5. 1 "round": a period of time during which the ball is in the game.

5.2 "Game state when the ball is served", that is, from the time of serving, before the ball is intentionally thrown upward, it stays still for a moment without clapping. Score or serve again in this round.

5.3 "Re-serve": No score in one round.

5.4 "One point": the round of scoring.

5.5 "Clap your hands": the hand holding the racket.

5.6 "Don't clap your hands": the hand that doesn't hold the racket.

5.7 "Hit the ball", touch the ball with the racket held in your hand or the lower part of your wrist.

5.8 "Blocking": After the opponent hits the ball, the ball in the game state does not touch the table or exceeds the table or its end line, that is, it touches the player or anything he wears.

5.9 "Server": the player who hits the ball first in a round.

5. 10 "receiver": the second player to hit the ball in a round.

5. 1 1 "referee": the person appointed to manage a game.

5. 12 "referee assistant": a person designated to assist the referee in some aspects.

5. 13 Anything an athlete "wears or brings", including anything he wears or brings at the beginning of a round.

5. 14 ball passes under or outside the net device protruding from the platform, or the ball returned after passing through the net should be regarded as having passed or bypassed the net device.

5. The "terminal line" in the15 table includes infinite extension lines at both ends of the terminal line.

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Legitimate service

6. 1 When serving, put the ball on the palm of your hand, don't clap your hands, and keep your palms open and flat. The ball should be stationary, behind the end line of the server and above the table.

6.2 The server must throw the ball up almost vertically by hand, and must not make the ball rotate, and make the ball rise not less than 16 cm after leaving the palm that does not clap.

6.3 When the ball falls from the highest throwing point, the server can hit the ball, so that the ball first touches its own table, then crosses or bypasses the net, and then touches the receiver's table. In doubles, the ball should touch the right half of the server and receiver.

6.4 From serving to being hit, the ball should always be above the level of the table and outside the end line of the server; And from the receiver's point of view, the ball can't be blocked by the body of the server or his doubles partner or anything (belt) they wear.

6.5 Once the ball is thrown, the non-racket arm of the server should be removed from the space between the ball and the net immediately. The space between the ball and the net is defined by the ball and the net and their upward extension.

6.6 When an athlete serves, it is his responsibility to let the referee or the assistant referee see whether he serves according to the statutory provisions.

6.6. 1 If the referee doubts the correctness of a service action of the server, and neither he nor the assistant referee can determine that the service action is illegal, the referee can warn the server not to score when this phenomenon occurs for the first time in a game.

6.6.2 In the same game, if the correctness of the athlete's serve action is questioned again, whether for the same reason or not, one point will be lost without warning.

6.6.3 No matter whether it is the first time or at any time, as long as the server obviously fails to serve according to the legal provisions, one point will be deducted without warning.

6.7 When an athlete can't strictly abide by some regulations of legal service due to physical injury, the referee may make a decision to waive the execution, but he must explain it to the referee before the game.

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Legal counterattack

7. 1 After the opponent serves or returns the ball, the players of the team must hit the ball so that the ball directly crosses or bypasses the net device, or touches the net device before touching the opponent's table.

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Competition order

8. 1 Singles, legal serve, start, then receive the serve, receive the serve legally, and then alternately legally counterattack.

8.2 In doubles, legal serve, the server, then the receiver, then the server's partner, then the receiver's partner, and then the players take turns to fight back legally.

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9. 1 round should be awarded a heavy serve under the following circumstances:

9. 1. 1 If the ball sent by the server touches the net device when it crosses or bypasses the net device, it becomes a legal serve or is blocked by the receiver or his companions.

9. 1.2 If the receiver or companion is not ready, the ball has already served: and neither the receiver nor companion has tried to hit the ball.

9. 1.3 The athletes failed to go to legal serve due to interference beyond their control. Fight back legally or obey the rules.

9. 1.4 The referee or deputy referee suspended the game.

9. 1.5 In doubles, the player made a mistake in serving and receiving the service.

