T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League 2017!

[Ilia Minkin]

Yet the async between video and audio streams is so frustrating. Kills the excitement. They seemed to fix it for a while, then it slipped off again.

 

[Garrison]

It's pretty refreshing to see something new. Quick games, I also like the idea that every set counts so you have to keep fighting. I just hope that ittf doesn't get any ideas if this league is a success... I still don't want our sport to be made into some game show

 

[lukyancheg]

It's pretty refreshing to see something new. Quick games, I also like the idea that every set counts so you have to keep fighting. I just hope that ittf doesn't get any ideas if this league is a success... I still don't want our sport to be made into some game show

I think at least the idea of using a few balls is very reasonable, but it is difficult to implement in ittf tournaments because of a lot of tables at the stadium

 

[NextLevel]

It's pretty refreshing to see something new. Quick games, I also like the idea that every set counts so you have to keep fighting. I just hope that ittf doesn't get any ideas if this league is a success... I still don't want our sport to be made into some game show

Why not? The most important thing is for our sport to have a commercially viable and publicly respected model.

 

[Astorix]

You can easily implement the thing with more balls to ittf worldtour, when you do it just at quarterfinals when there is only the main hall left with 4 tables or less. It would make the games more suitable for the tv format and more or less for the Overall spectators too, i think.

 

[TTLondon2012]

Tomokazu Harimoto vs Aleksander Shibaev

 

[yuri.saldon]

I saw it live and liked it. The best thing of this t2apac it's see high level matches playing constantly.

Audio/video wasn't sinc, but probably will be in future streams.

The ideia to cut the time to pick ball is great (I know it's a Chinese Super League idea). Because in a TT match player as more time picking ball than playing

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[WorkerBee]

It seems these are ITTF sanctioned matches. Does this mean they are included in all the players' ranking records? If so, that will add a lot of importance to the matches. Sure hope Jeff Chue (league CEO) is a half-way honorable person.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

It seems these are ITTF sanctioned matches. .

Where in the world did you get this information from?
even if it is a sanctioned match, not all of them are for world ranking

 

[Mytoman]

This event does not give ranking points. Too see the events, take a look here http://old.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf2.asp?category=calendar . You can also see that the Indian League is "registered", but even that will not give ranking points.

 

[TTLondon2012]

Joo Se Hyuk vs Shang Kun

 

[Steven]

So... Anyone know why they decided to use tables without a line in the middle?

 

[NextLevel]

Because the line is useless unless you are playing doubles and potentially ruins the aesthetics to someone who isn't used ti the line?

 

[Persistence TT]

JJ really passionate in harimoto's match its great to see coaches getting involved instead of just sitting in the chair

 

[Persistence TT]

http://www.tnp.sg/sports/others/t2-apac-basic-rules

Dont know if anyone else posted this but it seems a formidable effort to make TT less boring, lets hope they find other ways also to improve the spectale/viewership

 

[rainneverever]

http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/polishing-diamond-that-is-ping-pong
An interview with the sponsor last Dec, if you wonder where the prize money is from.

 

[TTLondon2012]

Dimitrij Ovtcharov vs Jun Mizutani

 

[Steven]

Because the line is useless unless you are playing doubles and potentially ruins the aesthetics to someone who isn't used ti the line?

Personally I'd rather buy a table with a useless line than a custom table that is useless whenever you want to play doubles. But I guess money's not a problem here.

 

[fxri]

can anyone write the complete rules for this tournament please

 

[yuri.saldon]

Here it's the rules, from : http://www.tnp.sg/sports/others/t2-apac-basic-rules
Players have to win as many games as they can within a 24-minute match.
First player to reach 11 points wins the game. Unlike the traditional format, deuce will not be introduced when the score is 10-10. A player can win 11-10.
If time expires when a game is in progress, the player in the lead wins the game.
The clock stops only during one-minute breaks after every two games, at team captains' time-outs, and when a Kill Zone Game is called.The referee can call for a Kill Zone game if an earlier game is completed in the last two minutes of a match.
The first player to score five points clinches the Kill Zone game.
Team captains may call for a time-out only once in each match.
Each game won is a point earned for a player's individual tally and for the team's overall points.

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