New at the 2009 World Cup

At the upcoming World Cup in Nantes, France, on January 8-11, 2009, there will be 2 different events for Men’s and Women’s teams, with a maximum of 32 teams for the Men's event and maximum 16 for the Women's event.


The selection of the countries which will participate in the World Cup will be done through an Executive Committee’s vote, which will take into account the ITSF World Rankings of Nations and continental representation, as had been voted upon 2 years ago at the 2006 General Assembly in case there would not have been enough time to set up continental qualification tournaments before the next World Cup.


Number of players in a standard Men's team: 8 + 2 reserve players (minimum 6 men to make up a team)

Number of players in a standard Women's team: 6 + 2 reserve players (minimum 4 women to make up a team)

Each country is responsible for the selection of its national teams' members.
If a country has enough female players to make up a Women's team, then they can send both a Men-only team and a Women-only team to the Word Cup.
If there are not enough female players in a country to make up a Women's team, female players are allowed to be members of the Men's Team.


The deadline for confirming participation to the World Cup and the choice of the table for each team (the 2 teams from the same country can choose different tables) is September 30th, 2008.

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