3.08 INTERNATIONAL ELIGIBILITY
3.08.01
Eligibility in Olympic title competitions is regulated separately
by 4.5.1 and eligibility in Paralympic title competitions is
regulated separately by the IPC and 4.6.1; additional eligibility
regulations apply to World title events (4.1.3, 4.2.3, 4.3.6, 4.4.3)
3.08.02
A player shall be regarded as representing an Association if he or
she accepted to be nominated by this Association and subsequently
participates in a competition listed in 3.1.2.3 other than
individual events at Open International Championships.
3.08.03
A player is eligible to represent an Association only if he or she
is a national of the country in which that Association has
jurisdiction, except that a player who has already represented an
Association of which he or she was not a national in accordance
with previous rules may retain that eligibility.
3.08.03.01
Where the players of more than one Association have the same
nationality, a player may represent one of these Associations only,
if he or she is born in or has his or her main residence in the
territory controlled by that Association.
3.08.03.02
A player who is eligible to represent more than 1 Association shall
have the right to choose which of the relevant Associations he or
she will represent.
3.08.04
A player is eligible to represent a Continental Federation (1.18.1)
in an event of continental teams only if he or she is eligible to
represent a member Association of this Continental Federation
according to 3.8.3.
3.08.05
A player shall not represent different Associations within a period
of 3 years.
3.08.06
An Association may nominate a player under its jurisdiction (1.21)
to enter any individual events of Open International Championships;
such nomination may be indicated in results lists and ITTF publications
but does not affect the eligibility of this player according to 3.8.2.
3.08.07
A player or his or her Association shall, if so requested by the
referee, provide documentary evidence of his or her eligibility and
his or her passport.
3.08.08
Any appeal on a question of eligibility shall be referred to an
Eligibility Commission, consisting of the Executive Committee, the chair
of the Rules Committee and the chair of the Athletes’ Commission,
whose decision shall be final.
4.01.03 Eligibility
4.01.03.01
Only an Association which is not in arrears (1.16.3.3) shall be eligible
to enter teams or individual players in the Championships.
4.01.03.02
In addition to provisions of 3.8 players being eligible to represent an
association other than the one they intend to represent, shall register
with the ITTF, through this new association.
4.01.03.03
Such player shall not represent the new association before
4.01.03.03.01 3 years after the date of registration, if the player
is under the age of 15 when registered;
4.01.03.03.02 5 years after the date of registration, if the player
is under the age of 18 but at least 15 years of age when registered;
4.01.03.03.03 7 years after the date of registration, if the player
is under the age of 21 but at least 18 years of age when registered.
4.01.03.04 Players being 21 years of age or older will not be
registered with the ITTF and will not be eligible to represent a
new association at World Championships.
