Hosts India, Scotland, Wales, Barbados and Kenya in Group D for CWG 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Top seeds Malaysia have been drawn in Group A while hosts and No 2 seeds India have been drawn in Group D together with Scotland, Wales, Barbados and Kenya after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games team draw in New Delhi on Thursday.
The Draw for the XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 for the Badminton Team event took place at the residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, His Excellency, Mr. Tejendra Khanna, who was also present to witness the draw.
Malaysia, who is heavily favoured to win the team gold, will have Australia, Nigeria, Seychelles Islands and Isle of Man for company in Group A while Singapore, who are joint 3-4 seeds, are in Group B. The rest of the cast in Group B are New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Jamaica and Northern Ireland.
England, also 3-4 seeds, are in Group C and will have Canada, Mauritius, Uganda and Falklands Islands.
The other dignitaries present at the Draw ceremony were Mr. VK Verma, Director General of the CWG 2010 and also President of Badminton Association of India, Mr. Rakesh Behari, Principal Secretary to Lt. Governor and Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, OSD to Lt. Governor.
Verma welcomed those who were present and spoke on the preparations of the Commonwealth Games Badminton event and also mentioned that the venue for the event, Siri Fort Sports Complex is a legacy structure.
He also added that the same venue will be used to host the Badminton World Federation Super Series event in India next year. India will, for the first time, host one leg of the Super Series next year.
Broadcast live in India, His Excellency Mr tejendra Khanna also reiterated that the venue was of world class standard and was confident that the Games will be a spectacular success.
The Competition Manager, Mr. S. Muralidharan, then addressed the meeting and gave a report on the draw procedure. He declared that the competition management was all set to deliver the games.
Mr. Girish Natu and Mr. Rajiv Mehta conducted the draws and the lots were taken out by Mr. Tejendra Khanna.
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Source:
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