1.    Objective and Tasks
1.1        To provide comprehensive development of children and youth.
1.2        To promote high level preparedness of basketball players.
1.3        To define best teams of European Youth Basketball League.
1.4        To provide interchange of competence in training and 
              pedagogical experience.
1.5        To develop regular international contacts.
1.6        To popularize basketball in member states of EYBL.

 2.    Contest Management and Procedure
2.1. Contest of European Youth Basketball League is carried out and         
       coordinated are by Management of EYBL.
       Management is located in: 
       Terbatas street 55-16, 
       Riga, Latvia, LV-1001.
       Telephone: +371 7 276 175
       Fax no.: +371 7 313 057
       E-mail: bsriga@basnet.lv 
       Administration is assigned to the President of EYBL Guntis Senhofs
       and    Executive Director Aldis Neimanis.
2.2. Each team is under responsibility to organize a stage (domestic)
       of EYBL once in two seasons, but no further than 1000 kilometers
       from center of EYBL, i.e. Riga.
2.3. Organizers of stage have right to commit organization of their stage
      (domestic stage) to Management of EYBL by transferring to bank
      account of EYBL 8000,00 EUR (eight thousand euros, 0 cents),
      which is approximately needed amount of money for organizing of
      the stage.
2.4.  In the case of teams exiting of the contest after first season of two-
       year cycle and without organization of own stage, team must transfer
       to bank account of EYBL 4000,00 EUR (four thousand euros, 0
       cents), which is approximately half of needed  money amount for \
       organizing the stage.
2.5.  In the case of joining of the team after the first season of two-year
       cycle and by not getting right for organization of the stage, team must
       similarly transfer to bank account of EYBL 4000,00 EUR (four
       thousand euros, 0 cents).
2.6. Each stage of the contest is carried out on the basis of the previously
       approved calendar for current season.
2.7. Secretariat, referees and assisting personnel is provided by the 
       organizer of particular stage.
2.8. The organizer of the particular stage is under responsibility to
       provide the presence of a competition commissar in each game.
2.9. For refereeing each stage of the contest, all teams are rightful to
       ensure the presence of one referee on the sports ground,
       having coordinated this issue with the organizer 10 days before the
       contest. 
2.10.All expenses regarding feeding and housing the participants, and 
       organization of the contest, are covered by the organizer of the 
       particular stage.
2.11. Number of people involved in the official delegation of each 
       participating team shall not exceed 13 people. Expenses of the 
       other participants shall be covered by the sending party itself.
2.12.Transport expenses and expenses related to visa formation are 
       covered by the sending party.

     4.    Participants
4.1 Championship of EYBL is carried out for four age groups of youth,
      between teams of clubs and sport schools. In order to raise the level
      of the players the Management of EYBL is rightful to admit to the
      EYBL the combined teams of some city, region or state, as an
      exception.
4.2 For the season of years 2010/2011 the contest is carried out in
      following age groups of youth: 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997.
4.3 Only the teams of EYBL take part in the contest. Other teams having 
      applied for the contest are approved by the Management of the
      League.
4.4 Within the sequent years, depending on the number of teams, there
      may be some changes made in the existing regulations, as well as
      limited number of teams from one country may be accepted.
4.5 Each club team can be strengthened by two players from the club of
      the same region.
4.6 Players may change the team for another one during the season up
       to 28th of February year 2011.

