Regulations

1 Every National Federation can register one official player in each category (under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 years old, open and girls). This total of twelve (12) Official Players plus two (one man and one woman) accompanying officials belonging to the national federation are invited by the Organizers. A player must not have reached his 8th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, or 18th birthday, respectively, before January 1st of the year 2013.

2 The players placed 1-3 in the previous World Youth Championships, and the respective Champions of the 2012 Continental Youth Championships, shall have the personal right to participate in the World Youth Championships of the corresponding age-category or a higher age-category if the age stipulation of Art. 2.1 above is met. Such players shall also be classified as Official Players and have to be registered by the national federation.

4. Other than Official Players, other players shall be classified as Additional Players. All other persons other than players or the Accompanying Official shall be classified as Accompanying Persons. A Federation may register any number of Additional Players and Accompanying Persons but they shall be responsible for their costs. Additional players and accompanying persons receive rooms but must pay 30 Euros per day for meals, transportation and other services.

5. In order to provide appropriate tournament conditions, the Federations must complete carefully the official online registration form and submit to the organizing committee by 17 October 2013.