2004年 ITTF規則 
世界盃比賽系統:先分組預賽再淘汰賽

吳及時 翻譯 2004-9

4.2 WORLD CUP
4.2 世界盃
4.2.5 Playing System
4.2.5 比賽系統
4.2.5.1 In the 1st stage of each tournament the players will be divided into 4 equal groups, with all the members of a group playing each other, and in the 2nd stage the group winners and runners-up will compete in a knock-out.
4.2.5.1 初賽時將選手平分成四組, 每一組的所有選手相互比賽, 各組取前兩名晉級淘汰賽.

4.2.5.2 For the 1st stage, the highest-ranked player will be placed in Group A, the 2nd highest in Group B, the 3rd highest in Group C and the 4th highest in Group D, and the remaining players will be drawn into the groups 4 at a time in ranking order.
4.2.5.2 初賽時,第一種子置於A組,第二種子置於B組,第三種子置於C組,第四種子置於D組,其餘選手依種子序每次四名抽籤置入各組.
4.2.5.3 If there are 2 players from the same Association, they will be drawn into separate groups but a 3rd player from the same Association may be drawn into any group.
4.2.5.3 若有2位選手來自同一協會,則抽置於不同組.但來自同一協會的第3位選手則可被抽置於任一組.
4.2.5.4 For the 2nd stage, the winners of Groups A and B will be placed in positions 1 and 8 and the winners of groups C and D will be drawn between positions 4 and 5; the runners-up will be drawn into the remaining places, in opposite halves from the winners of the same groups.
4.2.5.4 複賽中,A組冠軍與B組冠軍分別置放於第1與第8位置.C冠與D冠則抽籤置於第4或第5位置;各組亞軍則抽籤置入與同組冠軍不同半區的剩餘空位.
4.2.5.5 In the semi-finals, the winner of the 1st quarter-final will play the winner of the 2nd and the winner of the 3rd will play the winner of the 4th; the winners of the semi-finals will play each other in the final.
4.2.5.5 半準決賽時,第一個四分之一區的勝者與第二個四分之一區的勝者對賽,第三個四分之一區的勝者與第四個四分之一區的勝者對賽;半準決賽的勝者進行決賽.
4.2.5.6 The tournaments will be played in accordance with the Laws of Table Tennis and the Regulations for International Competitions, as modified or supplemented by any directives authorised by the Council.
4.2.5.6 比賽依國際賽規則進行,由委員會增修之.
4.2.5.7 Matches in the knock-out stage will be the best of 7 games; all other matches will be the best of 5 games.
4.2.5.7 淘汰賽以7局4勝決之;其餘打5局3勝.