SANCTIONED BY
PRESENTED BY
OFFICIAL INVITATION LETTER
Dear Colleagues
The Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBa) is proud to invite your players to
compete in the “Yonex Badminton French Open 2009”, which is part of the
prestigious BWF World Super Series.
This letter, which includes all the General Information concerning the Event, the
enclosed application forms and accommodation forms contain important details that
should also be brought to the attention of the Team Manager as well as the players.
You will find enclosed to this Official Invitation:
The Application forms (Appendix 1):
- The Entry Form, (Appendix 1 – Sheet 1),
- The Accreditation Form (Appendix 1 – Sheet 2)
- The Visa Request Form (Appendix 1 – Sheet 3),
- The Practice Facilities Request Form (Appendix 1 – Sheet 4)
The Accommodation Form (Appendix 2), the Booking Form (Appendix 3) & the
Rooming List (Appendix 4)
These Forms must be filled in and sent back to:
Organizer FFBa (Fédération Française de Badminton)
Contact
Jad ZOGHBI
Person
ORGANIZER'S
CONTACT FFBA
Tel N° +33 (0)1 49 21 09 73
DETAILS 9/11 Avenue Michelet
93583 Saint-Ouen Cedex
Fax N° +33 (0)1 49 45 18 71 France
Email entries@ifbyonex.com
Paul-André Tramier, President of the FFBA
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I. GENERAL DETAILS
ORGANIZER Fédération Française de Badminton (FFBA)
9-11 avenue Michelet
93583 Saint-Ouen Cedex
France
Phone: +33 (0)1 49 21 09 73
Fax: +33 (0)1 49 45 18 71
E-mail: entries@ifbyonex.com
Website: www.ifbyonex.com
Director of the Tournament: Pierre CHATELLIER
Director of the Competition: Jean-Louis KEHLHOFFNER
SANCTIONING BWF – BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION
BODY
VENUE STADE PIERRE DE COUBERTIN
82, AVENUE GEORGES LAFONT
75016 PARIS, FRANCE
EVENTS EVENT MAIN DRAW
MEN’S SINGLES 28 + 4Q (16-Player qualification draw)
WOMEN’S SINGLES 28 + 4Q (16-Player qualification draw)
MEN’S DOUBLES 28 + 4Q (16-Team qualification draw)
WOMEN’S DOUBLES 28 + 4Q (16-Team qualification draw)
MIXED DOUBLES 28 + 4Q (16-Team qualification draw)
PRIZE MONEY US $ 200 000 (LEVEL 2 - SUPERSERIES)
Distribution of prize money is in accordance with the new BWF
regulations.
ENTRIES • Entries close on September 22nd 2009.
REGULATIONS • All entries must be submitted through the National Associations.
• Late entries will be rejected.
• The enclosed Entry Form (Appendix 1 – Sheet 1) must be filled in
and sent to:
E-mail : entries@ifbyonex.com
Fax : +33 (0)1 49 45 18 71
TECHNICAL Referee : Mr. Juniarto Suhandinata, Indonesia
OFFICIALS Deputy Referee: Mr. Nicos Vladimirou, Cyprus
Local Referee: Mr. Eric Lissilour, France
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II. TOURNAMENT CALENDAR & BRIEFINGS SCHEDULES
CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR
TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER QUALIFYING ROUNDS 12pm – 07pm
WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER ROUND OF 16 09am – 09pm
THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER ROUND OF 8 11am – 07pm
FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER QUARTER-FINALS 04pm – 11pm
SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER SEMI-FINALS 02pm – 07pm
SUNDAY 1ST NOVEMBER FINALS 01pm – 06pm
Note: The schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the Referee
KEY MEETINGS – DETAILS TBC
Team Managers’ Briefing Monday, October 26th 2009 07pm (19h00)
Umpires’ Briefing Monday, October 26th 2009 08pm (20h00)
Cocktail Party –
Tuesday, October 27th 2009 08pm (20h00)
Welcoming Reception
Note: The Dates and the Venue will be confirmed on the beginning of October
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III. COMPETITION DETAILS AND REGULATIONS
GENERAL RULES The competition is organized in accordance with the Competition
General Rules and with the specific rules of the BWF Super Series.
The Championship will be run strictly in accordance with the BWF Super
Series regulations.
The Organizer reserves the right to decide on the numbers of entries
admitted into the qualifying rounds.
ENTRIES All entries must be sent through or with a supporting letter from
National Associations. Entries from Member Associations of the BWF
should be sent on the enclosed form.
