World Cup Team Championships Begin Saturday in China
Bill Kellick July 15, 2010
An eight-member U.S. National Team squad will compete in the WTF World Cup Team Taekwondo Championships in Urumqi, China, July 17-20. The women's team consists of fin/fly Charlotte Craig (Murietta, Calif.), bantam/feather Danielle Pelham (Bothell, Wash.), light/welter Paige McPherson (Miami, Fla.) and middle/heavy Lauren Cahoon (Miami, Fla.). The men's team includes fin/fly James Howe (San Ramon, Calif.), bantam/feather Terrence Jennings (Alexandria, Va.), light/welter Antony Graf (Miami, Fla.) and middle/heavy Jason Neville (Edmond, Okla.).
Be sure to follow the results on the USA Taekwondo website (www.usa-taekwondo.us) and through the USA Taekwondo Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/USA_Taekwondo).
METHOD OF COMPETITION
Round-robin system in the preliminary rounds / single elimination system in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final
8.1 Six (6) national teams will be seeded in the preliminary rounds. They are the host country, and the top five (5) highest-ranked teams at the most recent 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Copenhagen that are participating in this championship. If any of the seeded nations is not participating, the next-highest ranked team at the 2009 WTF World Taekwondo Championships that is participating will be seeded.
8.2 In the preliminary round, 24 teams will be classified into six (6) groups, with four (4) teams per group. Each of the top six (6) seeded teams will be classified in one group. The rest of the teams will be randomly assigned to the groups during the drawing of lots session.
8.3 Based on round-robin system, each team will play three (3) times in the preliminary round.
8.4 The top team of each group will automatically advance to the quarter-final round, i.e. there will be six (6) automatic quarterfinalists. The other two (2) quarterfinal slots will be allocated to two (2) teams with the „Best records‟ among the second-placed teams. In the case of a tie, the second-placed teams with the best records shall be determined as follows (in the order of priority):
- Team with the most number of team victories
- Team with the most number of individual victories
- Team that scores the most number of K.O.
- Team with the most number of individual points scored
- Teams with less „Gam-jeom‟s
- Teams with less „Kyong-go‟s
If there is still a tie after exhausting the above criteria, the second-placed teams with the best records shall be determined by the method decided by Technical Delegate in consultation with Competition Supervisory Board.
8.5 If there are only two teams that are tied for first place, then the top-ranked team is the winner of the head-to-head match between these two teams in the pertinent competition.
8.6 If there are more than two teams in the same group that are tied for first place, then the best record shall be determined as follows (in the order of priority):
- Team with the most number of individual victories
- Team that scores the most number of K.O.
- Team with the most number of individual points scored
- Teams with less „Gam-jeom‟s 2010 WTF World Cup Team Taekwondo Championships Urumqi, China/ July 17-20, 2010 3
- Teams with less „Kyong-go‟s
If there is still a tie after exhausting the above criteria, the second-placed teams with the best records shall be determined by the method decided by Technical Delegate in consultation with Competition Supervisory Board.
8.7 In case that there are less than 24 teams participating per male or female division, the number of groups and number of teams per group may be subject to change. In this case, the Technical Delegate shall make the final decision and will announce the decision at the Head of Team meeting.
8.8 There will be no additional drawing of lots for the quarter-finalists. The position of the draw will be determined based on the result of the preliminary matches.
8.9 Even if one team achieves a majority of victories and has won the team match, the remaining individual matches should also be completed.
8.10 Contestants shall compete against opposing contestant of the same weight division.
9 CONTEST TIME
2 minutes x 3 rounds with 1 minute break for all matches except the 5th match that will be conducted on a sudden-death overtime system.
10 WEIGHT DIVISIONS (Consolidated weight divisions) / Ranking Points
MEN’S EVENTS (4)
Under 58 kg
Under 68kg
Under 80kg
Over 80kg
WOMEN’S EVENTS (4)
Under 49 kg
Under 57kg
Under 67kg
Over 67kg
10.1 Each team must fill up with the full weight divisions (4 athletes). The team with missing weight division will not be allowed to participate under any circumstances.
10.2 Each team may bring maximum one (1) substitute athlete per weight division. Any registered athlete who competes at least once will receive ranking points equally with the athletes of his/her team based on the result of his/her team.
11 MATCH PROCESS / DETERMINATION OF THE WINNING TEAM
11.1 The contestant will compete against the opposing contestant of the same weight division.
11.2 Before each match starts, the referee will toss the coin to decide the team to have the priority to select the first weight division to compete.
11.3 The coach of the priority team which was chosen by coin tossing will select the first weight division to compete. Then, the coach of the opposing team will select the second weight division to compete, the coach of the priority team will select the third weight division to compete, and the remaining weight division will automatically be the fourth weight division to compete.
11.4 The team who wins majority of the individual matches shall win the match (4:0, 3:1)
11.5 In case of 2:2, the sudden death match will be conducted to break the tie by holding one addition match (5th match) to be competed in the following way:
- The referee will toss the coin to decide the priority team. The coach of the priority team will then select the weight division to compete for the 5th match.
- The athletes should be the same one who competed in the previoust four matches. Replacement of the athlete is not accepted.
