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SPORT SPECIFIC INFORMATION
SPORT SPECIFIC INFORMATION

       Regularly updated, the Sport Specific Information document for the 2015 ITTF World
Junior Circuit contains information, which complements the Directives published earlier in 2014

       Please refer to these documents for detailed information regarding the most extensive
aspect of the World Junior Programme; over 30 events are scheduled involving all six
continental organisations. Notably the year 2014 witnessed the participation of 1957 players
from 97 national associations.

      You are most welcome to join the growing ITTF World Junior Circuit in 2015!

      With the future in mind,

      Mohamed DAWLATLY                                        Karl JINDRAK
      In charge of the World Junior Circuit                   Director of Competitions

      Judit FARAGO
      ITTF CEO
SPORT SPECIFIC INFORMATION
1. GENERAL TERMS
    In 2015, the ITTF will establish the following tiers on the ITTF World Junior Circuit:
           1. Golden Series: a maximum of four (4) tournaments worldwide
           2. Premium Events: a maximum of ten (10) tournaments worldwide
           3. Regular Events: without a limit

 The specific requirements for each level of tournaments are:

      1.1. Golden Series:
         • ITTF approved flooring mandatory
         • Show court implementation1 for one (1) TV table from Day 1 (30-36 A-boards)
         • Streaming all matches on the TV table on the ITTF YouTube channel, itTV or other
             ITTF chosen platform.
         • Implementation of the ITTF Graphics for the streaming
         • Five camera TV production of the singles finals (minimum four matches)
         • Footage delivered to ITTF within 48 hours after conclusion of the event
         • 10,000 USD in prize money for junior events
         • No other tournaments organized simultaneously. Maximum of twelve (12) events
         • Five day tournament on a minimum of 8 tables
         • Schedule for finals agreed with the ITTF Competition Programme staff in advance
         • Hospitality for up to 10 players offered at 50% of the official price, on a full board
             basis, for the ITTF Education and Training Programme

      1.2. Premium events:
         • ITTF approved flooring mandatory
         • Show court implementation1 for one (1) TV table at least for the last day of the junior
              singles events (30-36 A-boards)
         • Streaming the singles finals (minimum four matches) on the TV table on the ITTF
              YouTube channel, itTV or other ITTF chosen platform.
         • Implementation of the ITTF Graphics for the streaming
         • TV production with minimum three cameras for the final day
         • Footage delivered to ITTF within 48 hours after conclusion of the event
         • 8,000 USD in prize money for junior events
         • No other tournaments organized simultaneously. Maximum of fourteen (14) events
         • Five day tournament on a minimum of 8 tables
         • Hospitality for up to 8 players offered at 50% of the official price, on a full board
              basis, for the ITTF Education and Training Programme

      1.3. Regular Events:
         • ITTF Approved flooring is recommended, but not mandatory
         • If the tournament has any TV streaming, it has to be done through the ITTF YouTube
             channel, itTV or other ITTF chosen or approved platform.
         • Implementation of the ITTF Graphics for the streaming is recommended
         • 3,000 USD in prize money for junior events
         • Two to five day tournament depending on the number of events on a minimum of 6
             tables

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     Either pyramidal or solid plastic inter-connected A-boards of 1.4 m size shall be used

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SPORT SPECIFIC INFORMATION
2. SYSTEM OF PLAY
 The competition will include the following events:
 Junior Boys’ Singles (born in 1997 or later) – mandatory
 Junior Girls’ Singles (born in 1997 or later) – mandatory
 Junior Boys’ and Girls’ Team – recommended
 Junior Boys’ and Girls’ Doubles – recommended
 Cadet Boys’ and Girls’ events (born in 2000 or later) – optional
 Mini Cadet Boys’ and Girls’ events (born in 2002 or later) – optional
 Hopes Boys’ and Girl’s events (born in 2003 or later) - optional

