OVERVIEWOF THE

FINA ARTISTICSWIMMING

WORLD SERIES

The FINA Artistic Swimming World Series is an annual international series of Artistic Swimming meets organized (under the umbrella of FINA) by National Federations affiliated to FINA around the globe.

This competitive circuit was created in order to raise the profile of the newly re-branded sport of artistic swimming around the world while creating more structured competition calendar for national teams.

THE GLOBALREACH OF THEFINA ARTISTICSWIMMINGWORLD SERIESIS CONSTANTLY GROWING

ABOUT THE SERIES

The 3rd edition of the World Series establishes an international ranking based on points accumulated over all meets.

With prize money attached for combined results, the Series promises to keep growing as National Teams from around the world revise their training calendars to be able to attend more events.

ABOUT THE SERIES

EVENTS IN 20198 +1 SUPER FINAL

3DAYEVENTS 3rd

EDITION

BEST ARTISTIC SWIMMERSIN THE WORLD!

SUPER FINAL

2019CALENDAR

ANNUALEVENT8 STOPS + 1 SUPER FINALAROUND THE WORLD

PARIS (FRA)

March 01 - 03

ALEXANDROUPOLIS

(GRE)April 05 - 07

KAZAN (RUS)

April 19 - 21

TOKYO (JPN)

April 27 - 29

GREENBORO (USA)

May 24 - 26

BEIJING(CHN)May 04 - 06

QUEBEC CITY (CAN)

May 30 - June 01

BARCELONA(ESP)

May 31 - June 02

BUDAPEST (HUN)June 14 - 16

SUPER FINALBUDAPEST (HUN)June 14 - 16

BUDAPEST ISTHE 5th LARGESTCAPITAL CITYIN EUROPEWITH 1.8M INHABITANTS.

Hungary and Budapest enjoy favorable geographical conditions in terms of freshwater resources.

The entire country, including urban and rural areas have 100% access to safe drinking water.

The Danube, the connecting artery of the city provides a magnificent backdrop for the newly built, state-of-the-art Danube Arena, the largest and most modern indoor swimming pool arena in Europe.

A sight from the city centre: Budapest, soon after sunset

SUPER FINALBUDAPEST (HUN)June 14 - 16

THE EVENT WILL BE HELD IN THE DUNA ARENA.

Reshaped to legacy format, the state-of-the-art Duna Arena re-opened last year by staging a leg of the artistic swimming World Series and continued to serve the FINA Family with multiple other events.

BY INTRODUCING THE NEW SERIES-ENDING SHOWCASE, THE SUPER FINAL, THIS DISCIPLINE WILL GET A FURTHER BOOST.

The Super Final is the last leg of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series.The first twelve (12) highest ranked National Federations in each event (solo, duet, mixed duet and teams) will be invited to attend the Super Final.

The Federations will continue to collect points at this competition.

The final ranking will determine the winner in each category.

SUPER FINALBUDAPEST (HUN)June 14 - 16

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

DAY 2

FREE

> SOLO FREE

> DUET FREE

> MIXED DUET FREE

> TEAM FREE

DAY 3

> HIGHLIGHTS

> FREE COMBINATION

> END OF EVENT GALA

DAY 1

TECHNICAL

> SOLO TECHNICAL

> DUET TECHNICAL

> MIXED DUET TECHNICAL

> TEAM TECHNICAL

THE EVENTS ARE TO BE HELD SEPARATELY AND THE RESULTS CANNOT BE COMBINED

AN END OF EVENT GALA IS EXPECTED ON THE LAST DAY OF EACH LEG OF THE ASWS. THE SPECIFICS OF THE GALA ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HMF/OC

AVAILABLEON

> SOLO TECHNICAL ROUTINE> SOLO FREE ROUTINE

> DUET TECHNICAL ROUTINE> DUET FREE ROUTINE

> MIXED DUET TECHNICAL ROUTINE> MIXED DUET FREE ROUTINE

> TEAM TECHNICAL ROUTINE> TEAM FREE ROUTINE> TEAM HIGHLIGHTS ROUTINE> TEAM FREE COMBINATION

MEET PROGRAMME

IT IS THE ONLY AQUATIC SPORTTO COMBINE STRENGTH, POWER, AND EXCITING ACROBATIC FEATS PERFORMED WITH GRACE AND TO DRAMATIC MUSIC

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PRIZEMONEYTHE TOP SIX (6) FEDERATIONS IN EACH CATEGORYWILL RECEIVE PRIZE MONEY

1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 5th Place4th Place

USD 15’000 USD 10’000 USD 8’000 USD 5’000USD 6’000 USD 4’000

6th Place

USD 20’000 USD 10’000 USD 8’000 USD 5’000USD 6’000 USD 4’000

USD 45’000 USD 25’000 USD 15’000 USD 6’000USD 8’000 USD 4’000

USD 20’000 USD 10’000 USD 8’000 USD 5000USD 6’000 USD 4000

SOLO: TECH & FREE

DUET: TECH & FREE

MIXED DUET: TECH & FREE

MIXED DUET: TECH & FREE

TOTAL USD 257'000

PRIZE MONEY -SUPER FINALADDITIONAL PRIZE MONEY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE SIX (6) HIGHEST RANKED FEDERATIONS IN THE SUPER FINAL AS FOLLOWS:

TOTAL PRIZE MONEYSUPER FINAL USD 310'000

OVERALLPRIZE MONEY USD 567'000

1st place2nd place3rd place4th place5th place6th place

USD 100’000USD 70’000USD 50’000USD 40’000USD 30’000USD 20’000

FLEXIBILITY, GRACE & ARTISTRY

> The Series is open to all FINA affiliated Federations

> The ranking will be established by adding the results of each Federation in every category (solo, duet, mixed duet and team).

� Medals will be awarded to the first three (3) highest ranked National Federations according to this ranking.

� With this occasion medals will be awarded to the first three (3) highest ranked National Federations of the World Series in each category.

ATHLETESPARTICIPATION& RANKING

ARTISTICSWIMMERSWORK OUT 6 DAYSA WEEK, WITH UP TO 8 OR 9 HOURSA DAY OF WATER AND DRY-LAND TRAINING

TEAM SPORT!

The following points will be attributed to the National Federations according to the rankings of each event in the competitions attended:

For the Highlight Event only the following points will be attributed:

ATHLETESPARTICIPATION& RANKING

2nd Place

1st Place

4th Place

5th Place

3rd Place

50 points

40 points

30 points

20 points

15 points

7th Place

6th Place

9th Place

10th Place

8th Place

14 points

13 points

12 points

11 points

10 points

2nd Place

1st Place

4th Place

5th Place

3rd Place

55 points

45 points

35 points

25 points

20 points

7th Place

6th Place

9th Place

10th Place

8th Place

15 points

14 points

13 points

12 points

11 points

ATHLETES OBLIGATIONS

HOTTOPICS

> MEDIA AND PR EVENTS: a minimum of one hour per day (i.e. TV production activities, press conferences, autograph sessions, participation at VIP events (evening & day), practice session, exhibitions, clinics, TV interviews, video/photo shooting, etc.

> Awards

> Others

EACH HMF/OC SHOULD INFORM SWIMMERS (PRIOR ARRI-VAL ON-SITE) ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION IN ANY MEDIA ACTIVITIES (PRESS CONFERENCE, CLINICS, ETC).

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MR. CORNEL MARCULESCUFINA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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SWITZERLAND

TEL : +41 21 310 47 10

EMAIL: artisticswimming@fina.org

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