WORLD BETTA CONTEST – 2018 NOTICE

We are proud to announce that the 2018 World Betta Contest - World Betta Contest will be held in Brazil in Natal city - Rio Grande do Norte during the International Aquarium Fair. The WBC is organized by the CCB – (Confederação de Criadores de Bettas do Brasil) - Confederation of Betta Breeders from Brazil.

Participation and entry of fish into the exhibition / championship is free for UCAB or IBC members who are current with the annuity. Each member initially will have 20 display tanks available.

The registration fee for non-members is 150 reais. The registration fee gives the right to participate with 20 tanks, allowing ,yet, the member to be registered as UCAB member for a period of 12 months. The participation with another 10 tanks will cost plus 50 reais, and the value is destined for  making tanks.

The marketing of animals and equipment will only be allowed when carried out through the official stands of the fair. Commercialization outside these stands will result in the disqualification of the exhibitor.

Pre-registration must be made between July 19, 2018 and August 19, 2018 through the website: www.ccg.org.br. The instructions for sending the animals will be given to the participant upon confirmation of the registration.

After registration, the exhibitor will be registered in the group of exhibitors of the Confederation of Breeders of Betta do Brasil - CCB and will receive the identification cards for the animals. These cards must be completed and must go along the fish at the moment of entry into the exhibition, which should happen on Sep/20/2018 from 09:00 to 14:00. Entries will be received on site by the organizing team and already distributed according to the classes of this announcement.

The fish should be delivered personally by their breeders or by a representative present on the local. The shipment of the fish to the place of the event, as well as its withdrawal is the total responsibility of the breeder, who may indicate someone to do so, totally exempting the organization from any responsibility regarding the fish.

It is the responsibility of each exhibitor to follow the current regulations on shipping and transporting their animals.

International entries must arrive in Brazil for any quarantine registered under the responsibility of each exhibitor.

 

The organization of the event suggests sending the fish to the partner quarantine. Shipments to this quarantine should be performed by transhippers in the following locations: North America, Europe and Asia. The animals must arrive at these locations until September 10. The address and contact details of these transhippers will be available shortly.

The costs of sending the fish to the indicated transhippers to Brazil, as well as the costs of the partner quarantine will be paid by the organization of the event. The costs for sending the animals to the indicated transhippers will be the responsibility of each exhibitor.

All entries must be born and created in the exhibitor's tanks, under penalty of disqualification.

The exhibitor determines the class of entry in the registration form, but they may request assistance from a judge at the time of registration.

It is not allowed to remove any fish from the exhibition before 18:00 on September 23rd.. All fish need to be checked by the organization before withdrawal of exposure.

No plant or decoration will be allowed.

 

There will be the auction of exhibited fish. Exhibitor creators are not imposed to allow their entry to be auctioned. The purpose of this auction is to encourage the propagation of lineages worldwide. The amount raised in the auction will be destined to UCAB - CCB to pay for investments and expenses, as well as for future actions in the hobby.

There will be a team of three veterinarians, two aquaculture engineers, one fishing engineer, one zootechnician, three aquaculture technicians and ten trainees on duty to monitor the release, permanence and packaging of the animals.

The organizing team of the International Aquarium Fair does not assume any financial or legal liability for injuries, illnesses, death or loss of entries in the exhibition. Upon entering the exhibition, the competitor accepts this disclaimer.

By confirming your participation, the breeder / exhibitor authorizes the disclosure of  his / her photos and videos in publicity materials of the Fair and in other shows that may happen.

The fish will be judged on a dark background, with appropriate lighting and equally distributed.

The Bettas trial is in accordance to the rules and standards of the International Betta Congress - IBC, and all final decisions are made by the present judges.

