Lisa 3
Kaitseväe peastaabi 
väljaõppeosakonna ülema 22.10.2024
kirja nr KV-3.1-3/24/20093 juurde

Estonian Defence Forces Championship in Volleyball

1.	Purpose: to develop team sport in Estonian Defence Forces and to find out the best athletes in volleyball. 
2.	Time and Place: 20.–21. November 2024. Õismäe Sportmängude Hall (Õismäe tee 177, 13517 Tallinn).
3.	Registration: 
3.1.	Request to participate please inform sven.ringvee@mil.ee and rain.oopik@mil.ee or Estonian unit sport instructor before 13th of November 2024. 
4.	Participants:	Estonian Defence Forces, Estonian Defence League and allied troops’ units. Team consists max 12 players.
5.	Regulations and rules: 
5.1.	The competition takes place in a tournament system, where the teams are drawn into subgroups (the four best teams of the 2024 KV MV current status: MP/Guard Bn, CYBCOM, KUP Bn and NAVY are placed in different subgroups). After the subgroup games, the competition takes place in a play-off system.
5.2.	In subgroups and play-off games, 2 games are played until victory; the first two games to 25 points (2-point difference) and the decisive third game to 15 points (2-point difference).
5.3.	One TIME-OUT (30 sec) allowed per game.
5.4.	Rules according to the FIVB rules, with the following differences:
5.5.1. a female player's attack cannot be blocked by a male player.
5.5.	For a 2:0 win in the subgroup, the winner gets 3 points and the loser gets 0 points, for a 2:1 win the winner gets 2 points and the loser gets 1 point.
5.6.	In the subgroups, the ranking is determined as follows: wins, points, overall game ratio, head-to-head game.
5.7.	For additional information, please contact with Estonian unit POC or Estonian unit sport instructor.
6.	Time Schedule:
13.11.2024 preliminary entry deadline
18.11.2024 tournament system, groups and time table
20.11.2024 subgroups games
21.11.2024 play-off games
7.	Prize Distribution: 
7.1.	Teams who recorded the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd place will be awarded with a trophy and medals. 
7.2.	Winner team in Estonian Defence Forces category (EDF units) will be awarded with the t-shirt of Defence Forces Master. 
7.3.	Best players in 1st to 4th, 5th to 8th and 9th to 16th places will be awarded with souvenirs. 

Meelis Stamm
Major
Headquarters of Estonian Defence Forces 
Training Department
Staff officer