Very bad draw indeed for Indonesia. Prediction: SF= China vs Den Tha VS Korea Final= Chn VS Kor Winner = China
INA got another bad draw. my prediction advancing to semi: China Denmark Korea Japan and then: China vs Korea in the final.
i like the idea of doing the draw after the group stage. i will propose that to the corporate team tournament that i play in every year.
agree... quite some countries have made progress and improvement in wd/ws.. take japan as example, they have players with good qualities, and not just players who win one or two matches occasionally
Only the winner of each group who had the highest world team ranking will be seeded. In this case China seeded one and (if I am not wrong) , Japan seeded second. Third and fourth seed (Japan and Chinese Taipei) will get to draw again in other QF empty spots. Then all four runner up from each group will get a draw to fight against the 4 seeded teams in QF. So even if Indonesia in the same group with China, they can meet them again in QF based on the luck of the draw. And unfortunately, it happen here. Playing China twice. Few years ago, the format already fix. Like winner and runner up of the same group will not meet again before final. Or a certain runner up team will not meeet a certain winner of the group until final. This is all thanks to Korea who few years ago lost deliberately in Thomas cup group stage in order not to meet China in QF and SF. After that incident, BWF decided to redraw the QF matches after group matches ended. What a brilliant idea.
[TABLE] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]1[/TD] [TD="class: line_b"] CHINA[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD="class: line_b"] Stadium Putra - ct2[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]2[/TD] [TD="class: line_br"] INDONESIA[/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] Thu 5/23/2013 12:00 PM[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD="class: line_b"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]3[/TD] [TD="class: line_b"] CHINESE TAIPEI[/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD="class: line_br"] Stadium Putra - ct1[/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]4[/TD] [TD="class: line_br"] DENMARK[/TD] [TD] Thu 5/23/2013 6:00 PM[/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD="class: line_b"][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]5[/TD] [TD="class: line_b"] GERMANY[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD="class: line_b"] Stadium Putra - ct1[/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]6[/TD] [TD="class: line_br"] KOREA[/TD] [TD="class: line_r"] Thu 5/23/2013 12:00 PM[/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD="class: line_br"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]7[/TD] [TD="class: line_b"] THAILAND[/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD="class: line_r"][/TD] [TD="class: line_br"] Stadium Putra - ct2[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: line_b"]8[/TD] [TD="class: line_br"] JAPAN[/TD] [TD] Thu 5/23/2013 6:00 PM[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Here is the QF draw : http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...d=A573BF77-2860-4DE4-A417-7DED98403934&draw=5
Bad luck for INA. Having to face CHN again. I do predict CHN to win, don't see anyone having the strength in depth to challenge them.
Ever heard of 2nd chance? This time the wise doctor will recruit his grandmaster and fellow disciples from across the straits. I am off. Bedtime. See you on the 23rd.
Malaysia minus LCW is a very ordinary team, BAM have been too reliant on LCW to bring glory and lack of grass root development and development of backup shuttlers are some reasons...other reasons could be meddling officials in BAM...too many cook spoils the broth
XD Towi/Lili beats CX/MJ Tommy beats Chen Long (this time Chen long got injured, who knows ..hehe) MD Angga/rian beats CY/FH 3-0, why need to worry. INA can beats China this time