Sri Lanka Badminton team picked for Summer Universiade 2013
The players from men’s category were combined into 5 groups, and within the group they served each other.
Players from universities, Moratuwa, Colombo, Japura, Wayamba, Ruhuna, and Sabragamuwa enthusiastically rallied at the selections for the World Universities badminton championships. The Badminton court at the University of Moratuwa was occupied on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th of February 2013 filled with rackets and shuttlecocks.A pool of 27 players for the men’s category and 15 from women’s were present on the first day of the selections.
The players from men’s category were combined into 5 groups, and within the group they served each other. At the end of the day, two best players from each group were put through to the next level.
Similarly in the women’s category, the 15 players were pooled into three groups and faced off each other within the set. Six best players in total from all three were sent to next round.
Ten players from the Men’s and six from the women’s, who succeeded from day one, played round robin for the next two days. The cream of the university badminton arena, explicitly expressed their performance with clean scores. The ranking list was made based on their performance. This will be used to select the players for the team for the World University Games this year. As of now the first four from the men’s team and two from women’s are definite, the total may increase in the future.
The 27th Summer Universiade is to be hosted in Kazan, Russia from the 2nd to 17th of July 2013. The badminton matches will be held at the tennis academy and Kazan Federal University. The badminton criterion allows a maximum of 12 participants represent the country. The matches will be held on the basis of individuals and teams, where team consists of two from each men and women. The singles, doubles and mixed events will be played with a total of 6 medal events. The games at the World championships will be adhering the standards of the FISU- Federation International du Sports Universitaire. Ranking list from the selection matches.