   SINGLES EVENTS
 The competition in the JBS and JGS (and in Cadet, Mini Cadet and Hopes events if also
 organized) will be played in two stages defined as: First Stage and Main Draw.
 In the First Stage participants will be divided generally in groups of 4 or 3 players with priority
 given to groups of 4 players for the junior events. As an exception to this rule, the ITTF
 Competition Manager can authorize the division of the players in groups of 4 and 5 players (for
 example if the Tournament includes only singles and doubles events but not teams); in this
 case, again the groups of 4 players will be the priority for junior events.
 Two players will advance from each group to the Main Draw.
 If the number of entries is greater than 64, in the junior events the higher 8 or 16 ranked
 players taking part in the event will advance directly to the Main Draw (except if the total
 number of groups is 16 or less) and also if the number of entries is very low, lucky losers can
 also complete in the Main Draw. The ITTF Competition Manager, in agreement with the
 Tournament Director is the sole responsible person for all matters concerning the system of
 play.
 Competition in the First Stage will be best of 5 games while the Main Draw will feature
 matches best of 7 games for the junior singles events.
 In CBS & CGS the ITTF Competition Manager will decide, in agreement with the Tournament
 Director and the Referee, if there will be players seeded directly in the main draw based on the
 number of tables and days for the tournament, and also if to give priority to groups of 4 or to
 groups of 3. In any case, two stages will be established as for the junior events. Same
 considerations will apply for Mini Cadets and Hopes events if organized as part of your World
 Junior Circuit event.

   DOUBLES EVENTS
 ITTF recommends running doubles events in parallel with the singles events, so participants can
 benefit more from the tournament. For the doubles, the system of play will be knock-out from
 the qualification stages through the finals. All matches will be best of 5 games.

   TEAM EVENTS
 The most common system for an ITTF Junior Circuit is to have a tournament including singles,
 doubles and TEAM events.
 For the team events two formats of play are recommended: the Corbillon Cup (AvX, BvY,
 doubles, AvY, BvX) or the New Swaythling Cup system (AvX, BvY, CvZ, AvY, BvX).
 The Team event format has to be announced at the time of publishing the calendar.
 The team event will be played in two stages, First Stage with groups of 3-4 teams and Main
 Draw with knock-out format. If the time allows, a consolation draw may be arranged as well.
 Additional international tournaments can be organized only on separate days and not parallel to
 the ITTF event, with the only exception being explicitly accepted combinations.

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3. ENTRIES
 Entries will only be accepted from ITTF Affiliated National Associations. By default, the deadline
 for entries is automatically set 30 days before the starting date of the Tournament in the
 Prospectus. Additional entries are not accepted after the deadline unless officially
 extended. The number of entries is limited based on the number of tables, number of events
 and number of competition days available, but participation is guaranteed for each association
 which has officially entered. Maximum number of entries is fixed according to the below chart:

Events   Tables   Days   Max. Entries   Events   Tables   Days   Max. Entries   Events   Tables   Days   Max. Entries
  4        8       4         120          6        8       4         110          8        8       4         100
  4       10       4         150          6       10       4         130          8       10       4         110
  4       12       4         180          6       12       4         160          8       12       4         140
  4       16       4         220          6       16       4         200          8       16       4         180
  4        8       5         180          6        8       5         160          8        8       5         140
  4       10       5         220          6       10       5         190          8       10       5         170
  4       12       5         260          6       12       5         230          8       12       5         210
  4       16       5         310          6       16       5         280          8       16       5         260

Events   Tables   Days   Max. Entries   Events   Tables   Days   Max. Entries   Events   Tables   Days   Max. Entries
  10       8       4         90          12        8       4         80          14        8       4         70
  10      10       4         100         12       10       4         90          14       10       4         80
  10      12       4         120         12       12       4         100         14       12       4         100
  10      16       4         160         12       16       4         140         14       16       4         120
  10       8       5         130         12        8       5         110         14        8       5         100
  10      10       5         160         12       10       5         140         14       10       5         120
  10      12       5         190         12       12       5         170         14       12       5         150
  10      16       5         250         12       16       5         230         14       16       5         210

 Note: Combinations of events/tables/days not covered in these tables will be decided by the
 ITTF Competition Programme staff.

 If the total number of entries exceeds the maximum acceptable number of players, each
 entering association is guaranteed to have at least 3 players per event and the remaining places
 will be filled by the Competition Manager to the maximum from the existing entry list according
 to the latest available World Ranking on the date of the entry deadline. All the other players will
 be placed automatically on a waiting list and can be late additions to the entries in order of the
 World Ranking if there is a sport cancellation.

 If there are more available places than players with World Ranking position, the entries shall be
 taken into consideration on a first come first served basis - that is those entries sent the earliest
 within the entry deadline. Entry limitation for the host association is different: the host is
 guaranteed to have 12 entries in each individual event.

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4. SCHEDULE
 In tournaments combining junior and cadet events (12-14 events) there are two options
 available regarding the schedule:

 Option A:

     •   Days 1 and 2 for the junior individual events
     •   Days 3 and 4 for the junior teams and days 3, 4 & 5 for all cadet events

 Option B:

     •   Days 1 and 2 for the junior and cadet team events
     •   Days 3 and 4 (or 3, 4 and 5) for the junior and cadet individual events

     Note: in events scheduled in four days, only option B is considered, but it may be agreed by
     the Competition Programme to start the cadet singles on day 2.

