TABLE TENNIS Test Event Prospectus

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1 TABLE TENNIS Test Event Prospectus Release date: 12/August/2015 (Updated on 18/August/2015) RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 1 of 12

2 TO ALL ITTF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS Dear President, The Rio 2016 team is pleased to announce that the Table Tennis Test Event Aquece Rio International Table Tennis Tournament is scheduled for November 18 th 21 st This event, organised by Rio 2016, is part of the Rio 2016 Test Events Programme and it is a great opportunity for the Nations to test the Field of Play and get the atmosphere of the Games. We would like to invite your National Association to participate in our event. The Aquece Rio International Table Tennis Tournament will be organized in accordance with ITTF rules and using the same equipment intended for the Olympic Games. We are looking forward to welcoming you and your teams, to Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Sincerely, Rio 2016 Sport Department RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 2 of 12

3 1 COMPETITION INFORMATION 1.1 EVENT INFORMATION Name of the Event Aquece Rio International Table Tennis Tournament Organizer Rio 2016 Tournament Director ITTF Contact Referee Sport Events System of Play Edimilson Pinheiro Raul Calin Stuart Sherlock Men s Singles, Women s Singles, Men s Team and Women s Team Olympic Team System in teams Knock-out system for singles and team events Best of 7 games for singles, best of 5 for teams Venue Riocentro Pavilion 4 Location Equipment Barra da Tijuca Rio de Janeiro Tables: SAN-EI Infinity (Green) ITTF approval pending Nets: SAN-EI Limitless (Black) ITTF approved Flooring: Tinsue (Green) ITTF approval pending Balls: DHS 40+*** (plastic with seam) White ITTF approved Competition Dates November 2015 Training Dates 16 and 17 November 2015 Draw Dates Seeding List Entry Fees 17 November Time to be announced later According to the last available ITTF rankings No Entries Deadline Tuesday 15 th September 2015 Ticketed Event No 500 spectators will receive complimentary tickets for the weekend Training: The training area will be in the same pavilion where competition will take place, and it will be available for training from 16 November 2015 until the last day of competition. RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 3 of 12

4 Weather (November average): Temperature: 25 o C Low Temperature: 21 o C High Temperature: 28 o C Sunshine Hours: 8 Hours Rainfall days: 14 Days Ceremonies: There are no opening or closing ceremonies planned. Medals ceremonies will be in the Competition Venue on the following days: Nov, 19 th Men s Singles and Women s Singles Nov, 21 st Men s Team and Women s Team 1.2 PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE This preliminary programme is subject to change, based on the number of participants. All changes will be communicated to the teams accordingly. Date Activity 16/11/2015 Practice Practice 17/11/2015 Technical Meeting Official Draw Technical Officials Meeting 18/11/2015 Men s Singles and Women s Singles 19/11/2015 Men s Singles and Women s Singles Singles Victory Ceremonies 20/11/2015 Men s Team and Women s Team 21/11/2015 Men s Team and Women s Team Teams Victory Ceremonies 22/11/2015 Teams Departure 1.3 REGISTRATION PROCESS The Aquece Rio International Table Tennis Tournament is an invitational tournament organised for the participation of 8 men s teams and 8 women s teams of three players each and 8+8 additional male/female athletes not participating in teams. According to the ITTF Olympic & Paralympic Commission decision, the top 7 teams on the May 2015 World Team Ranking are invited plus the team from the Host NOC (Brazil). In addition, 8 players not involved in the team event will be invited for the singles event; the highest ranked from each continent plus the 2 highest ranked players on the May 2015 World Ranking not already participating. RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 4 of 12

