11Even Sports MSL Table Tennis promises to be more competitive
Mumbai, March 28:
The Mumbai Super League (MSL) Table Tennis Championships, organized by 11Even Sports Pvt. Ltd. under the auspices of MCDTTA and MSDTTA, is scheduled to be played from June 8-11, 2017.
All the leading players from the city will be seen in action during the four-day event, which promises to be more competitive and offers handsome prize-money to the winnings teams. The Champions stand to earn Rs. 1,80,000, the runners- up will receive Rs 1,20,000, while the team which finish 3rd & 4th will receive cash awards of Rs 70,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively.
A total of 10 teams will be participating in the MSL and the team formation will be done by a ‘Players Auction’ that will take place in the presence of the technical committee and the organizing committee of MSL 2017 Each Team can appoint a coach from the suggestive list which will be shortlisted by the organizing committee.
Each team will comprise of six players (one each -- men, women, junior boys, junior girls, cadet boys and veteran).
The 10 teams will be divided into 2 groups of 5 each. Each team will play all other teams in their respective group once and the top 2 teams from each group will qualify for the Semi-Finals and the winners will play the Finals.
Each match will consist of 9 rubbers and all the 9 matches have to be played in the group stage as each win has points. The men player will play 3 matches (1 singles & 2 doubles), women will play 2 matches (1 Singles & 1 doubles), Junior Boys - 2 matches (1 singles & 1 doubles), Junior Girls - 2 matches (1 singles & 1 doubles), Cadet Boys - 1 match (1 singles), Veterans – 2 matches (1 singles & 1 doubles).