Eligibility
PLAYER ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
 
A player can either play for his home country (i.e. place of residence) or the country of his citizenship. For the determination of the country of his citizenship only the nationality of the player is crucial. The parental citizenry is irrelevant. Therefore, a player can play for several nations in his history as a U20 Player if he changes country of residence.  However, players who have played for a nation are not eligible to play for another nation in same year.
 


Players of Heritage
 
As many as 8 players, whose parents or grandparents are/were citizens of that nation, can be used by a GM nation, only after a minimum of 17 players of citizenship* or former citizenship have been named to the official national team roster.  Players of Heritage must provide copy of legal document establishing citizenship or former citizenship of parent or grandparent, example: birth certificate, old passport, citizenship certificate, or marriage certificate from that nation.
 
 
 

Development surcharge fee

 

Any nation with less than 500 registered youth players in the nation are subject to a development tax of 125 Euros per player used at WC who resides in a foreign nation.

100 Euros of each fee shall be held in escrow and directed by the ISBHF towards youth development in the home nation, and the balance of 25 Euros will be placed in the ISBHF Development Fund to be used in youth development in other countries at the discretion of the ISBHF
   
 
 

* For the purposes of this regulation, due to the differing government citizenship rules from nation to nation, the following other valid documents may be accepted:

·         Work visa, with proof of residency in the nation

·         Student visa, with proof of residency in the nation

·         Landed immigrant certificate

·         Birth certificate

·         Person of Origin certificate

·         Proof of citizenship

·         National I.D. Card

 

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