To:
Member Associations
From:
Zarko Cukic
Chair Events Committee
Re:
Date:
XXIV Pan Am Junior Championships 2015
August, 02-09 2015
We are pleased to invite you to participate in:
BPAC XXIV Pan Am Junior Team Championships (Team Event).
BPAC XXIV Pan Am Junior Championships (Individual Event)
Venue
Dates
of Championships
Eligible players
Summary details:
Centro de Alto Rendimeineto Baja CaliforniaTijuana , MEXICO
August 02-04 Team Event
August 05-09 Individual Event
Players of the categories U17, U15, U13, and U11.
BPAC require documentation supporting nationality
and age of players.
For Team Event, U19 players can be considered to
play.
All forms are attached.
Key dates

XXIV Pan Am Junior 2015
Tijuana- Mexico
02-09 August, 2015
By June 30 ,2015 Form 1 must be completed
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and returned – if you wish to compete in the
Team Event.
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Referees
By June 30, 2015 Form 2 must be completed
and returned with the lists of players in the
Individual Events.
BPAC will not accept any late entries.
Mr.Yves Cote,
Medals for
Individual Event
Winner – Gold Medal
Runner-up – Silver Medal
Losing Semi-finalists – Bronze Medal
Medals for
Team Event
Medals will be presented for the Team Event
Visas
If you need visas to travel to Mexico then please
contact Federación Mexicana de Badminton
giving your players and officials full names as shown
on their passports, dates of birth and passport
numbers.
Federación Mexicana de Badminton
Mrs. Alejandra Orozco
Email: femeba2012@gmail.com &
torneosdefemeba@gmail.com
Host organiser
Miss. Maria Antonieta Barragan
Email: tonhief@hotmail.com
Phone: +521 6861489762
Pan American Badminton Confedederation
email : panambadminton@gmail.com &
events@badmintonpanam.org
Airport
Hotel
XXIV Pan Am Junior 2015
Tijuana- Mexico
02-09 August, 2015
You should aim to arrive at Aeropuerto
Internacional ,General Abelardo L. Rodriguez,
Tijuana- Mexico.
Additional information will be provided.
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Federación Mexicana de Badminton will offer
transportation from the airport to the official Hotel,
and the venue, only when booking reservations
with the Booking Form for the Official Hotels.
Transportation
Entries for the
Individual
Event
Details for the Individual Championships:
Maximum entries for each Member Association:
Men’s singles
4 players
Women’s singles
4 players
Men’s doubles
2 pairs
Women’s doubles
2 pairs
Mixed doubles
4 pairs
1. Players are allowed to play a maximum of 3 events: 1 singles, 1 doubles
and 1 mixed only. (For example: Can´t play singles, or doubles or mixed in
2 different categories)
2. Players are allowed to play in an older age group.
3. Consolation rounds will only be played for Singles in Under 15, Under 13
and Under 11 Age groups if times permit.
4. Fee : US$ 50.00 per player
5. At the moment of the entry the MAs can list an additional boy and girl in
each category (U11, U13, U15, and U17) as reserve . Beside this additional
player no player´s entry will be accepted .
6. Withdrawal and replacement.
Replacement, only will be consider the entry player in the reserve list.
Withdrawal date : Sunday July 19 , 2015.
XXIV Pan Am Junior 2015
Tijuana- Mexico
02-09 August, 2015
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Method of Competition for the Team Event
1. Team size: maximum size —10 men and 10 women
per country.
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3. Method of Competition:
a. Less than 6 teams—Round Robin (top 2
seeded teams play last tie)
b. 6 to 8 teams—2 pools where top 2 teams in
each pool play feed into a crossover 4 team
knockout draw with 3rd place playoff.
Consolation play for pool losers.
c. 9 to 11 teams—pools of 3 or 4 teams where
top 2 teams in each pool play feed into a 6
team knockout draw with 3rd place playoff.
Consolation play for pool losers and first round
draw losers when possible.
d. 12 teams to up pools of 4 teams where 2 top
teams in each pool play feed into a 8 team
knockout draw with 3rd place palyoff.
3. Seeding:
e. Based on previous Pan American Team
Championships results.
f. 8 teams or less—2 seeds
g. More than 8 teams—1 seed per pool
4. Fee: $ 200.00 per team
Time
Schedule
(as expected)
Sunday,
August 2,
Monday,
August 3,
Wednesday, August 4,
2015
2015
2015
Team Event
Team Event
Team Event
Finals
The exact schedule will be presented after draw.
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Tijuana- Mexico
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CLOTHING REGULATIOS
Team & Individual Events
Please take note of clothing regulations for all participants at the XXIII Pan Am
Junior Championships 2014, taking place in Guatemala, from July 20 to 27.
-It is mandatory that player’s name and country name be printed on the back.
-It is mandatory in Team Competition that all team used the same uniform until the
end of each tie.
Color, style and size of letter.
a) Sequence of printing, on the top of the shirt Player’s Name, followed by
the Player’s Country Name and sponsor if any.
b) Lettering shall be in capitals letters in the Roman alphabet, and in one
single color contrasting with that of the shirt.
c) If there is a pattern on the back of the shirt, the lettering should be on
contrasting panel.
d) In order that the player’s name be legible from a distance for spectators
in the stadium and television viewers, lettering must be a minimum
height of 6 centimeters and a maximum height of 10 centimeters.
e) The country name must be a height of 5 centimeters
f) Lettering should be horizontal, or as close to horizontal as practically
possible, and placed near the top of the shirt.
g) The Player’s Country Name on the back of the shirt should be printed
completely or Olympic abbreviation, example:
PUERTO RICO or PUR, ARGENTINA or ARG, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC or DOM
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We look forward to receiving your entry.
Best regards
XXIV Pan Am Junior 2015
Tijuana- Mexico
02-09 August, 2015
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Zarko Cukic
BPAC Events Chair
XXIV Pan Am Junior 2015
Tijuana- Mexico
02-09 August, 2015
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