Editorial – Round Robin Withdrawals, Retirements and Forfeits

2026 Rule:

15.B.4.a Withdrawal, Retirement, or Forfeit. When a singles player or doubles team withdraws, retires, or is forfeited from a round robin event, then that player’s or team’s match results will not count toward the standings of that event and the player or team will not be eligible to participate in any elimination playoff or medal match for that event. The match results will count towards the player’s or team’s rating.

12.C.4.a  If a singles player/ or doubles team withdraws, retires, or is forfeited from a round robin event without a playoff, the player’s or /team’s match results will not count toward the standings of that eventround robin and the player or team will not be eligible to participate in any elimination playoff or medal match. The match results will count towards the players’ skill rating(s).a player’s/team’s rating. If a player/team withdraws, retires, or is forfeited from a round robin with a playoff then that player’s/team’s match results will not count toward the standings of that round robin and the player/team will not be eligible to move on to a playoff elimination draw. The match results will count towards a player’s/team’s rating.

12.C.4.a. If a player/team withdraws, retires, or is forfeited from a round robin without a playoff then that player’s/team’s match results will not count toward the standings of that round robin. The match results will count towards a player’s/team’s rating. If a player/team withdraws, retires, or is forfeited from a round robin with a playoff then that player’s/team’s match results will not count toward the standings of that round robin and the player/team will not be eligible to move on to a playoff elimination draw. The match results will count towards a player’s/team’s rating.

This is a purely editorial change to make the provision more efficient by combining the two sentences on "with and without a playoff" thus avoiding having to repeat much of the same wording in two separate sentences.

All round robin events in which a player or team withdraws, retires or is forfeited.