July 20th to 23rd, 2025
RICHMOND – British Columbia
PROSPECTUS

DATE

July 20 – 23, 2025

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

  • Richmond Olympic Oval (Host)
  • British Columbia Table Tennis Association
  • Table Tennis Canada

COORDINATION COMMISSION

  • Amelia Ho (BCTTA)
  • Marles Martins (Technical Director – TTCAN)
  • Melanie Ostashek (Operations Manager – TTCAN)

TOURNAMENT TECHNICAL OFFICIALS

  • Competition Manager: Marles Martins, Email: marles@ttcanada.ca
  • Referee: TBA (to be named by BCTTA)
  • Deputy Referee: TBA (to be named by TTCAN)
  • Head Umpire: TBA (to be named by BCTTA)
  • Umpires: TBA

VENUE

Richmond Olympic Oval
6111 River Road
Richmond – BC, V7C 4N1

HOTEL

Executive Airport Plaza Hotel & Conference Centre
7311 Westminster Hwy
Richmond, BC, V6X 1A3

  • Standard Room: $279 (single occupancy) or $279 (double occupancy) per room per night
  • Junior Suite: $299 (1 Queen Bed + 1 Sofa Bed) per room per night
  • Plaza Room: $319 (1 Queen Bed or 2 Double Beds) per room per night
  • Tower One-Bedroom Condo Suite: $359 (1 Queen Bed + 1 Sofa Bed) per room per night
  • Tower Two-Bedroom Condo Suite: $409 (1 Queen Bed + 1 Single Bed + 1 Sofa Bed) per room per night
    Free Shuttle from the Airport – Hotel and Hotel – Airport from 6am to 10:30pm
    Hotel Reservations: Book before 15 May 2025. After that date availability of rooms is not guaranteed.
    YOUR DEDICATED SALES CONTACT: Maswood Schah
    604-207-7171 Direct
    778-879-9766 Cell
    dos.richmond@executivehotels.net
    Please quote ”2025 Table Tennis Canadian Championship”
    https://executivevancouverairport.com/

TRANSPORTATION

  • Hotel – Venue: the Selected hotel is in walking distance from the playing venue – no transportation required.
  • Hotel – Airport: Transportation from the Airport to the hotel and back is the responsibility of the participants.

SCHEDULE (General)

  • Sunday 20 July: start Canadian Junior Championships (+ last rounds of Senior Championships) – 9 am to 8 pm
  • Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 – 9 am to 8 pm
  • Wednesday 23: – 9 am to 3 pm

EVENTS

Individual Events
Boys’ Singles U19 (U19B): Born in 2006 or later
Girls’ Singles U19 (U19G): Born in 2006 or later
Boys’ Singles U17 (U17B): Born in 2008 or later
Girls’ Singles U17 (U17G): Born in 2008 or later
Boys’ Singles U15 (U15B): Born in 2010 or later
Girls’ Singles U15 (U15G): Born in 2010 or later
Boys’ Singles U13 (U13B): Born in 2012 or later
Girls’ Singles U13 (U13G): Born in 2012 or later
Boys’ Singles U11 (U11B): Born in 2014 or later
Girls’ Singles U11 (U11G): Born in 2014 or later

Team Events
Boys’ Teams U19 (U19BT): 1 Team per P/T assoc. (Born in 2006 or later)
Girls’ Teams U19 (U19GT): 1 Team per P/T assoc. (Born in 2006 or later)
Boys’ Teams U15 (U15BT): 1 Team per P/T assoc. (Born in 2010 or later)
Girls’ Teams U15 (U15GT): 1 Team per P/T assoc. (Born in 2010 or later)
Boys’ Teams U13 (U13BT): 1 Team per P/T assoc. (Born in 2012 or later)
Girls’ Teams U13 (U13GT): 1 Team per P/T assoc. (Born in 2012 or later)
9.1 Single Events: Each provincial/territorial association will be allowed to enter as many eligible athletes as possible in the individual events. There is no limit on the number of entries. However, if the entries exceed the capacity of the event, TTCAN has the right to limit the entries based on Ratings.
9.2 In singles, players may enter their own age category plus any one higher age category. Players may enter a maximum two age categories in singles for which they qualify by age eligibility. Any combination of 2 age categories is accepted, provided it
includes their own age category.
9.3 Players may only play in one Team event (any age category for which they qualify by age).
9.4 Only entries made by the member provincial/territorial associations will be accepted.

ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY

10.1 To represent a P/T member association, a competitor must be:
10.1.1 A member in good standing of a provincial/territorial association which is in good standing with Table Tennis Canada.
10.1.2 A Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident (proof required for new players).
Eligibility will be checked prior to the Draw.
10.1.3 If a player has resided in one or more provinces/territories, the player represents the province/territory for which he/she is listed on the rating list at the entry deadline.
10.1.4 Players who have changed residence in the last 6 months prior to the Championships will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
10.2 A player who does not have a Canadian Rating (i.e., not active or new) may be nominated by her/his P/T member association for the events.

