第三届丝绸之路中国西安“禧福祥6年西凤”杯
国际乒乓球公开赛竞赛规程
一、主办单位：中国乒乓球协会 西安市人民政府
二、承办单位：西安市体育局 西安市乒乓球运动协会
三、 独家冠名单位：陕西禧福祥集团
四、 执行及推广单位：北京中乒体育文化发展有限责任公司
五、比赛时间、地点：
时间：9月9日至10日（9月8日报到，11日离会。）
地点：西安城市运动公园体育馆（北郊未央区凤城九路张家堡广场西侧）
六、竞赛项目：
团体对抗赛
1、单打：男子34岁以下组
2、单打：女子39岁以下组
3、单打：男子35岁-54岁组
4、单打：女子40岁以上组
5、单打：男子55岁以上组
七、参赛办法：
（一）邀请的城市、有关单位、国家以及参赛资格
1、国内城市和有关单位代表队：北京、吉林、四川、重庆、
江西、广东、浙江、解放军代表队、甘肃、福建、江苏、河北、辽宁、首都新闻媒体代表队、天津、山西、湖北、湖南、新疆、西安、河南、西藏、中央国家机关乒协代表队等。
2、国外代表队：澳大利亚、加拿大、法国、夏威夷、印度尼西亚、新西兰，俄罗斯、奥地利、泰国等。
3、以上城市、有关单位、国家公开报名，每个城市、有关单位、国家限报一个队，报满32个代表队为止。
4、国内各参赛单位报名运动员必须为本省（区、市）户籍，不允许跨省（区、市）组队参赛。
5、国外各参赛单位报名运动员资格由比赛组委会认定。
6、2013年1月1日后仍在“全国运动员注册系统”乒乓球项目注册过的各省、自治区、直辖市、计划单列市运动队运动员不得参加比赛。
7、凡国内报名参赛的运动员均需注册为中国乒乓球协会会员，未注册会员的参赛运动员可在报名时免费办理注册手续。
8、各参赛队名称可冠名，参赛队名称形式可以是地名+冠名，或冠名+地名，冠名不得与酒业有关。如：北京XXX（企业）代表队。参赛队队名中必须体现所代表城市或国家名称。
9、国内参赛运动员凭有效二代身份证或军官证报名参赛，国外参赛运动员凭有效护照报名参赛。报名时必须提交身份证、军官证或护照的扫描件。比赛期间运动员必须随时携带居民身份证或护照原件供组委会和裁判员随时查验。
10、严禁冒名顶替、弄虚作假，一经发现立即取消本人和其参赛队的比赛资格。
11、各组别年龄界定：
男子34岁以下组为1983年1月1日以后出生者；
男子35-54岁组为1963年1月1日至1982年12月31日出生者；
男子55岁以上组为1962年12月31日以前出生者；
女子39岁以下组为1978年1月1日以后出生者；
女子40岁以上组为1977年12月31日以前出生者；
12、关于保险的规定：
（1）所有参赛人员必须是身体健康者，参赛人员应根据自身身体条件，天气和地理等方面的情况，量力而行参加比赛。
（2）所有参赛人员应由参赛单位或个人自行提前办理比赛期间的人身意外保险，否则，一切后果自负。参赛人员报到时，应出示保单原件，提交保单复印件。
（3）如参赛人员不愿办理保险或报到时不能提供保险的相关材料，须与承办单位签订《安全责任书》。
（二）报名：
1、各参赛代表队须于2017年7月21日12时前报名，报名方式请查询中国乒乓球协会官方网站（https://www.ctta.cn）或西安乒乓球协会官方网站（https://www.xianpingxie.com）发布的补充通知。补充通知将详细注明比赛信息、报到信息、领队会信息、场馆等信息。
2、报名后必须与报名联系人电话确认报名信息是否清楚、准确、完整。
3、报名如有变动请及时在报名系统自行更改，比赛开始前四天24：00不再受理更改报名。
4、所有参赛代表队必须派领队或教练参加赛前领队会，领队会的时间和地点将在补充通知中公布，请注意查看中国乒乓球协会官方网站。因故不能按时参加领队会的必须通知组委会。
