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5.7 Distribution of Press Information ............................................................................................... 100
5.8 The Daily Bulletin ....................................................................................................................... 100
5.9 Launch Press Conferences ....................................................................................................... 100
5.10 Media Reports, Photos and Press Clippings ........................................................................... 101
5.11 BVIS......................................................................................................................................... 102
5.12 Live Scoring on the FIVB Website ........................................................................................... 102
5.13 The Athlete and the Media ...................................................................................................... 102
5.14 social media ............................................................................................................................. 103
6. Competition Regulations ................................................................................................................. 104
6.1 athlete eligibility ......................................................................................................................... 104
6.2 Entry regulations & Criteria ....................................................................................................... 104
6.3 Seeding Criteria ......................................................................................................................... 108
6.4 Competition & Match Format ..................................................................................................... 109
6.5 Competition & Match Programme ............................................................................................. 113
7. Specific Regulations and Sanctions ................................................................................................ 117
7.1 General ...................................................................................................................................... 117
7.2 The Organizers .......................................................................................................................... 117
7.3 The Athletes .............................................................................................................................. 120
7.4 Other .......................................................................................................................................... 120
8. Beach volleyball information system ............................................................................................... 124
8.1 BVIS – National Federations and Athletes Procedure .............................................................. 124
8.2 BVIS – Organizers’ Manual ....................................................................................................... 125
8.3 Mandatory BVIS Use ................................................................................................................. 127
9. 2014 Nanjing youth olympic games ................................................................................................ 128
9.1 Qualification & competition ........................................................................................................ 128
10. FIVB Directory & Official assignments .......................................................................................... 129
11. 2014 Calendar ............................................................................................................................... 134
Release: March 2014; Version 5.