The annual JOOLA NA Teams Championship is a four-star competition sanctioned by the USATT. The three-day affair takes place over the Thanksgiving weekend. The tournament provides table tennis players from all over the US and the rest of the world with opportunities to test their skills as they compete.
The first day of the tournament, Friday, gives players the chance to play against higher and lower ranked teams based on their original seeding. Most teams play as many as 4 matches on this day. Based on the outcome of the Day 1 games, the teams are placed in a division, with each division divided into two round robin groups composed of 8 teams per group. The teams will remain in their divisions for the remainder of the tournament.
On Days 2 and 3, the teams will compete with other teams in the division. Most teams play 5 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. The teams that finish in the top two places of their groups in the division will compete in the semi-final round. The winning teams advance to the finals.
At the end of the tournament, most players will have competed in 25 matches or more, with each player facing competitors of many styles and techniques. The key to succeed in this tournament is endurance.
The 2020 edition of the JOOLA NA Teams Championship is tentatively slated for November 27-29, 2020, at the Gaylord National Resort in Washington, D.C.
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