TOURNAMENT RULES

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Rules of the game and running the competitions (RUS)

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1Лига состоит из 3 групп разделенных по рейтингам участников: А, В, С

2Между участниками каждой группы проводятся регулярные турниры.

3По результатам турниров участникам начисляются рейтинговые очки лиги.

4Рейтинги участников обнуляются первого числа каждого календарного месяца.
Период времени между «обнулениями» рейтингов считается одним “этапом” лиги.

5Рейтинг участника в лиге зависит от количества рейтинговых очков лиги в текущем этапе лиги.

6После завершения этапа лиги:

6.1участники, занявшие первое место в группах B и C переходят в лиги A и B соответственно.

6.2участники, занявшие последнее место в группах A и B переходят в лиги B и C соответственно.

7Любые изменения в составе групп производятся только перед началом этапа лиги.

BASIC RULES OF THE GAME

A match is played up to 5 wins in games. No more than 9 games can be played within one match. The game is played according to the rules in accordance with the Rules of the game and the conduct of competitions approved by «"National professional sports league of table tennis" Limited Liability Соmрапу (decision of l 0.12.2019 No. 2), as well as taking into account the Rules of the sport of Table Tennis, approved by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

LEAGUE STAGES RULES

The Table Tennis League is attended by athletes who are divided into three teams-groups (group A, group B and group C), depending on the level of their professional training (rating).

Regular Tournaments lasting eight hours are held between the athletes within each group in accordance with the schedule.

Within the framework of the Tournament, personal meetings are held. One athlete holds 2 meetings with each of the athletes in his group.

The winner of the Tournament is the athlete with the most points after all the scheduled meetings.

For the 1st place in the Tournament, the athlete receives 3 League rating points.

For the 2nd place in the Tournament, the athlete receives 1 League rating point.

The winner of the League stage is the athlete with the most rating points.

In case of equal points for two or more athletes in an individual competition, the athlete gains advantage according to the following sequentially applied conditions:

• by the best difference between won and lost meetings;
• by the number of games won;
• by lot

JUDGING COMMITTEE

The judging committee consists of three equal judges. Each meeting is judged by at least two referees: one referee is in person directly at the meeting, the second monitors the progress of the game remotely, being in the technical room.

The results of the meetings are recorded in the protocol, which is approved by the referee committee. The protocol can be drawn up and stored in electronic form.