5、国内以各城市和有关单位为报名单位参赛，并持所属城市体育局或乒协加盖公章的相关证明报名参赛；国外以国家为单位报名参赛，并持相应体育管理部门加盖公章的相关证明报名参赛；每个参赛单位可报1个队，每个参赛队每个组别各报运动员1人，领队兼教练1人，领队或教练可兼运动员。
6、代表队报名时，如小年龄组运动员不足，允许大年龄运动员报名参加小年龄组比赛，禁止国内代表队小年龄运动员报名参加大年龄组比赛。参赛组别须在报名时确认，各参赛队报名信息确认后，运动员的参赛组别不得更改。
（三）参赛费用
1、各参赛队往返赛区的交通费自理，正式报到至离会期间，组委会免费安排正编人员（最多6人/队）食宿，编外人员发生的上述费用由运动员（队）自理。
2、赛区统一收取报名费：600元（人民币）/队（国外代表队100美元/队）。
八、竞赛办法：
（一）比赛执行国家体育总局最新审定的《乒乓球竞赛规则》。
（二）比赛只设团体比赛，不设单打比赛。
（三）比赛分两个阶段进行。
（四）第一阶段：根据参赛队数进行分组循环赛；
（五）第一阶段比赛采用五五对抗积分赛制，每场比赛五局三胜，11分制；必须打满五场，出场顺序如下：
第一场：单打（男子34岁以下组）
第二场：单打（女子39岁以下组）
第三场：单打（男子35岁-54岁组）
第四场：单打（女子40岁以上组）
第五场：单打（男子55岁以上组）
（六）积分规定：一场团体赛中，各代表队每胜一场得1分，负一场或弃权一场得0分。各阶段小组名次根据各队在该阶段循环赛所获得的积分总和决定。如积分相同，按照国家体育总局乒乓球羽毛球运动管理中心最新审定的《乒乓球竞赛规则》确定排名。
（七）第二阶段：第一阶段小组出线队伍将进行第二阶段淘汰赛和附加赛，每场团体赛五场三胜制，每场比赛五局三胜，11分制，决出前8名全部名次。第二阶段单打出场顺序采用抽签办法确定。
（八）团体比赛中，只允许一名长胶队员上场。
（九）参加团体比赛的参赛队应统一着装。
九、录取名次与奖励：
（一）团体对抗赛录取前8名。
（二）获得前3名的参赛队分别颁发金、银、铜牌、奖杯、奖励证书和奖金，获得4-8名者颁发奖励证书和奖金。
（三）比赛设总奖金30万元奖励前8名。各名次奖金金额具体如下（单位为人民币）：
第一名：10万元
第二名：6万元
第三名：5万元
第四名：4万元
第五名：2万元
第六名：1.5万元
第七名：1万元
第八名：0.5万元
注： 1、对积极参赛及表现突出的运动队将给予鼓励奖。
十、比赛器材：
（一）球 台：中国乒乓球协会批准的比赛用台。
（二）比赛用球：许绍发牌白色无缝40+三星乒乓球。
十一、裁判员：
裁判长、副裁判长及部分骨干裁判均由中国乒乓球协会商西安市乒乓球运动协会选派。其余裁判员由承办单位负责选派。
十二、仲裁：
比赛设仲裁委员会，仲裁委员会主任由中国乒乓球协会选派。
十三、本规程解释权属中国乒乓球协会。
十四、未尽事宜，另行通知。
Therules and regulations for the Third Silk Road China Xi’an “6 Year West Phoenix”International Table Tennis Open Competition
1. Endorsed by:
Chinese Table TennisAssociation
Xi’an City Government
2.Organizedby:
Xi’an Sports Bureau
Xi’an Table Tennis Association
3. Exclusive Sponsor:
Shaanxi Xi Fu Xiang Group Company
4. MarketingOrganization:
Beijing Zhong Ping Sports Development Company.
