China to Relaunch Badminton League [Archive] - Badminton Central Discussion Forums

huangkwokhau

02-18-2009, 11:24 AM

It is official that China Badminton Association will roll out the badminton league by end of 2009.
First, I had been told by Xu Huai Wen and her sichuan player during SS final ( Kota Kinibalu) as she might be part of it as a player or a coach...
I had been told that a player can earn around US$ 50000..

CBA had secured the fund around US$ 3 Million and this effective way also to stop ex-players or club players going abroad..

It will consist 8 teams and I am not sure if national players are allowed to participate or any foreign players can be recruited..

It is good news that DEN,GERMAN, Japan, soon China and I hope INA will follow ( INA has it but not on continuing bases)...

ctjcad

02-18-2009, 04:59 PM

..but then they've got:
- Futbol/footie/soccer
- Basketball
- Golf
- Tennis
- Table Tennis
- other sports to compete with..

Even in Indonesia, a country where badminton is arguably one of the top 2 if not 3 sports, after the Superliga was started, it hasn't been mentioned much nowadays..

Anyway, best wishes to the new badminton league and hope it'll attract more viewership and interest from abroad as well..:cool:

samuel882

02-18-2009, 06:29 PM

Do they open for ALL PRO badminton players of the world? Or only for locals?

ants

02-18-2009, 07:41 PM

Open to all pros. Not for local. I think a Local League team is allowed to have at least one imported player. Its good way to expose international players to the local lads and vice versa. Malaysia also wanted to have a same kind of program but then... dont know what happened to it.

badMania

02-18-2009, 11:33 PM

CHN does have a Professional Table-Tennis League (they call it Table-Tennis Super League) where players from JPN, HKG, and SIN are spotted.

george@chongwei

02-19-2009, 12:21 AM

its just like japan had its own league and also germany with their bundesliga;) and other european country too;)

limsy

02-19-2009, 01:10 AM

Malaysia also wanted to have a same kind of program but then... dont know what happened to it.

well...tat is something abt bam...:rolleyes:

cooler

02-19-2009, 04:49 PM

08:40, February 18, 2009

After a seven-year break, China plans to relaunch its badminton club super league this year.

Liu Fengyan, director of Table Tennis and Badminton Administration Center under China's State General Administration of Sport, said on the 50th anniversary meeting of the Chinese Badminton Association here on Tuesday that they will relaunch the league later this year.

Although Liu did not disclose the exact date, he gave more details on the number of clubs, saying that there will be six to eight clubs each with at least 10 shuttlers for the league.

"We don't expect too many clubs involved in the league as in the inauguration year we want to see how it works, and leave as less impact as possible on the national team," he said.

The Chinese badminton club league was once started in 1999 but closed in 2002 due to fund shortage. At that time, there were onlythree clubs involved, failing to win the market. In the 2008 Beijing Games, China won three gold, two silver and three bronze medals in badminton, making Chinese people more enthusiastic about the sport. Stars like Lin Dan and Zhang Ning also help win badminton fans' heart.

According to source who declined to be named, the league needs over 20 million Yuan (about 2.8 million U.S. dollars) for its operation and the sponsorship has been guaranteed.

Li Yongbo, head coach of Chinese Badminton Team, added: "We had hoped to relaunch the league before the Beijing Olympics but at that time we were in great pressure preparing for the Games, so we aborted the plan. Now the Games were over and the market is mature."

If the league is relaunched, it means China will have to give up some international tourneys even those providing world ranking points.

"You can not burn the candle at both ends," said Li. "We mush give up some international tournaments. But we will find the balance point."

Liu noted that the league, as a competition stage for the Chinese badminton players, serves the Olympics.

He added that the league will also help prevent some top athletes from going abroad to play or teach.

"Once they find there is a top league at home, they are willing to stay to make a living," he said. "And this will also make more and more Chinese parents let their children play badminton since they can see the hope through the league."

Source: Xinhua
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good news for LCW, TH and PG, they would benefit from less chinese in international tournaments

bradmyster

02-19-2009, 08:37 PM

hmmm pretty interesting.

