2023 Ontario Championships – U13, U15, U19, Class 2

UPDATES:

April 11: No restrictions for any entries! While number of registered players reached 101, there would be enough room for all interested to register on the last days before deadline.

April 11: Slight change in format. Instead of targeting RR of 4 where 2 advances, competition manager has decided to have RR of 3 with ALL players advancing. In both cases number of miminal matches is 3. However with all players advancing it gives chance to all to play second stage.

April 9: No restrictions for Doubles and Mixed Doubles entries.

April 3: U13BD has reached its capacity of 20 players and registration is not available. Additional players can put their name on waiting list by sending interest at otta@ontariotabletennis.com

April 3: Available spots

• U15XD – 1
• U13GD – 2
• U13XD – 2
• U15BD – 4
• U15GD – 4
• U19G – 4
• U19XD – 4
• U13G – 4
• U19GD – 6
• U13B – 13
• U15B – 16
• U19B – 20

March 31: The Ontario Championships Class 2 is a new event for players aged 20 and above. It is aimed towards players who are not juniors or cadets. The top four players will gain free admission into one tournament at the Nova Open on May 20-21.

March 31: U15G has reached its capacity of 20 players and registration is not available. Additional players can put their name on waiting list by sending interest at otta@ontariotabletennis.com

March 31: Due to large interest U13XD maximum numbers of entry has been changed to 16

SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 15th

• Singles RR except Class 2
  • U13B, U15B, U19B – Max Entries per event 40
  • U13G, U15G, U19G – Max Entries per event 20
• Doubles all matches except Boys and Girls Doubles Finals
  • U13BD, U15BD, U19BD – Max Entries per event 8
  • U13GD, U15GD, U19GD – Max Entries per event 8
  • U13XD, U15XD, U19XD – Max Entries per event 8

Sunday, April 16th

• Singles Stage 2 (Knock-Out)
• Singles RR and Knock Out – Class 2 Over 20 – Max Entries 20

Sunday, April 16th

• Finals and Award Ceremony between 15:00-17:00

ENTRIES

• Singles – no restrictions in number of entries; each player can play as many events as age category allows
• Doubles – only one entry per double and one entry per mixed double

The registration system lacks a capability to restrict the amount of entries.
If there are more registrations than the declared capacity, players who have registered but are beyond the capacity will be placed on a waiting list.
If they do not make the list of participants, their registration costs will be refunded one week following the competition.

Format

• Singles
  • 1^st stage RR groups of 4  (if less than maximum entries, some RR groups will have 3 players)  3 (all players advance to 2nd stage)
  • 2^nd stage Knock Out/ there will be match for 3^rd place (bronze medal)
• Doubles
  • Knock- Out/ there will be match for 3^rd place (bronze medal)
    For details please see Format

Competition Manager and Referee may decide to change format that fits the best number of registered players and tournament schedule.

• All matches best of 5
• All participants has to be active members of the Ontario Table Tennis Association or any other Canadian provincial TTA

Seeding

• 1 (one player)
• 2 (one player)
• 3 (two players)
• 5 (four players)
• 9 (four players)
• 13 (four players)
• 17 (eight players)

If more than 24 entries, each additional eight players will be grouped with same strength

• Draw in RR groups – whenever possible players from same club will be separated while seedings will be fully respected.
• Balls – Double Fish
• Tables – Double Fish

Eligibility

• Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents; players may be asked to produce proof of their status; penalties of $100 and 3 months suspension from all OTTA activities

Tournament Officials:

• Huinan DENG,
• Pu (Ken) ZHANG
• Yin ZHANG
• Jing YANG