5.7 Awards and Presentations - Regulations For World Championships
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5.7 Awards and Presentations - Regulations For World Championships
5.7.1. The permanent Championship trophies shall be:
5.7.1.1 the Swaythling Cup for the men's team events;
5.7.1.2 the Marcel Corbillon Cup for the women's team events;
5.7.1.3 the St Bride Vase for the men's singles event;
5.7.1.4 the G Geist Prize for the women's singles event;
5.7.1.5 the Iran Cup for the men's doubles event;
5.7.1.6 the W J Pope Trophy for the women's doubles event;
5.7.1.7 the Heydusek prize for the mixed doubles event.
5.7.2 The Association whose team wins a team event, and the winner of an
individual event, shall be entitled to hold the appropriate trophy until
31st December in the year following that in which it is won; the pair
winning a doubles event shall agree or decide by lot the order in which
each of them shall hold the trophy for half of the specified period.
5.7.3 A representative of the city in which the Championships is held shall be
entitled to hold for the same period as for the Championships trophies
the Egypt Cup, the symbol of the friendship of the Championships.
5.7.4 A player who wins the men's or women's singles event three times in
succession or four times in all shall receive from the ITTF a half-
size replica of the appropriate trophy as a permanent possession.
5.7.5 The Egypt Cup shall be handed over at the opening ceremony and the
permanent trophies shall be presented at a closing ceremony to their
respective holders for the ensuing period.
5.7.6 The Association whose team or player wins a trophy shall acknowledge its
receipt in writing and shall deliver it, at the end of the specified
period, to the place and at a time agreed with the Secretary-General
and within fourteen days of a formal notification by him.
5.7.7 The Association acknowledging receipt of a trophy shall be responsible for
its safe keeping including the arrangement of insurance, but the cost
of insurance and of inscription of winners' names which in team events
should include any non-playing captain, shall be borne by the ITTF.
5.7.8 If a trophy is lost while in the possession of an Association, that
Association shall be responsible for the provision of a similar
replacement.
5.7.9 In both team and individual events the winners shall receive gold medals,
the losing finalists silver medals and the losing semi-finalists
bronze medals.
5.7.10 At presentation ceremonies for both team and individual events the
national flags of the gold, silver and bronze medal winners shall be
raised and the national anthem of the gold medal winner shall be played.
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