2015 CNASA Table Tennis Tournament Guideline

Posted by CNASA on May 16, 2015 at 13:09:02:

2015 CNASA Table Tennis Tournament Guideline

Host: CNASA
Co-Host: MIT TT-CLUB, MIT CAST
Date: Sunday, May. 17th, 2015
Time: 9:00AM – 8:00PM
Location: duPond Center, MIT
Events:
Division A (1900+), Division B (1500+), Division C (~15000)
Note, the rating is just a reference, not enforced.
General Guide
1. Each team consists of a captain, 3 – 4 players. There is no limit for number of coaches. Each one can have multiple roles.
2. Before each match, teams will need to decide which team is home team and or visiting team, by coin toss.
3. If for unavoidable leaving, the unfinished game will be recorded as 0:3 loss and each of the unfinished sets will be recorded as 0:11. The reasons include health problem, injury, emergency absence and any type of dismiss due to the violation of the tournament rule and agreement. If there is remaining game for the absentee, a substitution can be made. When a player leaves the game with whatever reasons, s/he can no longer play any game in this tournament.
5. There will be no timeout during a set. There will be a timeout up to one minute between sets.
6. All paddles should follow ITTF regulations. All player's serves should also follow the related regulation. Each violation will be panelized for one point.
7. Due to limited resource, there will be no referee during competition. Both teams should provide score keeper and each point should be announced loudly. It is player's responsibility to fill the score sheet and report the score to the front desk. The organizer will provide some mechanism to resolve any dispute during matches. All parties MUST accept the final decision made by the referee committee.
8. A player can call a pause due to any type interference, but an interference cannot be called after a play is finished.
9. The tournament adopts 11-piont formats. Each game will be decided by the best of 5 sets.
10. Pool ranking will be decided by win-loss record. If two teams are tied in the win-loss records, the tie breaker will be head to head result. If more than two teams are tied, win-loss record of those who are tied, net games, net sets, net points of those teams will be used respectively in the entire round robin.

Division specific Info
1. Division A
5 teams will play round robin to decide the winner of the tournament. All matches will be best of 5 games.
Teams:
Mass Destruction
Old Guard
Smash Table Tennis Club
BTTC_Avenger
BTTC-BladeRunners
2. Division B
15 teams are divided into 3 pools and will play round robin in 3 game format, that is, all 3 games have to be played out and no game 4, 5.
Top two teams in each pool will advance to second round (elimination). In second round, p1-1 vs. p2-2, p2-1 vs. p3-2, p3-1 vs. p1-2. Three winners of the elimination round will play for champion in round robin.
Pool 1:
NCLS_B
ConnHua_Blue
Mutiple Scoregasms
OSC
BTTC_Bulls
Pool 2:
BTTC_Brewer
ConnHua_Red
Mastiff
Scorpions
BTTC_Bridge
Pool 3:
CCCC_B
Mosaic
TJUAA
ConnHua_Yellow
DPK
3. Division C
12 teams will be split into 3 pools to play round robin in each pool. All matches are best of 5 games. Top two teams in each pool will advance to next round. In second round, p1-1 vs. p2-2, p2-1 vs. p3-2, p3-1 vs. p1-2. Three winners of the elimination round will play for champion in round robin.
Pool 1:
CCCC_C
ConnHua_Green
NCLS_C2
BTTC_Cypress
Pool 2:
CNASA
BTTC_Clasic
NEU
NCLS_C3

Pool 3:
NCLS_C1
BTTC_Crown
BTTC_Cases
MIT_NewComers

General Schedule
9:00AM Team leads report to front desk
9:30AM Division C starts
11:30AM Division B starts
2:00PM Division A starts.
The detailed schedule will be sent out in a separate sheet.