Accreditation General Information
An accreditation badge provides physical evidence of the right to access one or more zones
at one or more venues. However:
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An accreditation is a “work permit”. It provides for specific persons to have access to
specific areas in order to perform specific and regular functions. It is not intended for
“what if” or “maybe” situations.
Accreditation is not a visa.
An accreditation does not give the right to a spectator seat.
An accreditation is bound to a specific job or task and does not indicate or confer any
special status.
Accreditation devices remain the property of the ORGANISATION throughout the
tournament.
The accreditation badge is valid for the entire tournament as long as the bearer has
responsibilities.
Application for accreditation for the teams
Each team delegation can apply for and will be provided with 29 accreditations as follows:
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21 for players
8 for officials
Officials like the team media officer and the team’s interpreter are part of the official team
delegation and must therefore be included in the total number of accreditations made
available to officials. The Team Liaison Officer (TLO) and the Team Security Liaison Officer
(TSLO) (if applicable) will be accredited by the LOC.
The participating teams have the opportunity to register for accreditation using the
ORGANISATION’s system. These same registrations also provide for the Official (Final) List
of Players and Officials.
Issuing accreditation for the teams
A picture of each member of the team delegation is required for the issuing of all
accreditation badges. To complete this process an accreditation team (comprising of a
members of the LOC accreditation department) will visit the Team Arrival Meetings to take
their photographs. The exact time and date for these visits will be communicated to the
teams by the ORGANISATION General Coordinator.
The LOC accreditation team will then import the images into the accreditation software at the
nearest accreditation centre so that the actual accreditation badges can be issued straight
after and handed over to the ORGANISATION General Coordinator who, in turn, will hand
them over to the TLO or team administrator.
The team administrator or TLO will sign the confirmation form for the passes and distribute
the accreditation badges to the appropriate recipients.
Validity of the accreditation system
The accreditation system is valid for all the stadiums, the official hotels and the Organisation.
This accreditation system does not extend to any other event locations.
Description of access zones
Every Venue of the Major Event is divided into nine zones:
Zone 1 – Competition Zone*
 Photographers' positions
Zone 2 – Dressing rooms*
 Players' dressing rooms
 Access to competition zone
 Match officials' dressing rooms
 Medical room
 Organisation competition offices – where applicable
 Doping control room
 Corridors (with access to the dressing rooms)
Zone 3 – Public areas
 Miscellaneous public corridors and access areas
 Public WC facilities
 Public sales areas
 First aid facilities
 Volunteer Centre
 Spectator areas
Zone 4 – Operations areas
 ORGANISATION offices (if not in Zone 2)
 LOC offices (if not in Zone 2)
 ORGANISATION storage areas (if not in Zone 2)
 LOC storage areas (if not in Zone 2)
 IT room, PA announcer booth, police/fire brigade rooms, sound studio, electrical
generator, emergency medical facilities
Zone 5 – VIP area
 VIP reception room (lounge)
Zone 6 – Media stand
 Seats for journalists
 Radio and TV commentary positions
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Mixed interview zone
Zone 7 – Media Centers
 Media work stations
 Media catering area
 Press conference room
 Photographers' room
 Developing and service centres for the media
Zone 8 – Broadcast area
 TV compound
 Radio and TV studios
Zone 9 – Hospitality area
 Hospitality Village for Official Partners and Sponsors
 Hospitality Village
 Hospitality lounges
 VIP boxes
Note: As from –90 minutes prior to competition start, zones marked with a star may only be
accessed with a Supplementary Accreditation Device (SAD) such as a wrist band or SAD
card. More on SADs further below.
A special icon on the accreditation badge grants access to all zones. This accreditation is
normally only for the highest level staff members.
The zone system does not apply to the ORGANISATION Headquarters or any of the other
official hotels, however all persons having access to these facilities have to be accredited
The teams are automatically granted access to the following zones:
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Zone 1 (competition zone)
Zone 2 (dressing rooms)
The competitors, on their own competition days, do not need SADs to access Zones 1 and 2.
Geographical Information
Each venue will have a designated 3-letter abbreviation. The official abbreviations for each of
the venues
Depending on the access rights of the bearer the respective abbreviation(s) will be printed on
the accreditation badge. Accreditations may be valid for one or more locations. Should the
accreditation be valid for all venues, the accreditation badge will show a “venue” icon instead
of the abbreviations of all the venues.
Accreditations for the team delegations are valid for all venues and will therefore bear the
stadium icon.
Categories
All groups with specific roles at the Major Event will be assigned to different categories. Each
category will be identified by a specific colour to be printed on the accreditation badge.
The teams are assigned to the "PMA" (Participating Member Association) category, coded
with the colour green:
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PMA – teams and official
Other groups will be assigned to categories as follows:
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ORGANISATION – blue
LOC (including all volunteers, service personnel) – red
PARTNER/GUEST – orange
PRESS – yellow
HOST BROADCASTER – black
BROADCAST PARTNER – grey
SECURITY/MEDICAL – pink
NON-RIGHTS HOLDERS – brown
Supplementary Access Devices (i.e. SADs)
As from -90 minutes before competition start, certain zones/areas cannot be accessed
without additional credentials, i.e. a Supplementary Access Device (SAD). A SAD may be a
“card”, which is to be used in conjunction with an accreditation pass, a wristband or it may be
a uniform, such as a bib.
Hereafter you will find a spreadsheet (SAD Type and Access Permissions) on all different
forms of additional access devices and on how the different access devices interact.
Also hereafter you will find a sheet listing all the SADs that the GC is responsible for (GC
SAD Distribution chart).
Following some comments on the different types of SADs:
a) Card SADs
The Organisations General Coordinator of each venue will be responsible for the
management and the distribution of the following card SADs:
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Competition Zone
Dressing rooms
Please note that SADs are valid for a single match only.
b) Uniforms
The following accredited people will not need to use a SADs on match days as their
uniform/kit will suffice:
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Teams
Competition Officials
Security and Emergency Medical
Police
c) Wristbands
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Uniformed Youth Programme (including kids)
Marketing to take care of the distribution process of these wristbands.
d) Bibs
The following bibs will be used in the field area:
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Teams (warm-up and substitute)
Photographers
Cameramen (no commentators) for television and the official film
Auxiliary personnel (“runners”) for television, film staff and photographers
First-Aid attendants with stretchers
Doping Control people
Bibs bearing numbers will be supplied to the photographers, cameramen and their assistants
and the Media Officer is responsible for their distribution to the media and that they are used
correctly.
SADs for the Teams
The coordination and the distribution of SADs for the teams will be managed by the General
Coordinator of the respective venue.
The teams will require the following SADs:
SAD category
"Competition
Zone"
Type of SAD
Zone 1 SAD
"Dressing
Room"
Zone 2 SAD
Handed over
Match
Coordination
Meeting
Match
Coordination
Meeting
Access
Competition Zone
Zone concerned
Accreditation
(for Zone 1)
teams'
dressing Accreditation
room,
warm-up (for Zone 2)
area, medical room,
ORGANISATION
delegation
room,
corridors
(giving
access to dressing
rooms)
Each team will receive the following SADs from the GC before each match at the Match
Coordination Meeting:
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6 for Zones 1 and 2 Official Area SADs
2 for Zones 2 Official Area SADs