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1. CHAMPIONSHIP DATES
November 7 - 10, 2002 (Countries / Groups must arrive on or before November 6, 2002)

2. PROMOTER
International Taekwon-do Federation (Inc), 37 George North Street, Fourth Floor, Brampton Ontario L6X 1R5
Tel.: 001905 4579996
Fax: 001905 4579143
headoffice@itf-choijunghwa.com

ITF Head Officers

President: Master Choi Jung Hwa 8th Degree,
president@itf-choijunghwa.com

Secretary General: Master Volmir Ligay 7th Degree,
secgen@itf-choijunghwa.com

Departament of Administration: Master Raymond M.K. Choy 8th Degree, Master Trevor Nicholls 7th Degree, Mr. Antony Panteli 4th Degree,
admin@itf-choijunghwa.com

Tournaments & Umpires: Master Nestor Galarraga 7th Degree,
tournament@itf-choijunghwa.com

Legal Department: Mr. Michael A. Tibollo,
legal@itf-choijunghwa.com

3. ORGANISER
Taekwon-do Association Argentina (TAA)
A. Rojas 63 - Monte Grande (1842) Buenos Aires - Argentina, Tel/Fax: 0054-11-4281-6552, TAA WEB: www.taa-itf.com

4. PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Master Nestor F. Galarraga 7th Degree, Chairman the Tournament Committee ITF,
ngalarraga@taa-itf.com

5. INSCRIPTION
The data of the competitors and officials for the championship must arrive before October 12, 2002.

6. COMPETITORS
The competitors will have among 13 and 18 years old completed during the 2002. This embraces those born among the years 1984 and 1989. Every country can send 3 competitors for each individual category and one official Team (Female and Male) according to ITF rules. They must wear the official ITF dobok and must print the country name on the back part of the dobok just above belt level.
They must be in possession of a red and blue pair of "Safe T" equipment.
Each competitor must pay a competition entry fee of U$S 50 to be paid on arrival at the meeting point.

7. UMPIRES
The Organizing Committee will pay - for one (1) "A" class ITF qualified umpire (4th to 6th degree) per country - 6 to 11 of November.
Others umpires wishing to attend the Championships must pay their own hotel accommodation.

8. COACHS
For individual and team events only one (1) coach is allowed in the square. He/She must wear a tracksuit and gymnastic shoes. He/She is the only one allowed to present an official protest.
A maximum of four (4) coaches per country are allowed to participate. They must attend the draw and coaches meeting on November 7, 2002 at 14 hs. Each coach must pay a competition entry fee of U$S 50 to be paid on arrival at he meeting point.

9. TOURNAMENT & UMPIRE RULES
ITF tournament & umpire rules will apply for pattern, sparring, power and special techniques competitions.

POWER BREAKING - NUMBER OF BOARDS FOR EACH ITEM
MALE	FEMALE
SONKAL TAERIGI 3 BOARDS	SONKAL TAERIGI 3 BOARDS
DOLLYO CHAGI 4 BOARDS	YOP CHA JIRUGI 5 BOARDS
BANDAE DOLLYO CHAGI 3 BOARDS	DOLLYO CHAGI 4 BOARDS
YOP CHA JIRUGI 5 BOARDS	----
(BOARDS OF 1")	(BOARDS OF ¾ ")

SPECIAL TECHNIQUES - HEIGHTS AND LENGTH FOR EACH ITEM (BOARDS OF ¾")
MALE	FEMALE
TWIMYO NOPI AP CHA BUSIGI 260 CM	TWIMYO NOPI AP CHA BUSIGI 200 CM
TWIMYO DOLLYO CHAGI 230 CM	TYIMYO DOLLYO CHAGI 200 CM
TWIMYO NOMO YOP CHA JIRUGI 300 CM	TWIMYO NOMO YOP CHA JIRUGI 160 CM
TWIO DOLMYO YOP CHA JIRUGI 220 CM	----
TWIMYO BANDAE DOLLYO CHAGI 220 CM	----

CATEGORYS FOR SPARRING
MALE	FEMALE
-52 KG, -58 KG, -63 KG, -70 KG, +70 KG	-42 KG, -48 KG, -53 KG, -60 KG, +60 KG

10. NATIONAL ANTHEM AND NATIONAL FLAG
On their arrival at the meeting point countries must deliver their national anthem and two (2) national flags to the organizing committee.

11. OPENING CEREMONY
The official opening ceremony will take place on November 7, 2002 at 19:00 hs in the stadium.

12. CLOSING CEREMONY
The official closing ceremony will take place in the stadium on November 10, 2002 just after the team events finals and medal presentation.

