Prospectus - The 23rd Asian Cup 2010 March 26th -28th, Guangzhou, China 1. Date: March 26th – 28th, 2010 2. Venue: Guangzhou Gymnasium 783 Baiyun Dadao South, Baiyun District, Guangzhou ,China 3. Authorized by: Asian Table Tennis Union 4. Host: Chinese Table Tennis Association, People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality 5. Organizer: Administration of Sport of Guangzhou Municipality 6. Co-organizer: Guangzhou Table Tennis Association 7. Events: Men’s Singles Women’s Singles 8. Method of play 1 stage: i.e. the Preliminary Round, with round -robin system, best of 7 games. 2 stage: i.e. the Final Round, the winner and runner-up of each group in the Preliminary Round shall be redrawn to compete for 1-8 placing on knock-out system and similarly the 3rd and 4th in each group shall be redrawn to compete for 9-16 placing, best of 7 games. 9. Schedule: Date Time Event 3/25 16:00 Draw Ceremony Press Conference 3/26 09:00-18:00 First Stage: Men's and Women's Group Round Robin 19:00-23:00 Second Stage: Knock Out Men’s & Women’s Single 1/4 Final Women’s Single placing match 9th to 16th Men’s Single placing match 9th to 16th 3/27 10:00-16:00 Men’s Single and Women’s Single placing match 5th to 12th 19:00-23:00 Men’s and Women’s Single 1/2 Final 3/28 19:00-21:00 Men’s & Women’s Single 3rd place 21:00-23:00 Men’s & Women’s Single Final 23:00-23:30 Award ceremony 10. Equipment: TBD 11. Accommodation: Ramada Plaza Guangzhou No.313 Shougouling Road,Guangyuan East,Tianhe District, Guangzhou, P.R.China Tel: 0086-20-87206888 Fax:0086-20-87205600 Address in Chinese: 广州嘉鸿华美达广场酒店 中国广东省广州市天河区 广园东瘦狗岭路 313 号庆云街 1 号 12. Hospitality The organizer will provide free hospitality for all invited players and one official from each participating association. Additional personnel who are not eligible for free hospitality shall pay for the accommodation at the rate: Double Room Rate: 130USD per person per day Single Room Rate: 150USD per person per day (Including airport pick-up and departure, accommodation, meals, and the shuttle bus service between the hotel and competition venue) 13. Total prize money: US$60,000 (Men & Women) Result Men’s Single Women’s Single 1 $10,000 $10,000 2 $5,000 $5,000 3 $2,700 $2,700 4 $2,200 $2,200 5 $1,700 $1,700 6 $1,400 $1,400 7 $1,200 $1,200 8 $ 1,000 $ 1,000 9~10 $ 800 $ 800 11~12 $ 600 $ 600 13~16 $ 500 $ 500 Total $30,000 $30,000 14. Participants The qualification quota is assigned by the ATTU technical committee based on the rules of the Asian Cup as follows: Men’s Singles Women’s Singles China-3 China-3 Korea-2 Korea-2 Japan-2 Hongkong-2 Chinese Taipei-2 Japan-2 Hongkong-2 Singapore-2 Singapore-2 Korea DPR-1 India -1 Thailand-1 Iran -1 India-1 Kuwait -1 Kazakhstan-1 West Asia representative -1 Reserved places: Men’s Singles Women’s Singles TBD 1. Chinese Taipei 2. Iran 15. Draw a) The draw for 1st stage will take place at 16:00 on 25 March at the Ramada Plaza Guangzhou b) The draw for 2nd stage will be held immediately after the completion of 1st stage in the competition stadium. 16. Entry deadline: GMT 09:00 February 5th, 2010 17. Form instruction Player info shall be filled out using the attached forms with photos including a short player profile to ATTU Secretariat (Beijing) [email protected] or by fax: +86.10 67129838 Passport info form shall be also filled out, please specify the following information of participating members: the date of birth, nationalities, function, passport numbers and validity of passport, a photocopy of passport shall be provided as required by visa application procedures. For Chinese Participants, please provide name in both English and Chinese. All forms can be downloaded from www.attu.org at http://www.attu.org/arc.php?code1=2000 .