Badminton ASIA Championships 2014 (Gimcheon City, 22nd-27th April 2014)

[CLELY]

Venue : Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon-KOR

Total prize-money : US$200,000

Tournament prospectus : http://badmintonasia.org/wp-content...ips-2014-Draft-Prospectus-12032014.doc-V3.doc

Eligible Players (version 3) : http://badmintonasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Eligible-Players-Phase-1-v3.xls

DRAW date : 15th April 2014

All Asian's best are expected to participate BAC this year

 

[Penwinack]

Player parcipate this event , look seem SS much more GPG .

 

[badMania]

May not be. That's just the eligible list. Not sure if BAC can really attract the top players to participate, esp with the Thomas & Uber Cups just around the corner.

 

[RedShuttle]

Any idea on the registration deadline?

By the usually schedule, they should release the M&Q report by now, not a list that anyone can compile from BWF ranking.

 

[Woffle]

What will be the relation between BAC and Asian Games this year? I thought I read somewhere that this year Asian Games will count in place of BAC (so as GPG) but I can't find it any more.

 

[RedShuttle]

According to Sina: http://translate.google.com/transla...14-04-14/12567118954.shtml&edit-text=&act=url

LCW will skip BAC and pay US$2,000 fine. LD will play but a number of his teammates will have to withdraw to make room and pay hefty fines.

 

[CLELY]

Tournament poster :

 

[Yohaneesy]

On the prospectus it is written that the seeding would be released on 10th april , which chinese player takes part in the tournament ?

 

[indrg]

On the prospectus it is written that the seeding would be released on 10th april , which chinese player takes part in the tournament ?

Can Lin Dan qualify?

 

[RedShuttle]

Chinese MS: Tian HouWei, Xue Song, Guo Kai, and Lin Dan.

 

[sange]

chen long, du peng yu, wang zhengming will not attend the event, but lin dan will be on the court.

 

[CLELY]

Lin Dan set to play at Asian Badminton Championships, full article taken from Malaysia's The Star online : http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Bad...ted-to-play-at-Asian-Badminton-Championships/

 

[CLELY]

The Entry List and Seeding : http://badmintonasia.org/wp-content...ships-2014.xls-with-Rankings-and-Seedings.xls

 

[bennydut]

No Participation from INA team, does it mean INA will pay a big fine to skip this tournament too?

It looks like a big boycott for this tournament from the INA team

 

[CLELY]

DRAW is already released : http://badmintonasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Draws-Badminton-Asia-Championships-2014.xls

 

[scorpion1]

K.Srikanth vs LinDan in the first round...

No Saina nehwal.. Only P.V.Sindhu.

 

[Justin L]

Don't see Tian Houwei's name, last-minute withdrawal, maybe. For CHN, apart from Lin Dan and Wang Shixian, the rest are second stringers and juniors.

 

[RedShuttle]

Don't see Tian Houwei's name, last-minute withdrawal, maybe. For CHN, apart from Lin Dan and Wang Shixian, the rest are second stringers and juniors.

Maybe to ensure that LD can get in. China's last spot is taken up by a qualifier.

 

[Justin L]

I was hoping to see Sun Yu but no luck, and she was also absent from the ongoing CHN Masters GPG.

 

[Justin L]

Maybe to ensure that LD can get in. China's last spot is taken up by a qualifier.

Oh,I see, the qualifier is Liu Kai (not sure of his age).

MAS, in the absence of LCW, has their 4th MS spot filled by a certain Chong Yee Han, born 11th Oct 1994 (biodata from BWF).

In WS, THA has a strong lineup in Intanon R, Porntip B, N Jindapon and Busanan O - their top 4. JPN has Eriko Hirose, Sayaka Takahashi, Mitani Minatsu and Kaori Imabeppu. KOR has Sung JH and Bae YJ. TPE has Tai TY and Pai HM. IND has PV Sindhu.

In MS, looking at the lineup, Lin Dan should be well tested here, challenging considering his comeback is after such a long layoff.