5.5 Team Events - Regulations For World Championships
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5.5 Team Events - Regulations For World Championships
5.5.1 System of play
5.5.1.1 The system of play in the competitions shall be decided by the Council,
on the recommendations of the Technical Committee, and shall be notified
to all Associations not later than six calendar months before the start
of the Championships.
5.5.2 Swaythling Cup Competition
5.5.2.1 In the men's team competition for the Swaythling Cup, an Association
shall be represented in a team match by three players, selected from
those nominated for the event.
5.5.2.2 Each team shall appoint a playing or non-playing captain and he, or a
responsible deputy, shall be present throughout the match.
5.5.2.3 Before the start of a team match the captains shall decide by lot the
right to choose the designations A,B,C or X,Y,Z for their players and
shall then name their teams to the referee or his representative
assigning a letter to each player.
5.5.2.4 The order of play shall be A v X, B v Y, B/C v X/Z, A v Y, C v Z.
5.5.2.5 There may be an interval of up to five minutes after the second match,
at the request of the captain of the team designated A, B, C.
5.5.2.6 The team match shall be won by the team first winning three individual
matches, each individual match being the best of three games.
5.5.3 Corbillon Cup Competition
5.5.3.1 In the women's team competition for the Marcel Corbillon Cup, an
Association shall be represented in a team match by two singles players
and a doubles pair, selected from those nominated for the event.
5.5.3.2 Each team shall appoint a playing or non-playing captain and he, or a
responsible deputy, shall be present throughout the match.
5.5.3.3 Before the start of a team match, the captains shall decide by lot the
right to choose the designations A, B or X, Y for their singles players
and shall then name these players to the referee or his representative,
assigning a letter to each player; a captain need not name his doubles
pair until after the completion of the first two singles matches.
5.5.3.4 The order of play shall be A v X, B v Y, the doubles match, A v Y,
B v X.
5.5.3.5 If selection for the doubles match requires a player to play two matches
in succession, the captain may request a rest period of up to ten
minutes for that player between such matches.
5.5.3.6 The team match shall be won by the team first winning three individual
matches, each individual match being the best of three games.
5.5.4 Default
5.5.4.1 An Association whose team is entered in the draw but which fails to
compete in the event without adequate justification may be subject to
disciplinary action by the BGM.
5.5.4.2 A team may begin, continue and complete a team match only with the
full complement of players specified for the event, except that the
referee may, at his discretion, allow a team to play with one player
absent or an individual match to be omitted from the sequence where he
is satisfied that the absence is due to accident, illness, injury or
other circumstances outside the control of the player or the Association
concerned, including disqualification by the referee in accordance with
his authority.
5.5.4.3 An Association whose team begins to play in the event but which fails
to complete its schedule of matches shall be liable to forfeit its
entitlement to hospitality for its representatives at the Championships;
appeal against such forfeit may be made to the Jury, whose decision
shall be final.
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