9.2 The competition may be suspended under the following circumstances:

9.2. 1 due to the need to correct the wrong order or orientation of serving and receiving; ;

9.2.2 Due to the rotation service law;

9.2.3 For warning or punishing athletes;

9.2.4 As the competition environment is disturbed, the results of this round of competition may be affected.

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10. 1 Except for the round that was sentenced to serve again, the athlete scored one point in the following circumstances:

10. 1. 1 The opposing player failed to legal serve;

10. 1.2 The opposing athlete failed to fight back legally;

10. 1.3 After the player serves or returns the ball, the ball touches anything except the net before the opponent hits the ball;

10. 1.4 After the opponent hits the ball, the ball crosses the end line and does not touch the platform;

10. 1.5 was blocked by the other party;

10. 1.6 combo;

10. 1.7 The opponent hits the ball with a racket face that does not meet the requirements of 1.4.3;

10. 1.8 The opposing player or anything he wears makes the table move;

10. 1.9 The opposing player or anything he wears touches the net;

10. 1. 10 The opposing player does not clap his hands when touching the table;

10.1.11In doubles, the opposing players hit the ball in the wrong order;

10. 1. 12 In the service rotation method, the receiver or his doubles partner, including receiving the serve, completed 13 legal counterattacks.

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Give full play to

1 1. 1 In a game, the winner is the one who gets 1 1 points first, and the winner is the one who gets 2 points first after 10 is tied.

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individual match

12. 1 A game should adopt the best of three games or the best of five games. At present, most international competitions adopt the best of seven games system.

12.2 A game should be played continuously. However, during the competition, any athlete has the right to ask for a break of no more than two minutes.

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Choice of serving, receiving and positioning

13. 1 which side to serve and receive, whose power should be decided by drawing lots. The winner can choose to serve or receive the service first, or he can choose to stand aside first.

13.2 when one player chooses to serve or receive the service first, or after one player chooses to serve first, the other player should have another choice.

13.3 after each score, the receiver becomes the server, and so on until the end of the game, or until the scores of both sides reach 10, or the rotation serve method is implemented. At this time, the order of serving and receiving remains unchanged, but each person only serves one point in turn.

13.4 In the first game of doubles, the server determines the starter first, and then the receiver determines the first receiver first. In subsequent matches, after the first receiver is determined, the first receiver should be the player who served for him in the previous match.

13.5 In doubles, every time a service is changed, the front-end server becomes a server, and the partner of the front-end server becomes a server.

13.6 The player who serves first in one game should receive the service first in the next game. In the final game of doubles, when one side scores 6 points first, the receiver should exchange the order of receiving the service.

13.7, one side of a certain position will be changed to the other side in the next game. In the deciding game, when one side scores 5 points first, the two sides should exchange places.

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The wrong order and direction of serving and receiving.

14. 1 once the referee finds that the order of serving and receiving is wrong, he should immediately suspend the game, and the player who should have served or received the service should serve or receive the service in the order established at the beginning of the game. In doubles, when mistakes are found, they should be corrected in the order established by the side with the right to serve first, and the game will continue.

14.2 once the referee finds that the athletes should exchange positions but not exchange positions, he should immediately suspend the game and make corrections according to the correct position where the athletes should stand at the beginning of the game before continuing the game.

14.3 In any case, all scores before errors are found are valid.

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Spin serve

15. 1 If a game is still not over after 15 minutes (except when both sides score at least 10), or at any time before that, at the request of the athletes of both sides, the rotation service method should be implemented.

15. 1. 1 At the time limit, the ball is still in the game state, and the referee should immediately suspend the game. The suspended server serves and continues the game.

15.10.2 At that time, the ball was not in the game state, and the last round of service and service had to be served to continue the game.

After 15.2, each player takes turns to serve one point until the end of the game. If the receiver makes 13 legal counterattacks, the receiver gets 1 point.

Once the service change method of 15.3 is implemented, the rest of the game must continue until the end of the game.

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Competition type

"International competition" refers to a competition in which athletes from more than one association participate.

"International competition" is a competition between teams of different associations.

"Open", that is, all the athletes of the association can sign up for the competition.

"Restricted competition" refers to the competition that is limited to athletes of a specific group except the age group.

"Invitational Tournament" refers to a competition in which only individuals are invited and designated athletes participate.

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Scope of application of rules and regulations

Competition type

3. 1. 1. 1 "international competition", that is, the competition in which athletes from more than one association participate.

3. 1. 1.2 "international competition", that is, the competition between teams of different associations.

3. 1. 1.3 "open competition", that is, all athletes of the association can sign up for the competition.

3. 1. 1.4 "restricted competition", that is, the competition is limited to athletes in specific groups except the age group.

