6.6 Playing System - Regulations For Other World Title Competitions
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This article is from the Table Tennis (Ping Pong) FAQ, by ttennis@bu.edu with numerous contributions by others.
6.6 Playing System - Regulations For Other World Title Competitions
6.6.1 In the first stage of each tournament the players, pairs or teams will
be divided into four equal groups, with all the members of a group
playing each other, and in the second stage the group winners and
runners-up will compete in a knock-out.
6.6.2 For the first stage, the highest-ranked player, pair or team will be
placed in Group A, the 2nd highest in Group D, the 3rd highest in
Group C and the 4th highest in Group B, and the remaining players,
pairs or teams will be drawn into the groups 4 at a time in ranking
order.
6.6.3 In individual competitions, if there are 2 players or pairs from the
same Association, they will be drawn into separate groups but a 3rd
player from the same Association may be drawn into any group.
6.6.4 For the second stage, the winners of Groups A and D will be placed
in quarter-finals 1 and 4, the winners of groups B and C will be
drawn between quarter-finals 2 and 3, and the runners-up will
be drawn into the remaining places, except that players or pairs from
the same group will not be drawn into the same semi-final.
6.6.5 In the semi-finals, the winner of the 1st quarter-final will play the
winner of the 2nd and the winner of the 3rd quarter-final will play
the winner of the 4th; the winners of the semi-finals will play each
other in the final.
6.6.6 The tournaments will be played in accordance with the Laws of Table
Tennis and the Regulations for International Competitions.
6.6.7 In the knock-out stages of the World Cup and World Grand Prix Final
Tournaments a match will be the best of five games; all other matches
will be the best of three games.
6.6.8 In the team tournament, teams will draw for the right to choose A, B, C
or X, Y, Z and the order of play will be A v X, B v Y, B/C v X/Z, A v Y
and C v Z, the team match being won by the team which first wins three
individual matches.
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