World Team Championships Rules and Regulation
1 Organizers
Renju International Federation
2 Hosts
Board and Card Games Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport of China
Shandong Sport Bureau
People’s Government of Xintai Municipality
3 Co-hosts
Xintai Sport Undertaking Development Center
4 Competition Date and Place
4.1 Competition Date: April 30 to May 5, 2024 (The competition will be ended at the noon of May 5)
4.2 Venue: Xintai, Shandong Province
5 Groups
Teams (renju and gomoku)
6 Time Control
120 minutes plus 30 seconds per move
7 Qualification and competition methods
The latest RIF World Championship regulations shall be observed.
8 Entry and Registration
8.1 Entry
(1) Players should entry via your national/regional association with the Entry Form (Annex 1) email to zgqywzq@126.com before April 1, 2024. If visa invitation needed, please cc to silvia_sunjn@yeah.net with passport copies.
(2) No entry fee.
8.2 Registration
(1) All teams should arrive the playing hotel before 17:00 on April 29 with passports for room check-in.
(2) Registration and playing venue is Xintai Rongfeng International Hotel (the cross point of Binhu Road and Qinglong Road, Xintai Municipality, Shandong Province)
(3) The LOC will provide 2 free accommodation for each association each team (if joint team, 2 free accommodation for each association). Price of accommodation for other participants is double room 160 CNY per person per day and single room 320 CNY per person per day, meal fee is 140 CNY per person per day.
(4) All participants should buy their personal safety liability insurance for the whole trip and during the tournament.
9 Transport
9.1 From Beijing Airport to playing venue
(1) From April 15, participants could buy high speed train tickets (April 29, Beijing South Railway Station to Tai’an Station) in advance on 12306 website English version (https://www.12306.cn/en/index.html) or official app 12306.
(2) From April 21, participants could buy return tickets (May 5, Tai’an Station to Beijing South Railway Station) in the same way.
(3) After the purchase of train tickets, all teams should send the train numbers with passenger numbers to silvia_sunjn@yeah.net while cc to zgqywzq@126.com, the LOC will arrange free pick-ups accordingly.
(4) After arriving at Beijing Airport, participants can take taxi (1-1.5 hours) to Beijing South Railway Station. If you arrive at 7am-10am and 4pm-7pm, please leave 2-2.5 hours for the distance.
(5) After arriving at Beijing South Railway Station, you can pick the tickets at the manual counter or self-service tickets machine.
(6) The LOC will provide free pick-ups for participants between Tai’an Station and playing venue. Upon your arrival at the playing venue, please confirm your return transport with the LOC.
9.2 From Jinan Airport to playing venue
(1) Participating teams should write your arrival/departure date, time and flight number to silvia_sunjn@yeah.net and cc to zgqywzq@126.com.
(2) The LOC will arrange the free transport from/to Jinan Airport according to the transport info you provided. Upon your arrival at playing venue, please confirm your return transport with the LOC.