Latest update: 10/13/2017

Rules and Format

  1. This is a team competition, primarily for teams from companies, club teams are also accepted. All team types should meet their respective eligibility requirements which are detailed in the eligibility section below.
  2. Each team must be formed with a minimum of 3 players, and a maximum of 6 players . A non-playing captain can be accepted as a 7th member.
  3. Each team match consists of five individual matches and can end when one team has won three out of five matches. Each individual match shall be a best of five games with 11 points in each game.
  4. Before the start of the match, the team that wins the toss shall choose to be either ABC team or XYZ team.
  5. The first player must play two singles. The second player must play one single and one double. No restrictions on other players.
    Order Type ABC team XYZ team
    1 Single A Y
    2 Single B X
    3 Double B + any player except A Y + any player except X
    4 Single A X
    5 Single C Z
  6. The first round will be score based competition. The teams will be divided into two or more groups. Each group consists of no more than 30 teams. Teams play every other team in their group. The winning team gets 3 points, and the losing team gets 1 point. Attempt will be made to put teams of same preferred time (lunch time, other time) in same group, otherwise it will be random.
  7. Top teams are decided based on the scores from the first round. Top 13 teams, 8 from Group A and 5 from Group B, will qualify automatically to the playoff round of 16. Winning Ratio will be used as tie breaker.
  8. The remaining 3 spots for the playoff rounds are decided by the lost pearl qualification event. The lost pearl tournament will be played by 12 teams. The 12 teams consist of the next top 6 teams in group A, the next top 4 teams in group B, and 2 teams picked by organization committee.
  9. Organizers reserve the right to adjust the group size, group drawing, and the play off round size. The adjustments will be done if necessary depending on the number of registered teams for the tournament.

Lost Pearl Draw and Format

  1. Participants: 12 teams. 6 From Group A, 4 from Group B and 2 organizers pick.
  2. Format: Group Round Robin followed by Single Elimination.
  3. Grouping: 12 teams are divided into 4 groups with 3 teams in each group.
  4. Seed and Drawing: Top 2 ranked teams in group A and top 2 ranked teams in group B will be the seeds in the 4 groups. The other teams draw randomly into each group.
  5. Top 2 teams in each group advance. Total 8 teams advance and play single elimination.
  6. Group winner stay in its bracket. Group runner up will draw randomly into the other half of the bracket.
  7. Two semi-final winners directly qualify for the play off.
  8. Two semi-final losers will play a match for the 3rd spot. This is the last spot to qualify for play off.

Play Off Draw and Format

  1. Participants: 16 teams. Top 8 From Group A, Top 5 from Group B and 3 lost pearl qualification winners.
  2. Format: Group Round Robin followed by Single Elimination.
  3. Grouping: 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. 4 teams in each group.
  4. Seed and Drawing: Top 2 ranked teams in group A and top 2 ranked teams in group B will be the seeds in the 4 groups. The other teams draw randomly into each group.
  5. Top 2 teams in each group advance. Total 8 teams advance and play single elimination.
  6. Group winner stay in its bracket. Group runner up will draw randomly into the other half of the bracket.

Team Eligibility Requirements

  1. All members of a company team must be employees, interns, or contractors with badge as of registration date.
  2. All members of a club team must be active members or donors of their respective clubs during the entire tournament period.
  3. For club teams, top 2 members cannot exceed a combined USATT rating of 4300 and top 3 members cannot exceed USATT rating of 6200 as of registration start date. Rating is calculated as Max(USATT Tournament Rating, USATT League Rating). Additionally, a player cannot be part of a club team, if there is a company team from the player’s company.
  4. Joint company teams of 2 companies are accepted, provided there are no other individual or joint teams from their respective companies.
  5. Captain of the team is responsible for the integrity of the team, ensure the eligibility of team members, and produce verifiable proofs if demanded by the organizing committee.
  6. Not meeting the eligibility requirements listed above would result in disqualification.

Registration/Entry

  1. Every team requires at least 3 players, limits to 6 players
  2. Each company or club can register multiple teams, no upper limits.
  3. Each team registration fee $100. Early bird $80.
  4. Please make sure to mention your preferred match time of lunch or other time.
  5. Register at http://goo.gl/yaGwu1
  6. Paypal entry fee to pingpong.community@gmail.com Please state out from which team when making paypal transfer.

Schedule

  1. 9/4 - 9/22: Registration. Early bird discount applies before 9/11.
  2. 9/23 - 11/9: Preliminary phase, group round robin
  3. 11/11: Lost pearl qualification event
  4. 11/18: Top 16 group round robin
  5. 11/19: Top 8 single elimination, and finals

Awards

  1. The champion: $800 + Medal
  2. The second place: $400 + Medal
  3. The third and fourth place: $200
  4. 5th - 8th: $100
  5. 9th - 16th:3 boxes Nittaku 3 star premium ping pong balls

Others

  1. The official match ball for this competition is Nittaku 3 star Premium. First round, players can use other balls under two teams’ agreement. The organizers will provide match balls for final rounds.
  2. Matches are suggested to be held at PPC Swan ping pong club, however, it can also be held at any other club under two teams agreement.
  3. For any individually scheduled matches between team captains, If a team cancels without 24 hr notice(email/message) or does not arrive for the match, then the showed up team has the rights to take a default win of 2 points or reschedule the match for the chance to win 3 points. In case the default win is taken, the no show team will get 0 points.
  4. The organizers will allocate dedicated tables at PPC Swan during weekends for the matches, Saturday AM & PM, and Sunday PM only.
  5. A CLC 2017 captains communication group will be formed in either google groups or WeChat. All tournament announcements will be done in this group.
  6. There will be live stream provided for final round matches