3. 1. 1.5 "invitational tournament", that is, the competition is limited to individual invitations and designated athletes.

application area

3. 1.2. 1 Unless otherwise specified in 3. 1.2.2, the rules will apply to world, European and Olympic competitions, open competitions and international competitions, unless otherwise agreed by the participating associations.

3. 1.2.2 The Council may authorize the organizers of open competitions to adopt the experimental rules issued by the Executive Committee.

3. 1.2.3 The international competition rules apply to the following competitions:

3. 1.2.3. 1 World and Olympic Games, unless the Council approves other regulations and notifies the participating associations in advance;

3. 1.2.3.2 states, unless the relevant state federation has approved other regulations and notified the participating associations in advance;

3. 1.2.3.3 Open (3.7. 1.2), unless other regulations have been approved by ITTF Executive Committee, the contestants will agree according to the regulations of 3. 1.2.4;

3. 1.2.3.4 is opened, except as specified in 3. 1.2.4.

3. 1.2.4 The nature and scope of the change shall be stated in the application for open competition that does not meet any provisions of these Rules; Filling in and submitting the application form shall be deemed as the applicant's agreement to the competition conditions, including the change of contents.

3. 1.2.5 It is suggested that this competition regulation be applicable to all international competitions. However, under the condition of observing the articles of association, international restricted competitions, invitational competitions and chartered international competitions organized by non-member units may be held in accordance with the rules formulated by the organizers.

3. 1.2.6 these rules and international competition rules are considered to be applicable to all international competitions, unless the changes are agreed in advance or explicitly written into the published competition rules.

3. 1.2.7 Detailed explanation and understanding of the rules, including descriptions of equipment specifications, shall be published in the form of technical documents, competition officials' manuals and referees' manuals approved by the Council.

Equipment and competition conditions

Approved and licensed equipment

3.2. 1. 1 The approval or permission of competition equipment shall be implemented by the Acting Council of the Equipment Committee; If at any time it is found that the continued production or use of a product is harmful to table tennis, the Council may cancel the approval of the equipment.

3.2. 1.2 The application form or competition guide of the open competition shall indicate the table, net, brand and color of the ball to be used; The selection of equipment should be made by the association of the competition place from the brands and models currently recognized by ITTF.

3.2. 1.3 The cover of the racket's hitting surface should be the brand and model currently licensed by ITTF, and the trademark model and ITTF logo must be clearly affixed to its edge.

3.2. 1.4 A list of permitted adhesives for bonding racket covers to rackets can be obtained from the Secretariat.

dress

3.2.2. 1 Competition clothes generally include short-sleeved sweatshirts, shorts or skirts, socks and sports shoes; Except with the permission of the referee, you are not allowed to wear half or full sets of sportswear and other clothes during the competition.

The main colors of 3.2.2.2 short-sleeved jerseys (except sleeves and collars), shorts or short skirts should be obviously different from the colors of match balls.

There can be numbers or characters on the back of 3.2.2.3 short-sleeved jerseys, which are used to indicate the athletes and their associations, or to indicate the clubs to which the athletes belong during club competitions, as well as advertisements conforming to the regulations of 3.2.4.9.

3.2.2.4 should give priority to wearing the number cloth made by the organizer to show the identity of athletes in the middle position on the back of the short-sleeved sweatshirt, instead of advertising. This number cloth should be rectangular, with an area of no more than 600 square centimeters.

Signs or decorations on the front or side of 3.2.2.5 sportswear and any items worn by athletes, such as jewelry, should not be too conspicuous or reflective, thus affecting the opponent's line of sight.

3.2.2.6 athletes' clothing must not contain patterns and words that may cause unhappiness or damage the reputation of the sport.

The legality and acceptability of competition clothes in 3.2.2.7 should be decided by the referee.

Athletes of the 3.2.2.8 team, or doubles players composed of athletes from the same association, should wear the same clothes except shoes and socks.

In 3.2.2.9, athletes from both sides should wear sportswear with obviously different colors, so that the audience can easily distinguish them.

3.2.2. 10 When the clothes worn by athletes or sports teams of both sides are similar in color and both sides are unwilling to change them, lots shall be drawn to decide that one side must change them.

3.2.2. 1 1 When participating in world, Olympic or international open championships, athletes should wear short-sleeved sweatshirts, shorts or short skirts approved by their associations.

3.2.3 Competition conditions

3.2.3. 1 The space of the playing field shall be no less than 14m long, 7m wide and 5m high.

3.2.3.2 competition area should be surrounded by black baffles with the same height of 75cm to separate it from the adjacent competition areas and spectators.

