2006 CNASA 4^th Table Tennis Detailed Tournament Rule/Schedule

 

Host:                      CNASA

Co-Host:                      MIT T-CLUB, MIT CAST

 

Date:                      Sunday, Oct. 29rd, 2006

Time:                      9:00AM – 7:00PM

 

Events:

                      Men’s Division A

                      Men’s Division B

                      Women’s Division

                      Junior’s Division

 

General Guide

1.      Each team consists of a captain, 3 – 5 players. There is no limit for number of coaches. Each one can have multiple roles.

2.      Each match is decided in best of 5 games. Each game is decided in best of 5 sets.

3.      Pool ranking will be decided by win-loss record first, The tie breakers are: (1) net games, (2) net sets, (3) net points in the entire round robin. The tournsament adopts 11-piont format.

4.      Before each match, teams will need to decide which team is home team and which team is visiting team, by coin toss.

5.      The home team will line up as 1-2-3-1-2 and visiting team will line up as 2-1-3-1-2. Once match starts, no change is allowed unless the reason stated in section 4.

6.      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 reason, s/he can no longer play any game in this tournament.

7.      There will be no timeout during a set. There will be a timeout up to one minute between sets.

8.      All paddles should follow ITTF regulations. All players’ serves should also follow the related regulation. Each violation will be panelized for one point.

9.      Due to limited resource, there will be no referee during group competition. It players’ responsibility to remember, record 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.

 

Division specific Guide

1.      Men’s Division A

·         8 teams are divided into two pools.

·         Teams in each pool play round-robin to decide their ranking in the pool.

·         Top two teams in each pool will advance to playoff.

·         The playoff will follow the following bracket:

Pool1_first vs. Pool2_second => A1_w, A1_l

Pool2_first vs. Pool1_second => A2_w, A2_l

A1_l vs. A2_1 => Third place.

A1_w vs. A2_w =>champion

 

Pool 1: MIT2, CCBA, Worcester United, Newton

Pool 2: MIT 1, MIT3, CCCC, BTTC,

 

2.      Men’s division B:

·         18 teams are divided into 6 pools.

·         Teams in each pool play round-robin to decide their ranking in the pool.

·         Top two teams in each pool will advance to playoff.  Total 12 teams will advance to play-off.

·         In play-off, 12 teams will play two rounds of elimination, then three winning teams will play round robin to decide the champion. The elimination will follow the following bracket:

Pool1_first vs. Pool2_second => B1

Pool2_first vs. Pool1_second => B2

Pool3_first vs. Pool4_second => B3

Pool4_first vs. Pool3_second => B4

Pool5_first vs. Pool6_second => B5

Pool6_first vs. Pool5_second => B6

 

B1 vs. B2 => F1

B3 vs. B4 => F2

A5 vs. A6 => F3

 

F1 vs. F2,

F1/F2 loser vs. F3

F1/F2 winner vs. F3

 

Pool 1: WTT, CCCC2, MIT2

Pool 2: MIT4, BTTC, CCBA1

Pool 3: CCLS, CCCC1, Newton

Pool 4: CCS, MIT5, Umass_Alumini

Pool 5: Uconn Pingpong, MIT1, CCBA2

Pool 6: ConnHua, MITCSSA, MIT3

 

3.      Women’s Division

·         7 teams are divided into two pools.

·         Teams in each pool play round-robin to decide their ranking in the pool.

·         Top two teams in each pool will advance to playoff.

·         The playoff will follow the following bracket:

Pool1_first vs. Pool2_second => W1_win, W1_lose

Pool2_first vs. Pool1_second => W2_win, W2_lose

W1_l vs. W2_1 => Third place.

W1_w vs. W2_w =>champion

 

Pool 1: CCCC, CCLS, Newton2, Uconn pingpong

Pool 2: Newton1, MIT, CCBA

 

4.      Junior’s Division

·         6 teams are divided into two pools.

·         Teams in each pool play round-robin to decide their ranking in the pool.

·         Top two teams in each pool will advance to playoff.

·         The playoff will follow the following bracket:

Pool1_first vs. Pool2_second => J1_win, J1_lose

Pool2_first vs. Pool1_second => J2_win, J2_lose

Pool1_third vs. Pool2_third => consolation winner (5^th place)

W1_lose vs. W2_1ose => Third place.

W1_win vs. W2_win => Champion

 

Pool 1: Newton1, CCCC2, CCLS

Pool 2: CCCC1, CCCC3, Newton2

 

Schedule

                      9:00AM – 9:30AM                      Report to front desk and court setup

                      9:30AM                                  Division B and Junior Division start

                      12:00PM                                Division A and Women Division start

                      14:00PM                                Junior Division closing

                      19:00PM                                Division A, B and women division closing ceremony

 

 

 

 

 

Important Note: Due to some uncertainties, minor change might be made without further notice. However there will be no major change.

 

 

 

Waiver of Liability:

 

Upon entering this tournament under the auspices of the CNASA/ MITCAST, I, the team leader, agree to abide by the current rules/schedules of the CNASA. I understand our participation in this Table Tennis Tournament on Sunday October 29, 2006 is for enjoyment. I also understand and am aware that our participation in this sports tournament may sustain physical injuries regardless of fault. I further relinquish any legal claim against CNASA/MITCAST and its board/committee members in the event that anyone of us is injured during the tournament on October 29, 2006.

 

before game starts:

 

Signature                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Each Team Leader                               School/Association Name      Date 10/29/2006                                               

 

 

 

CNASA Table Tennis Committee