Conditions of Play in Gothenburg Racketlon World Open
Date: 2002-09-17
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Revision history:
2002-04-23: First version
2002-08-19: A minimum of three matches guaranteed for non-Swedish participants
2002-08-30: Conditions for the team event added. Gummiarm single point tie-break added.
2002-09-17: Brands of the balls to be used defined
2002-10-27: Conditions for the plate tournament added
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Racketlon Rules

- See the rules published on this web site. They are identical to those used in the Swedish National Championships.

The "Gummiarm" Single Point Tie-break:
The only exception to the official racketlon rules will be the gummi-arm single point tie-break See a
discussion on the pros and cons of this rule that was published when it was first tested in Scottish Open. It will continue to be tested in World Open and implies the following when a match is still undecided after four regular sets (note a small change regarding how the server is decided):
- The tennis set is extended with one single point. The winner of that single point is also the winner of the full match.
- Server is decided by the drawing of lots. The winner decides who will serve.
- To off-set the server's advantage there is no second service in the single point.

 

Conditions for the Team Event

The Team:
- A team will consist of three men and one lady.
- Since the team event is intended to be a competition between national teams all players should be from the same country. Any exceptions (e.g. "mixed teams"; "Rest of the World") must be explicitly approved by tournament management.
- Each team shall have one official interface towards tournament management; the Captain
- Application procedures are basically the same as those of the individual World Open tournament. See
the World Open timeplan.

The Team Match:
- A team match consists of four regular individual racketlon matches: Men's first (M1) where the best man of team A plays the best man of team B; Men's second (M2) where the second best players face each other ... and one ladies' match (L).
- The team captain shall hand in the team details (i.e. who will play in each of the four matches M1, M2, M3 and L) in writing 15 minutes before match start. It will not be revealed until the details of the other team has also been handed in.
- The order of the individual matches (e.g. M3, M2, L, M1) is decided by the drawing of lots at the time when the draw is done.
- The winner of the team match is not the winner of most individual matches but the winner of the most points.
- If, after the four regular matches, the team match is still undecided the gummiarm single point tie-break is applied in the last match (i.e. the match that started last). (In theory, it is thus possible that a match ends with two consecutive gummiarm tie-breaks; one to decide the individual match and a second to decide the team match.)
- A walk over in an individual match counts as 21-0, 21-0, 21-0, 21-0. If an individual match is interrupted by one of the players the points gathered before the interruption still count and all remaining points go to the opponent. (E.g. if player A is forced to interrupt a match due to injury after winning the table tennis and when leading 15-13 in squash the result will look something like 21-19, 15-21, 0-21, 0-21.)

 

Other Conditions

General:
- Please, show respect for our time schedule! Walk Over will occur after only 5 minutes! Only five minutes break between sets + 2 minutes of warming up on court!
- Get your match cards at the desk before each game. And give it back after you have filled in the result.
- Balls are included in the participation fee.
- At the end of a pool play, if players cannot be separated based on the number of victories in the pool, the result in the individual match between them will decide. If this is not enough, points will be counted. If this is not enough, lots will be drawn.

Categories:
- Ladies Elite, Ladies Amateurs (Beginners), Men Elite, Men Class 1, Men Amateurs (Beginners), Men Juniors (under 20 years of age), Men Old Boys (45 or older)
- The official Swedish Racketlon Ranking (by Racketlon.com) will be followed. This means that a player that appears in the ranking in a certain class will not be allowed to take part in a lower class.

Plate Tournaments:
- Non-Swedish participants are guaranteed at least 3 matches. Swedish participants are guaranteed at least 2. In order to fulfill these guarantees plate tournaments will be arranged.
- In the Mens' EliteClass, Class 1 and Amateur Class everyone who looses their first match can choose to take part in a plate tournament that will run parallelly to the ordinary tournament. But you need to register for it. First Round Plate Registration deadline: Saturday 12:00.
- Non-Swedish players who get knocked out in the second round (e.g. the first round of the plate) can choose to register for the "International Plate". International Plate Registration Deadline: Saturday, 19:00

Table Tennis:
Balls: Stiga Yellow 3*, 40 mm

Squash:
Balls: Dunlop revelation pro (2 yellow dots)

Badminton:
Elite Classes (Men and Ladies): Feather Shuttlecocks,
brand: Forza 80.
Other Classes: Nylon Shuttlecocks, brand: Yonex Mavis 350 yellow (But "Feather rules": if one of the players so wishes feather shuttlecocks shall be used at his cost)
If a serve hits an obstacle hanging down from the ceiling, it shall be replayed. At all other instances the point is lost.

Tennis:
Balls:
Slazenger Wimbledon Ultra VIS (preassurised) (swedish: gasbollar)
Surface:
Bolltex Carpet Surface (swedish: Filt) (indoors)

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