Page 11
I
I
N
N
T
T
E
E
R
R
N
N
A
A
T
T
I
I
O
O
N
N
A
A
L
L
B
B
A
A
D
D
M
M
I
I
N
N
T
T
O
O
N
N
F
F
E
E
D
D
E
E
R
R
A
A
T
T
I
I
O
O
N
N
IBF SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
*Thomas Cup Qualifiers and World Junior Championships and Classic Matches are also available
** Dates and venues are subject to change
DID YOU KNOW...
·
During a typical match lasting 45 minutes the shuttle will be in play for 20 minutes. In this time
a player will:
o
make at least 350 90-degree changes of direction or more;
o
strike the shuttle about 400 times;
o
make about 150 full-arm swings (baseball pitchers make less swings in a game!);
o
cover every inch of the court and run more than one mile
·
A shuttlecock can reach speeds of up to 330 km/h at top-level competition where a rally will last an
average of 24 seconds which makes badminton one of the most dynamic sports today.
·
Of the estimated 225 million badminton players in the world, 75% are from Asia. On top of that list is China who
boasted over 165 million players, closely followed by Japan, Indonesia, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia and the Philippines.
·
Compare a tennis match to badminton; a tennis match at Wimbledon one year, lasted 198 minutes while a badminton
final lasted only 76 minutes. However, the actual amount of time the ball/shuttle remained in play were 18 minutes and
37 minutes respectively. This means more playing action in badminton than in an entire tennis match.
·
Comparing the same tennis and badminton matches further, the number of shots played were 1,004 in Tennis to 1,972
in badminton. Let's assume a player moves 22 feet per shot per player and we will find that the tennis player covered
about 2 miles, and the badminton player 4 miles. So the badminton player ran TWICE as far in under half the time!
EVENT
DATE
VENUE
THOMAS CUP 2006
28
th
Apr to 7
th
May 2006
Tokyo, Japan
UBER CUP 2006
28
th
Apr to 7
th
May 2006
Tokyo, Japan
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2006 18
th
to 24
th
September 2006
Madrid, Spain
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 August / September 2007
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
SUDIRMAN CUP 2007
10
th
to 17
th
June 2007
Glasgow, Scotland
THOMAS CUP 2008
May 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia
UBER CUP 2008
May 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 August / September 2009
India
SUDIRMAN CUP 2009
May 2009
- To be confirmed -
