Commonwealth Games badminton team event draw unveiled
The draw for the team event of the 2010 Commonwealth Games badminton competition has been made. The draw was held at the house of Delhi Lt Gov Tejendra Khanna and was approved by competition referee Chua Soo Hock.
The 20 participating countries were divided into four groups of five. Malaysia, Singapore, England and India are the top seeds in their respective groups. Joining Malaysia in Group A are Australia, Nigeria, Seychelles, and Isle of Man. Drawn in Group B with
Singapore are New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Jamaica and Northern Ireland. Bracketed with England in Group C are Canada, Mauritius, Uganda and the Falkland Islands while drawn with hosts India in Group D are Scotland, Wales, Barbados and Kenya.
The first day of the group stage will be played on 4 October. The morning sessions will feature Malaysia against Isle of Man, Australia versus Seychelles, Singapore versus Northern Ireland, Canada versus Uganda and England against the Falkland Islands.
The afternoon session will pit New Zealand against Jamaica, India versus Kenya, Scotland versus Barbados and Nigeria against the Isle of Man. In the evening session, Mauritius will take on the Falkland Islands, Malaysia will face Seychelles, Sri Lanka will
battle Northern Ireland, Singapore will lock horns with Jamaica and England will face Uganda.
The matches in the morning session of Day 2 are Wales-Kenya, India-Barbados, Australia-Nigeria, Seychelles-Isle of Man and New Zealand-Sri Lanka. Playing in the afternoon session are Jamaica-Northern Ireland, Canada-Mauritius, Uganda-Falkland Islands and
Malaysia-Nigeria. The night session will witness face-offs between Scotland-Wales, Barbados-Kenya, Australia-Isle of Man, Singapore-Sri Lanka and New Zealand-Northern Ireland.
The final day of group play will feature England-Mauritius, Canada-Falkland Islands, India-Wales and Scotland-Kenya in the morning session. The afternoon matches will have Malaysia-Australia, Nigeria-Seychelles, Singapore-New Zealand and Sri Lanka-Jamaica.
The games in the night session are England-Canada, Mauritius-Uganda, India-Scotland and Wales-Barbados.
The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarter finals, which will be played on October 7. The semi-finals will be held on the same day while the bronze-medal and gold-medal matches will be held on 8 October. The individual events will start
on October 9.
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