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2013 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CURLING CHALLENGE (EJCC)

3rd - 8th January 2013 - PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

1.	World Curling Federation (WCF) rules apply, unless otherwise indicated below or explained at the Team Meeting (3 January, Prague Curling Club, 11:00).
2.	The Junior Women (12 teams) and the Junior Men (13 teams) will be divided into two (2) groups; Junior Women "WA" and "WB", and the Junior Men "MA" and "MB". The teams in each group are listed within this document. Each group plays a round-robin series. At the end of the round-robin series there must be a clear ranking for 1st and 2nd position in each group. The playoff format will then be:
	- the teams ranked 1st from WA and MA will play against the teams ranked 2nd from WB and MB, and the teams ranked 2nd from WA and MA will play against the teams ranked 1st from WB and MB. The winners of those games advance to the final games, and the winners of the final games will qualify their Association for the World Junior Curling Championships (WJCC) 2013.
3.	All games will be eight (8) ends, with extra end(s) to break tied games.
4.	There will be a five-minute practice for each team before each round robin game. The practice starts 15 minutes before the scheduled game time. The team with the first practice during the round robin will be:
	a) the women must toss a coin during the Team Meeting to decide which team will have first practice in these games: WA - first game (est v svk, slo v ita and ger v fin); WB - the games on Friday at 16:00 (eng v hun, pol v lat and tur v den); in all other round robin games the team with dark stones practices first.
	b) the MA men's teams with dark stones practice first in all round robin games; the MB men's teams must toss a coin during the Team Meeting to decide which team will have first practice in their first game (NED v LAT, EST v SLO and ENG v AUT) and in all other round robin games the team with dark stones practices first.
5.	At the conclusion of the team's pre-game practice, one player delivers one stone to the tee at the home end (glassed end). The team with the lesser Last Stone Draw (LSD) has the choice of delivering first or second stone in the first end. If the LSDs are equal, a toss of the coin will determine which team has the choice.
6.	First named team in each draw plays stones with dark coloured handles, and should wear dark coloured upper playing garments. Red is considered a dark colour.
7.	The Chief Umpire will determine the schedule and ice for all post round robin games as soon as the number of games required and the opponents have been determined.

NOTE:	The Thursday training sessions will be 12 minutes on each sheet, moving from A to B to C to D. The sessions will be controlled by the Umpires who will indicate the time that the teams change sheets.

NOTE:	There will only be one round of tie-breaker games (if required). The procedure for reducing the number of teams for these tie-breakers will be explained at the Team Meeting.

	If there are no tie-breaker games on Tuesday, 8 January the games will be 10:30 and 15:30.

	GOOD CURLING !!!