Support of Young Players at European Youth Goe Championship
         (from 2005 - clause 10 modified 2006)
      (Top age group changed to under 16 from 2010)

 (Note that these rules only apply when sponsorship funding is
  available to provide grants for travel and accommodation.)



The European Youth Goe Championship is organized with the support of
the Ing Chang-Ki Weiqi Educational Foundation with the aim to promote 
the game of go among a wide range of young players and also with the 
aim to help to increase the level of the game played by Youth.

The aim of this system is to enable to participate as many players as 
possible and also to make sure that none of the strong players would 
not be able to participate because of lack of money. 

On the other hand support should not go to players to whom EYGC is a
mere trip and who sometimes do not even know the rules. The system
also takes into account problems that appeared in the past and suggests 
a procedure how to avoid them.

The  system consists of two sets of rules: General rules which should be 
valid regardless of number and strength of participants, and Operational
rules which should be set before every EYGC by the Youth Commission 
together with the EGF Executive according to the expected number and 
strength of participants.

General Rules:
1.   Participants in each group (under 18 and under 12) are
     divided into three groups according to their strength.
2.   Participants in top groups in both categories have entry
     free and are paid all expenses for accommodation.
3.   Concerning top groups, maximum three participants from one country
     in each category (under 18 and under 12) are given a contribution 
     for travel expenses according to the distance they must travel and
     possible way of traveling.
4.   Participants in middle groups in both categories (under 18 and 
     under 12) have entry free and are paid half price for accommodation.
5.   Participants in bottom groups in both categories (under 18 and 
     under 12) pay all of their expenses by themselves.
6.   All participants who claim contributions must be on the EGF
     rating list with at least three tournaments.
7.   Every country can claim full support including traveling contributions
     for one participant even if he/she does not belong to a top group. 
     That is meant for promotion of the game of go and EYGC in countries 
     who do not have yet a strong background for Youth. This claim can be
     applied for a weaker player only in the case that the country does not
     have on the EGF Rating list a player strong enough to fulfil 
     requirements put on any of the top groups.
8.   All participants who wants to participate at the European Youth Goe 
     Championship must registered by the time given by the organizer and 
     pay an advance which must cover possible expenses due to a late 
     cancellation. Participants supported by Ing Foundation will be given 
     their money back when they arrive.
9.   It is only up to the organizer to decide if he accepts registrations 
     after the deadline. Participants registered after the deadline and 
     participants who did not pay an advance in time lose any claim for  
     support and must cover all of their expenses by themselves.
10.  Every participating country can send one team leader and one 
     accompanying person with every 5 children, but a maximum of 5 persons
     altogether. The team leader will have their accommodation paid by the 
     organizers, the other accompanying adults (up to a maximum of 4 persons
     per country) will get half their accommodation paid by the organizers.
     The Team leader can also claim the same travel contribution as 
     assigned to players in top groups from his/her country.
11.  All contributions for participants are dealt through National Go 
     Associations/Federations.

Operational Rules:
1.   Initial Rating for the top group in under 18 category will be set to 
     2050 (1 dan and stronger).
2.   Initial Rating for the middle group in under 18 category will be set 
     from 1050 to 2049 (from 10 kyu up to 1 kyu).
3.   Initial Rating for the top group in under 12 category will be set to
     1150 (9 kyu and stronger).
4.   Initial Rating for the middle group in under 12 category will be set 
     from 550 to 1149 (from 15 up to 10 kyu).
5.   Contributions for travel expenses will be from 50 EUR to 300 EUR pp.
6.   The Youth Commission together with the EGF Executive will publish 
     exact travel contributions for participants with regard to the host
     country, the Date at which Rating list will be taken into account 
     to decide who belongs to which group and can change rating limits for
     groups latest 15 December, so as National Associations/Federations can
     prepare their teams properly.

Note: It is expected the rating limits will be set more severely for future EYGCs
than those suggested above.