This is a transnational event.

Teams can have up to 8 players. This is a women’s event, and any women players older than 15 may take part. All players must be compliant with the WBF Eligibility Code, including being in good standing with their Federation. Each participant (player, captain or coach) must be a member of an NBO (either their country of birth or their country of residence) and must be registered in the WBF Database and must have a WBF Competitor’s Commitment Form registered since 2017 in place. Details of how to register and a copy of the form, which is digital and very easy to complete can be found by clicking here.

Since this this is a transnational event, the players can be from different NBOs.

The event will be a partial Round Robin teams, played between Friday 3rd January 2025 and Sunday 5th January 2025.

Each team will play 12 or 13 matches; each match will be 8 boards.

Each match will be allocated 55 minutes, with 10 minutes between matches for teams that are also playing the next match.

Scoring: standard WBF VP scale. The winner will be the team with the most VPs.

The teams will not all be playing at the same time. The fact that the weekend is not the same in all nations has been taken into account in the scheduling system. Each team will have a schedule of dates and times, showing their opponents for each round.

The playing platform is RealBridge. There will be several opportunities to practice using the RealBridge platform in the weeks leading up to the tournament.

No team will play any earlier than a normal start time in their own time zone (typically 9 am). Teams will complete their matches no later than a normal end time in their own time zone (typically 11 pm).

• The closing date for entries is Saturday 7 December 2024.
• Each captain must ensure that their e-mail address is provided and they should check it regularly for information or queries from the organizers.
• A team can change or add members up to 3 days before the event starts, which is Tuesday 31 December 2024 (subject to them being registered and eligible to play). Changed partnerships and added players must use one of the pre-registered system cards.
• System cards must be registered by Wednesday 11 December 2024.
• Minor changes to system cards are allowed up to Tuesday 20 December 2024.

Please note this is an official WBF event, and all tables will be recorded, monitored and potentially broadcast in line with standard WBF promotion and integrity requirements.