Table tennis
General
1. The individual sport solely consists of Armenian participants, unless a Non-Armenian participant has a proven (ID card or other governmental document) first-degree (married or child) family relation with an Armenian person.
2. For the individual sports athletes, the minimum age is 12+ years. Athletes turning this age during the year of the EAG will be accepted.
3. Table tennis is played in the form of a single game
4. It is played using the rally point system
Group stage
5. A coin toss determines which player beginning to serve
6. It is played until one player has won a total number of games or a certain minutes played during a game. The numbers of games and game lengths is determined by the EAG host
7. The player who first reaches a total number of points (determined by the host) wins the game, except for a tie. Then, the players have to serve one after another. The first player who has 2 points more than his opponent wins the game
8. The game length has a maximum that is determined by the EAG host
9. If the game is still not decided after to maximum game length, the person wins who:
– Won the most games
– In case of an equal number of games, has scored the most points
– In case of an equal number of points and won games, a tie counts
10. After 5 services the serve switches
11. No showing up on time (EAG schedule) means automatic loss of the game
Final stage
12. A coin toss determines which player beginning to serve
13. It is played until one player has won a total number of games or a certain minutes played during a game. The numbers of games and game lengths is determined by the EAG host
14. The player who first reaches a total number of points (determined by the host) wins the game, except for a tie. Then, the players have to serve one after another. The first player who has 2 points more than his opponent wins the game
15. The game length has a maximum that is determined by the EAG host
16. If the game is still not decided after to maximum game length, the person wins who:
– Won the most games
– In case of an equal number of games, has scored the most points
– In case of an equal number of points, a winning point will be played
17. After 5 services the serve switches
18. No showing up on time (EAG schedule) means automatic loss of the game
Basic rules
19. The ball has to be served from behind the table. From the flat hand
– single game: there is no need to be served diagonally
20. Service: in case of services, the ball must hit their own playing half before it hits the half of the opponent. If the ball touches the net, and still hits the opponent half correct, the service must be done again. In the case of a service that doesn’t hit the opponent half correct, a point is awarded to the opponent. During the game it’s allowed to touch the net with the ball
21. At service turn the ball is required to tossed up at least 16 cm
22. At the end of each game, players switch half
23. Those who earlier served as the first game, now will first receive
Points
2 points for a winning match
0 points for a lost game or by disqualification
Poule
When a player in the group stage has an equal number of points, first the points difference counts.
– Example: 26 points for and 19 points against counts as + 7
If the points difference is equal, the number of scored points is counting
When the number of scored points is also equal, the mutual result counts
During the tournament the house rules and general terms and conditions of the Euro Armenian Games are applicable.
Rules
For cases where the above rules are not adequate enough, refer to the table tennis rules of the International Table Tennis Federation. These can be found at www.ittf.com.