[ Name ] The 10th World Students GO OZA Championship
[ Organizer ] The All-Japan Students GO Association / NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN INC. / PANDANET INC.
[ Cooperation ] The Nihon Ki-in / The International GO Federation

[ Date ] 27 February - 2 March 2012
(27 February: Reception / 28 February: Rounds 1 & 2 / 29 February: Rounds 3 & 4 / 1 March: Tokyo sightseeing / 2 March: End of official schedule)

[ Venue] Ginza Internet Forum (Tokyo, Japan)
[ Championship format ] Face-to-face games, Swiss system.

[ Number of games ] 4
[ Number of players ] 16
(Japan 2, China 2, Taiwan 2, Korea 2, other Asian countries 2, Europe 3, North, Central & South America 2, Oceania & Africa 1)

Participating areas					Notes
Japan	male	1	female	1	*1
China	male	1	female	1
Taiwan	male	1	female	1
Korea	male	1	female	1
Other Asian	2				*2
Europe	male	2	female	1
North, Central & South America	2
Oceania & Africa	1

*1 The Japanese representatives will be the winner of the domestic 10th All Japan Students Oza championship and the highest-placed female player.
*2 When the representatives are from the same country, the highest-placed player from another country will be chosen.
However, no change will be made if male and female players from the same country are chosen (because one of the objectives of this championship is to promote exchange among students).
●When the player who has acquired the right to be the representative becomes unable to play, the next-ranked player will take his or her place.
●In areas where the players are divided into male and female, separate championships will be held for males and females.
●The preliminaries in each area will be based upon a first qualifying round (free games) and a second qualifying round (tournament) to choose the participants.
●In principle, the number of players to advance to the main championship will be 16, but the allowance for each area may vary according to the number of participants.

championship rules: Both preliminaries and the main championship are to use Japanese rules. The time allowance is 60 minutes, followed by 30-second byo-yomi. All games are to be played on even. In the preliminaries, the colours will be chosen by computer and by nigiri in the main championship.

[ First qualifying round (free games) ]
Games will be held in a designated game room where the players can play freely, with at least five games to be played within the designated period (no one can play the same opponents twice). The order will be decided by the methods given below.
1．Points will be calculated by the following methods, and the players will finish in the order of their points.
Points = winning percentage (games won / number of games) + number of wins by 0.02.
2．When the players have the same number of points, the player with more wins will be placed higher.
3．If there is still a tie, the player with the higher SOS (sum of opponents’ scores) will be placed higher.
4．If there is still a tie, the players will be given the same place.

[ Second qualifying round (tournament) ]
Qualifiers in first qualifying round are set in tournament. Games are held in a designated game room of Pandanet on determined time and date. Qualifiers in second qualifying round can participate in main championship.

[ Championship deadlines ]
Applications : 3 ~ 31 October 2011
Preliminaries 1 : 6 ~ 20 November 2011
Preliminaries 2 : 27 November ~ 11 December 2011
Main championship : 27 February ~ 2 March 2012

[ Qualifications for participants ]
·Being an amateur player.
·Being a university / college student under the age of 30.
·Being able to use Pandanet to participate in the preliminaries.
·Being able to communicate in English by E-mail.
·Being able to come to Japan to participate in the main championship.

[ Points to note and manners ]
·The registration is done based on the country where the player's university exists. You are required to show your student identification when you become the representative.
  (Ex. If you go to a university in Japan, you will be the Japanese representative even if you have Korean nationality.)
·Games to be played in the established game room of Pandanet.
·Games must all be played by the player concerned in person, and no advice concerning the game should be given. If a breach of the rules is later discovered, such as a different player playing or advice being given, the game may be confiscated and, in the worst case, the player concerned may be stripped of the right to play in the championship.
·In principle, games are to be played at home. The championship office at The All-Japan Students GO Association will carry out a survey of access, so please inform us if you will be playing at a go club or surrounded by a group of people.
·Proper greetings should be made at the beginning and end of games. Also, slandering the opponent is expressly forbidden. If something happens, please inform the championship office.
·If a bad breach of manners or a violation has been detected, disqualification is possible even after the result of the game has been confirmed.
·If an objection is lodged, it will be adjudicated at a conference at the championship office in The All-Japan Students GO Association.

·If you have any questions, please e-mail to gakusei15league@gmail.com