um back to the topic...good thing china isn't in the commenwealth then also i don't think you require that much strength in depth for a mixed team match than the thomas/uber cup, since you need to be playing your 3rd best singles and 2nd best doubles, whereas in Commenwealth games, you play only your best players for each event.
Ahh i see, thanks that helps alot ! So in essense, each country will belt out 3 men singles players and 2 MD teams and the country with the most points will win then ? And nah im not new, ive been playing quite a while and watching too but embarassingly enough, i had no idea how the format goes. My sports channel usually showed the 'good finals' only so i couldnt tell.