Jonc108

05-29-2009, 11:39 PM

there has been many news about its making... latest news is that the first private badminton club is just been set up in Tsing Dao...

seems there is a good development, hope this could become the EPL or NBA of badminton world, considering the popularity of badminton and the commercial commitment to badminton in China...

anyone have any update / inside stories???

extremenanopowe

05-29-2009, 11:42 PM

Need a strong foundation and the right people to get sponsors to get it going. ;)

Jonc108

05-29-2009, 11:50 PM

seems they have resolved the first hurdle, LYB, who used to be worrying about the impact to the national team...

http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2009-05-28/12094403750.shtml

on the sponsor, with Li Ning's commitment to badminton sport and the achievement of the Chinese national badminton team, it really helps to draw commercial powerhouses, at least in China, to finance the league...

trust all our badminton lovers would wish this league could be successful, and it would help more badminton players, not only from China, but from all other countries, in committing to badminton career..

ctjcad

05-30-2009, 12:35 AM

...and similar topic, as found here:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66320
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69455

Jonc108

05-31-2009, 10:47 PM

...and similar topic, as found here:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66320
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69455

thanks ctjcad.

I did search for similar threads before creating this thread but failed to find them...

maybe forum admin could combine this thread to the previous ones...

drifit

05-31-2009, 11:01 PM

threads merged.

thanks.
:)

Jonc108

06-01-2009, 12:42 AM

thanks a lot drift..

i'm really exciting about its making and keen to see the team make-up... would be great if they also allow non-Chinese players to join the clubs...

RedShuttle

06-01-2009, 06:06 PM

These are what we know so far.

It is going to start right after the National Games in October.
It is a mixed team format, a la Sudirman Cup.
There will be a qualifying tournament first to decide the final six to eight teams in the league.
QingDao just lauched the first pro club in China, with Ma Jin, etc. No other clubs have officially formed yet.
Some provinces will join force to create more competitive clubs.
The strong provinces will form their own clubs.The mixed team format is okay for the first year. Since it would limit play time to the elite players only, some other format will be required going foreward.

Krisna

06-29-2009, 07:16 AM

thanks a lot drift..

i'm really exciting about its making and keen to see the team make-up... would be great if they also allow non-Chinese players to join the clubs...

That is possible... just like in the NBA and the club-soccer world... :cool: I suppose not too many Chinese clubs really need a lot of non-Chinese players. Pretty much like in the NBA, the best players are most probably from the home country, ...since China's prowess in badminton is almost like the USA's prowess in basketball... :D I think maybe names like Taufik Hidayat, Peter Gade, Lee Yong Dae will add 'popularity points' for whichever Chinese club that hires them... :D Names like Roslin, Sho Sasaki, Chetand Anand, Donna Kellogg, Anthony Clark, etc. won't add much...

Dreamzz

06-29-2009, 09:37 AM

i just wonder if the national bodies will let their top players like LCW, TH, PG, LYD, MK etc join the league as it may disrupt their centralised training.

Krisna

06-29-2009, 09:52 AM

i just wonder if the national bodies will let their top players like LCW, TH, PG, LYD, MK etc join the league as it may disrupt their centralised training.

TH is not part of the PBSI centralized training ground anymore. He is an independent INA pro... Peter Gade has always been an independent pro... I don't think DEN's program is similar to China's and Indonesia's... :)

krisss

06-29-2009, 10:05 AM

i just wonder if the national bodies will let their top players like LCW, TH, PG, LYD, MK etc join the league as it may disrupt their centralised training.

Hmmm yeah , and I guess the players would be keen , but the national bodies not letting them go to it?

I am interested!

OneToughBirdie

06-29-2009, 10:56 AM

Whether foreign players like TH, PG, etc would join, that depends on the financial gain and the currency conversion from RMB to whatever country currency the players hail from to join up. Players like LTS, Sairul, YKB, who basically play baddy as a career, they may give it a try. With this leaque in its infancy, I doubt the $$$ is attractive enough and by the time, this leaque picks up steam, TH, PG and even LCW will be old main in baddy sense. Foreign players may try if they think CHN provides the training ground to improve their game, much like our Canadian gal Anna playing in DEN. Super leaque would benefit CHN, with what LD accomplishes, recognition and financial wise, that would inspire many talented CHN youth to pick up the sport seriously, on the other hand, it may be grief and stress for players to make CHN team of top 3-4 to play in majors, given so many good players to pick from...and the shortie players got screwed harder:D:p;)

RedShuttle

10-18-2009, 07:45 PM

According to LYB, the league will officially launch after the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals, in late May or early June. It will last for about two months.

