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FINA Olympic Games Synchronised
Swimming Qualification Tournament
2016

    TO ALL WORLD SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING MEMBERS

    The Rio 2016 team and the Brazilian Swimming Federation
    (CBDA) are pleased to announce that the FINA Olympic Games
    Synchronised Swimming Qualification Tournament 2016 is
    schedule for March 2nd to 6th 2016. This event, organised by Rio
    2016 and CBDA and managed by FINA, is part of the Rio 2016
    Test Events Programme and is a great opportunity for the Nations
    to test the Field of Play and get the atmosphere of the Games.

    We would like to invite your National Federation to participate in
    our event.

    The FINA Olympic Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification
    Tournament 2016 will be organised in accordance with FINA Rules.

    We are looking forward to welcoming you and your teams, to Rio
    de Janeiro – Brazil.

    Sincerely,
    Rio 2016 Sport Department & CBDA

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1   COMPETITION INFORMATION

    1.1 SUMMARY

                                     Event Information

     Name                      FINA Olympic Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification
                               Tournament 2016

     Event                     Duets Technical Routine
                               Duets Free Routine First Round
                               Teams Technical Routine
                               Teams Free Routine
                               Duets Free Routine Second Round

     Venue                     Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre (AQC)
                               Av. Abelardo Bueno, s/n – Barra da Tijuca
                               Rio de Janeiro/RJ – Brazil

                                          Key Dates

     Registration Process      Preliminary Entry Deadline: 22 December 2015
                               Accommodation deadline: 22 December 2015
                               Final Nomination Deadline: 25 January 2016
                               Final Event Entry Deadline: 11 February 2016
     Arrivals & Departures     27 Feb – 07 Mar 2016
     Official Training         28 February – 01 March 2016
     Competition               02 – 06 March 2016

     Registration website: https://data.fina.org
     Official email: synchrotestevent@rio2016.com

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1.2 FINA

           FUNCTION                                    NAME

     President                                             DR. JULIO C. MAGLIONE
     Executive Director                                    CORNEL MARCULESCU
     FINA Bureau                 Bureau Liaison            QIUPING ZHANG
                                 Chairman                  STEFANIA TUDINI
                                 Vice Chairman             IGOR KARTASHOV
                                 Honorary Secretary        VIRGINIA JASONTEK
                                 Members                   DANAE CHRISTOU
     Technical Synchronised                                JENNYFER NAIDOO
     Swimming Committee                                    SONIA HERCOWITZ
                                                           LISA SCHOTT
                                                           MIWAKO HOMMA
                                                           FEILINA FEISOL
                                                           MARIA JOSÉ BILBAO
                                                           MARIA THIVAIOU
                                                           SVITLANA SAIDOVA
                                                           ANNA NEPOTACHEVA
                                                           SUE EDWARDS
                                                           MARIA SOLEDAD TOBAR
                                                           LIVIA GUT LA RAGIONE
                                                           YAN LIU

1.3 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

           FUNCTION                                              NAME

     General Event Coordinator                                   Sonia Hercowitz
     Aquatics Manager                                            Ricardo Prado
     Synchronised Swimming Competition Manager                   Roberta Périllier
     Synchronised Swimming Service Manager                       Eduardo Falcão
     Synchronised Swimming Technical Operational Manager         Monica Rosas

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1.4 VENUE AND FACILITIES
 The FINA Olympic Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification Tournament 2016 will be held at
 Parque Aquático Maria Lenk, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
 The venue includes a 30m diving pool, a 50m competition pool and a 50m warm-up pool, (all
 outdoors), and will be open for competition and training during all the period.

 Field of Play
 Competition Pool
 50m x 25m x 3m depth (The field of play for competition will contain 30m by 25m area and
 3m-depth. The water temperature will be set in accordance with FINA Rules).

 Warm-up Pool
 50m x 25m x 3m depth, it will be available for warm-up and training.

 Diving Pool
 30m x 25m, it will be available only for training.

 Athletes Facilities
   Physiotherapy and massage areas will be around the warm-up pool; Please, note that Organiser
 Committee will not provide physiotherapy beds and each team is responsible for providing its
 own;
   Landrill area;
   The vanity areas in the changing rooms;

