BWF plans to change the way of points
2022-04-01 18:00:31Source: Xi’an News Network
Xi’an News Network News The Badminton World Federation recently released an updated statement on the world rankings, planning to change the scoring method of the badminton world rankings, and will gradually restore the world ranking system to the scoring method before the epidemic, which will give participants in the past two years. The Chinese badminton team with few international events has caused certain influence and pressure. In order to prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympics and other important events, Guoyu needs to increase the frequency of participation and strive for more points.
Before the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the BWF ranking points were based on the sum of the top 10 points of a player’s participation in the competition in the past 52 weeks. After the outbreak of the epidemic, most of the competitions were forced to be cancelled, and the BWF changed the original scoring method. Now, with the BWF Tour gradually returning to normal this year, the BWF has begun to study the way to restore the world ranking points to the pre-epidemic level. The BWF mentioned in the statement that it is paying close attention to the status quo of the badminton world rankings, and is considering the way of ranking points from adding the highest 10 points from all competitions since 2019, and transitioning to the highest 10 points in the last 52 weeks of competition. add up.
Since the All England Championships in March 2020, the Chinese badminton team has been absent from a series of international events due to the impact of the epidemic. Last year’s Tokyo Olympics was also “airborne”. If the scoring method is changed, the world rankings of many of the main players in the national feather team will face a sharp decline. In addition, since the new Olympic cycle Guoyu also launched new people and new combinations, their points are generally low, and the change of points method will make it more difficult for them to participate in international competitions. In this regard, Xia Xuanze, vice chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, said that although the external epidemic situation is still very serious, the team must have the courage to accept the challenge for the Paris Olympics, the Tang You Cup, the World Championships and other major competitions. The association will strengthen the protection of the team, while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, increase the frequency of competition, and let the team members participate in the competition as much as possible.
Yan Bin, an all-media reporter from Xi’an Press
