2023 German Championships

German nationals according to sports regulations §§ 7/10/11, medical certificate (<365 days), with valid DFB-Sportpass and annual licence. The age specified in the competitions apply.
Fine for missing sports pass (individual / team) € 5 each.

In order to simplify the procedure, the fee to be paid according to the results list after the event will be invoiced by the DFB to the national professional associations (including possible referee replacement).

Starter quotas: 98 individual starters and 24 teams

66 License quota of the national associations
32 performance ratio (best 32 of the current DFB ranking of U17)
20 teams, one team / regional association each
1 last years champion
  3 places 2-4 of the last year (supplement to the corresponding regional association)

1) After the registration deadline (12.00 clock server time) no more entries can be entered into the system.
2) The pools (including the replacement fencers to complete the pools) will be published on Wednesday before the start of the competition from 15 clock on www.fencingworldwide.com. The entries must correspond to a realistic participation! Short-term scratch - with or without a certificate - is only possible until the pools are set. Then in any case (also with a certificate) to pay the entry fee and in case of non-occurrence without cancellation / attest additionally the fine of 300 EUR.
3) The pools are binding. Short-term scratches can not be compensated by additional replacement.

Please pay attention to! Start Communities are possible. The start-up communities are compiled in accordance with the regulations set out in the Sports Committee resolution (see below)
www.fechten.org in the download area).

Referee qualification:

At least a national referee license is required

Die Kampfrichter dürfen das 60. Lebensjahr nicht vollendet haben.

Referees must be provided based on the total entries per day.

The required number of qualified referees must be entered into the inscription system before athletes can be added to the competition.

The referees activity is not paid by the organizer.

For the determination of the compulsory judges, the status quo Monday night is binding before the German Championships. Number of referees in the individual will be determined / calculated according to the calculation of the participants on Monday with followers and will also exist in case of cancellation, even with a medical certificate. The team also fixes the referees as of Monday after refilling. (Sportcommittee 6/2019)

The judges must have at least the required license and 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 Apr 24, 2023, 12:00:00 PM Central European Summer Time only by: Regional federation
Cancel until Apr 26, 2023, 3:00:00 PM Central European Summer Time
E-Mail: info@fechten.org

Preliminary rounds: No fencer will be released. While creating the club membership is taking into account.
14 pools of 7 participants.
Qualifiers after First round: The number of qualifiers is determined by the Technical Directorate (TD) on the day of the competition.
For index equality, all fencers with same index are qualified for the DE.
Direct elimination: Tableau 128 without repechage, finals of the top eight.
The third place will not be fenced.

Team:
The German Team Championships will be seeded by the individual german ranking list, refreshed after the german individual championships. Maximum 24 teams can particpate.
Direct elimination with fencing of all places.
The team matches are fenced in the relay mode according to the F.I.E. regulations.

The final time depends on the number of participating teams.

The event takes place according to FIE and DFB regulations.

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.

Equipment as specified by DFB.
http://www.fechten.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Ausruestungsvorschriften_ab_1.8.21_UPDATE.pdf

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

The hall may only be entered with sports shoes.

After the registration deadline replenishment up to 98 participants according to the order of the Challenge quota.
License quota difference (starting with the LV, who have not yet received an extra place). Replacement fencers are to be named with the entries. No additional entries will be accepted on the tournament day.
Did not start cases are to be announced by the representatives of the regional associations on the day of the competition until the by present deadline.