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1.5 COMPETITION SCHEDULE

       DATE                       TIME                              EVENT
 FEB 28 - MAR 01              08:00 - 20:00           Official Training
 MAR 01 (Tue)                 10:00 - 11:00           Team Leaders’ Meeting
                              11:00 - 12:00           Technical Officials’ Meeting
 MAR 02 (Wed)                 08:00 – 10:00           Warm Up
                              09:30 - 10:30           Daily Technical Officials’ Meeting
                              10:00   - 10:30         Daily Team Managers’ Meeting
                                    11:15             Duets Technical Routine
                              15:00 - 19:50           Official Training
 MAR 03 (Thu)                 08:00 – 10:00           Warm Up
                              09:30 - 10:30           Daily Technical Officials’ Meeting
                              10:00   - 10:30         Daily Team Managers’ Meeting
                                    11:15             Duets Free Routine First Round
                                   13:00              Duets Victory Ceremony
                              15:00 - 19:50           Official Training
 MAR 04 (Fri)                 07:00 - 19:00           Official Training
 MAR 05 (Sat)                 08:00 - 10:00           Warm Up
                              09:30 - 10:30           Daily Technical Officials’ Meeting
                              10:00   - 10:30         Daily Team Managers’ Meeting
                                    11:15             Teams Technical Routine
                              15:00 - 19:50           Official Training
 MAR 06 (Sun)                 08:00 - 10:00           Warm Up
                              09:30 - 10:30           Daily Technical Officials’ meeting
                              10:00   - 10:30         Daily Team Managers’ Meeting
                                    11:15             Teams Free Routine
                                   13:00              Teams Victory Ceremony
                              13:30 - 14:30           Warm Up
                              15:00 - 16:00           Duets Free Routine Second Round

 If there is any change in this programme, all teams will be communicated accordingly.

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1.6 REGISTRATION PROCESS
 All federations affiliated to FINA are eligible to participate, except the champions of the five
 Continental Championships (the host federation duet and team will participate as presentation).
 Each federation shall be entitled to enter one duet and one team.

 All Registrations and Entries shall take place through the FINA General Management System (FINA
 GMS) which can be accessed by https://data.fina.org using your National Federations login details.
 For registration help and assistance please contact: aquaticsdb@fina.org

 Competitors younger than 15 years of age (on 31th December 2016) shall not be permitted to
 compete at the event (FINA Rules SS 3).

 Each federation is entitled to participate with a maximum of ten (10) athletes if participating in
 Teams or Teams and Duets. For those participating in Duets only, the entitlement is a maximum
 of three (3) athletes. In addition to athlete numbers, a maximum of 10 officials will be entitled to
 a full event accreditation.

 PRELIMINARY & FINAL REGISTRATION

 There will be three successive entry steps to provide information to FINA and the Organizing
 Committee in order to register for the event. All the communication between the OC and National
 Federations will be confirmed by email. All Registrations and Entries shall take place through the
 FINA General Management System (FINA GMS) which can be accessed by
 https://data.fina.org

                                     Preliminary Entry Deadline          22 December 2015
  REGISTRATION                       Accommodation Deadline              22 December 2015
   KEY DATES                         Final Nomination Deadline           25 January 2016
                                     Final Event Entry Deadline          11 February 2016

 The entry steps are as follows:

 PRELIMINARY ENTRY
 To be submitted through the FINA GMS by 22 December 2015 at 23:59 (GMT).
 The Preliminary Entry has the purpose of indicating to the Organizing Committee the maximum
 number of competitors, representatives, coaches, official delegates, etc., which each Federation
 intends to register in the event.

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FINAL NOMINATION (ENTRIES BY NAME)
To be submitted through the FINA GMS by 25 January 2016 at 23:59 (GMT).

The Final Nominations is the final deadline to register all Athletes and Team Officials that includes all
relevant data for the purposes of Accreditation, Visa free entry, travel details and accommodation.

After this deadline, it will not be possible to register any more individuals to the event.
The number of registrations must not exceed the numbers submitted in the Preliminary Entry.
The data must contain the exact number of named competitors, representatives, coaches, official
delegates, etc., all requested information must be fully and correctly completed in the FINA GMS.
At this date, the NF must also have completed the final room requests (exact number of rooms,
dates, etc.) and provide the Organising Committee (OC) with the complete rooming list.

FINAL EVENT ENTRY
To be submitted through the FINA GMS by 11 February 2016 at 23:59 (GMT).
Each Athlete must be registered for the event (s) they will be participating in by this date. No
late entries will be accepted. FINA and the OC will use all collected data for the purposes of event
registration and accreditation.
Please note that all deadlines will be at 23:59 (GMT) on the respective dates.

ACCOMMODATION ENTRY
To be submitted through the FINA GMS by 22 December 2015 at 23:59 (GMT).
All accommodation request must be submitted through the FINA GMS. For any questions relating
to accommodation please contact the OC on synchrotestevent@rio2016.com

ATHLETES UNDER 18 YEARS OLD

According to Brazilian Federal Law 8.069/14 (Child and Adolescent Statute), athletes up to
the age of 18, must have the appropriate authorization form completed and provide proper
documentation to be eligible to compete.

