Surprise, surprise , exactly how I thought they would line up (only xd and ms,ws swapped around): http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...8C53563-14AA-4DB2-922B-105B7D8D9DF4&match=184
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http://www.youtube.com/user/BadmintonEuropeConf I think the ones to win for Spain must be MS, WS and WD ... If Abian loses the next match already, the tie is pretty much over.
Oops, the lineup of Germany has changed all of a sudden. WD Goliszewski Schnaase Is it allowed to do so?
I see the matchups are posted already so I don't have to speculate Only difference from what I was just writing is the RUS XD, maybe expected Durkin/Vislova (although Ivanov/Sorokina are the recent national champs and Durkin/Vislova lost to the runner up). Problem for Netherlands is Jelle Maas is sick (maybe food poisoning) so the regular pairing of Arends/Maas that made the Swedish final is broken up but still might be a close match ... XD may be the key match , but I read Sorokina has been back in training just for this tournament since late November so not exactly completely rusty. XD: Ruiter/Barning vs Ivanov/Sorokina MS: Pang vs Malkov WS: Stolzenbach vs Diehl MD: Arends/Ruijter vs Ivanov/Sozonov WD: Piek/Tabeling vs Sorokina/Vislova * Here is the ruling on substitutions by the way "The time limits for submission of team compositions are: 13.3.1 for the final and semi-final ties – six hours prior to the start of play; 13.3.2 for all other ties – three hours prior to the start of play. 13.4 The Referee may sanction a substitute (or substitutes) for a player who, in the opinion of the Referee, is incapacitated by illness, accident or unavoidable hindrance. A substituted player may take no further part in that tie."
The big guns have arrived for Denmark as well : Fischer/Pedersen, HKV and Boe/Mogensen http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...8C53563-14AA-4DB2-922B-105B7D8D9DF4&match=132
Where is Anastasia Prokopenko? Is she injured? She is still their highest ranked WS, why don't they play her yet?
This is the complete team Russia : Men Vladimir Malkov Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov Anatoly Yartsev Andrey Ashmarin Vitalij Durkin Women Nina Vislova Valeria Sorokina Tatiana Bibik Anastasia Chervyakova Ella Diehl Romina Gabdullina Natalia Perminova Xenia Polikarpova
Ukraine team should thank to that result as they progress to last eight http://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/default.aspx?clubid=4685&cmsid=239&pageid=5381&m=609525