ENTRY PROCESS / DEADLINES

  • Registration opens: May 1st, 2025
  • P/T association registration deadline: June 10th, 2025
  • Entries confirmed on TTCAN website: June 20th, 2025
  • The entry process will be announced and posted on the TTCAN website. The Entry
    Form will be sent to P/T associations by e-mail.

DRAW FORMAT and SEEDING

12.1 The Draw Format will depend on the number of entries received. Future Bulletins will provide more detailed information.
12.2 The Competition Manager reserves the right to cancel an event due to insufficient entries (minimum 4 players to hold the event).
12.3 For Singles: provided there are sufficient entries, the format will be based on groups followed by “limited” progressive knockout to determine, in order, positions needed for the national team selections.
12.4 The Competition Manager reserves the right to modify a format of play at his/her discretion for the best interest of the competition.
12.5 The online draw will take place Wednesday July 9, 2025, at 7pm EDT via Zoom.
An invitation with a link for the draw meeting will be sent to all participants and published on the TTCAN website (www.ttcanada.ca). More detailed information will follow in future Bulletins.
12.6 SEEDING BY RATING:
12.6.1 The latest rating list as of July 7th, 2025, shall be used to determine the seeding order for all events wherever possible.
12.6.2 Singles:

  • In case that seeded players are placed directly in the Knockout Draw, the number of such seeded players will depend on the total entry and the number of groups. Groups will be of 3 players, and in some cases 4 players if necessary.
  • For Final Stage rounds (32 entry Knockout Draws or less), the draw will follow the latest ITTF rules as per seeding placement:
    Step 1: direct placement for Seeding numbers 1 & 2 in the opposite ends of the Main Draw.
    Step 2: Seeding numbers 3 & 4 will be drawn next.
    Step 3: Seeding numbers 5 to 8 will be drawn next.
    Step 4: Seeding numbers 9 to 16 will be drawn next.
    Step 5: Seeding numbers 17 to 32 will be drawn next.
    Note 1: If there are more qualifiers coming out of the Round Robin Stage than the allocated spots available in the Main Draw,
    preliminary knockout rounds will take place to qualify the exact number of athletes needed to form a complete Main Draw.
    Note 2: Players from the same provincial/territorial association shall not meet in preliminary groups RR whenever possible.
    Note 3: There will be no separation by association in the knockouts.
    12.7 Team Events:
    12.7.1 Each Member Provincial/Territorial Association in good standing with Table Tennis Canada may enter a team in the Canadian Junior Championships.
    12.7.2 Each Member Provincial/Territorial Table Tennis Association may enter only one team per age category for each gender. Players can only play on one age-category team (any age category for which they qualify by age)
    12.7.3 Details regarding the age-categories Team Events competition format will be announced in the “Information Bulletin”.
    12.7.4 The Team format will be the Corbillion style (2 singles +1 doubles + 2 singles; best of 5 matches).
    12.7.5 Each Team may be composed of 2, 3 or 4 players.
    12.7.6 Players from different provinces/territories may not form a combined team.

JURY MEETING

  • The Jury Meeting will be held on July 19th, 2025 at 7:30pm EDT.
  • Location: TBD in the “Information Bulletin”.

EQUIPMENT

  • Tables: TBD in the next “Information Bulletins”
  • Balls: Nittaku 3-Star
  • Floor: Rubber/Silicone Sports Floor

AWARDS

15.1 The Jacques Bobet Trophy will be awarded to the overall best performing Provincial/Territorial association. The Point System Table will be published in future editions of the Bulletin.
15.2 A Fair Play Award will be awarded to a player who demonstrates the most “fair play” behaviour and sportsmanship. The umpires will nominate players to the Referees and Competition Manager for final selection.
15.3 Medals will be presented at the Canadian Championships as follows:

  • ALL individual events to the Winner (Gold), Runner-Up (Silver) and both losing semi-finalists (BRONZE x 2)
  • ALL Team Events to the Winning team and coach (Gold), Runner-Up team and coach (Silver), and third place only team and coach (Bronze).
    15.4 All Medal Ceremonies will take place in the gym on the day of the respective Final.
    Each competitor receiving a medal must be in the gym in sports clothes to receive their medal.

ENTRY FEES

  • Singles: $100 per event (Maximum 2 single events per player)
  • Teams: $300 per Team
  • All entry fees include Rating and administrative fees.
    The Entry Form will be made available to the provincial/territorial association with
    information provided through e-mail and posted on TTCAN’s website.

REGULATIONS

All TTCAN and ITTF regulations will be followed where applicable. The Tournament Referee and the TTCAN Technical Director will apply and interpret the rules in case of any doubts.