The countdown is about to end: This Tuesday 13 days of intense international competition begin in Ibiza, beginning with the celebration of the European Junior Badminton Championships. Within this event, the team competition will take place from November 26 to 30, while the individual competition will take place from November 30 to December 5. Besides, the Sa Blancadona sports center will also host the qualifier for the European Absolute Team Championship, from December 5 to 7and a new edition of the traditional Spanish International Sub15 and Sub17, from December 6 to 8. The celebration of these events in Ibiza confirms the tradition of the Pitiusan island of hosting prestigious sporting events.
The European Junior Team Championship It starts this Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. and it will do so in style, with the debut of the Spanish team facing Austria. Five other matches will also be played in that same slot, Sweden against France, Denmark against Cyprus, that of England against the Netherlandsthat of the Czech Republic against Israel and that of Croatia against Switzerland.
It should be remembered that Spain is seeded in Group 6, where, in addition to Austria, England and the Netherlands are located. The national team will face England on Wednesday the 27th at 9:30 a.m. and the Netherlands on Thursday the 28th, also at 9:30 a.m. The duration of the matches is expected to last 3 hours.
The national team combines youth with the experience of three players who are part of the Madrid CAR training group and it also has the local accent that up to seven athletes from the Balearic Islands put on. The Spanish team is completed by midfielders from Andalusia, Aragon, Galicia, the Principality of Asturias and the Valencian Community..
Much of the success of these competitions will be due to the important presence of volunteers on the organization’s staff. As on occasions, the response to the need for volunteers has been amply supportedso that 150 people will collaborate in different tasks linked to the daily logistics of the event, as well as to act as line judges.
Among them, between 100 and 110 middle and higher grade students from TAFAD are includedwho are carrying out their practices and will play the role of line judges. The rest of the volunteers will be integrated into the organization’s staff, providing essential services for the perfect development of the tournament. The collaboration of these volunteers is crucial for the completion of the eventguaranteeing a fluid and efficient development of all competitions.
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