Table tennis
General
1. Table tennis is played in the form of a single game
2. It is played using the rally point system
Group stage
3. A coin toss determines which player beginning to serve
4. 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
5. 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 each other. The first player who has 2 points more than his opponent wins the game
6. The game length has a maximum that is determined by the EAG host
7. 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
8. After 5 services the serve switches
9. No showing up on time (EAG schedule) means automatic loss of the game
Final stage
10. A coin toss determines which player beginning to serve
11. 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
12. 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 each other. The first player who has 2 points more than his opponent wins the game
13. The game length has a maximum that is determined by the EAG host
14. 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
15. After 5 services the serve switches
16. No showing up on time (EAG schedule) means automatic loss of the game
Basic rules
17. The ball has to be served from behind the table. From the flat hand
– single game: there is no need to be served diagonally
18. 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 hit 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
19. At service turn the ball is required to tossed up at least 16 cm
20. At the end of each game, players switch half
21. 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 condition 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.