March 21-24 in Surabaya and 29-31 in Surabaya and kuala lumpur....April 13/14(if I am correct) will be in KL....I will update with all schedule later.
Participants:INA,MAS,Thailand,Vietnam,PHI,SIn, Asian all stars( Asian players outside ASEAN) and European all stars.....Lee hyun il will be part of Asian all stars
http://axiatacup.com/blog/2013/03/05/axiata-cup-beckons-worlds-leading-players/ Excerpts: The Axiata Cup 2013 edition will also feature women players in the singles and mixed doubles events. With the inclusion of these two events, each tie in the Axiata Cup will now consist of four matches – Men Singles, Women Singles, Men doubles and Mixed Doubles. ...“We are confident we are able to push this further during future tournaments. The participation of female players in this year’s tournament gives the event an added excitement,” added Dato’ Sri Jamaludin at the launch which was also attended by Indonesia’s Ricky Subagja... ...The curtain raiser for this year’s Axiata Cup will be held in Surabaya, Indonesia (March 21-24) and the second round played simultaneously in Kuala Lumpur and Surabaya (March 29-31). The top four teams with the highest number of points after the preliminary round will progress to the semi-finals where there will be a re-draw to determine the match-ups. Both the semi-finals and finals will be held in Kuala Lumpur over two days beginning April 13. The winning finalist will take home a whopping US$400,000.
Let me give you some infos: a. Asian All stars: Tasi Tzu Ying Lee Hyun Ill Tarun/Ashwini Lee seng Mu/Tsai( to be confirmed) Yip Pui Yin ( to be confirmed) b. European Tine Baun Carolina Marin Scott Evans Fuchs/Muchels( XD German) Mateusiak/Zieba Ivanoz/Sovonov MD from Holland ( Arrends and?) Dmytro Zavadsky XD from France Thai: Boonsak Tanongsak Intanon Busanan Saralee/sudket Kuncala/songphon Bodin Issara
if the format like Sudirman Cup and they in Semifinal or final stage, and it is deadlock at 2-2 tie (since there is no WD), how can they determine the winner?
By Badminton Europe: "Team Europe at the Axiata Cup: Nathan Robertson, Scott Evans, Tine Baun, Carolina Marin, Jenny Wallwork, Ivan Sozonov, and Vladimir Ivanov."
I'll be interested to see how Robertson performs, having not played professionally for around 12 months. This isn't a particularly strong XD field from what I've seen.