5. Competition timeand place:
Time: September 9 to10 (September 8 for the sign in, September 11 for the exit)
Place: Xi’an CitySports Park Stadium
6. Competitionformat:
Team Competition:
Men’s single under age 34
Women’s single under age 39
Men’s single between age 35 to54
Women’s single over age 40
Men’s single over age 55
7. Apply for thecompetition:
7.1. Invited cities,organizations, associationsand their eligibility
7.1.1. Chinese citiesand organizations (sorted by name): Beijing, Jilin, Sichuan, Chongqing,Jiangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang, People's Liberation Army, Gansu, Fujian,Jiangsu, Hebei, Liaoning, Capital News Media Team, Tianjin, Shanxi, Hubei, Hunan,Xinjiang, Xi’an, Henan, Tibet, the Central Government Department Table TennisAssociation Team etc.
7.1.2. Internationalteams: Australia, Canada, France, Hawaii, Indonesia, New Zealand, Russia,Austria, Thailand, etc.
7.1.3. Thecompetition is open for the above cities, organizations and associations. Each city, organization or associations is limited to one team only, and overall 32 teams in total.
7.1.4. Players fromChinese provinces must be local citizens for that province (area, city), theyare forbidden to represent other province (area, city).
7.1.5. Theeligibility for players from international teams will be decided by thecompetition organizing committee.
7.1.6. Players thatare still registered in the “National Athletes Registration System” after Jan1, 2013 are forbidden to join the competition.
7.1.7. Chineseathletes must be a member of the Chinese table tennis association. Unregisteredplayers can register at the competition for free.
7.1.8. Each team canbe named after the sponsor. The format of the team name needs to bePlace+Sponsor Name or Sponsor Name+Place. However the sponsor name must not berelated to alcohol products. For example: Beijing XXX (company) Team. The nameof the city or country must be represented in the team name.
7.1.9. The Chineseathletes must enter the competition with valid national ID card or militaryofficer certificate. The foreign athletes must enter the competition with validpassport. Scanned copy of national ID card, military certificate or passportneeds to be submitted when applying for the competition. The athletes mustalways carry their ID cards or passports for the organizing committee and thereferee to check at any time during the competition.
7.1.10. It isstrictly prohibited to falsely represent or cheating, which will result theplayer and team being stripped of the eligibility for the game.
7.1.11. Age groupdefinition:
Men under age 34 were born after1/1/1983;
Men between age 35 to 54 were bornbetween 1/1/1963 to 12/31/1982;
Men above age 55 were born before12/31/1962;
Women below age 39 were born after1/1/1978;
Women above age 40 were born before12/31/1977;
7.1.12. Insurance:
(1) All players must be physicallyhealthy. Players should participate in the games within their abilitiesaccording to their own physical conditions, weather and geography factors.
(2) All players shall purchase thepersonal accident insurance which should be provided by their sponsors orindividuals for the competition in advance. Otherwise,any consequence is responsible by the player. When the players signin for the competition, they should present the original insurance papers andsubmit a copy.
(3) If the player does not want topurchase insurance or failed to show any relevant material when signing in,then he or she must sign a "safety responsibility statement" with theorganizer.
7.2. How to apply:
7.2.1. Eachparticipating team must apply before midnight July 21, 2017. More informationcan be found on the China table tennis association's official website(https://www.ctta.cn) or on the Xi 'an table tennis association's officialwebsite (https://www.xianpingxie.com). Additional information will specify theinformation of the game, information about the sign in, the information of theteam leaders meeting and the venue.
7.2.2. Afterregistration the competition organizer will contact the team through telephoneto make sure the registration information is clear, accurate and full.
