Badminton

COMPETITION DAYS:

Thursday, 15^th June: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Group stages)

Friday, 16^th June: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. (End of the group stages and start of the final)

Saturday, 17^th June: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Finals)

COMPETITION PLACES:

Patinoire Bordeaux Mériadeck : 95 Cour Maréchal Juin, 33000 Bordeaux

Arrêt Bibliothèque : Bus: 4, 26

Arrêt Hôtel de Police : Tram: A

Tennis Badminton Mériadeck : Terrasse du Général Koenig, 33000 Bordeaux

Arrêt Préfecture : Bus: 26, 29

Arrêt St Bruno – Hôtel de Région : Tram: A

RULES:

Mixed team competitions only.

Category OPEN and category over 40 years old.

The format of the tournaments : in group stages then direct elimination matches.

The organization may decide to group certain categories according to the number of registered teams.

2 tournament categories:

Each confrontation is composed of:

Formula :

Round 1 : 14 groups of 4 teams and 1 group of 3 teams
Round 2 : Main tournament 1st and 2^nd of each group play an eliminatory tournament

- Consolating tournament : 3rd and 4tg of each group play an eliminatory tournament

“Mixed Seniors” (over 40 years old)
- Team of 4 to 8 players (2 men and 2 women, no more than 4 men and 4 women)
- Each confrontation is exclusively composed of:
  - 4 doubles (2 mixed doubles, 1 men’s doubles and 1 women’s doubles)
Formula :
- 4 matchs by games (2 men’s doubles, 1 women’s double, 1 mixed double)
- Round 1 : 3 groups of 5 teams, 1 group of 6 teams
- Round 2 : 1s and 2^nd of each group play elminatory tournament starting in ¼ finals. Other teams play one match.

Matches are played in 2 winning sets of 21 points with a minimum difference of 2 points.

All teams must present themselves no later than 30 minutes before the start of their first meeting to the tournament organization.

Unless otherwise specified in these rules, the rules of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) apply.