TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Technical meeting format

Considering the challenge of aligning schedules for 16 team representatives across 4 time zones, the technical meeting is replaced with a written acknowledgement of the posted rules by each team member prior to the start of the event. This has been done successfully in previous Michael Lipov events. Please direct all questions to Patrick so that clarifications can be made available to all teams.

Bonds

You can either send your two bonds checks - sportsmanship ($250) and minimum roster ($250) - ahead of time, or deliver them to Patrick in person as soon as you arrive at the gym. Checks must be made out to Chicago Inter Handball Club and will be kept in escrow until Sunday. Please refer to the invitation for more information.

Note that we expect some young players to come watch and learn the sport so a special emphasis will be placed on behavior and sportsmanship. Let’s show off the best side of handball!

Safe Sport

Per the guidelines set forth by the USOPC and the US Center for Safe Sport, only players in uniform and officials who have passed the Safe Sport requirements will be allowed to sit on the bench during games. Any additional members of your group (staff, trainer, other teams, etc. will have to sit in the bleachers.

Stick-em (glue)

We will provide glue for use during the tournament so please do not bring your own. We will be using water-based resin, provided by hummel USA, our Apparel and Equipment Sponsor for the event. To make your life easier, we will be providing warm-up balls in both gyms but please:

Do not get glue on all of them. If we split them, it’s for a reason.
Do not walk away with them.

Auxiliary gym

All games and warm-ups in the auxiliary gym must be without any glue! As stated in the invitation, this will be a sportsmanship bond issue because we value our relationship with our facility. We will provide balls designed to be used without glue to avoid any issues. Please note that if we noticed glue being used during a game in that gym and cannot determine which team is the guilty party, both teams will lose their bond.

Punctuality

To make the tournament successful, we will need everyone to respect their game times. Please be on-site ready to play no later than 5 minutes before the scheduled start of your game.

Video reviews

It is a question that has come up in the past so we wanted to make it clear ahead of time: there will be no video reviews. We will be setting up a live stream of the event on our YouTube page, but it will not be used to review the referee calls after the fact.

Tie breakers

If needed after group play, ties on points will be broken as follows:

Results in points between the teams concerned (a.k.a. head-to-head result)
Goal differences in the matches between the teams concerned (with groups of 3 teams, this point is somewhat redundant)
Greater number of plus goals in the matches between the teams concerned
Goal difference is subtracted in all matches (a.k.a. overall goal differential)
Greater number of plus goals in all matches (a.k.a. total goals scored)

The information is pulled from published IHF competition rules for recent events.

Important note on parking

Teams and staff can park in Lot L. You will need to pay on Friday but not on Saturday and Sunday. Please download the PASSPORT app to park in that lot.

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