Rules of Badminton Competition in 2005

The new rule 1: The provisions on "withdrawal" of bank staff are more specific. There are 80 linemen in the badminton competition of this Olympic Games, 70 of whom are from China. In order to ensure the competition is more fair and just, the World Badminton Federation stipulates that in this badminton competition, four linesmen on the sideline and two linesmen at the finish line cannot punish the competition with domestic athletes; That is to say, if there are China contestants, the boundary line and end line will be judged by foreigners.

However, since there are only 10 foreign companies, if there are two contestants in China at the same time, you need 12 foreign companies. Li Kairong said that this also made it impossible to fully implement this regulation in this competition.

New Rule 2: Hold the first lottery ceremony. Although the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games are drawn by hand, the lottery is not open; The Sydney and Athens Olympic Games are distributed by computer. In order to make the competition grouping more fair and open, the World Badminton Federation adopted the common methods of football (search bar) and tennis (search bar), and held a lottery ceremony to draw lots manually in front of the media and the public.

Li Kairong believes that the lottery ceremony ensures that the grouping of the competition is more transparent and worth popularizing.

New Rule 3: The number of badminton players in a country or region is limited in the Olympic Games. In order to let more teams have the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games, different from previous Olympic Games, the BWF stipulates that a country or region must have at most three (pairs) athletes in a single event, and these three (pairs) athletes must rank in the top four in the world rankings.

The effect of this new regulation is very obvious. There are 50 badminton teams in Beijing Olympic Games, which is a qualitative leap compared with 32 teams in the last Athens Olympic Games. This is also the most widely distributed badminton team since the Barcelona Olympic Games became an official Olympic event.

New Rule 4: The Olympic Games adopted the 2 1 points system for the first time. In 2005, after the attempt to modify the 7-point system failed, the Badminton Federation introduced the 2 1 point system. After less than three years of exploration, the 2 1 sub-system will be formally adopted at the Beijing Olympic Games.

According to Li Kairong, the 2 1 system has been quite successful in recent years. It not only shortens the competition time, greatly accelerates the competition rhythm, but also increases the contingency and improves the appreciation of the competition. After the Beijing Olympic Games, I believe that the 2 1 system will become more and more mature. (End)