The 1st Pan-Asia International Network for Elite (PINE) League Sports Event

Competition time (tentative): 8/25/2014 (Monday) to 8/29/2014 (Friday)

Venue: NTU Sports Center 3rd floor

Sports: Men’s and women’s badminton, men’s volleyball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball

Participants: 56 participants per university at most

Administrative staff: 1 leader, 1 manager

Men’s and women’s badminton teams: 1 leader, 1 coach, 5 male athletes, 5 female athletes

Men’s volleyball team: 1 leader, 1 coach, 12 athletes

Men’s basketball team: 1 leader, 1 coach, 12 athletes

Women’s basketball team: 1 leader, 1 coach, 12 athletes

Cheerleader squads: 1 mascot, 5 cheerleaders

Competition rules and regulations

Qualification of athlete: Registered undergraduate students and graduate students

Men’s and women’s badminton

• Follows BWF Laws of Badminton

• Shuttlecock: Uses BWF approved shuttlecocks, provided by NTU

• Athletes: 10 (5 male, 5 female)

• Disciplines: Comprises of men’s single, women’s single, men’s double, women’s double, and mix double, 5 disciplines. The matches will be played as the best-of-five games (each athlete can only play 1 event)

Men’s volleyball

• Follows FIVB Official Volleyball Rules

• Volleyball: Uses Mikasa MVA200

• Athletes: 12

Men’s basketball

• Follows FIBA Official Basketball Rules

• Basketball: Uses Molten BGF7

• Athletes: 12

Women’s basketball

• Follows FIBA Official Basketball Rules

• Basketball: Uses Molten BGF6

• Athletes: 12