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ITTF
Handbook 2009
/ 2010 |
| Index |
Description |
| 3.05 |
DISCIPLINE |
| 3.05.01 |
Advice |
| 3.05.01.01 |
In a team event, players may receive advice from anyone. |
| 3.05.01.02 |
In an individual event, a player or pair may receive advice only from one person, designated beforehand to the umpire, except that where the players of a doubles pair are from different Associations each may designate an adviser, but with regard to 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 these two advisors shall be treated as a unit; if an unauthorised person gives advice the umpire shall hold up a red card and send him away from the playing area. |
| 3.05.01.03 |
Players may receive advice only during the intervals between games or during other authorised suspension of play, and not between the end of practice and the start of a match; if any authorised person gives advice at other times the umpire shall hold up a yellow card to warn him that any further such offence will result in his dismissal from the playing area. |
| 3.05.01.04 |
After a warning has been given, if in the same team match or the same match of an individual event anyone again gives advice illegally, the umpire shall hold up a red card and send him away from the playing area, whether or not he was the person warned. |
| 3.05.01.05 |
In a team match the dismissed adviser shall not be allowed to return, except when required to play, and he shall not be replaced by another adviser until the team match has ended; in an individual event he shall not be allowed to return until the individual match has ended. |
| 3.05.01.06 |
If the dismissed adviser refuses to leave, or returns before the end of the match, the umpire shall suspend play and report to the referee. |
| 3.05.01.07 |
These regulations shall apply only to advice on play and shall not prevent a player or captain, as appropriate, from making a legitimate appeal nor hinder a consultation with an interpreter or Association representative on the explanation of a juridical decision. |
| 3.05.02 |
Misbehaviour |
| 3.05.02.01 |
Players and coaches or other advisers shall refrain from behaviour that may unfairly affect an opponent, offend spectators or bring the sport into disrepute, such as abusive language, deliberately breaking the ball or hitting it out of the playing area, kicking the table or surrounds and disrespect of match officials. |
| 3.05.02.02 |
If at any time a player, a coach or another adviser commits a serious offence the umpire shall suspend play and report immediately to the referee; for less serious offences the umpire may, on the first occasion, hold up a yellow card and warn the offender that any further offence is liable to incur penalties. |
| 3.05.02.03 |
Except as provided in 3.5.2.2 and 3.5.2.5, if a player who has been warned commits a second offence in the same individual match or team match, the umpire shall award 1 point to the offender's opponent and for a further offence he shall award 2 points, each time holding up a yellow and a red card together. |
| 3.05.02.04 |
If a player against whom 3 penalty points have been awarded in the same individual match or team match continues to misbehave, the umpire shall suspend play and report immediately to the referee. |
| 3.05.02.05 |
If a player changes his racket during an individual match when it has not been damaged, the umpire shall suspend play and report to the referee. |
| 3.05.02.06 |
A warning or penalty incurred by either player of a doubles pair shall apply to the pair, but not to the non-offending player in a subsequent individual match of the same team match; at the start of a doubles match the pair shall be regarded as having incurred the higher of any warnings or penalties incurred by either player in the same team match. |
| 3.05.02.07 |
Except as provided in 3.5.2.2, if a coach or another adviser who has been warned commits a further offence in the same individual match or team match, the umpire shall hold up a red card and send him away from the playing area until the end of the team match or, in an individual event, of the individual match. |
| 3.05.02.08 |
The referee shall have power to disqualify a player from a match, an event or a competition for seriously unfair or offensive behaviour, whether reported by the umpire or not; as he does so he shall hold up a red card. |
| 3.05.02.09 |
If a player is disqualified from 2 matches of a team or individual event he shall automatically be disqualified from that team event or individual competition. |
| 3.05.02.10 |
The referee may disqualify for the remainder of a competition anyone who has twice been sent away from the playing area during that competition. |
| 3.05.02.11 |
Cases of very serious misbehaviour shall be reported to the offender's Association. |
| 3.05.03 |
Good Presentation |
| 3.05.03.01 |
Players, coaches and officials shall uphold the object of good presentation of the sport; in particular players have to do their utmost to win a match and shall not withdraw except for reasons of illness or injury. |
| 3.05.03.02 |
Any player who deliberately fails to comply with these principles shall be disciplined by total or partial loss of prize money in prize events and/or by suspension from ITTF events. |
| 3.05.03.03 |
In the event of complicity proven against any adviser or official the relevant national Association is also expected to discipline this person. |
| 3.05.03.04 |
A Disciplinary Panel appointed by the Executive Committee, consisting of 4 members and a chairman, shall decide on whether an infringement committed and if necessary on appropriate sanctions; this Commission shall decide according to directives given by the Executive Committee. |
| 3.05.03.05 |
An appeal against the Disciplinary Panel’s decision may be made by the disciplined player, adviser or official within 15 days to the ITTF Executive Committee whose decision on the matter shall be final. |