5 PRELIMINARY & FINAL REGISTRATION In order to maximize the participation, National Associations with qualified and reserve teams and athletes are requested to make their entries on-line no later than 15 th September By the deadline, the top 7 teams and the highest ranked player from each continent, plus the two highest ranked players on the May 2015 World Ranking not already participating will be invited. If there are no entries from a particular continent, these places will go automatically to World Ranking. Invited teams: WTR MEN'S TEAM CODE WTR WOMEN'S TEAM CODE 1 CHINA CHN 1 CHINA CHN 2 GERMANY GER 2 JAPAN JPN 3 JAPAN JPN 3 SINGAPORE SIN 4 KOREA REPUBLIC KOR 4 KOREA REPUBLIC KOR 5 PORTUGAL POR 5 HONG KONG HKG 6 HONG KONG HKG 6 KOREA DPR PRK 7 CHINESE TAIPEI TPE 7 NETHERLANDS NED HOST BRAZIL BRA HOST BRAZIL BRA Reserve teams: WTR MEN'S TEAM CODE WTR WOMEN'S TEAM CODE 8 AUSTRIA AUT 8 GERMANY GER 9 FRANCE FRA 9 CHINESE TAIPEI TPE 10 SWEDEN SWE 10 ROMANIA ROU 11 RUSSIA RUS 11 POLAND POL 12 CROATIA CRO 12 UKRAINE UKR 13 POLAND POL 13 HUNGARY HUN 14 BELARUS BLR 14 RUSSIA RUS 15 GREECE GRE 15 CZECH REPUBLIC CZE 16 ENGLAND ENG 16 SPAIN ESP Reserve teams will be immediately accepted in ranking order if by 15 th September 2015 any of the invited teams have not completed their entry. Invited players: This is the list of invited players (assuming the top 7 teams are entered. Otherwise, players from CHN, GER, JPN, KOR, POR, HKG, TPE and BRA in men s and CHN, JPN, SIN, KOR, HKG, PRK, NED and BRA in women s are eligible): The highest ranked players from each continent are (assuming participation of the invited teams): AF MEN ASSOC. WR WOMEN ASSOC. 36 ASSAR Omar EGY 105 MESHREF Dina EGY AF RESERVES ASSOC. WR RESERVES ASSOC. 44 ARUNA Quadri NGR 125 HAN Xing CGO 97 LASHIN El-Sayed EGY 175 EL-DAWLATLY Nadeen EGY 143 SALEH Ahmed EGY 196 OSHONAIKE Olufunke NGR 153 TORIOLA Segun NGR 211 HANFFOU Sarah CMR RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 5 of 12

6 AS MEN ASSOC. WR WOMEN ASSOC. 15 GAO Ning SIN 28 CHENG I-Ching TPE AF RESERVES ASSOC. WR RESERVES ASSOC. 32 ACHANTA Sharath Kamal IND 35 CHEN Szu-Yu TPE 56 LI Ping ^ QAT 52 LEE I-Chen TPE 72 LI Hu ^ SIN 72 HUANG Yi-Hua TPE 75 KIM Hyok Bong PRK 104 KOMWONG Nanthana THA EU MEN ASSOC. EU WOMEN ASSOC. 9 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR 9 HAN Ying ^ GER EU RESERVES ASSOC. EU RESERVES ASSOC. 19 GIONIS Panagiotis GRE 16 LIU Jia AUT 23 GARDOS Robert AUT 18 SAMARA Elizabeta ROU 33 GACINA Andrej CRO 19 POTA Georgina HUN 39 GAUZY Simon FRA 20 YU Fu ^ POR LA MEN ASSOC. LA WOMEN ASSOC. 160 MADRID Marcos MEX 136 SILVA Yadira MEX LA MEN'S (RESERVES) ASSOC. LA WOMEN'S (RESERVES) ASSOC. 168 PEREIRA Andy CUB 165 DIAZ Adriana PUR 219 MINO Alberto ECU 193 MEDINA Paula COL 224 AGUIRRE Marcelo PAR 216 ARVELO Gremlis VEN 228 ALTO Gaston ARG 230 VEGA Paulina CHI NA MEN ASSOC. NA WOMEN ASSOC. 85 WANG Eugene ^ CAN 89 ZHANG Mo CAN NA RESERVES ASSOC. NA RESERVES ASSOC. 269 WANG Timothy USA 171 JHA Prachi USA 272 THERIAULT Pierre-Luc CAN 190 LUO Anqi CAN 342 JHA Kanak USA 286 HUGH Judy USA 389 BUTLER Jim USA 297 GUAN Angela USA OC MEN ASSOC. OC WOMEN ASSOC. 109 HENZELL William AUS 102 LAY Jian Fang AUS OC RESERVES ASSOC. OC RESERVES ASSOC. 255 POWELL David AUS 140 LI Chunli NZL 383 TOWNSEND Kane AUS 176 MIAO Miao AUS 387 XIAO Phillip NZL 293 SUN Yang NZL 453 HU Heming AUS 337 YANG Annie NZL If any of the teams with the right to participate do not enter, their players have the right to be selected by WR, both for the continental and for the WR quota. For information purposes, see below the top 64 men s and women s ranked (eligible) athletes as per May 2015 World Ranking: RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 6 of 12