Currently, there are 17 teams with over one thousand registered players. Details of the league will be finalized after qualification tournaments before the official launch.

It is not clear how WBF tournaments in this time window will be affected.

limsy

11-21-2009, 11:13 AM

well well well
lets see
lcw joined guang dong province for 2 years contract
guang dong province have zhang jie wen,xie xin fang,wang zheng ming them
the league will start at 15/12
thats the reason behind why he wanna withdraw sea games;):eek:
hope suetyan will provide us with more details
i read this in nanyang (chinese press in mas)
so i think its ok for me didnt post the link right?:confused:
cz i read newspaper:p
not online

madbad

11-21-2009, 11:31 AM

Oooooo, that'd be a real slap in the face for BAM if LCW indeed joins the league in favour of the SEA Games. Could the BAM take any action for this type of decision?

limsy

11-21-2009, 11:42 AM

Oooooo, that'd be a real slap in the face for BAM if LCW indeed joins the league in favour of the SEA Games. Could the BAM take any action for this type of decision?

hmm
well well well
the reason lcw give is:the quality of training is not high enough in malaysia squad(which is true)
and misbun MIGHT follow him go:eek:
let see:cool:

george@chongwei

11-22-2009, 08:12 AM

Wow, LCW had joined the GuangDong team?
btw, i thought XXF had retired?:confused:;)

Jonc108

11-22-2009, 09:38 AM

Wow, LCW had joined the GuangDong team?
btw, i thought XXF had retired?:confused:;)

she just retired from the national team... but still could have her personal career continued...

like GL and many others, could still play provincial competitions after the national team retirement ceremony...

suetyan

11-22-2009, 09:43 AM

Can't wait to watch all the chinese to be in action! It is more excited than any other tournament!!

george@chongwei

11-22-2009, 09:45 AM

Can't wait to watch all the chinese to be in action! It is more excited than any other tournament!!
Pls post more info of this league though.
Seems interesting!

ctjcad

11-22-2009, 06:11 PM

Oooooo, that'd be a real slap in the face for BAM if LCW indeed joins the league in favour of the SEA Games. Could the BAM take any action for this type of decision?
..what kind of action do you think BAM will take, should they take one?..slap LCW's wrist and tell him he can't compete in the first 2 SS this yr?..take away his paycheque?..:confused:

As for other non-CHN players, anyone knows who else are invited?..

madbad

11-22-2009, 06:27 PM

..what kind of action do you think BAM will take, should they take one?..slap LCW's wrist and tell him he can't compete in the first 2 SS this yr?..take away his paycheque?..:confused:

As for other non-CHN players, anyone knows who else are invited?..

I don't know. I am waiting for BAM to see this post and reply

nokh88

11-22-2009, 08:29 PM

madbad

11-22-2009, 08:36 PM

wilcan

11-22-2009, 08:41 PM

nokh88

11-22-2009, 09:20 PM

He's got lots of $$. I don't think it'll be a big deal for him. I'm sure his contract with the league will guarantee him big bucks seeing he's a star import player.

If he's putting money ahead of titles, he's not the player I thought he was

If he's got lots of $$ as you claimed, then it should be ok and his livelihood is taken care off when he retires.

Jonc108

11-22-2009, 10:22 PM

So, is it confirmed that non-chinese players can participate? And if LCW is also in, he may need to skip some international tournaments and will affect his world ranking status and reduce his income and from other sources like endorsements? Will the money earned from this league made up the difference?

On another note, will the matches telecast over tv for the badminton fans worldwide?

heard that only the top ranked players would be invited by the clubs to join the league... just like soccer league in Europe, there are some rule in allowing foreign players in the league...

therefore LCW still need to play international competitions to maintain good WR to sustain his marketibility..;) but maybe on selective manner....

as for the international schedule, sure BWF has to acknowledge the existence of such a league which could be benefitial to the badminton world...

george@chongwei

11-22-2009, 10:49 PM

He's got lots of $$. I don't think it'll be a big deal for him. I'm sure his contract with the league will guarantee him big bucks seeing he's a star import player.