     5.    Order of  Contest
5.1.The Championship among young people born in 1994, 1995 and
      1996 year of birth is carried out in compliance with the rules of FIBA. 5.2.Young players born in of 1997 shall play with ball of the size 6; they
       play only individual defense (a player against a player). In this age
       group any type of zone defense is prohibited. There is allowed
       defense assistance against a player with a ball on his side of the
       ground.  
5.3. In competitions of players born 1994, 1995, and 1996 there are 32
       teams taking part in each age group.
5.4.According to results of the previous regular season, the teams of
       young people born in  1994, 1995 and 1996 are dividend in two
       divisions:
       a) In the first division there are teams which have taken places 1 to 
       16 in the previous season; they are fighting for the title „EYBL
       Champions”
       b) In the second there are the next 16 teams playing; they are fighting
       for the EYBL Cup.
5.5.In the following seasons (second, third and fourth) according to
       results of previous seasons, there is made following transition: team
       which took the first place in the second division (EYBL Cup) is moving
       to first division, but team which took 16 
       place in the first division is moving to the second division.
5.6.Teams which have taken 15th and 16th place in the second division
       (EYBL Cup), in case of new teams applications give a place for
       these teams.
5.7.In the championship of young people born in 1997, there are 32
       teams taking part in each age group, which are divided into two
       groups (16 teams each), and afterwards they are dividend into four
       subgroups (4 teams each).
5.8.At the end of the first season (2010/2011) teams of young people
       born in 1996 will be divided in two divisions: EYBL Championship
      (16 teams), EYBL Cup (16 teams) (clause 5.5.).
5.9.In all groups of ages contests are organized in regime of four-year
      cycle (2 x 2 seasons).
5.10.EYBL Championship and EYBL Cup are carried out according to
      the group system – three rounds. 
5.11.In each stage there are four games played with the teams of other
      subgroup and one game within the same subgroup in the following
      sequence:
             First stage                        1 - 4 and 2 - 3
             Second stage                  1 - 3 and 2 - 4
             Third stage                       1 - 2 and 3 - 4
5.12.Winner of the stage become the one who has received the most of
       points. In case there is an equal number of points, the winner is the
       team having won the game (-s) between themselves, still in case
       there were no such games, the winner is determined according to
       the best difference of the scored and missed balls.
5.13.Stage contests are carried out within three days + the day of arrival.
5.14. In the contest of the stage the teams play with each other for 4 x 8
       minutes (additional time 4 minutes)
5.15.In case the team does not take part in some stage, it receives 0
       points in all games of the stage; however its competitors receive 2
       points.
5.16.In case the team does not take part in some stage, the organizer is
       rightful to invite any other club team of its country, which takes part
       out of competition.
5.17.The results of the invited team are not considered when the teams
       are assigned points, and this team takes the last place in the stage.
5.18.The organizer of the stage is obligated to send the results of the
       contest to the Management of EYBL at the end of each day f the
       contest. The organizer of the round is obligated to send the final 
       results to the Management of EYBL within 7 days from the end of the 
       stage.
5.19.The organizer is obligated to provide visas and send them to the
      participants not later then 1 month before the beginning of the stage.

   9.    Applications and financial terms
9.1 Applications of the teams for the next season in each age group shall be
      submitted to the representative of EYBL in the first round of the contest.  
9.2 Each team is rightful to introduce 16 participants, having specified their birth
      year and date, height, number of player and membership of the club or sport
      school, as well as the place of birth and address of the residence. There also
      shall be added a photo of the player for a license.
      During the season it is allowed to introduce two players.
9.3 In first round of the contest of each age group, the representative of EYBL,
      according to the received applications, prepare and hands out seasonal
      licenses to the players.
9.4 In each of the following rounds the license is presented to the organizer of
      the tournament. The players without licenses are not allowed to take part in
      the contest.
9.5 The team pays 25.00 EUR (twenty five euros, 0 cents) for the license of
      each  introduced player. The team pays 100.00 EUR (one hundred euros, 0
      cents) for each additionally introduced player (during the season).
9.6 The fee shall be paid when the license is received or it shall be transferred to
      the account of EYBL not later than 10 days after the end of the first round.
9.7 Each team 10 days before the beginning of the first round, pays a guarantee
      deposit (for the participation of the team in EYBL) – 1000.00 EUR (one 
      thousand euros, 0 cents), which is returned to the club at the end of the 
      season, if the team preserves its status.
9.8 The teams having disregarded the clauses 9.5. And 9.7 are not allowed to
       take part in the contest.