Kim Hye-jung (left) and Jeong Na-eun, promising players in badminton women’s doubles. It was the 2022 World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals women’s doubles semifinal held in Bangkok, Thailand on the 10th. Bangkok|EPA Yonhap News
[스포츠서울 | 김경무전문기자] “Kim Hye-jung-Jung Na-eun, I’m not so lucky. I was ranked 9th in the world when the guidelines for the national team selection match were finalized. If you’re in the top 8, you’re exempt from selection… . We are number 5 in the world now.”
This is what Kim Joong-soo, vice president of the Korea Badminton Association, recently said. He regretted the situation of having to participate in the national team selection match even though he was in the top ranks in the world.
The 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games (September 23-October 8), etc., will be held at the Dangjin Indoor Gymnasium in Chungcheongnam-do for 7 days from the 23rd to the 29th. It is the first match to be held amidst the reorganization of the national team’s coaching staff under Kim Hak-kyun (51) as general manager last November, drawing more attention.
Kim Hye-jeong (24, Samsung Life Insurance) – Jung Na-eun (22, Hwasun-gun Office) won a valuable bronze medal in the women’s doubles at the ‘2022 World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals’, the season’s King of Kings match that ended in Bangkok, Thailand on the 11th. She was the only Korean athlete to be in the medal table.
In the case of doubles, according to the rules of the Korea Badminton Association, where players in the world’s top 8 are automatically selected for the national team without having to compete, in women’s doubles, Kim So-young (30, Incheon International Airport), Gong Hee-yong (26, Jeonbuk Bank), Shin Seung-chan (28 Incheon International Airport), Lee So-hee (28, Incheon International Airport), and Chae Yoo-jeong (27, Incheon International Airport) will wear the Taegeuk mark again. In men’s doubles, Seo Seung-jae (25, Armed Forces Sports Corps) is the only one.
The reference point for world rankings was on September 6th, the date of announcement of the preliminary round. At the time, Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jeong were ranked 6th in the world in mixed doubles. Kim So-young-Gong Hee-yong and Shin Seung-chan-Lee So-hee were in the world’s top 5 in women’s doubles, and are currently ranked 3rd and 4th, respectively.
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In singles, the world’s 16th place is automatically selected, but Ahn Se-young (20, Samsung Life Insurance), who is ranked second in the world in women’s singles, will remain as a national representative even if he does not compete. 24 players, including Kim Ga-eun (24, Samsung Life Insurance) and Shim Yu-jin (23, Incheon International Airport), will start the selection.
In the men’s singles, 24 players, including Jeon Hyeok-jin (27, Yonex), Heo Kwang-hee (27, Samsung Life Insurance), and Kim Dong-hun (29, Miryang City Hall), will be selected as there are no eligible players for the automatic selection.
Through this selection, 8 players each in men’s and women’s singles and 11 players each in men’s and women’s doubles will wear the Taegeuk mark. [email protected]
