Table Tennis Competitions - Calculation of Group Ranking

by Remus
(Tulcea, Romania)

I was playing a table tennis competition and at the end I couldn't passed over groupe.

We were playng 5, two were going for next round.

If we had games wining and losses in this way, who should go and who shall lose?

Me: first game:3-0; second:2-3(against him); third:3-0; fourth: 2-3.

Him: first:3-2; second:3-2(against me); third:0-3: fourth:1-3

He won two, like me, but looking at the diference of score there is some difference.

In this case, if he won against me, who should take the second place?


----- Martin's Reply -----


Remus, thanks for your question.

The basic principles are simple, and they are that results are always determined at the highest possible level - for example, by matches rather than by games - and that where at any stage of the calculation, group members are equal, their relative positions are decided only by the matches between them.

So, you start by awarding "match points".

The winner of a match earns 2 match points, and the loser receives 1 match point.

Therefore you both had 6 match points.

As these are equal, you next need to look at the result of the match between yourselves.

As he beat you, he will finish above you.