Rules of Team Competition in 2022 World Table Tennis Championships

1, adopting the best of five games system. One, two, four and five games are singles, and the third game is doubles. Single-player game adopts the best of three games system.

A team consists of three athletes, each of whom plays twice.

3. The order of the competition is AVSX, BVSY, A+CVSX+Z, BVSZ and CVSY.

4. The first and second scenes are held simultaneously, the third scene is held separately, and the fourth and fifth scenes are held simultaneously.

5. The ball used in the competition is 40mm conventional table tennis, and the latest table tennis competition rules approved by China Table Tennis Association are implemented in the competition. With the approval of ITTF, the women's team competition adopts the team competition mode implemented in men's competition, that is, the third doubles competition in women's team competition is changed to singles, so the rules of men's and women's team competition are the same.

Team competition process

Choose three players and a team leader from a team (contestants or other full-time staff). Before the game, the captains of both sides will draw lots to decide the choice of A, B, C and X, Y and Z, and submit a team list to the referee, and each player will be assigned a letter.

The current competition order: the first A-X; The second game b-y; The third game is C-Z; Game 4 a-y; Game 5 B-X X Best of three games per game. When a team wins three individual games, the game should be over.