INFORMACIÓN TÉCNICA - TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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Entries
   According the EAA regulations the deadline for the preliminary entries is midnight Wednesday, 2nd February. The entries are being processed by the EAA online entry system which is accessible on the EAA website (www.european-athletics.org) in the section "competition".
   For the final entries, the system will be open on Monday, 7th March and close on Wednesday, 23rd March.
   EAA Member Federations are able to access the online entry system with their ID and password allotted for previous EAA events.
   Each EAA Member may enter 1 (one) men's team and 1 (one) women's team, of a maximum of 5 (five) runners each of whom 3 (three) will score.
   Qualification standards are as follows:

   and the runners being ranked among the 50 (fifty) best placed at the last 3 (three) World Cross Country Championships in the long distances and the 20 (twenty) best placed at the European Cross Country Championships preceding the year of the European 10000m Cup.

   All team members must meet the qualification standards.
   Although the Cup is basically a team competition, individual entries may be accepted, according to the qualification standards, for those EAA members which are unable to send full teams. The individual ranking will be applied for runners.
   Countries having participated the preceding year in the European Cup can enter 1 (one) male and (1) female athlete even if he/she has not fulfilled the entry standard.
   If a team fails to finish with a complete scoring team, the runners finishing shall be counted as individuals in the race result and shall be eligible for the individual placing.

Scoring
   The women's and men's race are scored separately.
   If A and B races are held the results are merged into one list.
   The team ranking is decided on the basis of the 3 (three) best times of the team members in the A and B races.    The individual ranking is decided by merging together the results of A and B races into 1 (one) list of results.
   In the event of a tie, it shall be resolved in favour of the team whose last scoring runner finishes with the best time.

Programme
   The competition will be staged on 2nd April in the afternoon.

Time	Event
18.30	10.000m	Women
19.15	10.000m	Men

   Each event may be divided into A and B races, if the number of runners makes it necessary. The runners with the fastest times to be placed in the A races. If the times can not be compared, due to different distances, the EAA Technical Delegate shall decide which race the runners in question shall participate in.

EAA Technical Delegate
   The EAA Council nominated Mr. Georgios Constantopolous (GRE) as Technical Delegate for this competition.

Jury of Appeal
   According the EAA regulations the Jury of Appeal will be elected at the Technical Meeting.

Technical Meeting
   The Technical Meeting will be held in the Barceló hotel Nervión (room to be decided) at 7.00pm on April, 1st.

Travel
   The official airport for this competition is Bilbao (BIO). It has regular flights from some European major cities as London, Paris and Frankfurt and daily connections via Barcelona or Madrid.
   Local transportation (bus) will be provided to/from the airport and the official hotel.

Accommodation and financial conditions
   All the teams and EAA Delegates will be accommodated at:

Barceló Hotel Nervión
Paseo Campo de Volantín, 11
48007 Bilbao
Phone: +34 94 4454700
Fax: +34 94 4455608
www.bchoteles.com
E-mail: nervion@bchoteles.com

   The EAA Member Federations shall pay their travelling expenses, in both directions, to and from the venue of the competition as well as board and lodging expenses at the venue of the competition, which exceed such costs to be covered by EAA as follows.
   The EAA will pay the board and lodging expenses for a maximum of 2 (two) days for a maximum number of 3 (three) male and 3 (three) female runners (scoring athletes) from each member Federation.
   If teams want to bring more team members than covered by the EAA quota, they have to pay CHF 100 (64,43€) per person per night in double occupancy and CHF 130 (84,41€) per person per night in single occupancy.
   Team Leaders will be asked to pay the accommodation costs for the team members and/or additional nights not covered by the EAA quota, upon arrival at the Barceló Hotel Nervión.

Visa Information
   Citizens of the following countries require a visa to enter Spain: ALB, ARM, AZE, BLR, BIH, GEO, MDA, MKD, RUS, SCG, TUR, and UKR. Visa applications should be made in due time at the relevant Spanish Consulate or Embassy.
   This invitation may be useful in assisting with your delegation's visa application. If this invitation is not sufficient, please contact the Spanish Federation as soon as possible, for further assistance.

LOC contacts
   The LOC contact details are:

Real Federación Española Atletismo
Avda. Valladolid, 81, 1
28008 - Madrid
Phone: + 34 91 5482423
Fax: + 34 91 5476113
www.rfea.es
E-mail:
Contact person: José Luis de Carlos