is mde, the Tehnil Offier on duty must immeditely notify the Tournment Diretor. 15.3 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 Tournment Diretor. Pge 11

15.4 A tem my protest to the Tournment Diretor out ny other deision of the Tournment Diretor or pplition of these Regultions. In this se the Tem Mnger must: produe in writing the grounds of the protest nd must hnd tht doument to the Tournment Diretor within thirty (30) minutes of the pulition or other ommunition on whih the protest is sed; deposit five thousnd rupees (INR 5000) (or equivlent in freely onvertile urreny) with the written protest. 15.5 The Tournment Diretor 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 Tournment Diretor must mke deision nd pulish it s soon s resonly possile); if possile, the Tournment Diretor should lso orlly notify the deision to the Tem Mnger onerned immeditely fter mking the deision. 15.6 The Tem Mnger must mke rrngements with the Tournment Diretor to e ville so tht the Tournment Diretor n give their deision from the protest to the Tem Mnger.. 15.7 Filure to omply with ny prt of this Regultion will result in dismissl of the protest 15.8 The deposit my e refunded in whole or in prt if the protest is llowed, t the disretion of the FIH Exeutive Bord, who will onsider the mtter t n pproprite time fter the mth or the event. 15.9 If tem involved in protest wishes to ppel the deision of the Tournment Diretor resulting from ny protest under these Regultions, the Tem Mnger(s) must give written notie to the Tournment Diretor within sixty (60) minutes fter the Tournment Diretor s deision is pulished. If no suh ppel is lodged, the deision of the Tournment Diretor is finl. 15.10 If n ppel is lodged, the Tournment Diretor must immeditely inform the FIH Representtive. For tournments in whih there is no FIH Representtive see Artile 17.12 (elow). 16 APPEAL JURY 16.1 At FIH events where there is n FIH Representtive ppointed, the FIH Representtive will ppoint n Appel Jury. 16.2 If not hiring the hering, the FIH Representtive will ppoint hir. 16.3 An Appel Jury shll onsist of minimum of three persons nd mximum of five persons. 16.4 Any person who hs tken prt in ny previous proeedings relting to the mtter under ppel must not e ppointed to prtiulr Appel Jury. 16.5 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. Pge 12

17 APPEALS 17.1 An individul or tem my lodge n ppel ginst: deision y Tournment Diretor to suspend plyer, tem, tem offiil or other offiil; protest whih hs not een llowed y Tournment Diretor. 17.2 A deposit of five thousnd rupees (INR 5000) (or equivlent in freely onvertile urreny) must e pid if the ppel is ginst deision y Tournment Diretor to suspend plyer, tem or tem offiil; the deposit must ompny the written notie of ppel. 17.3 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 Tournment Diretor hering. 17.4 The ppel is not y wy of re-hering of the evidene. It is limited to review of the deision of the Tournment Diretor to ensure ompline with the Regultions, Code of Condut Guidelines nd priniples of nturl justie. 17.5 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. 17.6 The prties re entitled to mke orl representtions to the Appel Jury t the hering. 17.7 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. If ny prty fils to ttend the hering, the Appel Jury my proeed in the sene of tht or ny other prty. 17.8 The Appel Jury must pulish deision in writing. A opy must e provided to the FIH Representtive nd the Tournment Diretor nd 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 ompetition 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. 17.9 The deision of the Appel Jury is finl nd inding on ll prties onerned sujet to Artile 11.2 of the FIH Sttutes. 17.10 The deision of the Appel Jury shll e sed on the lne of proilities (more likely thn not). Pge 13

17.11 An Appel Jury hs the power: d e f to llow or dismiss the ppel; to vry the deision of the Tournment Diretor; to inrese, derese, remit or otherwise vry ny penlty inluded in the deision of the Tournment Diretor; to impose suh other penlty or sntion s it deems fit; to order tht the deposit e refunded or forfeited; to mke n order for pyment of osts. 17.12 At events where n FIH Representtive hs not een ppointed, ny ppel ginst deision of Tournment Diretor must e ommunited to the FIH Chief Exeutive Offier, who will refer it to the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner. The proedures in rtiles 15.10, 17.2 nd 17.3 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 17.8, ny deision of the Tournment Diretor will stnd until the FIH Disiplinry Commissioner hs onsidered the ppel. 18 ANTI - DOPING 18.1 All nti-doping tests will e rried out in ordne with the World Anti-Doping Code nd the FIH Anti-Doping Regultions relevnt s t the first plying dy of the tournment. 18.2 All mthes re sujet to nti-doping tests s the FIH my diret. 18.3 Tem Mngers will e dvised out nti-doping test proedures t the Tournment Diretor s pre-ompetition riefing meeting. 18.4 Any plyer my e the sujet of n nti-doping test fter mth even if tht plyer hs remined on the tem enh throughout the mth. A plyer my e the sujet of more thn one nti-doping test during ompetition. 18.5 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. 19 UNFORESEEN EVENTS 19.1 If irumstnes rise whih re not provided for in these Regultions, the Tournment Diretor will determine ny tions neessry. 19.2 If ny tem ffeted y deision of the Tournment Diretor under rtile 19.1 wishes to protest, it my do so following the proedures set out in Regultion 15. Pge 14

