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IFF Registered Testing Pools and Whereabouts Requirements

The IFF Whereabouts requirements are based on the World Anti-Doping Code

IFF has two Registered Testing Pools (RTP´s):

1) Registered Testing Pool for Individual players (RTP 1)
2) Registered Testing Pool for National teams (RTP 2)

IFF RTP 1

An athlete in the IFF Registered Testing Pool 1 (RTP 1) is required to make a quarterly Whereabouts Filing that provides accurate and complete information about the Athlete’s whereabouts during the forthcoming quarter.

IFF RTP 1 consists 14 athletes, seven men and seven women. The athletes will be chosen every year from the top three countries according to the previous World Championships´ results. The National Associations of the top three countries will propose their top players to the IFF and the IFF will choose the players according to this pattern:

3 players from the Men´s reigning World Champion nation
3 players from the Women´s reigning World Champion nation
2 players from the Men´s 2nd placed nation
2 players from the Women´s 2nd placed nation
2 players from the Men´s 3rd placed nation
2 players from the Women´s 3rd placed nation

These players will submit their individual whereabouts flings to the IFF four times a year. The calendar year is divided into four quarters:

Individual whereabouts includes 60 minutes time slot for every day. Read more about Whereabouts Filing Requirements from IFF RTP 1 page .

IFF RTP 2

IFF RTP 2 consist top 4 national teams according to the previous World Championships´ results. There will be 8 teams all together, top 4 Women´s teams and top 4 Men´s teams. The National Associations of the top 4 countries need to provide to the IFF the detailed information of all national team training camps, matches, tournaments and the players participating these national team activities.

The detailed national team schedule with the national team roster shall be sent to the IFF office latest 10 days before the start of the national team activity. Read more about RTP 2 Whereabouts Information from IFF RTP 2 page .