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The International Table Tennis Federation

 

Handbook

2003-2004

 

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Index

 

A

 

Accounts

1.15.1

Administration

1.14

Advertisements

3.2.4

Advice

3.5.1

Advice, individual event

3.5.1.2

Advice, team event

3.5.1.1

AGM place and time

1.18.1

AGM procedure

1.18.4

Annual General Meetings

1.5.1, 1.14, 1.18

Anti-Doping Code

5

Appeals

3.3.3, 4.1.8.5, 4.1.8.6

Appeals, doping

5.6

Applicability, international competitions

3.1.2

Application for membership

1.16.2

Appointments

1.12

Appointments, World Cup

4.2.3

Article

1.2.2

Assistant Umpire

2.5.12, 3.3.2.1

Associated organisations

1.17

Association in arrears

1.11.4, 1.15.3.3

Association’s representative

1.14.3.3

Associations

1.2.1, 1.2.3

Athletes' Commission

1.12.1.1

Authorised equipment

3.2.1

Authority, organising competitions

3.7.1

Authority, World Championships

4.1.1

Authority, World Cup

4.2.2

Awards and presentations, WTTC

4.1.12

 

 

B

 

Bad behaviour

3.4.1.5

Ball

2.3

Bank accounts

1.15.1.3

Blade

2.4.1, 2.4.5

Board of Directors

1.5.2, 1.5.2.1, 1.5.2.2,

 

1.6.2, 1.8

Bulletin 

1.14.3.2

Byes and Qualifiers

3.6.1

 

 

C

 

Calendar working group

1.12.1.2

Chairman at a Board meeting

1.8.3

Changes to rules

1.19

Clothing

3.2.2

Committees

1.1

Competition testing, doping

5.3

Competition, types

3.1.1

Composition

1.2

Composition of committees

1.10.1

Composition, World Cup

4.2.1

Constitution

1

Continental competitions

3.1.2.3.2

Continental Federations

1.17.1

Continental representatives

1.11.3

Continuous play

3.4.4.1

Correspondence

1.14.2.1

Covering material

2.4.4, 3.2.1.3

 

 

D

 

Default

4.1.10

Definitions

2.5

Delegates at a General Meeting

1.5.1.1

Directives, WTTC

4.1.2.1

Discipline

3.5

Disqualification 

3.5.2.8

Dissolution

1.22

Doping

5.1

Doping control

4.1.11, 4.3.3

Doubles

2.1.6, 2.8.2, 2.13.5

Draw additions

3.6.6

Draw alterations

3.6.4

Draw for knock-out competitions

3.6

Drugs used in some treatments

5.2

 

 

E

 

Egypt Cup

4.1.12.9

Election to membership

1.16.2.7

Elections and appointment

1.6, 1.18.6

Eligibility for membership

1.16.1

Eligibility for office

1.11

Eligibility, international

3.8

Eligibility, Olympic Games

4.3.1

Eligibility, WTTC

4.1.3

Emergency suspension of play

3.4.3.2

End line

2.5.15

Entries

3.7.3

Entry fees and levy

4.1.4

Entry form

4.1.7.1

Entry obligations

4.1.7

Equipment

3.4.2

Events

3.7.4

Events, Olympic Games

4.3.2

Events, WTTC

4.1.9

Executive Committee

1.5.3

Executive Council

1.5.4

Executive Director

1.13.2

Expedite system

2.15

Experimental law variations

3.1.2.2

Extent of jurisdiction

1.20.2

Extraordinary General Meeting

1.18.1.2

 

 

F

 

Finance

1.15

Financial year

1.15.1.1

Flooring

3.2.3.7

Free hand

2.5.6

Free hospitality, WTTC

4.1.2.2

 

 

G

 

Game

2.11

General meeting

1.5.1

Glue testing

3.5.3.2

Gluing

3.5.3

Good return

2.7

Governing authority

1.3.3

Group competitions

3.7.5

 

 

H

 

Hand signals

3.4.1.2

Handbook, ITTF

1.14.3.1

Handbooks for Match Officials

3.1.2.7

Head Office

1.14.1.1

 

 

I

 

In play

2.5.2

International competition

3.1.1.1

International match

3.1.1.2

Interpretation of Laws

3.3.3.6

Intervals

3.4.4, 3.4.4.1.1

Invitation tournament

3.1.1.5

ITTF                     

1.1.1

 