7 WR MEN ASSOC. WR WOMEN ASSOC. 1 MA Long CHN 1 DING Ning CHN 2 XU Xin CHN 2 LIU Shiwen CHN 3 ZHANG Jike CHN 3 LI Xiaoxia CHN 4 FAN Zhendong CHN 4 FENG Tianwei SIN 5 MIZUTANI Jun JPN 5 ZHU Yuling CHN 6 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER 6 ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN 7 BOLL Timo GER 7 WU Yang CHN 8 FANG Bo CHN 8 FUKUHARA Ai JPN 9 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR 9 HAN Ying ^ GER 10 FREITAS Marcos POR 10 CHEN Meng CHN 11 NIWA Koki JPN 11 ITO Mima JPN 11 TANG Peng HKG 12 SEO Hyowon KOR 13 CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE 13 YU Mengyu SIN 14 YAN An CHN 14 DOO Hoi Kem HKG 15 GAO Ning SIN 15 HIRANO Sayaka JPN 16 JOO Saehyuk KOR 16 LIU Jia AUT 17 ZHOU Yu CHN 17 YANG Haeun KOR 18 WONG Chun Ting HKG 18 SAMARA Elizabeta ROU 19 GIONIS Panagiotis GRE 19 POTA Georgina HUN 20 JUNG Youngsik KOR 20 LI Jie NED 21 BAUM Patrick GER 20 YU Fu ^ POR 22 APOLONIA Tiago POR 22 ISHIGAKI Yuka JPN 23 GARDOS Robert AUT 23 SOLJA Petrissa GER 24 MURAMATSU Yuto JPN 24 RI Myong Sun PRK 25 STEGER Bastian GER 25 LIU Fei CHN 26 LEE Sangsu KOR 26 JEON Jihee ^ KOR 27 MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN 27 JIANG Huajun HKG 28 FRANZISKA Patrick GER 28 CHENG I-Ching TPE 29 KIM Minseok KOR 29 HIRANO Miu JPN 30 MONTEIRO Joao POR 30 LEE Ho Ching HKG 31 MENGEL Steffen GER 31 SHEN Yanfei ESP 32 ACHANTA Sharath Kamal IND 32 SHAN Xiaona ^ GER 33 GACINA Andrej CRO 32 HU Melek TUR 34 LIANG Jingkun CHN 34 LI Jiao NED 35 CHEN Chien-An TPE 35 CHEN Szu-Yu TPE 36 ASSAR Omar EGY 36 IVANCAN Irene GER 37 MORIZONO Masataka JPN 37 WU Jiaduo GER 38 YOSHIDA Kaii JPN 37 MU Zi CHN 39 GAUZY Simon FRA 39 MORIZONO Misaki JPN 40 CHO Eonrae KOR 40 TIE Yana HKG 41 KIM Donghyun KOR 41 LI Qian POL 42 FILUS Ruwen GER 42 WAKAMIYA Misako JPN 43 YOSHIMURA Maharu JPN 43 SILBEREISEN Kristin GER 44 ARUNA Quadri NGR 45 BILENKO Tetyana UKR 45 MATTENET Adrien FRA 46 GU Ruochen CHN RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 7 of 12

