2024 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: 72 individual starters and 24 teams

48 License quota of the national associations
24 performance ratio (best 24 of the current DFB ranking of seniors)
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.

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 Mar 18, 2024, 12:00:00 PM Central European Standard Time only by: Regional federation
Cancel until Mar 20, 2024, 3:00:00 PM Central European Standard Time
E-Mail: info@fechten.org

Singles:
Combat Mode according to current F.I.E. Regulations.
There is no call! The athletes must be on the piste 10 minutes before the start.

First Round: (8 pools by 7 fencers = 56). The best 16 fencers present in the current DFB standings are relieved. When setting the preliminary rounds club membership is respected. 48 qualifiers to overall index. For index equality decides the better place in the respective DFB ranking, in uninitiated the lot.

Direct elimination 64 without repechage
(16 set + 48 qualifiers = 64), seeding according to entry index after First round or DFB ranking list for set. Club affiliation is not considered. The placements of the liberated 16 fencers will be solved in two-steps (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and so on until 15-16).
8th finale: 3rd place will not be fought.

Team: The German Team Championships are seeded according to the respective individual ranking. A maximum of 24 teams can participate. Direct elimination with fencing of all places. There will be no ranking according to the same LFV. The team fights are carried out in relay mode according to F.I.E. regulations.

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.

Doping controls are planned.
The participants submit to the jurisdiction of the NADA.

The DFB / Organiser is not liable for damages resulting from incorrect performance of doping tests, unless the DFB / Organizer is proven to have acted with intent or gross negligence.

TV, internet and radio rights to Germany's Active World Cups and German Active Championships have been transferred to Sport A (sports rights dealer of ARD & ZDF). A use of the rights is thus permitted only the public broadcasting corporations in Germany. These must be granted access to the competition sites. Any other right of use (eg use by other TV or radio stations or the organizing association and playback via Facebook, Twitter, etc.) must be brought about 4 weeks before the event on the partner Fechtsport Marketing GmbH (marketing agency of the Association) and is otherwise not given.

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


The name imprint (on fencing jackets or e-vests) is mandatory at all Q-tournaments of the DFB in the U20 and seniors (according to Sports Committee, 04.07.09). It must be ensured that the name imprint also corresponds to the name according to the inscription and fencing pass.

The hall may only be entered with sports shoes.

After the registration deadline replenishment up to 72 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.