In the world and Olympic Games held in 3.2.3.3, the illuminance measured from the height of the competition table shall not be less than 65,438+0,000 lux, and the illuminance of the whole competition table shall be uniform, and the illuminance of other places in the competition area shall not be less than 500 lux; In other competitions, the illumination of the competition table shall not be less than 600 lux, and the illumination of the whole competition shall be uniform, and the illumination of other places in the competition area shall not be less than 400 lux.

The lighting levels of several tables in 3.2.3.4 should be consistent, and the background lighting of the competition hall should not be higher than the minimum lighting in the competition area.

3.2.3.5 light source shall not be less than 5 meters from the ground.

Generally speaking, the area around the 3.2.3.6 site should be dark, and there should be no bright light sources or sunlight exposed through windows.

3.2.3.7 floor color should not be too light or reflective, slippery, and the surface should not be brick, cement or stone; In the world and Olympic Games, the floor should be made of wood or a certain brand and kind of movable plastic floor recognized by ITTF.

advertisement

3.2.4. 1 In the competition area, advertisements can only be displayed on designated equipment and devices, and advertisements cannot be set up separately.

Fluorescent or bright colors are not allowed anywhere in 3.2.4.2.

It is forbidden to use white or yellow characters and marks on the inner side of 3.2.4.3 baffle, and no more than two colors are allowed, and the total height is limited within 40 cm; It is recommended to use a color that is darker or lighter than the background color.

The marks on the end faces and sides of 3.2.4.4 floors and tables should be darker or lighter than the background color or black.

There can be at most 4 advertisements on the ground of 3.2.4.5 Competition Area, and 1 advertisement can be set on each side and end of the table, with the total area of each advertisement not exceeding 2.5 square meters. The distance between the advertisement and the baffle shall not be less than 1 m, and the distance between the advertisement baffles at both ends shall not exceed 2m.

There may be temporary advertisements on both sides and end faces of 3.2.4.6 table at 1/2, which shall not be advertisements of other table tennis equipment suppliers and must be obviously different from permanent advertisements; The total length of each advertisement shall not exceed 60 cm.

Advertisements on the Internet in 3.2.4.7 should be darker or lighter than the background color, and the distance from the top of the net should not be less than 3cm, and the mesh should not be covered.

The total area of any advertisement on the judging table or other equipment in 3.2.4.8 Division shall not exceed 750 square centimeters;

Advertisements on 3.2.4.9 athletes' clothing should be subject to the following restrictions:

3.2.4.9.1The total area of the normal trademark, mark or name of the manufacturer shall not exceed 24 square centimeters;

3.2.4.9.2 There shall be no more than three advertisements on the front and side of the short-sleeved sweatshirt, and the total advertising area shall not exceed 200 square centimeters, and there must be obvious separation between each advertisement;

3.2.4.9.3 The back of a short-sleeved sweatshirt can have advertisements with an area not exceeding 200 square centimeters;

3.2.4.9.4 There shall be no more than two advertisements on shorts or short skirts with a total area of not more than 80 square centimeters.

3.2.4. 10 The total advertising area on the number cloth of athletes shall not exceed 100 square centimeter.

3.2.4. 1 1 The total advertising area on the referee's clothing shall not exceed 40 square centimeters.

3.2.4. 12 There shall be no advertisements for tobacco products, alcoholic beverages or harmful drugs on the competition clothes and numbered cloth.

3.3 Management authority of judges

chief judge

3.3. 1. 1 Designate a referee for each competition, and inform all the contestants and the team leader of his identity and work place.

3.3. 1.2 The presiding judge is responsible for the following matters:

3.3. 1.2. 1 preside over the lottery;

3.3. 1.2.2 Arrange the competition schedule;

3.3. 1.2.3 Assign competition staff;

3.3. 1.2.4 Preside over the short meeting of referees before the competition;

3.3. 1.2.5 Qualification for mobilizing examiners;

3.3. 1.2.6 decide whether to interrupt the game in an emergency;

3.3. 1.2.7 Decide whether athletes can leave the competition area in a competition;

3.3. 1.2.8 decide whether the legal practice time can be extended;

3.3. 1.2.9 Decide whether athletes can wear long sportswear in a competition;

3.3. 1.2. 10 to decide on any issues related to the interpretation of rules and regulations, including the acceptability of clothing, competition equipment and competition conditions;