New ITTF rule??

I think that when there are two teams out of the same group that qualify for the main tournament (C1 and C2), they should never meet eachother again before the final. And I don't think that the ITTF would introduce such rule either. But you never know, haven't checked it yet.

Strange thing..
Would like to know if this is true or not...

Sorry, what is baloot?

I had to look at the whole tournament draw before I can confirm what I'm talking about right now.

But I remember in some tournament, especially in United States, we have something call loser bracket. So, basically who lose in the first two round will go into loser bracket and fight again. Then the winner over there will eventually play against the player in winner bracket.

That's not what he's talking about Dici. Most ITTF tournaments are either Round Robin or Single Elimination. The thing azlan is referring to is that after the different round robins have played the crossovers start by taking the top 1 or 2 teams to play for the QF, SF, and then Finals. What he's asking is whether a new rule has been implemented by the ITTF that follows a random ballot system (or random draw with teams written on paper then placed in a hat to draw from).

From everything I've read on the ITTF website there's no news about a new ballot system. And I've read ITTF regulations again so no he is not correct. He may have read something somewhere and just misinterpreted what it meant. The ITTF regulations specifically state that the highest seeds will not meet before the closing matches. Byes are to be distributed evenly over the first round. And draws are to be as fair as possible with the first round until 16s have been qualified.