Beach Tennis - CSIT World Sports Games 2027

Mr. Bojan Mamic

Secretary Beach Tennis

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bojan@cbbtennis.com.br

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Regulative

BEACH TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

1.1 PERIODICITY/AGE GROUPS

CSIT Beach Tennis Championship are organised during World Sports Games and Single CSIT Championships as follows:

Ages:

The age category in teams are open. Juniors and seniors players can be included in the same team.

1-2 COMPOSITIONS OF TEAMS

Each team shall consist of:

1 captain
Minimum of two (2) and a maximum of three (3) male players
Two (2) female players.
One (1) substitute man and one (1) female is allowed.

1.3 COMPETITIONS

A team match consists of:

1 men’s doubles
1 women’s doubles
2 mixed doubles.

Each player can play maximum two (2) matches

(For example in a match X 1 versus Y 1 each player can play maximum two matches.)

All matches shall be decided best of three (3) sets.

The first and second set is played to 6 with tie-break at 6/6 (tie-break to 7 points with no advantage on 6-6).

A possible third set will be played as a match tie-break to 10 points (with no-advantage on 9-9).

All teams will play the same number of matches:

Preliminary round:

• With 4 or 5 teams the championships are played in one group All versus all.

• With 6 to 8 teams the championships are played in two groups All versus all.

• With 9 to 12 teams the championships are played in three groups All versus all.

• With 12 to16 teams the championships are played in four groups All versus all.

Final draws:

The best two (2) teams in each preliminary round will play a draw (A draw).

The remaining teams in the preliminary round will play in a consolation draw (B draw).

Scores:

Match won in 2 sets: assigns 3 points for the winner; 0 points for the loser.
Match won in 3 sets: assigns 3 points for the winner; 1 points for the loser.

Every match lost without playing or lost for abandoning, assigns 3 points for the winner and 0 points to the loser.

In case of two teams with equal score the rules will be as follows:

Number of matches won;
Number of games won. The final tie-break counts as one point.
Face-off
Number of games lost
Coin toss.

1.4 ORGANISATION / REGULATIONS

Championships follow the international beach tennis regulation (Beach Tennis ITF) regulations (see: http://www.itftennis.com)
At least four (4) member-unions or at least three (3) member-unions and at least one (1) not-CSIT member union must participate in a CSIT Championship. In case of less than four (4) participating parties the Championship can take place but without being published as an official CSIT classification.
Championships cannot last more than five (5) days (days of arrival and departure not included).

2.1 PARTICIPATING TEAMS

More than one (1) team per Union can participate.

2.2 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Participants (men & women) ranked in the first one hundred (100) beach tennis ITF ranking list ATP and/or WTA (tennis) players cannot participate in CSIT Championships.