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This authorization is obtained through a Mandatory Court Permit, which requires a special
procedure. The procedure for minors participating in this Event requires the follow documents:

• Registration form, signed by the parent or legal guardian of the athlete, expressly containing
the name of the person authorized to accompany and be entirely responsible for the minor
during competition;
• Copy of the ID or passport of the athlete that contains her photo and the name of her
parents or legal guardian;
• Copy of the ID or passport of the athletes’ parent or legal guardian that signed the
authorization form;
• Copy of the passport or ID of the person indicated in the authorization form to be responsible
for the athlete during the competition days;
• Medical certificate;
• Schooling statement;
• Personality rights assignment agreement

This documents must be sent no later than February 11th 2016 to email
synchrotestevent@rio2016.com

For immediate access to the above documents, please write to
synchrotestevent@rio2016.com

After 2nd December 2015 you can download them at www.cbda.org.br/synchroqualifying

The lack of documentation or proper procedure to obtain authorization of the minor, may obligate
the athlete to abandon the competition due to on-site inspection from Minor’s Court authority or
even cause the cancelation of the competition. When Rio 2016 is the responsible for the licensing
and management of the competition, the lack of these documents will cause the athlete to
become ineligible to compete.

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1.7 COMPETITION RULES
 The FINA Olympic Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification Tournament 2016 will be held
 according to the rules of the FINA Handbook 2013–2017.

 FINA assumes the responsibility for the technical control and direction of the event.

 The FINA Technical Synchronised Swimming Committee is the management committee for the
 event and has the exclusive right to decide in all matters related to the conduct of the event and
 to nominate the technical officials.

 The FINA Olympic Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification Tournament is the last qualification
 event to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. All the information related to the athletes’ eligibility, quota
 places and timeline are available at FINA website:
 http://www.fina.org/event/rio-2016-olympics/details-0

 Protests and appeals
 Protests and appeals are possible and shall be resolved under FINA Rule GR 9.2 and GR 9.3.

 Competition format

           Teams                              Duets
 Technical Routine                           Technical Routine
 Free Routine                                Free Routine (first round and second round)

 Teams
 Technical Routine: each team of eight competitors will perform the technical routine (SS 4.2)
 Free Routine: each team of eight competitors will perform the free routine (SS 4.3)
 The total result will be the combined score of the technical routine (100 per cent) and the free
 routine (100 per cent).
 Teams that finish in the first three (3) places will be qualified for Rio 2016 Olympic Games

 Duets
 Technical Routine: each duet will perform the technical routine (SS 4.2)
 Free Routine first round: each duet will perform the free routine (SS 4.3)
 After the free routine first round, 20 duets will have qualified: duets with team (the eight (08)
 NOCs qualified for the team competition), continental championships (the best ranked NOCs in
 each of five Continental Championships), plus the next better duets in first round.
 Free Routine second round: the duets, which placed 21-28 after the first round, will swim again
 the free routine. Duets that finish in the first four (4) places will be qualified for the Rio 2016
 Olympic Games.

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1.8 TRAINING
 PRE-COMPETITION DAYS

 Scheduled and open training opportunities will be available at the Parque Aquático Maria Lenk
 from 28th FEB to 1st MAR.

 Two of the scheduled sessions will be with music, one session in the competition pool and the
 other in the warm-up pool (30mx25mx3m). When all final entries are received, a final training
 schedule will be produced. Training schedules will be sent to the lead team contact one week
 before arrival. The latest copy will be available from the hotel information desk.

 COMPETITION DAYS

 Competition Pool
 Before each competition session, there will be time available for warm-up. Groups will be formed
 in accordance with the start list and each group will get warm-up time in this pool. Please note
 that there will be no music directly before competition.

 Every day, after the competition the competition pool will be open for training with music from
 15:00 to 19:50. The training will be organised according to the start list for the next day of
 competition.

 Warm-up Pool
 During competition days, the warm-up pool will stay open up to 1 hour after the end of competition
 for cool-down. It will be opened up to 3 hours before the beginning of the competition.

 Every day, after the competition, the warm-up pool will be open for training with music from
 15:00 to 19:50. The training will be organised according to the start list for the next day of
 competition.

 Diving Pool
 The diving pool will be available for training (without music) every day. In the competition days
 it will be closed 1 hour before the competition start. Please note that the diving pool will not be
 available for Synchronised Swimming training during the Olympic Games.

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1.9 MEETINGS
 Team Leader Meeting
 Venue: Press Conference Room, Maria Lenk
 Date: 01 March 2016, 10:00 (data checks from 9:30)

 Technical Officials Meeting
 Venue: Press Conference Room, Maria Lenk
 Date: 01 March 2016, 11:00 (data checks from 10:30)

1.10 VICTORY CEREMONY
 The Duets Victory Ceremony will take place on March 03rd, 2016 after Duet Free Routine First
 Round event, and the Teams Victory Ceremony will take place on March 06th, 2016 after Team
 Free Routines, where Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals will be awarded, respectively, to the first,
 second and third place in each event. All the athletes will receive a Diploma.

