ITF Member Nations are invited to participate in the tournament
with the objective to identify the 2018 Tag World Champion Nation in
their given grades.
The tournament will be delivered in certain age group divisions:
- Open Mens, Womens, Mixed
- 30s Mens, Senior Womens (27years+), Senior Mixed (Womens
30years, Mens 33 years)
- Under 16s, 18s Boys and Girls
- Under 21s Mens Womens, Mixed
- Over 35s Mens Masters Women (35 years)
- Over 40s, 45s, 50s Mens, 55 Mens
Nations to be invited
As at the time of this Brief, the ITF intends to have the following nations represented at this World Cup:
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Lebanon (Aus Based)
- Indigenous Australia (Aus Based)
- Malta (Aus Based)
- Samoa (NZ/Aus Based)
- Tonga (NZ/Aus Based)
- Cook Islands (NZ/Aus Based)
- Niue (NZ/Aus Based)
- Aotearoa Maori (NZ Based)
- New Zealand Barbarians (NZ Based)
- France
- Fiji (NZ/Aus Based)
- Vietnam (Aus Based)
- Japan
- South Africa
- Hong Kong
- Sri Lanka (Aus Based)
- Phillipines (Aus Based)
- China (Aus Based)
- Thailand (Aus Based)
- Greece (Aus Based)
- Italy (Aus Based)
- India (NZ Based)
- Korea (Aus Based)
- Tokelau
- American Samoa (NZ Based)
- Papua New Guinea
- USA
-
Australian Barbarians
2. Outline Timetable
2.1 This planning has been in operation for a few months and while some fine detail may change, an outline timetable for delivery of the tournament is set out below:
- Pre- Monday/Wednesday October 29th/31st 2018: Teams arrive
- October 31st Wednesday 2018: Registration/Referees Meeting
- November 1st Thursday 2018 : 6pm Opening Ceremony- 8pm Coachs/Managers/Referees meetin
- November 1st Thursday 2018: Day 1 Pool Play Time 7.30 pm till late
- November 2nd Friday 2018: Day 2 Pool Play Time 9am-9.30pm
- November 3rd Saturday 2018: Day 2 Pool Play Time 9am-9.30pm
- November 4th Sunday: Finals Day Time 9am-5.30pm
- November 5th Monday: Teams Disperse
2.2 Members will be expected to attend the opening and closing ceremonies
