2022 World Nomad Games Mas-Wrestling Championship

Regulation on holding
the World Nomad Games Mas-Wrestling Championship 2022
September 29 – October 2, 2022, Bursa, Türkiye

1. Aims and objectives
Competitions are held within sport program of the World Nomad Games 2022 with the aim to popularize and develop Mas-Wrestling in the world and solves the tasks:
- strengthening friendly sports relationship among countries;
- determination the strongest athletes of mas-wrestling.

2. Date and venue
The World Nomad Games Mas-Wrestling Championship 2022 is held from September 29 to October 2, 2022 in Iznik, Bursa, Turkiye.
Arrival day – September 29, 2022, departure day – October 2, 2022.

Competition Program: *
September 29 (Thursday) – arrival day.
September 30 (Friday)
10.00 – 14.00 - Commission on registration and admission of participants;
15.00 – 17.00 – Weigh-in and drawing of participants:
17.00-18.00 – Meeting of Panel of judges with coaches and team representatives.
October 1 (Saturday) – Competitive day.
10:00-13:00 – Preliminary bouts;
15:00-15:30 – Competition opening ceremony;
15:30-17:30 – Final bouts;
09.00-18.00 – Awarding ceremony 
October 2 (Sunday) – Departure day.
*Changes are possible in the Program.

3. Management
General management of preparation and holding of competitions is carried out by the International Mas-Wrestling Federation, Organizing Committee on preparation and holding World Nomad Games 2022, World Ethnosport Confederation, State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) «Republican Center of National Sports named after Vasiliy Manchaary».
Direct responsibility of holding the event carried on the Organizing Committee on preparation and holding World Nomad Games 2022 and Grand Jury, approved by the International Mas-Wrestling Federation.

4. Participation terms
Allowed to participate men and women by the National Mas-Wrestling Federations application, at least 18 y.o on the day of competition, passed medical examination and permitted to engage in power sports.
* Participation terms are subject to change

The National Mas-Wrestling Federations are able to represent up to 6 (six) athletes, but no more 1 (one) athlete in weight category.

The team consists of 9 people: 6 athletes, 1 coach, 1 representative and 1 referee.

Participants are obliged to compete in sportswear according to the Rules of the International Mas-Wrestling Federation (Mas-Wrestling shorts of red or blue color (according to drawing) and sports shoes without spikes with soft sole.

For the Opening Parade only traditional clothes or sportswear showing the flag of the participant’s country are allowed.

Participants grant the organizers the right to photograph, film or otherwise use the voice, appearance and name. Further, the content can be displayed, distributed or otherwise used in merchandising and advertising to promote the sport in any media now known and possible in the future. The rights are granted indefinitely and without additional compensation.

5. Visa
Delegations, which are needed VISA for entrance and stay on the territory of Türkiye, should send to the organizers in advance a list of participants for visa processing, indicating full names, gender, passport numbers (also their dates of issue and validity), dates of birth, a scanned copy of the first informative page of the passport.

6. Conditions for holding competition
Competitions are individual nature and held according to the Rules of the International Mas-Wrestling Federation.
Changes in the competition system are possible depending on the number of participants in accordance with the competition rules:
− for 6 or more athletes in the weight category according to the system with elimination after two defeats, divided into groups "A" and "B";
− for 5, 4 or 3 athletes in a weight category, a round robin system is used;
− for 2 or less athletes in a weight category, the weight category is added to the next weight category.

The World Nomad Games Mas-Wrestling Championship 2022 is held in the following weight categories:
- men: up to 70 kg, up to 80 kg, 110 kg, 110+ kg;
- women: up to 75 kg, 75+ kg.
The final results (protocols) on paper and electronic form should be given to the International Mas-Wrestling Federation in 2 (two) weeks after the event is over.

7. Insurance
Participation in the competitions is allowed only in case of presence of the insurance of life and health from accidents (original), which is submitted to the commission for registration and admission of participants. Insurance fees of the athletes carry the sending organizations.

8. Safety
Competitions to be held in sport buildings, agreeable to the standards of corresponding standard rules of law, functioning in the territory of Türkiye and directed to provide public order and safety of participants and spectators, in the presence of acts of operational readiness of sports buildings for the activities, approved in the prescribed order.
Qualified medical personnel should present in the competition venue.

9. Financing
All costs connected with the preparation and holding of competitions under the terms of the equity carry the Organizing Committee on preparation and holding World Nomad Games 2022, International Mas-Wrestling Federation, World Ethnosport Confederation and Mas-Wrestling Development Fund "Planet Mas-Wrestling".

The costs of sending 2 (two) athletes (travel, accommodation, meal, and transfer from and to the airport) are carried by Organizing Committee on the preparation and holding of the World Nomad Games 2022.

Expenses for sending other participants and also procedures and expenses for registration of entry visas and insurance of all participants are at the expense of sending organizations.

10. Awarding
Top three athletes in each weight category of the World Nomad Games Mas-Wrestling Championship 2022 to be awarded with diplomas, medals and valuable prizes.

11. Applications
Preliminary applications with the obligatory indication of the number of athletes, coaches and representatives are submitted until September 23, 2022, on address:
− Russian Federation, Yakutsk, Kirov Street, building 20/1, International Mas-Wrestling Federation, e-mail: imwf@mail.ru, tel.: +7 4112 508 572;
− Russian Federation, Moscow, Myasnitskiy proezd, 3/1, International Mas-Wrestling Federation, e-mail: len-atom@mail.ru, tel.: +79263192088,
Applications are submitted to the Commission for registration and admission of participants to competition, signed by the head of the national federation and the doctor, as well as the following documents for each athlete:
− passport;
− life and health insurance policy against accidents (original).

12. Marketing and advertising
The Organizing Committee guarantees the observance of sponsorship rights to partners and sponsors of the International Mas-Wrestling Federation, provided for in the relevant agreements, including the marketing guidelines of the International Mas-Wrestling Federation.

13. Media
The Organizing Committee guarantees accordance of the appropriate conditions of work on the event for accredited media representatives in accordance with the Statement of the International Mas-Wrestling Federation on Mass-Media.