China Masters 2005 should be in September ?

[Scott Kam]

Just checked the worldbadminton.net. It is stated to be held in September.

[bluejeff]

both should be in September

[SmartCivet]

China master will be held 8/31-9/4.

[SmartCivet]

the sponsor is AVIVA-COFCO Life Insurance Co.,Ltd.

[ants]

Poster of the event

[ants]

Some pictures during the press conference

[ants]

Xia and his fans

[SmartCivet]

Only the top 16 ms players will be invited to the China master unless someone withdraw. So I think XIA will not compete the match.It's so regretful for XIA.

[badMania]

Only the top 16 ms players will be invited to the China master unless someone withdraw. So I think XIA will not compete the match.It's so regretful for XIA.

So, this is like the Copenhagen Master, which is an invitational tournament?
What about the other disciplines? Only 8 places for WS, MD, WD, and XD?

Is it a knockout format or a round-robin group format? It will be interesting to see a round-robin tournament with 4 players in a group. This will make it a very competitive tournament from the group stage to the final stage.

My preference:
MS: 3 group matches with the winners(and perhaps runners-up) qualifying for the quarter-final. Knockout format from quarter-final to final. Maximum games = 6 games for winner --> equivalent to most tournaments
WS-XD: 3 group matches with the winners qualifying for the semi-final. Winners and runners-up qualify for the semi-final. Knockout format for semi-final and final. Maximum games = 5 games for winner, which is again equivalent to most tournaments.

[SmartCivet]

So, this is like the Copenhagen Master, which is an invitational tournament?
What about the other disciplines? Only 8 places for WS, MD, WD, and XD?

16 Places for WS, 8 places for MD, WD, and XD.

the China master is not fully like the Copenhagen Master, it is not an invitational tournament, the players entry is according to the world ranking.
And the biggest difference is that the China master is 6 start tournament, the players can get many world ranking records.

[SmartCivet]

maybe something of what I said is not sure. I see some reports.It said there will be some entries for qualifier who is lower ranking.

[DaN_fAn]

maybe something of what I said is not sure. I see some reports.It said there will be some entries for qualifier who is lower ranking.

I think it will be based on ranking and there will be limited no. of entries[fewer] or it would not be a 'masters' tournament ,would it?
could u confirm and tell us more.
Anyway so few players and cool money.that's good

[kemana]

the sponsor is AVIVA-COFCO Life Insurance Co.,Ltd.

it's aviva again i love them

[ants]

it's aviva again i love them

Hehe Aviva will be around as sponsors for major badminton events in the region.

[kemana]

Hehe Aviva will be around as sponsors for major badminton events in the region.

nice choice they have!~~~

[kemana]

the final day is my birthday haha

[restricted_]

the final day is my birthday haha

i think china masters starts tomorrow. on the 29th of august.