1.11 DOPING
 Minimum of 12 (twelve) doping control tests will be made in accordance with the FINA Rules.
 All athletes may be subject to doping control sample collection and testing throughout the event
 in accordance with FINA Doping Control Rules. On completion of an event, an anti-doping
 representative will notify the athletes of their selection. If an athlete is selected for testing, a
 chaperone will escort the athlete up until the time when they report to provide a sample.

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2   LOGISTICS

    2.1 ACCOMMODATION
     All accommodation requests must be submitted through the FINA GMS https://data.fina.org

     Team Delegation

     The OC team will assist in accommodation arrangements for all delegations. Please, see below rates
     and information for reservations:

     Rate/day       VERANO STAY                    AMÉRICAS                       GAIVOTA
     per room       1 Km to Maria Lenk - 15 min    10 Km to Maria Lenk - 30 min   16 Km to Maria Lenk - 01:30 min

     Single            US$ 186.00                   US$ 198.00                    US$ 168.00
     Double            US$ 210.00                   US$ 268.00                    US$ 199.00
     Triplo            XXXXXXXX                     US$ 360.00                    US$ 280.00

     The rates includes:
     - Full board accommodation, with 01 drink non-alcoholic at meals
     - Brazilian Taxes
     - Meals included start with dinner the first day till lunch the last day
     - Check in Time: 04:00 PM
     - Check out Time: 12:00 PM
     - Triple rooms available on request and only in hotels Americas and Gaivota

     Technical Officials (Judges)

     The OC team will assist in accommodation arrangements for all technical officials (judges) designated
     by FINA. Each participating Federation shall pay the accommodation for its own judges, at their
     own costs.
     Please, see below rates and information for reservations:

     Rate/day       BARRA FIRST - Judges                          The rates includes:
     per room       10 Km to Maria Lenk - 30 min                  - Full board accommodation, with 01
                                                                    drink non-alcoholic at meals
     Single            US$ 186.00                                 - Brazilian Taxes
     Double            US$ 210.00                                 - Meals included start with dinner the
     Triplo            XXXXXXXX                                     first day till lunch the last day
                                                                  - Check in Time: 04:00 PM
                                                                  - Check out Time: 12:00 PM

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2.2 TRANSPORT
 AIRPORT ARRIVALS/ DEPARTURES
 For this event OC will provide arrival and departures services for all delegations, from February
 27th to March 07th, at Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG) or Santos Dumont Airport (SDU).

 In order to ensure an efficient service upon your arrival, it is essential that you provide flight details
 in your entries forms (GMS).

 FINA delegates, officials and teams will be informed of their departure transport arrangement at
 least 12 hours prior to departure time.

 LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
 During the entire event, will be available a special transport (hotel-pool-hotel) for athletes, team
 officials, judges and FINA members.

2.3 VISA PROCESS
 Rio 2016 has developed a thorough Visa Programme that will also cover those participating in
 all Test Events. Prior to making arrangements for your travel, we recommend you check the Rio
 2016 Visa and Work Permit Guide.

 For immediate access to the above documents, please write to synchrotestevent@rio2016.com,
 and after 2nd December 2015 you can download them at www.cbda.org.br/synchroqualifying

 For all participants that are nationals from countries who need a visa to enter in Brazil, Rio
 2016 will provide introduction letters that must be submitted with the visa application at the
 chosen Brazilian Consulate/Embassy abroad. To request an Invitation Letter, please ensure that
 all personal information is submitted in the FINA GMS by the final nomination deadline of 25
 January 2016 at 23:59 (GMT).

 If you have any questions about visa assistance, please contact: synchrotestevent@rio2016.com

 It is also important to be aware that the time frame for issuing a Visa to Brazil will depend on
 the country where the participant is applying. Please check the website of the chosen Brazilian
 Consulate or Embassy for further information on turnaround times.

 Important: notice that some diplomatic posts may take up to 10 business days to process visa
 requests. Please plan accordingly.

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    2.4 USEFUL INFORMATION
     Weather
     March (Average last 2 years):
     Low 23º C          High 31º C          Sunshine Hours- 12 hours     Rainfall - 130 mm
     (Source: http://www.accuweather.com)

3   CONTACT

     For any questions, please contact:

     synchrotestevent@rio2016.com

     Roberta Périllier
     Rio 2016 Synchronised Swimming Sport Manager
     email: roberta.perillier@rio2016.com
     Phone: (+55 21) 2016.6493

     Sonia Hercowitz
     General Event Coordenation
     email: soniahercowitz@cbda.org.br
     Phone: (+55 21) 2507.4016

     This contact should be used solely by National Federations in matters related to the FINA Olympic
     Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification Tournament 2016. In this respect, please do not
     hesitate to use it. Any other subject relating to the Rio 2016 Olympic or Paralympic Games must be
     directed through the relevant NOC contact.

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