New scoring system trial to proceed: IBF<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (Agencies): The International Badminton Federation
\n(IBF) council has decided to continue the trials of its new
\nscoring system of the best of five games in seven points (5 x 7)
\nuntil July 31, 2002.<\/p>\n
The decision was made during the IBF annual general meeting in
\nSeville, Spain, in conjunction with the Sudirman and World
\nChampionships from May 28 to June 10.<\/p>\n
The IBF's official website www.worldbadminton.net said the
\ntrial scoring system will be used in all World Grand Prix events,
\nthe postponed 2000 World Grand Prix finals in August and all
\nstages of the 2002 Thomas and Uber Cup competitions, including
\nqualifying rounds in Cuba, the Netherlands and Australia (the
\nvenue for the finals has yet to be determined).<\/p>\n
The 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, will also
\nuse the new system, with many of badminton's continental bodies
\nalso requesting permission to test the 5 x 7 scoring system in
\ntheir circuit tournaments including in the upcoming Malaysia and
\nIndonesia Opens.<\/p>\n
IBF's newly elected president Korn Dabbaransi told The Nation
\ndaily in Bangkok that the new scoring system would be reviewed
\nduring IBF's general assembly next May in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
The new system -- in which a player can win a match in the
\nbest of five games where each game should be competed in seven
\npoints -- will replace the existing best of three games in 15
\npoints each system.<\/p>\n
Trials have already been conducted at many levels, including
\nthe 2000 World Junior Championships in Guangzhou, China, the
\nWelsh International, Copenhagen Masters, the French Open and the
\nSwiss Open, which became the first World Grand Prix event to make
\nthe change in March this year.<\/p>\n
If these trials prove successful, the IBF council will propose
\na permanent change during the 2002 annual general meeting where
\ndelegates will make the final decision.<\/p>\n
If adopted, this will represent the most radical reform
\nbadminton has ever seen.<\/p>\n
Andrew Ryan, IBF's director of marketing and development,
\nrelishes the new opportunities such a change will bring: \"When
\naddressing the IBF council in Lausanne last year, the
\nInternational Olympics Committee (IOC) president, Juan Antonio
\nSamaranch, emphasized the need for sports to adapt to the modern
\nsporting era, and stated that in future there would be two kinds
\nof sport -- those that fit with television, and those that did
\nnot.<\/p>\n
\"Badminton is entering a crucial period -- we can't begin to
\ncompete with major world sports for exposure unless changes are
\nmade to what many perceive as an outmoded and tired product.\"<\/p>\n
Ryan continued: \"We believe -- and early indications support
\nthis -- that 5 x 7 produces a system which spectators and TV
\naudiences will find more exciting and easier to follow. On the
\nwhole it reduces match lengths, reduces the pressure on players,
\nand produces more critical points and therefore exciting matches,
\nthus improving the appeal to TV companies and spectators.\" (yan)<\/p>",
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