 

J

 

Junior Commission

1.12.1.3

Jurisdiction of Associations

1.2

Jury

4.1.8

Jury meeting

4.1.8.4, 4.1.8.6

 

 

K

 

 

 

L

 

Languages

1.14.2

Let

2.9, 2.5.3

Light intensity

3.2.3.3

Light source

3.2.3.5

Lighting level

3.2.3.4

 

 

M

 

Management

1.5

Management staff

1.13, 1.13.1

Markings, advertising

3.2.4.4

Match

2.12

Match conduct

3.4

Match officials

3.3

Medical care, WTTC

4.1.2.4

Membership

1.16, 1.20.1

Misbehaviour

3.5.2

Modification of entries

4.1.6

Name, ITTF

1.1

 

 

N

 

Net assembly

2.2, 2.5.14

Nominations committee

1.10.8, 1.10.9

Nominations for office

1.11.1, 1.11.2

Notice of business

1.18.3

Notice of meeting

1.18.2

Number of entries, WTTC

4.1.9.5

 

 

O

 

Objects

1.4

Obstruction 

2.5.8

Olympic Charter

1.3.2

Olympics Commission

1.9

Olympics competition

4.3

Open international competitions

3.1.2.3.3

Open tournament

3.1.1.3, 3.1.2.3.3

Order of play

2.8

Order of serving

2.13

Organisation of competitions

3.7

Out of competition testing

5.4

Out of order of serving

2.14

 

 

P

 

P4 principles

1.4.1.10

Payments to players

1.20.4

Penalties, doping

5.5

Penalty points

3.5.2.4

Personal Honorary Membership

1.16.4

Playing area

3.2.3.2

Playing clothing

3.2.2.1

Playing conditions

3.2, 3.2.3

Playing space

3.2.3.1

Playing surface

2.1.1

Playing system, World Cup

4.2.5

Point

2.1, 2.5.4

Practice

3.4.3

Presentation ceremonies

4.1.12.5

President’s Advisory Council

1.6.5

Principles

1.3, 1.3.1

Procedures, doping

5.7

Prospectus 

4.1.2.9

Proxies

1.18.7

Publications

1.14.3

Publications, World Cup

4.2.4

 

 

Q

 

 

 

R

 

Racket

2.4, 2.5.5

Rally 

2.5.1

Re-draw

3.6.5

Receiver 

2.5.10

Red card

3.5.2.3

Referee

3.3.1

Regional groups

1.17.2

Regulations, international competitions

3

Representation

1.20.1, 3.7.2

Responsibilities of organisers, WTTC

4.1.2

Restricted tournament

3.1.1.4

Results

3.7.8, 4.1.2.10

Right to televise, WTTC

4.1.13.1

Rubber, pimpled

2.4.3.1

Rubber, sandwich

2.4.3.2

Rules committee

3.3.3.7

 

 

S

 

Scope of laws and regulations

3.1

Score indication

3.4.1

Score indicators

3.4.1.4

Scrutineers

1.18.5.5, 1.18.5.6

Seeding by Association Nomination

3.6.3

Seeding by Ranking

3.6.2

Server 

2.5.9

Service

2.6

Simultaneous translation

4.1.2.7

Strike the ball

2.5.7

Submission of entries

4.1.5

Subscriptions

1.15.3

Surrounds   

3.2.4.3

Suspension and termination

1.16.3

Suspension of play

3.4.4.3

Swiss Civil Code

1.2.2

 

 

T

 

Table

2.1

Team events, system of play

4.1.9.2

Team match procedure

3.7.7

Team match systems

3.7.6

Team matches, WTTC

4.1.9.3

Television

3.7.9, 4.1.13

Terms of reference for committees

1.5.2.3

The laws of table tennis

2

Time-out

3.4.4.2.1

Travel costs for Board meetings

1.8.6

Trustees

1.15.2

 

 

U

 

Umpire

2.5.11, 3.3.2

Unaffiliated organisations

1.21

Unaffiliated players

1.21

 

 

V

 

Vacancies

1.7

Vice-President for finance

1.15.1.2

Visiting players

1.20.3

Voting

1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.18.5

 

 

W

 

Withdrawals 

4.1.7.2

World and Olympic competitions

3.1.2.3.1

World Championships

4.1

World Cup

4.2

 

 

X

 

 

 

Y

 

Yellow card

3.5.2.2

 

 

Z