Rules for Badminton

Rules and schemes for badminton match: Singles and Doubles

Table 1 – Distribution of badminton players AMBASSADOR CUP 2009: DOUBLES (Pool A-D)

	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
1	Ton van Empelen / Kevin Baak	Andy Tan / Melissa	Melvin Muljadi / Roger Guci	Agus Yap / Andrie Ochtman
2	Quy Dung (Peter) Din / Le Houng Tran	Welling / Robby	Agus Jayani / Kimberly	Fahmi / Untung
3	Mulyadi / Ivan	Yang Li / Chuh Xu Song	Agus Purwanto / Irman	Daniel Harsono / Pungki Sugiharto
4	Pak Yurdi / Patner	Rina / Gusti Andi	Tudiono / Mardjoko	Rio Juni Putra / Mone Stephanu

Table 2 – Distribution of badminton players AMBASSADOR CUP 2009: DOUBLES (Pool E-H)

	Pool E	Pool F	Pool G	Pool H
1	Helmi Mahara / Shantosa Yudha S	Raymon Frediansyah / Ismail Habib Muhammad	Jaka Santoso / Supriyanto	Ari Hakim / Iwan
2	Faris / Wahyu	Xu cheng / Ke peng	Syafwan / Hadiyanto	Lisong Ma / May
3	Ayu Nurinsiyah / Annisa Joviani	Munir / Imran	Qi Jing / Ying Jian Liu	Ray Winata / Muhammad Yusuf
4	Julius T / Rahma Saiyed	Untung / Agus Purwanto	Bagus / Benno	Fuad / Ferry

Table 3 – Distribution of badminton players AMBASSADOR CUP 2009: SINGLES

	Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Pool E
1	Uun Santoso	Robby	Roger Guci	Melvin Muljadi	Kevin Baak
2	Ismail Habib	Jaka Santoso	Kimberly	Supriyanto	Quy Dung (Peter) Din
3	Daniel Harsono	Lisong Ma	Syafwan	Mardjoko	Ray Winata
4	Ayu Nursiyah	Nuril Huda	Ke Peng	Zhenwei Ye	Joeri Smits

1. The total players registered for doubles match are 32 pairs. Pairs are divided into 8 groups. Every group consists of 4 pairs, which are ordered from the highest rank to the lowest. (Refer to Table 1)
2. There are 20 players registered for the singles match. Players are divided into 5 groups where each group consists of 4 players ranked from the highest to the lowest. (Refer to Table 2)
3. Each game is played to 21 points, with players scoring a point whenever they win a rally.
4. Singles and doubles match are done by two winning set.
5. Every pair in each group plays 6 times in the first round. The pair who wins with the highest point will advance to the next round.
6. Specifically for singles match: Three runner-ups with the highest points in the first round will advance to quarterfinal (8 players are needed in the quarter final).
7. Scoring will be recorded and counted to determine the rank for the next stage with special software.
8. First round of doubles will be held first, then continued with the singles’ first round by the same method.
9. The next round will be played by single-elimination method.
10. There are no round of 1/8 finals for the singles match. After the first round, players will automatically get into quarterfinals.
11. The scheme in the round of 1/8 finals for doubles is arranged as followed:
    • First winner of Group A will face the runner-up of Group B. The runner-up of Group C against the first winner of Group D, etc.
12. Time estimated for the match:
    • 2 hours for the first round,
    • 30 minutes for round of 1/8 finals,
    • 30 minutes for quarterfinals (1/4),
    • 30 minutes for semifinals (1/2),
    • 40 minutes for finals.
13. The total time allocated for the badminton matches is 6,5 hours.
14. Warming-up must be done before you enter the field so the game could be held in accordance to the time allocated.
15. Schedule for the match could be seen at Table 3. Below the tables you can also see the matches’ scheme.

Table 4

Time Allocation		Game
10.00	12.00	1st round doubles
12.00	14.00	1st round singles
14.00	14.30	Round of 1/8 finals doubles
14.30	15.00	Quarterfinals singles and doubles
15.00	15.30	Semi finals singles and doubles
15.40	16.30	Singles and doubles final

NOTE: THIS SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE AND COULD CHANGE ANYTIME