Xinhua News Agency, Ningbo, November 30 (Reporter gu Xiaoli) the finals of the national badminton competition in Southeast, northwest and central China in 2019 started on the 30th in Cixi city, Zhejiang province. The competition consists of five projects: men’s and women’s single, men’s and women’s double and mixed double. Seven groups are set according to age. Nearly 400 players from all over the country will participate in the two-day competition.
According to Chen Jinnian, the referee of the competition, the finals will be held in two stages. The first stage is group round-robin tournament, and the top players in the group will enter the elimination competition in the second stage. The competition system is different from the international badminton rules. In the first stage, the 31-point system is adopted to determine the outcome of one game, and in the second stage, the three games and two games are adopted. The first two games adopt the 21-point system, if you enter the third final, the final will adopt a 11-point system.
Wang Xiaoping, a contestant from Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, participated in the 4-year competition, and this time she entered the finals for the first time. “I have been playing badminton for more than ten years. At first, it was for fitness. Badminton made me make a lot of friends and also conditioned my mood.” Wang Xiaoping said.
The National badminton competition between East, West, North and South is a national fitness badminton competition set up by the Chinese Badminton Association for the majority of amateur badminton enthusiasts. This year’s competition has 26 trials, 4 regional trials and 1 finals. Since 1998, the competition has been successfully held for 21 times.