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ITTF
Handbook 2009
/ 2010 |
| Index |
Description |
| 3.06 |
DRAW FOR KNOCK-OUT COMPETITIONS |
| 3.06.01 |
Byes and Qualifiers |
| 3.06.01.01 |
The number of places in the first round proper of a knockout event shall be a power of 2. |
| 3.06.01.01.01 |
If there are fewer entries than places, the first round shall include enough byes to make up the required number. |
| 3.06.01.01.02 |
If there are more entries than places, a qualifying competition shall be held such that the number of qualifiers and the number of direct entries together make up the required number. |
| 3.06.01.02 |
Byes shall be distributed as evenly as possible throughout the first round, being placed first against seeded places, in seeding order. |
| 3.06.01.03 |
Qualifiers shall be drawn as evenly as possible among the halves, quarters, eighths or sixteenths of the draw, as appropriate. |
| 3.06.02 |
Seeding by Ranking |
| 3.06.02.01 |
The highest ranked entries in an event shall be seeded so that they cannot meet before the closing rounds. |
| 3.06.02.02 |
The number of entries to be seeded shall not exceed the number of entries in the 1st round proper of the event. |
| 3.06.02.03 |
The entry ranked 1 shall be placed at the top of the first half of the draw and the entry ranked 2 at the bottom of the second half, but all other seeded entries shall be drawn among specified places in the draw, as follows: |
| 3.06.02.03.01 |
the entries ranked 3 and 4 shall be drawn between the bottom of the first half of the draw and the top of the second half; |
| 3.06.02.03.02 |
the entries ranked 5-8 shall be drawn among the bottom places of the odd-numbered quarters of the draw and the top places of the even-numbered quarters; |
| 3.06.02.03.03 |
the entries ranked 9-16 shall be drawn among the bottom places of the odd-numbered eighths of the draw and the top places of the even-numbered eighths; |
| 3.06.02.03.04 |
the entries ranked 17-32 shall be drawn among the bottom places of the odd-numbered sixteenths of the draw and the top places of the even-numbered sixteenths. |
| 3.06.02.04 |
In a team knockout event only the highest ranked team from an Association shall be eligible for seeding by ranking. |
| 3.06.02.05 |
Seeding by ranking shall follow the order of the latest ranking list published by the ITTF except that |
| 3.06.02.05.01 |
where all the entries eligible for seeding are from Associations belonging to the same Continental Federation the latest list published by that Federation shall take precedence; |
| 3.06.02.05.02 |
where all the entries eligible for seeding are from the same Association the latest list published by that Association shall take precedence. |
| 3.06.03 |
Seeding by Association Nomination |
| 3.06.03.01 |
Nominated players and pairs of the same Association shall, as far as possible, be separated so that they cannot meet before the closing rounds of an event. |
| 3.06.03.02 |
Associations shall list their nominated players and pairs in descending order of playing strength, starting with any players included in the ranking list used for seeding, in the order of that list. |
| 3.06.03.03 |
The entries ranked 1 and 2 shall be drawn into different halves and those ranked 3 and 4 into quarters other than those occupied by the first two. |
| 3.06.03.04 |
The entries ranked 5-8 shall be drawn as evenly as possible into eighths other than those occupied by the first four. |
| 3.06.03.05 |
The entries ranked 9-16 shall be drawn as evenly as possible into sixteenths other than those occupied by higher ranked players or pairs and so on, until all the entries have been allocated. |
| 3.06.03.06 |
A men's or women's doubles pair consisting of players from different Associations shall be considered a pair of the Association of the player ranked higher in the World Ranking List, or, if neither player is in this list, in the appropriate Continental Ranking List; if neither player is included in a World or Continental Ranking List, the pair shall be considered a member of the Association whose team is ranked higher in the appropriate World Team Ranking List. |
| 3.06.03.07 |
A mixed doubles pair consisting of players from different Associations shall be considered a pair of the Association to which the man belongs. |
| 3.06.03.08 |
Alternatively, any doubles pair consisting of players from different Associations may be considered a pair of both of these Associations. |
| 3.06.03.09 |
In a qualifying competition, entries from the same Association, up to the number of qualifying groups, shall be drawn into separate groups in such a way that qualifiers are, as far as possible, separated in accordance with the principles of 3.6.3.3-5. |
| 3.06.04 |
Alterations |
| 3.06.04.01 |
A completed draw may be altered only with the permission of the responsible management committee and, where appropriate, the agreement of the representatives of Associations directly concerned. |
| 3.06.04.02 |
The draw may be altered only to correct errors and genuine misunderstandings in the notification and acceptance of entry, to correct serious imbalance, as provided in 3.6.5, or to include additional players or pairs, as provided in 3.6.6. |
| 3.06.04.03 |
No alterations other than necessary deletions shall be made to the draw of an event after it has started; for the purpose of this regulation a qualifying competition may be regarded as a separate event. |
| 3.06.04.04 |
A player shall not be deleted from the draw without his permission, unless he is disqualified; such permission must be given either by the player if he is present or, if he is absent, by his authorised representative. |
| 3.06.04.05 |
A doubles pair shall not be altered if both players are present and fit to play, but injury, illness or absence of one player may be accepted as justification for an alteration. |
| 3.06.05 |
Re-draw |
| 3.06.05.01 |
Except as provided in 3.6.4.2, 3.6.4.5 and 3.6.5.2, a player shall not be moved from one place in the draw to another and if for any reason the draw becomes seriously unbalanced the event shall, wherever possible, be completely re-drawn. |
| 3.06.05.02 |
Exceptionally, where the imbalance is due to the absence of several seeded players or pairs from the same section of the draw, the remaining seeded players or pairs only may be re-numbered in ranking order and re-drawn to the extent possible among the seeded places, taking account as far as is practicable of the requirements for seeding by Association nomination. |
| 3.06.06 |
Additions |
| 3.06.06.01 |
Players not included in the original draw may be added later, at the discretion of the responsible management committee and with the agreement of the referee. |
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