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For Singles Events 1. General - According to the allocation from the ITTF, eleven (11) players in men’s and women’s singles respectively will be selected through qualification system from Asia. And these eleven (11) players will be selected as follows: 1.1 Seven (7) best players will be selected based on their final positions in this Qualifying Tournament. Regional Representations – One (1) player from each of the regions of West Asia, West Central Asia, South East Asia and South Central Asia (a total of 4) will be selected based on the results, “best among themselves” in the tournament. The ATTU will decide if separate selection of regional representation is required. (The list of Regional Group is attached).
2. There will be a maximum of three (3) players from an NOC in men’s and women’s singles respectively in the Olympic Games. Therefore: 2.1 if under the ITTF classification list, one (1) player from an NOC is already selected under Direct Entry, only two (2) more players from this NOC can be selected under Qualifying Tournament. 2.2 if two (2) are selected from Direct Entry, only one (1) can be selected from the Qualifying Tournament. System of Play Stage I Depending on the number of entries, the players will be drawn into either 8 groups or 4 groups on the basis of their ranking position on the latest World Ranking List prior to the event. For an entry of up to 23 players, there will be 4 groups of 4 or 5 or 6 players. For 24 to 32 entries, there will be 8 groups of 3 or 4 players. If there are more than 32 players, there will be 8 groups of 4 or 5 players. If there are 4 groups, players finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their groups will qualify for the second stage. Players finishing 4th and below are eliminated. If there are 8 groups, players finishing 1st in their groups will qualify for the second stage, while players finishing 2nd in their groups will play an extra knock-out qualifying match to qualify for the second stage. Losers of these qualifying matches as well as those finishing 3rd and below are eliminated from the tournament.
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