Republiclic off tthe Philippinesilii
POLYTECHNICIC UNIVERSITYII OF THE PHILIPPINESIII
OFFICEI OF THE VICEI PRESIDENTI FOR BRANCHES AND
CAMPUSES MULANAY,, QUEZON BRANCH
PUP MULANAY
PUP GENERAL LUNA
Module 6 - Competition Format
During badminton competition, officials are needed to facilitate the game.
This module will give information about mixed team event, individual event, as well as
the umpire, service judge, and the line judge present to facilitate the game.
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
• Create and play a badminton tournament using previously acquired knowledge
and skills BADMINTON
Module 6
Competition Format
Mixed Team Event
A team consists of a minimum of two men and two women and a maximum of
five men and five women. With the larger teams, substitutions and changes to the
selection of players for ties during the tournament are allowed.
The Team Event is conducted in two stages: a round-robin group stage followed by a
knockout phase (quarter-finals, semi-finals, a bronze medal final and a gold medal final).
The event will comprise of 16 team slots allocated in accordance with BWF World Rankings.
Teams are divided in the group stage of the competition into four groups of four teams. All
teams in the designated group play each other to establish a final ranking order, based on
the total number of matches won. The top two teams from each group progress into the
knockout stage, with a draw conducted to decide the quarter-final ties.
A tie consists of five matches: Men’s and Women’s Singles, Men’s and Women’s
Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. No player may play in more than two matches in a tie. A
team must win three matches in a tie to be successful. Each match is the best of three
games.
Individual Events
The individual events are straight knockout competitions, with the number of
rounds depending on the number of entries, with options to have a round of 128, 64, 32
[Link]
PUP MULANAY
PUP GENERAL LUNA
and 16 prior to quarter-finals, semi-finals, a bronze medal final and a gold medal final.
Each match is the best of three games.
The match order for the first round of individual events is determined by a competition
draw and takes into account event seedings based on BWF World Rankings.
Officials
The officials are the judges responsible to ensure a fair badminton game is being
played. They consists of:
Umpire: The ‘main judge’ for the particular badminton game. He/she has the power to
overrule any decisions made by the service judge or line judges. The umpire is the
person ensuring that the badminton game is run smoothly and prevent any players from
delaying the game play.
Whenever a player requests to change the shuttle, the umpire will need to
approve that the change could be made.
The umpire also looks out for faults committed around the net area such as
whether a player touched the net when returning the shuttle.
Besides, the umpire is responsible to make a ‘fault’ call when the shuttle touches the
player or the players’ attires except for the badminton racket. In badminton, it will be a
fault/foul to a player if the shuttle touches any part of that player’s body or attire.
Service Judge: The service judge is responsible in making a ‘service fault’ call and to
provide shuttles to the players.
Line Judges: Line judges sit beside the badminton court (right in front of every in/out
lines) to determine whether the shuttle is inside or outside the boundaries of the court.
Their calls are usually very subjective and are often controversial.
[Link]
PUP MULANAY
PUP GENERAL LUNA
Reference:
• Grice., T. (2008). Badminton:
Steps to success. 2nd Ed.