29 German Veterans Team Championships 2024

The inscription is made according to §30.1. the DFB sports regulation by the clubs.
Participation is only allowed for teams from German clubs who are members of the DFB.
Team member with valid sportpass and licence DFB.
For each team one foreigner is admitted, who fulfills the conditions of §33 of the sports regulations.
Club teams of the DFB to 3 fencers plus 1 substitute fencer.
The minimum age for a three-man team is 150 years for men and 140 years for women and may not be undercut, even if the substitute fencer is substituted (age = calendar year - year of birth added for the three fencers).
Each club can only start with one team per discipline.

In all weapons starting communities can be formed with 1 guest from the same national association.
In the case of starting communities, the lending club cannot provide its own team in this weapon.
The application for the start community is made with the registration and is approved.

Referees are not required.

The judges will be invited by the DFB. The costs for 4-6 obligatory obligatory referees (depending on the result of the entry) will be charged to the participating regional federations. The German Fencing Federation pays the costs for 6 referees.

The judges must have at least the required licenselevel and an annual licence, as well as an annual licence and be available for the entire duration of the event.

We expect an adequate appearance:
    - trouser suit or skirt
    - suit and tie

Entries to: https://fencing.ophardt.online/
until Nov 4, 2024, 12:00:00 PM Central European Standard Time only by: Club , Regional federation
Cancel until Nov 6, 2024, 3:00:00 PM Central European Standard Time
E-Mail: info@fechten.org

1 team, competition is cancelled
2 - 6 teams, pool unique
7 - 8 teams, pools by 3 or 4 teams, then DE of 8, all places fenced.
9 - 16 teams, pools by 3 or 4 teams, then DE of 16, all places fenced.
17 - 32 teams, pools by 3 or 4 teams, then DE of 16, all places fenced, eliminated teams will be placed by pool result. Teams from 17th place will be seeded after the preliminary round and will be placed after the preliminary results. The decision of the placement in the pools is done after victory index and hit difference.
Team Mode: Single matches on 5 hits and 3 min. fight time (no relay).
In the pools all 9 matches of a team fight are fenced, in the direct elimination by winning the 5th match the bought is finished.

The teams are seeded according to the following criteria:
a) place at last DVMM, b) for new teams the results of the last DVEM will be used as a basis, c) teams without placings at the DVEM will be drawn.
The Technical Directorate reserves the right to make any changes.

Organizer assume no liability. All participants are for responsible for the personal equipment.

The participants submit to the jurisdiction of the German Fencing Federation e.V.

The participants and their legal representatives declare that they agree to a publication of their names, clubs and year of birth as the as the competition data.. The fencer / legal representative declares his consent to the production, distribution and display of images, sound and film during the competitions. This consent is free of charge, has unlimited territorial and temporal validity and applies to the right to the image as well as the general right of personality. It includes all media, but in particular the right to reproduce recordings in print, TV shows and the Internet. There is the possibility, but no obligation, to give the name.

A doctor is present in the competition site.
Only doctors are entitled according to the international statutes to grant medical breaks during the fights.

Mask: grid and bib 1,600 N *, wearing transparent masks is prohibited. With the amendment of margin number m.25.7.f of the FIE regulations (as of December 2017), all
Tournaments in the area of ​​application of the FIE masks with a metal bracket in all weapons and all age groups starting from the 2018/2019 season (due date: 01.08.2018) via an elastic
Neck tape with a width of at least 45mm and an elongation at break of at least 750N / cm, which is guided through firmly attached loops on both sides of the mask and fixed with a double Velcro® fastener.
Blades: Foil / epee / saber FIE - maraging blades *,
Fencing suit: 800N * and an additional under vest * with 800N, jacket and under vest must cover the waistband even when the arm is stretched. Glove: closed. (* Test stamp F.I.E.)

Equipment according to definition DFB.
https://www.fechten.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Ausruestungsvorschriften_DFB_gueltig_ab_01.04.2024.pdf