13. PARTY
The party will be held on Sunday November 10, 2002 from 23:00 hs.

14. BUENOS AIRES INFO AND CLIMATE
Buenos Aires city lies on the west side of the La Plata River, with an extension of 120 square miles.
It is the glorious capital of Argentina and one of the most populated cities of the world.
Its cultural life includes more than 86 museums, 142 cinemas, 92 theatres and 87 libraries as well as a very frenetic commercial development, which turned a peaceful colonial town into one of the most important cities in the world.
The first foundation took place in 1536 with the Spanish conqueror Don Pedro de Mendoza who called it "Puerto de Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires".
In 1580, Juan de Garay founded it again and renamed it as "Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires".
Immigrants from all around the world have arrived to "this promised land" since them, mostly from Italy and Spain but also Germans, Jewish's, British, French and Japanese built their future here.
Nowadays, Buenos Aires is the main center for national and international tourism with thousands of luxurious hotels, excellent restaurants and uncountable attractions.
In Argentina, in November it is spring and their temperature oscillates between the 17º and 21ºC.

15. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

For this opportunity, we have reserved an Apart Hotel, Cristoforo Colombo - Suites - Apart Hotel, with the services of Hotel 4 stars, with capacity to put up all the participants of the World Junior Taekwon-do Championships.

All our suites have living room equipped with kitchenette or complete kitchen, set of dishes, air conditioning, safe deposit box, cable TV, and internet connection.

Everything you need for a total relax: swimming pool, gym, solarium 17th floor, sauna y jacuzzi.

From our rooms you can enjoy the Palermo Woods and Rio de la Plata and our guests can take advantage of our exclusive solarium on the 16th floor.

A largest green area in Buenos Aires surrounds the Tower.

For single room

U$S 70 per day

For double room

U$S 50 per day

For triple room

U$S 40 per day

For quadruple room

U$S 35 per day

It includes a complete American buffet breakfast and all the stadium transfers.With extra U$S 5 per day, you can include the dinner.

IMPORTANT: All the official meetings will take place in this hotel. The hotel reservations will be carried out with 30 days of anticipation, sending reservation U$S 100 for each person.

For further information, please contact with Karina Burijkson

DAY	TIME	MEETING
THUESDAY 7 NOVEMBER	8:00 to 10:00	COMPETITORS WEIGHT IN
	10:00	UMPIRE’S MEETING
	10:00	COACH’S MEETING/DRAW
	16:00	ITF CONGRESS
	19:00	OPENING CEREMONY
RING SCHEDULE
DAY	TIME	RING 2	RING 1 (CENTRAL)	RING 3
FRIDAY 8 NOVEMBER	8:30 to 12:00	FEMALE PATTERN 1º DAN	MALE SPARRING - 52 KG.	FEMALE PATTERN 2º, 3º DAN
		MALE SPARRING + 70 KG.	FINAL PATTERN FEMALE 1º, 2º, 3º DAN	MALE SPARRING - 58 KG.
		BREAK
	14:00 to 18:00	FEMALE SPARRING - 60 KG.	FEMALE SPARRING - 53 KG.	FEMALE SPARRING + 60 KG.
		MALE SPARRING - 63 KG.		MALE SPARRING - 70 KG.
	18:00	AWARDING CEREMONY PATTERN FEMALE 1º, 2º, 3º DAN
SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER	8:30 to 12:00	MALE PATTERN 1º DAN	MALE PATTERN 3º DAN	MALE PATTERN 2º DAN
		FEMALE SPARRING - 48 KG.	FINAL PATTERN MALE 1º, 2º, 3º DAN	FEMALE SPARRING - 42 KG.
		BREAK
	14:00 to 18:00	TEAM FEMALE PATTERN SPARRING	TEAM MALE PATTERN SPARRING	FINAL INDIVIDUAL MALE / FEMALE POWER SPECIAL TECHNIQUE
	18:00	AWARDING CEREMONY PATTERN MALE 1º, 2º, 3º DAN AWARDING CEREMONY MALE/FEMALE POWER-SPECIAL TECHNIQUE
SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER	9:30 to 13:00	FINAL TEAM MALE POWER SPECIAL TECHNIQUE	FREE	FINAL TEAM FEMALE POWER SPECIAL TECHNIQUE
	13:00	AWARDING CEREMONY TEAM MALE/FEMALE POWER - SPECIAL TECHNIQUE
		BREAK
	15:00 to 18:00	FINAL INDIVIDUAL SPARRING FEMALE FINAL TEAM SPARRING FEMALE FINAL INDIVIDUAL SPARRING MALE FINAL TEAM SPARRING MALE
	18:00	AWARDING CEREMONY INDIVIDUAL MALE/FEMALE SPARRING AWARDING CEREMONY TEAM MALE/FEMALE SPARRING OVERALL INDIVIDUAL, TEAM AND COUNTRY CLOSING CEREMONY

FINAL TEAM FEMALE