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The International Table Tennis Federation

 

Handbook

2003-2004

 

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DIRECTIVES FOR MATCH OFFICIALS AT WORLD TITLE COMPETITIONS

 

1

The referee and deputy referees shall be International Referees.

2

At least 1/3 of the referees shall be from Associations other than the organising Association and at World Championships there shall be at least 2 from another Continent.

3

All umpires shall be International Umpires (IU), except that at World Championships up to 1/4 of the total may be National Umpires of the organising Association.

4

At World Championships, at least 1/3 of the umpires shall be from Associations other than the organising Association, representing at least 5 Associations and including at least 3 from each Continent.

5

Umpires from the same Association shall be dressed alike.

6

All IUs shall wear the IU lapel badge and organisers are recommended to provide name badges for all match officials.

7

All visiting match officials shall be provided with free accommodation, meals and local transport on the same basis and to the same standard as visiting players, and with pocket money of $US15 or the equivalent for each day of the competition.

8

The names and Associations of all match officials shall be included in the official programme and in staged matches the names of the umpires shall be announced.

9

No match official shall be on duty for more than 8 hours in a day and at World Championships each shall have 1 free day.