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.

BETTAS CLASSES

CLASS A - LONG TAIL
Subclasses:
A1	Red and Orange
A2	Yellow and Ocre
A3	White (opaque and platinum)
A4	Black
A5	Copper
A6	Blue
A7	Salamander
A8	Bicolor
A9	Marble
A10	Koi
A11	Fancy
A12	Dot
A13	Gold

Class B - DOUBLE TAIL
Subclasses:
B1	Non iridescent - solid	Red, Orange, Yellow, White opaque, Black
B2	Iridescent - solid	Blue, copper, white platinum, gold
B3	Salamanders
B4	Bicolors
B5	Marble	Marble, koi, fancy, dot
B6	Plakat	All colors

Class C - CROWNTAIL
Subclasses:
C1	Non iridescent - solid - long tail	Red, Orange, Yellow, White opaque, Black
C2	Iridescent - solid - long tail	Blue, copper, white platinum, gold
C3	Marble long tail	All colors
C4	Plakat	All colors

Class D - PLAKATS
Subclasses:
D1	Red and Orange
D2	Yellow and Ocre
D3	White (opaque and platinum)
D4	Black
D5	Copper
D6	Blue
D7	Salamander
D8	Bicolor
D9	Marble
D10	Koi
D11	Fancy
D12	Dot
D13	Gold

Class E - DUMBOS / BIG EARS
Subclasses:
E1	Long Fin	All colors
E2	Short fin (plakats)	All colors

Class F - DRAGONS
Subclasses:
F1	Red, Orange, Yellow (Long fin)
F2	Black, white (long fin)
F3	Red, Orange, Yellow (plakats)
F4	Black, White (plakats)
Class G - FEMALES
Subclasses:
G1	Red, yellow, orange, ocre - Solid long fin
G2	Blue, black, white, copper - Solid long fin
G3	Red, yellow, orange, ocre - Short fin
G4	Blue, black, white, copper - Short fin
G5	Double tail
G6	Crowntail
G7	Dumbo / big ear
G8	Dragon
G9	Marble

Class H - BIG TAILS
H1	All big tails (males)

Class I - GIANTS
I1	All giants (males)