2025 Para Fencing World Cup "The Leaning Tower"

For each individual event:
Minimum six fencers from four World Abilitysport countries are needed to be an official event.
A fencer without an official international classification is not allowed to participate in an World Para Fencing competition.
The placing of competitors within each category is strictly according to the decision of the official classifiers authorities who have examined and classified each competitor before the competition.

Referee qualification:

International referee license is required

WPF A/B/ (P)

Referees must be provided based on the total number of athletes per tournament.

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.

The referees of the delegations must always attend the Competitions, Tournaments or Championships from the beginning until the end of the last bout/match of the competiton. A penalty fee will be applied if they arrive too late or leave too early.

Entries to: https://iwas.ophardt.online/
until Jan 30, 2025, 11:59:00 PM Coordinated Universal Time only by: National federation
Cancel until Jan 30, 2025, 11:59:00 PM Coordinated Universal Time
E-Mail: engarde@worldparafencing.org AND pisaworldcup@gmail.com

According to World Para Fencing rules.

According to World Abilitysport and World Para Fencing rules.

World Abilitysport retains the right to conduct random Anti-Doping testing at any World Para Fencing competition.

According to World Para Fencing rules.

Latest submission of equipment to equipment control latest 30min before the closing time.

CLASSIFICATION REASSESSMENT

If any Male Category A athletes, do not upload MDF, Athlete Consent Form, and the supporting medical documentation onto the World Abilitysport - Sports Management System (WA-SMS) by 30 January 2025, for Athlete Reassessment, they will be ineligible to compete at the World Cup.


HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING

The Head of Delegation Meeting will be held on 12. MARCH 2025 at 9.00pm at the AC Hotel (meeting room).


NEUTRAL PARA ATHLETES (NPA)

As payment in lieu of the obligation to provide referees, a fee of 150 GBP will be charged per Neutral Para Athlete (NPA) entered, per competition entered (see "Neutral Athlete and Support Personnel Regulations" from 28 March 2024).


VISA

Information about visa requirements to Italy can be found here:
http://www.esteri.it/visti/index_eng.asp

Should you need assistance to apply for entry visa to Italy (e.g. letter of invitation), please provide the following details to the Organizer Committee as soon as possible to
pisaworldcup@gmail.com
- full name as in passport
- nationality
- function in the team
- passport number
- passport expiry date
- copy of passport
Note: Early application is advised for participants who required entry visa.


INSURANCE

All members of attending delegations should insure themselves in case of accidents, injuries or illness. The organizer will not accept any responsibility or financial loss or any other responsibility incurred by any of the participants whatsoever.


REGISTRATION

All entries for athletes, referees, coaches and staff have to be done via the Ophardt system:
https://iwas.ophardt.online/
DEADLINE: 30 JANUARY 2025

Registration of the whole team (accreditations, accommodation, all travel details etc.) has to be done with the Excel file in the following link:
https://www.schermaitaliana.it/accommodation.xls

After downloading and completing the official entry form, please send by email to:
pisaworldcup@gmail.com
DEADLINE: 7 FEBRUARY 2025

Remark: The Accreditation Rates and Room Rates do not include the World Abilitysport fee of £50 for each participant (athlete, official, staff, ...) which will be invoiced and has to be paid to World Abilitysport after the competition.

The data from Entry Forms and Ophardt system must be consistent and current!

It is responsibility of the national federations to inform World Abilitysport and the local Organizing Committee about any changes and keep all data up-to-date.

Invoices for entered participants (Accreditation Rates and Room Rates) will be sent once you have completed the booking section and has to be paid directly to the LOC using the bank details below.


TRANSPORTATION

The Room Rate fee includes the transfer from/to the Pisa International Airport.
The fee for Transportation from/to the Florence airport / Pisa is 90 Euro per person, one way.
Transportation from/to the other Italian airports has to be discussed with the LOC.

The requests for transportation will be accepted BEFORE 15 FEBRUARY 2025.
Transfers requested after this date are not guaranteed


PAYMENTS FOR ACCREDITATION, ROOM RATES AND TRANSPORTATION

The Accreditation Rate will allow competition accreditation only (airport transfers, travel to venue, accommodation and food is NOT included).

The Room Rates will include accommodation and food in the official Hotels, airport transfers to the hotels and between the hotels and the venue.

Day rates start from the dinner on the day of arrival and continues until breakfast on the day of departure.

Accreditation Rate and Room Rates must be paid directly to the local organizers to the following bank account:

Bank name: Banca Popolare di Lajatico, Filiale Pisa 2
Bank address: Via Luigi Bianchi, 3 – 56123 Pisa, Italy
Account name: US Pisascherma
Address: Piazzale dello Sport – 56122 Pisa, Italy
Account number: 00000002869
IBAN: IT27U0523214001000000002869
Swift (BIC): BLJAIT3LXXX

The party making payment will be responsible for bank charges, if any.


PARTICULAR FOOD REQUIREMENTS

If you have particular food requirements, please send an email to
pisaworldcup@gmail.com


LATE ENTRIES / REGISTRATIONS

In exceptional situations of
- the registration of accommodation packages with the local organizers after 30 January 2025
- the registration of athletes and officials in Ophardt system after 30 January 2025 may be considered by LOC and World Abilitysport, and may be accepted.
In this case a 20% penalty fee will be added to Accreditation Rates and Room Rates by the local organizers, and World Abilitysport will charge a £150 (after 10 March 2025: £250) late entry surcharge for each late entry.


CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellations after the closing deadline for entries are only possible for medical reasons or force majeure, which have to be proved. The national federation must inform World Abilitysport and the local organizers.

Any cancellation of ordered accommodation packages after 7 FEBRUARY 2025 but before
1 MARCH 2025 will result in applying the cancellation fee:
50% of packages that have been ordered and cancelled.

Any cancellation of ordered accommodation packages after 1 MARCH 2025 but before
7 MARCH 2025 will result in applying the cancellation fee:
75% of package that have been ordered and cancelled.

Any cancellation of ordered accommodation packages after 10 MARCH 2025 will result in applying the cancellation fee:
100% of package that have been ordered and cancelled.


WORLD ABILITYSPORT FEES

The World Abilitysport Registration Fee (50 GBP per person), a possible Late Entry Surcharge (150 GBP per person after the entry deadline and until 3 days before the competition, 250 GBP until the head of delegation meeting), the fine for missing referees (1.500 GBP per missing referee before and 2.000 GBP after the entry deadline) and possible other fines must be paid directly to World Para Fencing.

Please note that all fees and penalties payable to World Para Fencing will be invoiced AFTER THE COMPETITION.


START TIMES

The start times of individual and team events may be subject to change to another time on the same day after the final entry deadline, when the entry numbers of athletes and teams are known.