SEA Games to use old scoring system

SEA Games to use old scoring system

JAKARTA (JP): The president of the Badminton Association of
Malaysia (BAM), Datuk Nadzmi Salleh, announced on Tuesday the old
scoring system of the best-of-three games, with games lasting 15
points, would be employed at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in
Kuala Lumpur from Sept. 8 to Sept. 17.

"Our players train using this scoring system. We are so used
to it and will adopt this system during the coming SEA Games," he
was quoted as saying by Bernama.

Nadzmi said Malaysia also had a better chance of winning more
medals at the Games under the old scoring system. BAM is
targeting one of seven gold medals at stake in the badminton
competition.

The International Badminton Federation has encouraged its
members to apply the new scoring system of the best-of-five
games, with games lasting seven points, in all tournaments until
the end of the year. (yan)