2009 Sudirman Cup Teams 1 Korea Asia 2 Japan Asia 3 Malaysia Asia 4 Hong Kong Asia 5 Thailand Asia 6 Sri Lanka Asia 7 Singapore Asia 8 Mongolia Asia 9 Chinese Taipei Asia 10 India Asia 11 China Asia 12 Philippines Asia 13 Indonesia Asia 14 Swiss Europe 15 Czech Republic Europe 16 Russia Europe 17 Luxembourg Europe 18 Scotland Europe 19 Iceland Europe 20 France Europe 21 Portugal Europe 22 Netherlands Europe 23 Denmark Europe 24 Lithuania Europe 25 Turkey Europe 26 Sweden Europe 27 Germany Europe 28 England Europe 29 Bulgaria Europe 30 Ukraine Europe 31 Australia Oceania 32 USA Pam Am 33 South Africa Africa Asia 13 Pan Am 1 Oceania 1 Europe 17 Africa 1 Total: 33
It seems to me that there is too much lop-sidedness in the categories. Imagine the following countries not having opponents in their zones to fight for qualification, which I presume others in Asia and Europe had to: Pan Am 1 Oceania 1 Africa 1 compared to Asia 13 Europe 17 If the arrangement is unfair, then BWF should re-organize the zones to make it more equitable. This will then enhance the competition and raise standards in countries where they need do almost nothing to qualify. But of course once they enter the main competition, they will most probably be knocked out just as fast.
here's the English squad http://www.badzine.info/index.php?o...-squad-announced&catid=61:newsflash&Itemid=76
The 2009 English squad: Nathan Robertson Anthony Clark Robert Blair Andrew Smith Rajiv Ouseph Elizabeth Cann Donna Kellogg Chris Adcock Gabrielle White Sarah Walker Jennifer Wallwork Heather Olver (Reserve) The first seven players were in the 2007 squad too.
The 2009 China Squad Lin Dan Bao Chunlai Chen Jin Chen Long Xie Xingfang Lu Lan Wang Lin Wang Yihan Fu Haifeng Cai Yun Shen Ye Chai Bao Du Jing Yu Yang Zhang Yawen Zhao TT Tian Qing Pan Pan He Hanbin Xie Zhong Bo Ma Jin Zheng Bo
Yeah..I look art the list. And these fellows are ..wow! Good luck to the other teams. ....China don't need one. They have been blessed already.
Don't praise China too high lah.. Consider Indonesia team lah. INA team can give China shock therapy lah.. Hehe..
Wah....Chen Long is selected instead of Gong WJ or Lu Yi,and injured BAo is part of the team as well No Guo ZD????his spot is given to Chai Biao and Shen Ye also no Cheng Su/Zhao YUn Lei quite strange Ah Jiao is not playing also.....
The 2009 Indonesia Squad Men's singles: Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Simon Santoso, Tommy Sugiarto Women's singles: Maria Kristin, Adriyanti Firdasari Men's doubles: Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan, Bona Septano/Muhammad Ahsan, Rian Sukmawan/Yonatan Suryatama Women's doubles: Shendy Puspa Irawati/Meliana Jauhari, Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda Mixed doubles: Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir, Devin Lahardi/Lita Nurlita, Fran Kurniawan (reserve).
I think he missed one pair, Xu Chen/Guo Zhendong is in the list. LYB sends 4 individuals/3 pairs to Sudirman, and out of the 4 individuals of each event, only three will be participate in the tournament, the unlucky fourth person is accompany to practice. For the 3 pairs also, only 2 pairs will participate, the third pair is accompany to practice