If he's putting money ahead of titles, he's not the player I thought he was
I'm sure he join the league not mainly because of $$$.
He already had rm300,000 and every month get rm3000. not include title prize money he won. therefore, i do not think $$$ plays a big role here.

limsy

11-22-2009, 11:03 PM

hopefully china bcer will post more info about this
or maybe hauge?:)

majyun

11-23-2009, 07:56 AM

So, is it confirmed that non-chinese players can participate? And if LCW is also in, he may need to skip some international tournaments and will affect his world ranking status and reduce his income and from other sources like endorsements? Will the money earned from this league made up the difference?

On another note, will the matches telecast over tv for the badminton fans worldwide?

Yes, I believe foreigners are allowed to play in the league. There's an article in China Press which claimed that LCW has already signed a 2 year contract with Guang Zhou team. Therefore, I don't think sustaining WR point is that important to LCW anymore since he got to play in league till before the next OG(unless he wanna extend the contract after that). Not sure how much LCW will get from the contract as they still haven't finalized the details yet.

Rumor has it said that Lee Yong Dae has received invitations and is showing interest in playing in the league. Choong Tan Fook has also agreed to play with Guang Zhou team and will be paired with Fu Hai Feng in MD and he cheekily said that it would be interesting to play with his fiancee, Zhang Jie Wen(also in the team), in mixed double event.:p

george@chongwei

11-23-2009, 08:17 AM

Yes, I believe foreigners are allowed to play in the league. There's an article in China Press which claimed that LCW has already signed a 2 year contract with Guang Zhou team. Therefore, I don't think sustaining WR point is that important to LCW anymore since he got to play in league till before the next OG(unless he wanna extend the contract after that). Not sure how much LCW will get from the contract as they still haven't finalized the details yet.

Rumor has it said that Lee Yong Dae has received invitations and is showing interest in playing in the league. Choong Tan Fook has also agreed to play with Guang Zhou team and will be paired with Fu Hai Feng in MD and he cheekily said that it would be interesting to play with his fiancee, Zhang Jie Wen(also in the team), in mixed double event.:p
i see..thanks for the info though.
hehe..

ThePlayer

11-23-2009, 09:51 AM

heard that only the top ranked players would be invited by the clubs to join the league... just like soccer league in Europe, there are some rule in allowing foreign players in the league...

therefore LCW still need to play international competitions to maintain good WR to sustain his marketibility..;) but maybe on selective manner....

as for the international schedule, sure BWF has to acknowledge the existence of such a league which could be benefitial to the badminton world...

I think it is likely there are raking points for playing the Chinese League.

xsakurax

11-23-2009, 08:18 PM

I think it's a good idea for lcw to join the league...he can trains with the chinese players there to improve his game..

george@chongwei

11-23-2009, 10:36 PM

I think it is likely there are raking points for playing the Chinese League.
Ranking points in just the circle of the league or what you mean?
World Ranking? I don't think BWF is part of this league:confused:

Sportech

12-01-2009, 06:52 AM

Rumor has it said that Lee Yong Dae has received invitations and is showing interest in playing in the league. Choong Tan Fook has also agreed to play with Guang Zhou team and will be paired with Fu Hai Feng in MD and he cheekily said that it would be interesting to play with his fiancee, Zhang Jie Wen(also in the team), in mixed double event.:p[/QUOTE]
well,which clubs invited them? when will the final checklist of players playing be out?does this means CHN players may skip even more tournaments next year?

Loh

12-04-2009, 10:29 PM

Xinhua News Agency
www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-01 11:59:44

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese badminton club league (CBCL) is about to restart after a seven-year break on Dec. 16 in its southern city of Guangzhou.

Initiated in 1999, the CBCL was suspended in 2002 due to fund shortage as only three clubs involved, failing to slice a share in the Chinese sports market.

Up till now, 14 club teams are registered to participate in the CBCL this year, and they will be divided into four groups with the top eight directly qualifying for the China badminton super league in 2010.

