Table Tennis

Event:

Individual Events (5 events in total)
Men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles,
women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Team Events (2 events in total)
Men's team event (consisting of 4 matches of singles and 1 match of doubles)
Women's team event (consisting of 4 matches of singles and 1 match of doubles)

Quota:

Individual Events
Each district may nominate a maximum of 2 athletes/2 pairs of athletes per event.

Team Events
Each district may nominate a maximum of 1 team (6 to 10 athletes in each team) per event.

Note: Each athlete may be nominated for 1 individual event and 1 team event at most.

Each district may nominate a maximum of 36 athletes, 648 athletes in total.

Age:

Participating athletes of all ages are welcome.

Format:

Individual Events

  • A single knock-out system shall be adopted ;
  • The 8 athletes/pairs of athletes with the highest ranking in Hong Kong Table Tennis Athlete's Ranking List of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association (HKTTA) will be named as seeded athletes:
  • For singles events: The 8 athletes with the highest ranking in Hong Kong Table Tennis Athlete's Single Ranking List of the HKTTA will be named as seeded athletes;
    For doubles events: Priority will be given to the seeded pairs with the highest points on the Doubles Ranking Lists of the HKTTA (8 teams). The rankings are then determined by the average of ranking points accumulated by new pairs of players in the individual player ranking.

  • Seeded athletes shall be placed into designated groups. The remaining athletes will then be placed into groups by drawing lots.

Team Events

  • A single round robin system on a group basis shall be adopted in the preliminary rounds. The 18 districts will be divided into 4 groups, with 2 groups of 4 districts and 2 groups of 5 districts ;
  • The 4 districts that secured the top 4 positions in an event of the 7th HKG will be named as the seeded teams in the same event of the 8th HKG and placed into 4 different groups. The remaining 14 districts will then be placed into the groups by drawing lots. The 2 districts that come first and second in each group will be qualified for the quarter-finals ;
  • A single knock-out system shall be adopted from the quarter-finals to the final.

2018-06-19