Selection Criteria for Team Selection

  1. The performance of a player at the State Championship and a minimum of “FOUR” best performances in any of the remaining State Ranking Tournaments will be considered for selection in the State Team.
  2. If by any chance, the requisite number of tournaments are not completed, the nearest of the above will be followed.
  3. State Ranking to be considered will be the latest announced by GSTTA.
  4. National Ranking to be considered will be the latest announced by TTFI.
  5. Players with the National Ranking of 12 or below in the Senior and 8 or below in the Youth (U-15,17,19) category will be eligible for selection along with the other players based on their state ranking in the State team.
  6. Points allotted for both National performances & State performances will only be one of the important criteria for selection but not the sole criteria.
  7. Players with India Rankings beyond 40 in Senior and beyond 25 in U19/ U17/ U15 categories will not be awarded any points for National Performance criteria. Absolute National Ranking will be considered for awarding points.
  8. The performance of a player in the league matches during coaching camps conducted by GSTTA will also be considered for team selection.
  9. ‘Ranking’ and ‘Age’ will also be one of the criteria for selection of players for the State Team for any competition on behalf of GSTTA.
  10. Performance in all other official events of GSTTA/TTFI can be considered for selection.
  11. Fitness and dope tests, if and when conducted during camps, will be mandatory.
  12. Indiscipline of a particular player shall also will be taken into non- consideration of a player in the State Team.
  13. Chief Coach appointed by GSTTA will be a special invitee in all Selection Committee meetings.
  14. The circumstances under which the selectors exercise their discretionary powers will be documented.
  15. Decision of the Selection committee will be final & binding on all.

Points Allocation (in Percentage)

Categories State Performance National Performance Selection Committee
U 11/U 13 90% 10%
U 15/U 17/U 19 60% 30% 10%
SENIOR 50% 40% 10%

 Points System

Points System for National Performance (Senior’s)

Sr. No National Ranking Bracket Points Allocation
1 1-5 40
2 6-10 35
3 11-15 30
4 16-20 25
5 21-25 20
6 26-30 15
7 31-35 10
8 36-40 5

 Points System for National Performance (U15 / U17 / U19)

Sr. No National Ranking Bracket Points Allocation

1

1-5 30
2 6-10 24
3 11-15 18
4 16-20 12
5 21-25 6

Points System for State Performance (Senior’s)

Sr. No State Ranking Points Allocation
1 1 50
2 2 45
3 3 40
4 4 35
5 5 30
6 6 25
7 7 20
8 8 15
9 9 10
10 10 05

Points System for State Performance (U15 / U17 / U19)

Sr. No State Ranking Points Allocation
1 1 60
2 2 54
3 3 48
4 4 42
5 5 36
6 6 30
7 7 24
8 8 18
9 9 12
10 10 06
  • If 2 or more players receive the same overall points according to the above, then the player with the higher National Rank will be selected. If the Player does not hold a National Rank then the Player with the higher State Rank can be selected.

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