4.6 Organisation of Competitions - Regulations For International Competitions
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4.6 Organisation of Competitions - Regulations For International Competitions
4.6.1 Authorisation
4.6.1.1 Provided the Constitution and Disciplinary Regulations are observed,
any Association may organise and authorise open tournaments within its
territory or may arrange international matches.
4.6.1.2 In any season, an Association may nominate one senior and one junior
open tournament which it organises as its senior and junior Open
International Championships.
4.6.1.3 International matches shall normally be regarded as friendly matches
and not as championships, except for
4.6.1.3.1 World, Continental and other Regional title competitions recognised
by the ITTF;
4.6.1.3.2 Continental Leagues, authorised by Continental federations;
4.6.1.3.3 Team competitions at Open International Championships.
4.6.1.4 Any Association may organise or authorise competitions within its
territory and restricted to its members or to any group of them.
4.6.1.5 In an international restricted or invitation tournament, a player from
an Association other than the Association in whose territory the
tournament is held may take part only with the permission of his
Association, unless general permission has been given by the ITTF or,
where all the players concerned are from the same Continent, by the
appropriate Continental Federation.
4.6.1.6 No event may use a World title without the permission of the ITTF, nor
a Continental title without the permission of the appropriate
Continental Federation.
4.6.2 Representation
4.6.2.1 Representatives of all Associations whose players are entered in a
World, Continental or Open International Championships event shall be
entitled to attend the draw.
4.6.2.2 Representatives of all Associations whose players are taking part in a
World, Continental or Open International Championships event shall be
consulted on any alterations to the draw or any decisions of appeal
that may directly affect their players.
4.6.2.3 A visiting Association shall be entitled to nominate at least one
representative to the management committee of any international match
in which it is taking part.
4.6.3 Entries
4.6.3.1 Entry forms for Open International Championships shall be sent to all
Associations not later than two calendar months before the start of
the competition and not later than one month before the date for the
close of entries.
4.6.3.2 All entries nominated by Associations for open tournaments shall be
accepted but the organisers shall have power to allocate entries to a
qualifying competition; in deciding this allocation the organisers
shall take account of the relevant ITTF and Continental ranking lists
and of any ranking order of entries specified by the nominating
Association.
4.6.3.3 The entry form for an open tournament shall specify the brand of table,
the brand of net assembly and the brand and colour of ball to be used;
the choice of equipment shall be as laid down by the Association in
whose territory the tournament is held, selected from brands currently
approved by the ITTF.
4.6.3.4 The entry form for an open tournament shall state the conditions of
the competition and shall give details of any proposed deviation from
the Laws and the Regulations for International Competitions.
4.6.4 Events
4.6.4.1 World and senior Continental Championships
shall include men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's
doubles and mixed doubles title events, and Open International
Championships may also include veteran title events.
4.6.4.2 Junior Continental Championships shall include
boys' singles, boys' doubles, girls' singles, girls' doubles and mixed
doubles title events and may include cadet title events.
4.6.4.3 The recommended age limits for junior and cadet events are 17 and 14
respectively, the qualifying date being the day immediately before the
start of the season in which the event takes place; for friendly
matches the participating Associations may agree different age limits
and qualifying dates.
4.6.4.4 World and Continental Championships shall include men's and women's
team events, and international team competitions at Open International
Championships may be title events.
4.6.4.5 Team matches at Open International Championships shall be played
according to either the Swaythling Cup or the Corbillon Cup procedure
and the system chosen shall be stated in the entry form.
4.6.4.6 In senior singles, other than in qualifying rounds, matches shall be
the best of five games and in junior singles matches may be the best
of three or the best of five games; all other matches shall be the
best of three games.
4.6.4.7 Individual events proper shall be played on a knock-out basis, but
team events and qualifying rounds of individual events may be played
on either a knock-out or a group basis.
4.6.5 Group Competitions
4.6.5.1 In a group, or "round robin", competition, each member of the group
shall play every other member of the group to establish a ranking order;
2 match points shall be awarded for a win, 1 for a loss in a played
match and 0 for a loss in an unplayed match, and the ranking order
shall be determined by the number of match points awarded.
4.6.5.2 If two or more members of the group are equal their relative positions
shall be determined by considering successively the ratios of wins to
losses in team matches (for a team event), individual matches, games
and points, as far as is necessary to resolve the order, taking account
only of the matches between those equal.
4.6.5.3 If at any stage in the calculation the position of any member of the
group can be determined while others are still equal, the results of
matches in which that member took part shall be removed from any further calculations needed and the equalities shall be resolved in accordance
with the procedure of 4.6.5.2.
4.6.6 Scheduling
4.6.6.1 In individual events in which each match is the best of five games a
player shall not be required to play more than seven matches in one
day nor more than three matches in any one period of four hours without
his consent, except that in emergency a refusal to play may be overruled
by the responsible management committee.
4.6.6.2 In a team event a team shall not be required to play more than three
matches in a day without its captain's consent, except that in emergency
a refusal to play may be overruled by the responsible management
committee.
4.6.6.3 It is recommended that, in competitions which include both team and
individual events, the team events are planned to conclude before the
beginning of any stage of the individual events which requires play by
the team players; in World Championships, team matches may be held
after the individual events have started only in emergency and with
the permission of the Jury.
4.6.6.4 It is recommended that, in World and Continental Championships, one
day free of play is scheduled during the Championships, preferably
between the team and the individual events.
4.6.7 Results
4.6.7.1 The organising Association shall send to the Secretary-General and to
the Secretary of the appropriate Continental Federation, as soon as
possible after the end of the competition, details of the results,
including points scores, of international matches, all rounds of
Continental and Open International Championships and the closing
rounds of national championships.
4.6.7.2 During World Championships, details of results including points scores
shall be made available promptly to ITTF Officers, members of the
Council and team captains; and as soon as possible after the completion
of the Championships the organising Association shall publish the
complete results including points scores and circulate them to all
Associations.
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