EVENTS Asia Under 19 2008 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Time: Date : 13th - 20th July 2008 Website: http://www.badmintonasia.org/event_details.aspx?eventID=158
this year mixed team event may be the fight will be between China, Korea, Indonesia and Singapore with Malaysia an outside chance for a semi final. Hope for the best. Malaysia Bolih
As expected, Tanongsak and Porntip are the 1st seed in MS and WS, respectively. At this rate, I'm afraid INA can't even have 1 title... Haiz...
Dunno why. I think INA team is a combination between Pelatnas and club members. Not even one seeded player? Thanks to their rarely being sent into int'l competitions. That's why.
the draws is prepared and provided by www.toernooi.nl, or tournament software, but couldn't this u19 in tournament software??
Dont worry about the seeding... Even CHN players are not seeded and we know they will do many damages... Then we have one Macau player is seeded....he may crash out from 1st round..... Seeding in Junior does not mean anything....
I personally think that the seedings should be based on the country's historical record at the Asian Junior Championships... Like in the soccer FIFA World Cup. If I'm not mistaken, FIFA used a seeding formula that takes into account the records of the last 3 world cups played, former champs and host nation. Thus... Germany, Italy, France, Brazil are almost always at least seeded 5-8... Knowing the records [thus reputations] of these 4 countries... fair enough, right? So in Asian Junior Badminton Championships, to determine the 5-8 seed, for instance, you have to at least include: GS and GD The #1 and #2 player/pair from China The #1 from Indonesia The #1 from Korea BS, BD, and XD The #1 from China The #1 from Malaysia The #1 from Indonesia The #1 from Korea To determine the 9-16 seeds for all categories, at least include players/pairs from: #1 from India #1 from Thailand #1 from Taiwan #1 from whichever nation is hosting the event etc.