 Schedule option chosen has to be announced at the time of publishing the calendar.

 5. DRAWS
 The draw for the team and/or individual events will be made one or two days prior to the start
 of the particular event (i.e. one day before the team event start for the team events and one or
 two days before the individual events start for the individual events).
 Preferably the printed information shall circulate before 19:00 hours of the day before
 competition start in each particular event. The Draw has to be conducted by the Referee and the
 ITTF Competition Manager together, however the Referee can delegate one of his
 Deputies/Assistants to perform this duty in co-operation with the CM.
 Latest available ITTF rankings will be used for the draws except if otherwise stated in the
 Prospectus of the events.
 For team events, the addition of the points of the two best players of each team (if Corbillon
 System is used) or of the three best players of each team (if New Swaythling Cup system is
 used) will be used to determine the seeding lists.
 For doubles events, the addition of the points of the two players of the pair will be used to
 determine the seeding lists.
 The ITTF Results & Ranking Manager may give input upon request of the Competition Manager
 for unranked players. Alternatively, unranked players will be given a fixed amount of
 “temporary” points for seeding purposes (singles, doubles and teams) which will be the highest
 multiple of 25 less than the rating points of the lowest ranked player of the same gender.
 Example 1: the last male ranked player has 768 points, so all male unranked players will be
 given 750 “temporary” points.
 Example 2: the last female ranked player has 1037 points, so all female unranked players will
 be given 1025 “temporary” points.

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6. WORLD JUNIOR CIRCUIT POINTS STANDINGS
    Athletes participating in each ITTF World Junior Circuit event will earn points depending on their
    performance. The ITTF will publish an “Overall Points Standing” following each event. The basic
    table of points earned can be seen in Table 1:

                                      Position                    Points
                                      Winner                       1000
                                      Runner-up                      700
                                      Losers 1/2 finals              440
                                      Losers 1/4 finals              280
                                      Losers 1/8 finals              160
                                      Losers 1/16 finals              80
                                      Losers 1/32 finals              40
                                               Table 1: basic points

    These points will be multiplied by a factor, based on geographical criteria and on the tier of the
    tournament (see table 2).
       • Geographical multiplication factor: For all events played outside the continent of their
          national association, participating athletes will benefit from a bonus points system. Points
          earned in these events will be multiplied by 1.25 for the points’ standings.
       • Tier multiplication factor: For Golden Series and Premium events, participating athletes
          benefit from a bonus points system as well, Points earned in these events are multiplied
          by 1.2 and 1.4 respectively for the points’ standings.

                        Tier                Own Continent              Other Continent
                        Regular                   1                          1.25
                        Premium                  1.2                          1.5
                        Golden Series            1.4                         1.75
                                          Table 2: multiplication factors

    Summarizing, the points allocated in a tournament based on the tier and on the continent where
    a player competes are those in Table 3:

                                Own Continent                Other Continent
    Position       Regular     Premium Golden Series Regular Premium Golden Series
Winner                1000         1200         1400    1250     1500         1750
Runner-up              700          840          980     875     1050         1225
Losers 1/2 finals      440          528          616     550      660          770
Losers 1/4 finals      280          336          392     350      420          490
Losers 1/8 finals      160          192          224     200      240          280
Losers 1/16 finals      80           96          112     100      120          140
Losers 1/32 finals      40           48            56     50       60           70
                                 Table 3: points earned based on tier and location

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7. CONTINENTAL LIMIT
 There is a limit of maximum three tournaments in one continent to gain points on the ITTF
 Junior Circuit Standings. A player may compete in the Boys’ or Girls’ Singles events respectively
 at more than three tournaments in the same continent but only the three highest amounts of
 points earned in tournaments will be taken into account for points on the ITTF Junior Circuit
 Standings.

 8. QUALIFICATON CRITERIA FOR THE WORLD JUNIOR CIRCUIT FINALS
 16 boys and 16 girls, with a maximum of two players of each gender from the same association,
 qualify for the World Junior Circuit Finals as follows:
   i)     Six (6) continental representatives. The best player from each continent in the Final
          Point Standings.
   ii)    Top nine (9) players of the Final Point Standings, not already included in the continental
          representatives.
   iii)   One (1) wild card for the host association.

