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ITTF
Handbook 2009
/ 2010 |
| Index |
Description |
| 3.08 |
INTERNATIONAL ELIGIBILITY |
| 3.08.01 |
Eligibility in Olympic title competitions is regulated separately by 4.5.1 and additional eligibility regulations apply to World title events (4.1.3, 4.2.3, 4.3.6, 4.4.3) |
| 3.08.02 |
A player shall be regarded as representing an Association if he accepted to be nominated by this Association and subsequently participates in a competition listed in 3.1.2.3 other than individual events at Open International Championships. |
| 3.08.03 |
A player is eligible to represent an Association only if he is a national of the country in which that Association has jurisdiction, except that a player who has already represented an Association of which he was not a national in accordance with previous rules may retain that eligibility. |
| 3.08.03.01 |
Where the players of more than one Association have the same nationality, a player may represent one of these Associations only, if he is born in or has his main residence in the territory controlled by that Association. |
| 3.08.03.02 |
A player who is eligible to represent more than 1 Association shall have the right to choose which of the relevant Associations he will represent. |
| 3.08.04 |
A player is eligible to represent a Continental Federation (1.17.1) in an event of continental teams only if he is eligible to represent a member Association of this Continental Federation according to 3.8.3. |
| 3.08.05 |
A player shall not represent different Associations within a period of 3 years. |
| 3.08.06 |
An Association may nominate a player under its jurisdiction (1.20) to enter any individual events of Open International Championships; such nomination may be indicated in results lists and ITTF publications but does not affect the eligibility of this player according to 3.8.2. |
| 3.08.07 |
A player or his Association shall, if so requested by the referee, provide documentary evidence of his eligibility and his passport. |
| 3.08.08 |
Any appeal on a question of eligibility shall be referred to an Eligibility Commission, consisting of the Executive Committee, the chairman of the Rules Committee, the chairman of the Ranking Committee and the chairman of the Athletes’ Commission, whose decision shall be final. |