PPP Portugal Open
PINGPONGPARKINSON PORTUGAL OPEN 2022
ORGANIZER
The G. M. D. 31 de Janeiro de Manique de Baixo is going to produce between the 30th of June and 3rd of July the 1st PingPongParkinson Portugal Open, with the indispensable support of the Portuguese Federation of Table Tennis, the municipality of Cascais and the local authority of Alcabideche.
LOCATION
The competition will take place in Complexo Desportivo de Alcabideche, Alcabideche.
ELIGIBILITY
The tournament will be open to all the players around the world diagnosed with Parkinson.
COMPETITIONS & CLASSES
There will be a competition of Men Singles, Women Singles, Men Doubles, Women Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
The players will be divided in 3 Classes according to their type of impairment and their classification in the World Rankings.
In the Mixed Doubles competition only one Class will be considered.
NEWCOMERS
For the newcomers, a scientific authority will determine in which of the 3 Classes the players will be placed.
RULES
The rules to apply are those of the last World Championships, if no alterations were made in between.
SYSTEM
The competition will develop in the round-robin system in the first phase and by direct elimination on the final map.
For all the competitions there will be a consolation map.
According to the number of participants in each Class, changes in the playing system can be done by the Judge Referee of the competition, with the agreement of the organization.
DRAW
The draw will occur on the afternoon of the 30th of April in the presence of the representatives of the teams who want to be present.
After the draw, the schedule of the competition will be available to everybody on the internet, to the representatives of the teams in the draw and in the Complex where the competition will take place.
INSCRIPTIONS
The entry forms must be sent to Nuno Jorge, mobile nr. 0351963075127, 31janeiro.manique@gmail.com
ENTRY FEE
The price of the entry fee will be 35 euros per player, with the sightseeing tour and the lunch after the medal ceremony included.
Each player will also receive a T-Shirt allusive to the tournament at the site of the accreditation.
PAYMENT
The amount of the entry fees must be deposited in the account:
IBAN – PT50 0010 0000 1821 9800 0019 6
SWIFT – BBPIPTPL
IMPORTANT
Being certain that we live in uncertain times because of the pandemy, we have to bear in mind the possibility of postponing the competition if we will be obliged to it.
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