7.2.3. Any changes tothe application must be made four days before the competition begins.
7.2.4. All the teamleaders or coaches must attend the team leaders meeting before the game. Thetime and place for this meeting will be announced in the follow up notice.Please pay attention to the Chinese table tennis association's officialwebsite. It is necessary to inform the organizing committee if the meetingcannot be attended on time.
7.2.5. Chinese teamsrepresenting cities or organizations must have proof of authorization from therelevant city sports bureau or table tennis association. Foreign teams musthave proof of authorization from relevant sports administration. Each city,country or organization can only have one team. Each team is consisted of oneplayer for each category, one team leader or coach. Team leader and coach canalso be a player.
7.2.6. When applyingfor the competition, if the team is short of young players, older players canplay in the younger age group. However younger players are not allowed to playin the older age group. The team should specify which player will play in whichage group when applying and it is not allowed to change after the registrationis confirmed.
7.3. Fees
7.3.1. Transportationfees to and from the competition venue are to be bore by the team itself. Theaccommodation and food will be provided to each team (up to 6 people) for freeduring the competition. Teams with more than 6 people will need to pay for theextra personnels.
7.3.2. The entry feeis 600 RMB for each Chinese team, or 100 US dollars for each foreign team.
8. Competition Rules:
8.1. The games willfollow the latest “Rules of the TableTennis Competition” as reviewed by the general administration of sport ofChina.
8.2. There is noindividual competition, only team competition.
8.3. The games willhave two stages, group stage and knockout stage.
8.4. Stage one:according to the number of teams, divide them into groups and each group willplay round-robin matches.
8.5. Each match is afive vs five format. Each game is best of five sets, up to 11 points for eachset. Each match between two teams must play all five games regardless of theresults. The games are played in the following order:
Game one: Single (Men’s singles under age 34)
Game two: Single (Women’ssingles under age 39)
Game three: Single (Men’ssingles between age 35 to 54)
Game four: Single (Women’ssingles above age 40)
Game five: Single (Men’ssingles above age 55)
8.6. Scores rule: Ina match between two teams, the team receives 1 point for each game win, or 0point for each game loss or forfeit. The ranking in the group stage is based onthe total points tallied in the group matches. If the total scores are thesame, then the ranking will be determined according to the latest Rules of Table Tennis Competition asreviewed by the general administration of sport of China.
8.7. Stage two: The qualified teams from the first stage will playin the second stage which is the knockout and extra playoff matches. Each matchbetween two teams will play the "best of 5 games” system. Eachgame is best of five sets. Each set is up to 11 points. Stage two will rank thetop 8 teams. The playing order in each match in stage two are determined priorto the match by lottery.
8.8. Only one long pimple rubber player is allowed to play in eachmatch between two teams.
8.9. Players must wear team uniform during the competition.
9. Ranking and Award:
9.1. The top 8 ranked teams will be awarded by the competition.
9.2. The top 3 teams will be awarded gold, silver, bronze medals,award certificate and prize money. Teams ranked from 4 to 8 will be awardedwith certificate and prize money.
9.3. The total prize money is 300,000 RMB, to be awarded to the top8 ranked teams. The prize money for each place is as follows:
First place: 100,000 rmb
Second place: 60,000 rmb
Third place: 50,000 rmb
4th place: 40,000 rmb
5th place: 20,000 rmb
6th place: 15,000 rmb
7th place: 10,000 rmb
8th place: 5,000 rmb
Note: Prizes will also be awarded to active and outstandingsports teams.
10. Equipment：
10.1. The table: The competition table approved by Chinese TableTennis Association.
10.2. The competition balls: Xu Shaofa 40+mm white seamless threestar balls
11. Referees:
The chair referee, vicechair referee and the main referees are selected by the Chinese Table TennisAssociation and Xi’an Table Tennis Association. Other referees are selected bythe organizers.
12. Arbitration：
The competition hasan arbitration committee. Members of the committee are selected by the ChineseTable Tennis Association.
13. The final interpretation of this document is owned by theChinese Table Tennis Association.
14. Any undocumented business is subject to further notice.