    Participation requirements:
 To be invited to 2015 ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals an athlete must have proof of participation
 in at least two continents in ITTF World Junior Circuit Events, having reached the main draw at
 least once. If no player from a continent meets the qualification or participation criteria (or
 those meeting the criteria decline the invitation), the highest ranked player from the continent
 in question who has reached a main draw will be invited to ensure continental representation
 (even if having participated in only one continent). In the event that no-one from that continent
 has reached a main draw then the highest ranked player from that continent in the Under 18
 World Ranking list who has participated in a World Junior Circuit event will be invited. If no one
 from that continent accepts the invitation then the position will be offered to the next highest
 ranked eligible player on the Final Points Standing.

    ITTF World Junior Circuit - website updates:
 Always remember to check the ITTF Website Junior Section for updates and new information. A
 prospectus for each ITTF World Junior Circuit event will be sent by e-mail to each association
 and posted on the ITTF Junior section of the ITTF website.

 9. CALENDAR
 In the following pages you will find the 2015 ITTF World Junior Circuit Calendar, including the
 details for each of the events such events to be played, provisional schedule, format of play of
 the team events and contact person on the Organizing Committee. Please refer to the updated
 version of this document on the ITTF website for further details.

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2015 World Junior Circuit Events

                                                   February

1      3-7 Feb          Bahrain Open, Manama              Premium       JS   JD    JT:SW      CS    CD    CT:CR      X       X

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:13300$            Tournament Director: Mohamed Jaffar btta@btta.bh

2     11-15 Feb             Czech Open, Hodonin           Premium       JS   JD    JT:SW     CS     CD    CT:CR

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:8000$     Tournament Director: Andrea Botkova andrea.botkova@centrum.cz

3     18-22 Feb          Swedish Open, Orebro             Regular       JS   JD       X       CS     X       X      MCS      X
        Schedule Option A           Prize Money:8000$      Tournament Director: Henric Orneland safirinternational@btksafir.com

4    28Feb -3Mar      Paraguay Open, Asuncion             Regular       JS    X     JT:CR     CS     X    CT:CR      X       X

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:3000$           Tournament Director: Benjamin Real breals@tigo.com.py

                                                     March

5      4-8 Mar          Italian Open, Lignano             Premium       JS   JD    JT:SW      CS    CD    CT:CR             HS

        Schedule Option A           Prize Money:8000$      Tournament Director: Antonella Flori international.events@fitet.org

6     22-26 Mar         Tunisia Open, Monastir            Regular       JS    X    JT:SW      CS    CD    CT:CR      X      HS

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:3000$          Tournament Director: Lotfi Guerfel lotfi.guerfel@gmail.com

                                                     April

7      1-5 Apr               Belgium Open, Spa            Regular       JS   JD    JT:SW      CS     X    CT:CR      X      HS

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:6200$           Tournament Director: YVES DOUIN affrbtt@skynet.be

8      3-6 Apr      Australian Open, Tweed Heads          Regular       JS   JD    JT:SW      CS    CD    CT:CR      X       X
        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:3200$       Tournament Director: Bonnie Elliott nem@tabletennis.org.au

9      3-7 Apr      Mauritius Open, Beau Bassin           Regular       JS   JD     JT:CR     CS    CD    CT:CR     MCS      X

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:3000$       Tournament Director: O.Basanta Lala mauritiustabletennis@intnet.mu

10    15-19 Apr              French Open, Metz            Premium       JS   JD    JT:SW      CS    CD    CT:CR      X       X
        Schedule Option A           Prize Money:10000$     Tournament Director: Vincent Blanchard vincent.blanchard@lltt.fr

                                                         May

11    6-10 May        Spanish Open, Platja d'Ar           Regular       JS   JD    JT:SW      CS    CD    CT:CR      X       X
        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:4400$     Tournament Director: M. Isabel Molina Torrecillas fctt@fctt.org

12    11-14 May       Canadian Open, Markham              Regular       JS    X     JT:CR     CS     X    CT:CR      X       X

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:7700$          Tournament Director: Mireille Tallon mireillet@ttcan.ca

                                                           Golden                                          CT:S
13    13-17 May         Thailand Open, Bangkok                          JS    X    JT:SW      CS     X               X      HS
                                                           Series                                           W
        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:17800$     Tournament Director: Sakul Ariyachotima coachsakul@yahoo.com

14    21-24 May         Slovakia Open, Senec              Regular       JS   JD    JT:SW      X      X       X       X       X

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:4000$            Tournament Director: Anton Hamran sstz1@sstz.sk

15    27-31 May      Polish Open, Wladyslawowo            Premium       JS   JD    JT:SW      CS    CD    CT:CR      X       X

        Schedule Option A           Prize Money:8000$      Tournament Director: Marek Przybylowicz marek.Przybylowicz@pzts.pl