8 46 SHIBAEV Alexander RUS 47 LIN Ye ^ SIN 47 SHIONO Masato JPN 48 LI Xue ^ FRA 48 JIANG Tianyi HKG 49 CHE Xiaoxi CHN 49 FEGERL Stefan AUT 50 PESOTSKA Margaryta UKR 49 PITCHFORD Liam ENG 50 HAYATA Hina JPN 51 KARLSSON Kristian SWE 52 LEE I-Chen TPE 52 CRISAN Adrian ROU 53 RI Mi Gyong PRK 53 YOSHIDA Masaki JPN 54 POLCANOVA Sofia ^ AUT 54 DRINKHALL Paul ENG 55 KATO Miyu JPN 55 JEONG Sangeun KOR 56 VACENOVSKA Iveta CZE 56 LI Ping ^ QAT 57 MAEDA Miyu JPN 57 CHEN Weixing AUT 58 PARK Youngsook KOR 58 SKACHKOV Kirill RUS 59 SZOCS Bernadette ROU 58 KOU Lei UKR 60 WINTER Sabine GER 60 GORAK Daniel POL 61 ZHOU Yihan ^ SIN 61 OSHIMA Yuya JPN 61 EKHOLM Matilda SWE 62 TSUBOI Gustavo BRA 63 MIKHAILOVA Polina RUS 63 PATTANTYUS Adam HUN 64 PARTYKA Natalia POL 64 LIVENTSOV Alexey RUS 64 ZHANG Qiang CHN Note: Once a National Association is entered for the Test Event in Teams, their three players are invited to play singles and therefore they cannot apply for the 8 individual places. ACCREDITATION Rio 2016 will use the registration list to establish the accreditation, including Team Officials and the demand from ITTF. Rio 2016 will proceed with accreditation distribution to teams on site. 2 Logistics 2.1 ACCOMMODATION AND TRANSPORT Accommodation and transport costs are the National Association s financial responsibility. The teams will pay for transport (Airport-Hotel-Airport), accommodation and meals (hospitality package), if required, directly to the agency. The agency will send to the teams the Hotel Reservation Form and the Transport Form. To assist the participating National Associations with accommodation/meals at the hotels and transport, Rio 2016 has appointed Alatur as the official Rio 2016 Test Events Agency. Please see below the agency contact details: ALATUR or test-events@alatur.com RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 8 of 12

9 ACCOMMODATION We are pleased to propose the official hotel option, which is within walking distance to the competition venue: Hotel Grand Mercure Rio de Janeiro Riocentro ( Below the proposed prices for the official hotel and meals: Single Room (Full board Buffet: breakfast, lunch and dinner) - R$ 630,00 Double Room (Full board Buffet: breakfast, lunch and dinner) - R$ 405,00 (per person per day) RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 9 of 12

10 TRANSPORT The official Rio 2016 Test Events Agency Alatur will provide transport from/to Rio de Janeiro Airport if requested on time. Airport Transfer includes a Meet and Greet service with English-speaking coordinators at the International Airport Arrivals to personally welcome Rio 2016 clients with a specific name board and escort them to the transfer to the hotel. Transport Airport x Hotel x Airport R$ 200,00 (per person) PAYMENT POLICY FOR ACCOMMODATION The 25% deposit of the total amount for hotel accommodation should be paid by 30/09/2015. The balance payment is due by 20/10/2015. Any cancellations after 15 th October will incur penalties. For cancellation policy please contact the Travel Agency Alatur directly. Accommodation cannot be guaranteed, nor at the above quoted rates beyond this deadline. A balance invoice will be issued after payment. 2.2 CATERING Refreshment (water, cereal bars and fruits) for athletes will be offered in venue free of charge by Rio VISA PROCESS Rio 2016 has developed a thorough Visa Programme that will also cover those participating in all Test Events. For all the participants that are nationals from countries who need a visa to enter Brazil (please check the page 27 of the guide available on Rio 2016 will provide introduction letters that must be submitted with the visa application at the chosen Brazilian Consulate/Embassy abroad. To request an Invitation Letter, please send an to table.tennis@aquecerio.com with a list of the applicants, including their full names (as per their passports), passport numbers, birth dates, country and city where the visa application will be made. For that purpose, please use the attached Excel file. It is also important to be aware of the time frame for issuing a Visa to Brazil will depend on the country where the participant is applying. Please check the website of the chosen Brazilian Consulate or Embassy for further information on turnaround times. 3 INSURANCE By entering the event, each association must ensure that all delegation members have medical, travel and other appropriate insurance. RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 10 of 12

11 4 WEBSITE The official website of the Aquece Rio International Table Tennis Tournament: 5 CONTACT For any questions, please contact Edimilson Pinheiro: Edimilson Pinheiro Tournament Director table.tennis@aquecerio.com This contact should be used solely by National Federations in matters relating to the Aquece Rio International Table Tennis Tournament. In this respect, please do not hesitate to use it. Any other subject relating to the Rio 2016 Olympic or Paralympic Games must be directed through the relevant NOC/NPC contact. RIO 2016 Test Event Information August 2015 Rio de Janeiro Page 11 of 12

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