Frequently Asked Questions

Events are based on the players strength, so that all players participating would play with opponents of similar levels, and are based on Classes.
Classes are:

• Class A (All players),
• Class B (Level 9-18),
• Class C (Level 11-18),
• Class D (Level 14-18)

Class A being most competitive and Class D most basic, entry Class.
As a newly registered player your starting level is 18.

Please take a look at the Ontario Ranking List Explained, especially “Provincial events and points”

Age classes are:

• Under 19 Boys (U19B) & Under 19 Girls (U19G)
• Under 15 Boys (U15B) & Under 15 Girls (U15G)
• Under 13 Boys (U13B) & Under 13 Girls (U13G)
• Under 11 Boys (U11B) & Under 11 Girls (U11G)
• Under 9 Boys (U9B) & Under 9 Girls (U9G)
• O40 (Over 40)
• O55 (Over 55)

OTTA sanctioned tournaments have limited number of entries. This is done for two reasons: taking into account numer of available tables for the tournament and planning good format that will enable all participants certain number of matches.

There whould be available option to register for the waiting list. If not, send email to otta@ontariotabletennis.com showing your interest.
Wait if there are cancellations to get opportunity to be registered.
(Pay fees by using e-Transfer with note who for (including your OTT number) and what it is for (tournament name and event/s you’re registering for the waiting list to)

Registration fees will be returned to you (full amount).

Ratings & Rankings (TTCAN/OTTA)

• Before Entry Deadline: Withdrawals will not be included in the draw and will have no effect on TTCAN ratings or OTTA ranking points.
• Before Tournament Starts: Athletes will be reported as losing their first scheduled match in every event registered.
• After First Match: Athletes will be reported with losses for all remaining scheduled matches.
• Note: The OTTA may consider exceptions only upon receipt of a formal doctor’s note or official documentation. It is OTTA discretion right to accept or reject request for exception.

Your entry will be cancelled but your fees will not be reimbursed.

Ratings & Rankings (TTCAN/OTTA)

• Before Entry Deadline: Withdrawals will not be included in the draw and will have no effect on TTCAN ratings or OTTA ranking points.
• Before Tournament Starts: Athletes will be reported as losing their first scheduled match in every event registered.
• After First Match: Athletes will be reported with losses for all remaining scheduled matches.
• Note: The OTTA may consider exceptions only upon receipt of a formal doctor’s note or official documentation. It is OTTA discretion right to accept or reject request for exception.

Competitive – standard membership type, can participate in sanctioned events, membership last for 1 year from the date you registered/renewed your membership.
HP (High Performance) – intended for advanced athletes, only players who train at HP Centers can register for HP membership. HP membership lasts from September 1st – August 31

To play any sanctioned Ontario Table Tennis tournament you have to be a member of OTTA (Ontario Table tennis Association).
If not you can be a member by signing in: https://ttcan.tournamentsoftware.com/member/createorganizationaccount.aspx?id=5D7C14CC-ECFA-4363-A49F-0360193727F0
Membership fee is $50/Y (for the competitive membrership) or $100/Y (for the High Performance (HP) membership.
After that you will be able to make an Online Entry to any tournament – OTTA Calendar
When choosing the club you’re a member of – if not a member of any of the OTTA clubs then please choose “individual affiliation”.

If not member of any of the clubs offered, please choose “individual affiliation”

Please fill in the adequate form:

• Membership form to move from Recreational Club
• Membership form to move from HP Club, and our staff will update your affiliation.
• Note: For HP players, HP Clubs can be freely changed during the free transfer month (month of August), but during the season of play you’ll have to proivide consent for thransfer from your current club

ON is responsible to report all your tournaments in ON.
When you participated in tournament in a province other that ON, if you have informed organizer that you are from different province, it would be there responsibility to send your results as member of ON. Only they can make correction, and if noticeD it by 20th of that month iT can probably be corrected, after that it would be, most likely, unrealistic because of the way the TTCAN rating points are calculated.

Due to a system of calculation of the TTCAN Rating it is only possible to correct results if you report it up to 20th of the month for the previous month results (as all results has to be re-imported because of the rating calculation type – person to person)

Yes, but you’ll need to provide a proof that you’re an active member of your Provincial Association (if you’re not on recent TTCAN rating lists for your province) before the tournament or join OTTA as Individual member (if not member of any OTTA Clubs) and become an ON player

TTCAN has head-to-head ranking system. It means that one player is getting the points based on playing with his opponents. Results are calculated once a month and list is published. As you can imagine, if there is mistake or you would like to “merge” player’s different account, it would require to recalculate results not only for the tournament when results are made but also for all subsequent tournaments in all Canada.
TTCAN has very clear policy – report wrong results or wrong names by 20th of the current month. Anything else is bringing false expectations to our members. Key for preventing mistakes is to use tournament database (only one account for people with same names, date of births, emails). One that operates tournament software can use tournament validation function to check members.