Liu Fengyan, director of Table Tennis and Badminton Administration Center of China's State General Administration of Sport, said at a press conference Monday the super league in 2010 is scheduled to last nearly three months. The shuttlers would be categorized into A, B, C levels and A level shuttlers would be rewarded with an annual salary cap of 300,000 RMB (some 42,000 US dollars).

To enhance the influence of the super league, each club can recruit foreigners from the top eight on the BWF world rankings with the exception of the Chinese players. Malaysia's badminton talent Lee Chongwei has been confirmed to compete for Guangzhou club in the league.

However, Li Yongbo, head coach of the Chinese national badminton team, showed "little interest" towards the club league.

"I hope the club league will go well, but I am not interested in it," Li was quoted by local Oriental Sports Daily as saying.

"If I were the president of Badminton World Federation (BWF), I won't organize the match in this way," Li told the sports daily.

Li thought the intense schedule would cause huge challenge to shuttlers, especially the top players.

In contrast, Jiangsu provincial badminton team coach Sun Zhi'an applauded the resume of the club league, saying that it would promote the development of the sport.

Editor: Anne Tang

limsy

12-05-2009, 01:18 AM

Malaysia's badminton talent Lee Chongwei has been confirmed to compete for Guangzhou club in the league.

http://www.nanyang.com.my/sport/sport_articleDetail.asp?ID=106838&sID=167&cID=780

well
i believe that in china
the nwes of lcw will participate and already signed the contract
BUT
click the link to see what have lcw said to mas media
but the article is in chinese
i am going to pc fair later
any KIND SOUL please translate it:D

george@chongwei

12-09-2009, 01:36 AM

Looks like lee yong dae will not be participating in this league..lol:p

madbad

12-09-2009, 01:48 AM

Looks like lee yong dae will not be participating in this league..lol:p

Why? Did I miss something?

george@chongwei

12-09-2009, 02:08 AM

Why? Did I miss something?
i'm not sure whether its you missing something or suetyan;)

madbad

12-09-2009, 02:12 AM

i'm not sure whether its you missing something or suetyan;)

Why don't you make it obvious and tell us

george@chongwei

12-09-2009, 02:57 AM

actually its suetyan who told me that LYD will not participate in this because KBA don't allow.

This is what she told me. Should ask her and confirm with us here.

madbad

12-09-2009, 02:59 AM

actually its suetyan who told me that LYD will not participate in this because KBA don't allow.

This is what she told me. Should ask her and confirm with us here.

The CBL will be a poorer place without him. That's too bad. Thanks for the heads up :)

suetyan

12-09-2009, 03:41 AM

actually its suetyan who told me that LYD will not participate in this because KBA don't allow.

This is what she told me. Should ask her and confirm with us here.
yup, I read it from Sina. :)

suetyan

12-09-2009, 04:14 AM

Because of financial problem, Beijing team will reduce its players from the initial 6 men and 6 women to 4 men and 4 women. The 4 men are: Du Pengyu, Zhang Nan, Chen Zhiben and Deng Xiao. The 4 women are: Suo Di, Qi Xuefei, Zhang Jinkang and Xie Jing. So, these players might need to play singles as well as doubles. Because of financial problem again, they decided to make the trip by train instead of by aeroplane. It might take approximately 21 hours from Beijing to Guangzhou by train. So pity, most of the clubs are having financial problem in participating in this badminton league.

suetyan

12-09-2009, 04:42 AM

The 2009 China Badminton Leaguewill take place from December 16th to 20th in Ji'nan University, Guangzhou. This competition aims to select teams for the 2010 Teams China Badminton Super League. The top eight teams will make the cut and attend next year's event.

This competition is co-organized by the China National Sports Administration (Ping-pong & Badminton Center), the China Badminton Association, the Guangzhou Sports Administration and the Guangzhou Badminton Club.

Schedules of the matches:

A first series of round-robin matches will take place from the 16th - 18th. On the 19th - 20th,teams will compete in knockout matches. The top five teams will go to the next round. After that,additional games will be held to award the champion title.

Source: http://www.135edu.com/?action-viewnews-itemid-2348893