2nd European Green Festival of Traditional Wrestling Sports

3rd Belt Wrestling European Championships

Objects:
1. Popularization culture heritage and peoples diversity through traditional wrestling
2. Popularization and development of Belt Wrestling in Europe
3. Strengthening of friendship connection to international sports organizations
4. Promotion of the health life style

Date: 5 - 9 June, 2008
Venue: Universal sport arena “Azovmash”, Petrovsky Park of Culture, Mariupol City
Official hotel: Sanatorium “Azovmash” for athletes, “European” for conference participants

Organizers:
1. Sport committee for non Olympic Sports of the State of Ukraine.
2. European Belt Wrestling Association (EBWA).
3. All Ukrainian Belt Wrestling Federation
4. Sport club “Azovmash”

General direction of competition is realized by All Ukrainian Belt Wrestling Federation and International Belt Wrestling Association.The leading of competition is laid on the Organizing Committee and Referees Commission confirmed by International Belt Wrestling Association.

Program:
1. Demonstration of traditional wrestling of 5 continents
2. 3th Belt Wrestling European Championships
"Plant for Planet” – “Beach cleaning action"
3. UNESCO Conference / Roundtable – Quality Physical Education and TGS (Traditional Games and Sport)

5 June - Arrival day, Accreditation, Training session.
6 June - Arrival day, Accreditation, Referees seminar, Official weighing, Draw.
               Tree planting / Beach cleaning, UNESCO Conference.
7 June - Preliminary competition FS (M/W), Traditional Wrestling Demonstration,
               Official Opening Ceremony (16:00), Finals FS, Awarding Ceremony
8 June - Preliminary competition CS, Ukrainian TW, Finals, Awarding Ceremony.
9 June - Departure day: National teams, Officials, Gusts.

Comptitors:
Belt Wrestling
1. Only national teams of the National Federations are allowed to compete.
2. Age of the competitors – not younger than 18 on day of competition.
3. Consisting of team – 18 persons: 1 couch, 1 referee, 15 sportsman.
4. Weight categories:
     - Men: -66 kg., -73 kg., -81 kg., - 90 kg., -100 kg, +100 kg. (classical and free style).
     - Women: -58 kg., -66 kg., +66 kg (free style).