APPENDIX 1 SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO INTER-NATIONS EVENTS Below is list of Regultions whih supersede the Rules of Hokey. Artiles 1 5 elow pply to ll inter-ntions mthes inluding test mthes nd under 21 junior inter-ntions mthes. 1 BALL COLOUR Rule 5.1: 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 BREAKING AT A PENALTY CORNER Rule 13.3.h: Until the ll hs een plyed, no ttker other thn the one tking the push or hit from the k-line is permitted to enter the irle nd no defender is permitted to ross the entre-line or k-line. Regultion: Until the ll hs een plyed, no ttker other thn the one tking the push or hit from the k-line is permitted to enter the irle nd no defender is permitted to ross the entre-line or k-line. d e f g For ny offene of this rule y defender on the k-line, other thn the golkeeper, the offending plyer is required to go eyond the entre-line nd nnot e repled y nother defender. For ny offene of this rule y defending golkeeper or plyer with golkeeping privileges, the defending tem defends the penlty orner with one less plyer: ie the orner is defended y one less plyer thn efore this inident. For n offene of this rule y n ttker who enters the irle efore the ll is plyed, the offending plyer is required to go eyond the entre line. If the plyer tking the push or hit from the k-line feints t plying the ll, the offending plyer is required to go eyond the entre line ut is repled y nother ttker; if this feinting leds to wht would otherwise e reh of this rule y defender, only the ttker is required to go eyond the entre line Sujet to the ove, the penlty orner is re-tken. If nother reh of Rule 13.3.h s desried in this regultion ours during the re-tken penlty orner, further onsequenes pply s speified ove (eg for seond offene of this rule y defender on the k-line, the tem defends the penlty orner with not more thn three plyers). A susequent penlty orner (s opposed to re-tken penlty orner) my e defended y not more thn five plyers. Pge 15

3 GREEN CARD TWO MINUTES SUSPENSION Rule 14.1.: For ny offene, the offending plyer my e wrned (indited y green rd). Regultion: For ny offene, the offending plyer my e wrned (indited y green rd). d e f g h i The offending plyer is temporrily suspended for two (2) minutes of plying time. For the durtion of eh temporry suspension, the offending tem plys with one less 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 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 two minute 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. 4 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). Regultion: For ny offene, the offending plyer my e temporrily suspended for minimum of 5 minutes of plying time (indited y yellow rd). 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 less 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. Pge 16

d e f g h i 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. 5 STICK ABOVE THE SHOULDER Rule 9.7: Plyers must not ply the ll with ny prt of the stik when the ll is ove shoulder height exept tht defenders re permitted to use the stik to stop or deflet shot t gol t ny height. Regultion: Plyers my ply the ll ove shoulder height provided tht it is not dngerous or leding to dnger. NOTE: Artile 6 only pplies to the Hokey World Cup, Hokey World Legue Finls, the Hokey World Legue Semi-Finls, the Chmpions Trophy, the Chmpions Chllenge 1 nd to interntions events with FIH pprovl 6 PENALTY CORNER COUNTDOWN CLOCK Regultion: When Penlty Corner is wrded, Umpires shll (to permit defenders to put on protetive ger et) llow not more thn 40 seonds to pss efore llowing the Penlty Corner to ommene. The engged Umpire shll dvise oth the defene nd the ttkers s the shot lok pprohes zero. If oth tems re redy efore the 40 seonds hs expired, the Umpire shll llow the Penlty Corner to ommene. Upon expiry of the 40 seonds the Umpire my llow the tking of the Penlty Corner, provided tht oth tems re redy. Note: This regultion will pply only to the initil wrd of Penlty Corner nd not to ny retke, or to ny susequent Penlty Corner wrded efore the ll hs trvelled more thn 5 metres outside the irle. In the event tht tem is not redy the umpire is to identify nd issue personl penlty (i.e. green rd) to plyer who is responsile for the dely, with n inresed personl penlty (i.e. yellow rd) for repeted offenes. Pge 17

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. 2 RANKING IN THE POOLS 2.1 In FIH 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 10 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 3. 2.3 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 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 10 will e plyed to estlish the winner of the mth. Pge 18

APPENDIX 3 RANKING IN A POOL 2.1 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. 2.2 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 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 prgrph 2.1 of this ppendix. If there remins equlity, then the tems involved shll e rnked ording to prgrphs 2.2.,,, nd d of this Appendix. 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 9 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 10 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 prgrphs 2.2.,, nd d s pplied to gols reorded during the shootout 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 Tournment Diretor shll mke drw to estlish eh sequene of ply if suh further rounds of shoot-outs re required. Pge 19

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 greed: POOL A POOL B 1 2 4 3 5 6 8 7 9 10 12 11 13 14 16 15 1.3 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 FIH 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 10 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 Rnking in pool is determined ording to Appendix 3. 3. 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 Pge 20

The winners of these mthes will ply for 1st nd 2nd ples (the finl) nd the losers will ply for 3rd nd 4th ples. 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 10 will e plyed to estlish the winner of the mth. Pge 21

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 greed: POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D 1 2 3 4 8 7 6 5 9 10 11 12 16 15 14 13 1.3 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 3. 3. 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 Pge 22

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. 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 10 will e plyed to estlish the winner of the mth. Pge 23

APPENDIX 6 TWO POOL 8-TEAM COMPETITION (KNOCK OUT CLASSIFICATION MATCHES) PLAN AND RANKING 1. PLAN OF THE COMPETITION 1.1 There will e two pools, eh omprising four tems. 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 greed: POOL A POOL B 1 2 4 3 5 6 8 7 1.3 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 3. 3. 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 4 th Pool B Mth 1 2 nd Pool B v 3 rd Pool A Mth 2 2 nd Pool A v 3 rd Pool B Mth 3 1 st Pool B v 4 th Pool A Mth 4 The winners of these mthes will ply for 1 st to 4 th ples nd the losing tems will ply for 5 th to 8 th ples. 3.2 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. Pge 24