One thousand tanks will be initially available. If the entries exceed the number of tanks, some more will be made. The entrances will be judged in glass tank, measuring 15cm x 10cm x 15cm. All exhibition tanks will be provided by the organization of the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area 4 – IBC Show Class List for 2018-2019

All Bettas Are Required to be Self-Bred (Bred by the Entrant)

 

 

Variety A: Longfin HM Singletail Male

A1. Red

A2. Black

A3. Yellow/Orange (includes “Ochre”)

A4. Blue/Turquoise/Steel

A5. Metallic Opaque White (includes “Platinum”)

A6. Metallic Copper

A7. Metallic Gold

A8. All Other Solid

A9. Bicolor*

A10. Marble**

A11. All Other Pattern

* “dragon” types – enter in Variety F

* “salamander” types – enter in Variety I2

** “fire/koi” and “spot/dot” marbles – enter in I5/6

 

Variety B: Doubletail Male

B1. Non-Iridescent Solid Longfin DTM

B2. Iridescent Solid Longfin DTM

B3. Butterfly Longfin DTM (includes “Salamander”)

B4. Bicolor Longfin DTM

B5. Marble Longfin DTM (includes marble, “koi,” and “dot”)

B6. All Other Pattern Longfin DTM

B7. Shortfin Doubletail Male (all colors/patterns)

 

Variety C: Crowntail Male

C1. Non-Iridescent Solid Longfin CTM

C2. Iridescent Solid Longfin CTM

C3. Marble Longfin DTM (includes marble, “koi,” and “dot”)

C4. All Other Pattern Longfin DTM

C5. Shortfin Crowntail Male (all colors/patterns)

 

Variety D: Shortfin Show Plakat Singletail Male

D1. Red

D2. Black

D3. Yellow/Orange (includes “Ochre”)

D4. Blue/Turquoise/Steel

D5. Metallic Opaque White (includes “Platinum”)

D6. Metallic Copper

D7. Metallic Gold

D8. All Other Solid

D9. Bicolor*

D10. Marble**

D13. Multicolor (includes “Fancy”)

D14. All Other Pattern STM

* “dragon” types – enter in Variety F

* “salamander” types – enter in Variety I3

** “fire/koi” and “spot/dot” marbles – enter in I6/7

 

Variety E: Large Pectoral Males (“Big Ear” or “Dumbo”)

E1. Longfin Large Pectoral Males (all colors/patterns)

E2. Shortfin Large Pectoral Males (all colors/patterns)

 

Variety F: Metallic BiColor “Dragon” Male
(Bettas should have the overlay factor known as “dragon”. Fish will be judged by metallic bicolor IBC standards.)

F1. White/Black Metallic “Dragon” Longfin

F2. All Other Colors “Dragon” Longfin

F3. White/Black Metallic “Dragon” Shortfin

F4. All Other Colors “Dragon” Shortfin

 

Variety G: Female Bettas

G1. Red/Yellow/Orange Solid Longfin (includes “Ochre”)

G2. Blue/Turq/Steel/Black/Copper Solid Longfin

G3. Red/Yellow/Orange Solid Shortfin (includes “Ochre”)

G4. Blue/Turq/Steel/Black/Copper Solid Shortfin

G5. Doubletail Female (all colors/patterns, long/short)

G6. Crowntail Female (all colors/patterns, long/short)

G7. Large Pectoral Female (all colors/patterns, long/short)

G8. “Dragon” Metallic Bicolor Female (longfin and shortfin)

G9. Marble Female (marble, “fire/koi”, “spot/dot”) (long/short)

G10. All Other Female (longfin and shortfin)

 

Variety H: Giant Bettas

H1. Giant Male (all colors/patterns, long/short)

 

Variety I: Variations – AREA 4 ONLY TRIAL

(Entries in this category are outside of the current IBC show standards. Judges use their best evaluation based on the general description. When moving to BOS consideration, fish must be judged on current IBC show standards.)

(See “Variation Descriptions” for details of I1-I8.)

I1. Extended Caudal Show Plakat Male

I2. White Fin Trim – longfin male (includes “Salamander”)
I3. White Fin Trim – shortfin male (includes “Salamander”)

I4. White Fin Trim – female (long and short fin)

I5. Fire Marble – longfin male (includes “Koi”)
I6. Fire Marble – shortfin male (includes “Koi”)
I7. Spotted Marble – longfin male (includes “Dot/Dalmatian”)
I8. Spotted Marble – shortfin male (includes “Dot/Dalmatian”)
I9. All Other Variations
(Entrant *must* describe the variation – short descriptions preferred. Judge will judge based on interpretation of the description.  See Variation Descriptions for more information.)