Entries close on September 22nd 2009.
No entry fee is payable by any competitor nominated as entrant by the
national association.
WITHDRAWALS Any notification of withdrawals with appropriate certification must be
given immediately to the Tournament Organizers by fax or email.
Withdrawals made after October 11th 2009 for whatever reason shall
be subject to a penalty as mentioned in the BWF Super Series
regulation.
SEEDING AND Seeding of players shall be done by BWF on October 8th and draws
DRAWS will be conducted in accordance with the BWF Super Series regulations
on October 13th.
SCORING SYSTEM Rally Point System = 3 * 21 points
COMPETITION All events will be on a strict timetable system. Competitors should be
REQUIREMENTS ready to play 30 minutes before their scheduled time. Competitors who
AND WARM-UP are not ready to play at their scheduled time will be disqualified.
TIME
On the court, before a game, warm-up time is limited to 2 minutes.
SHUTTLECOCKS Yonex AS-50
DRUG-TESTING Drug testing will be conducted randomly during the Championships.
MEDIA All players must strictly adhere to any request of the Organizers to
REGULATIONS attend all marketing, advertisement and promotional activities related
to the event as per the BWF regulations for Super Series.
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IV. CLOTHING AND ADVERTISING REGULATIONS
ADVERTISING BWF Competition Regulation 23 will apply. Advertising on clothing shall
be in accordance with the prevailing regulation of the BWF for Super
Series.
Advertising for tobacco and alcohol companies is completely forbidden
by the French law.
NAMES AND BWF Competition Regulations 19 to 22 and any subsequent regulations
COLOURS will apply. The BWF Regulations require players’ names to be on the
back of their shirts and give the option of also having their country
and/or advertising beneath the name. This Regulation also applies to
the Qualifying Rounds.
It is mandatory that players wear different coloured clothing to their
opponent(s) from quarter finals onwards.
It is mandatory for doubles partners to wear the same colour from the
quarter finals onwards, and opposing players/pairs in each match must
wear different colours from each other.
In the event that the opposing players/pairs involved in a match wish to
wear the same coloured clothing, the player/pair placed lower in the
draw will be required to wear clothing of a different colour.
OTHER Please refer to the BWF Competition Regulations for additional
REGULATIONS obligation and regulation concerning clothing.
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V. SERVICES
PRACTICE Practice courts will be available from Sunday October 25th, at the
FACILITIES Coubertin Stadium. Dedicated shuttles will be available for transfers
from the Hotel to the Stadium and from the Stadium to the Hotel.
Please send in advance your estimated requirements by filling in the
enclosed form. Bear in mind that we cannot guarantee satisfying all
requests.
ACCOMMODATION You can find all the details of the Hotels pre-booked by the organizers in
the Accommodation form enclosed to this invitation (Appendix 2). All
the payment procedures as well as the cancellation conditions are
available on the enclosed form.
You can also find the Booking Form (Appendix 3) and the Rooming
List (Appendix 4) enclosed to this invitation.
TRANSPORTATION Transportation between CDG Airport, Orly Airport and Beauvais-Tillé
Airport, and the Hotels and the Venue will be organised. Please inform
us about your travel details (arrival and departure) filling in the
Booking form (Appendix 3) enclosed to this invitation letter.
Please submit your final travel details no later than October 22nd.
ACCREDITATION In order to facilitate the accreditation process, kindly fill in the
Accreditation form (The form contains all the details) and email the
form and photograph of players and officials to: entries@ifbyonex.com.
Deadline: October 16th.
Press accreditations will be issued for journalists and photographers.
Please visit the following link:
http://www.ifbadminton.com/Accreditation-Form.html?wpid=37839
MEDICAL Full medical and physiotherapy services will be provided at the Pierre de
FACILITIES Coubertin Stadium.
PLAYERS LOUNGE A lounge fully dedicated to the players and the teams is available near
the warm-up courts. All kind of information, about the competition,
accommodation, transportation… will be available inside this lounge.
STRINGING Yonex Strings will be available free of charge for players sponsored by
Yonex. (strings + laying + grip)
Other players will have to pay a fee to benefit from this service:
- 10 € (All Tax Inclusive) if the strings are supplied
- 21€ (ATI) for Yonex BG65 (strings + laying)
- 23€ (ATI) for Yonex BG68 (strings + laying)
- 24€ (ATI) for Yonex NanoGy 94 (strings + laying)
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