                                                     June

16     8-12 Jun          Egypt Open, Ismailia             Regular       JS   JD     JT:CR     CS    CD    CT:CR      X      HS

        Schedule Option B           Prize Money:8000$                        Tournament Director: TBD

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17    19-21 Jun            Puerto Rico Open, Salinas            Regular      JS      X      X     CS     X      X       X       X
        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:3000$        Tournament Director: IVAN SANTOS ORTEGA ivansantos57@gmail.com

                                                                Golden
18    24-28 Jun               China Open, Taicang                            JS      X    JT:CR   CS     X    CT:CR     X       X
                                                                Series
        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:18400$         Tournament Director : Zhao Xia zhaoxia78@sina.com

                                                            August
                                                                Golden
19     5-9 Aug             Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong                         JS     JD   JT:SW    CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X
                                                                Series
        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:10000$         Tournament Director: Ms.Echo Chiu echochiu@hktta.org.hk

20     6-9 Aug             Guatemala Open, Guatemala            Regular      JS      X    JT:CR   CS     X    CT:CR    MCS      X
        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:3000$           Tournament Director: Jorge Herrera jherreragua@gmai.com

21    7-11 Aug                Jordan Open, Amman                Regular      JS      X    JT:CR   CS     X    CT:CR     X       HS
        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:8000$                           Tournament Director: TBD

22    12-15 Aug        El Salvador Open, San Salvador           Regular      JS     JD    JT:CR   CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X

        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:3000$        Tournament Director: Melecio Eduardo Rivera me_rivera@hotmail.com

23    25-29 Aug                 Korea Open, TBD                Premium       JS     JD   JT:SW    CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X

        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:10400$         Tournament Director: Park il soon minpingpong@hanmail.net

24    27-30 Aug               Chile Open, Santiago              Regular      JS     JD    JT:CR   CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X
        Schedule Option A              Prize Money:3000$        Tournament Director: Henry Reimberg F hreimberg@fechiteme.cl

                                                        September

25    9-13 Sep                  India Open, TBD                Premium       JS     JD     JT     CS    CD      CT      X       X
        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:8000$                           Tournament Director: TBD

26    16-20 Sep              Croatia Open, Varazdin             Regular      JS     JD   JT:SW    CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X

        Schedule Option A              Prize Money:3000$          Tournament Director: Goran Jukic goran.jukic@vz.t-com.hr

                                                                Golden
27    23-27 Sep            Chinese Taipei Open, Taipei                       JS     JD   JT:SW    CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X
                                                                Series
        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:10000$        Tournament Director: Chen Ching In chencing@ms39.hinet.net

                                                            October

28     7-11 Oct        Serbian Open, Vrnjacka Banja             Regular      JS     JD   JT:SW    CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X
        Schedule Option A              Prize Money:3200$                  Tournament Director: Zivic Jovan office@stss.rs

29   30 Oct-1 Nov            Slovak Open, Bratislava            Regular       X      X      X     CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X

        Schedule Option B               Prize Money: TBD                Tournament Director : Anton Hamran sstz1@sstz.sk

                                                        November

30     4-8 Nov              Hungarian Open, Budapest           Premium       JS     JD   JT:SW    CS    CD    CT:CR    MCS      X

        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:8000$        Tournament Director:Dr.Miklos Stocker stocker.miklos@moatsz.hu

31    18-22 Nov       Portugal Open, Vilanova de Gaia           Regular      JS     JD   JT:SW    CS    CD    CT:CR     X       X

        Schedule Option B              Prize Money:3000$              Tournament Director: Jose Bentes jose.bentes@fptm.pt

                                                      January 2016

32       TBD           World Junior Circuit Finals, TBD         FINALS            Junior Boys Singles and Junior Girls Singles

      JS: Junior Singles               JD: Junior Doubles        JT: Junior Teams SW:New Swaithling Cup System
      CS: Cadet Singles                CD: Cadet Doubles         CT: Cadet Teams CR:Corbilon Cup System
      MCS: Mini-Cadet Singles                                    HS: Hopes Singles

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10.CONTACTS
 For more information contact:
 ITTF Competition Department

 Mohamed DAWLATLY                                  Karl Jindrak
 In charge of the World Junior Circuit             ITTF Competitions Director
 mdawlatly@ittfmail.com                            kjindrak@ittfmail.com
 Tel: +20 111 111 7275                             Tel: +43 699 1241 7193

 Zoltan Bencsik
 Results & Ranking Manager
 zbencsik@ittfmail.com

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