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Badminton

The History of Badminton in FISU

Since the first World University Badminton Championship organised in Cyprus in 1990 and during the four subsequent editions, all Asian countries have distinguished themselves in this discipline. Indeed, the representatives of China and Chinese Taipei took the lion’s share of the wins in singles matches, winning the gold medal nearly every time. This supremacy was seriously challenged in doubles, where European countries sometimes scrapped through. In general badminton is very popular within the student community. The 2004 World University Championship in Bangkok recorded 20 countries and 134 participants. When Thailand won the bid for the Summer Universiade and the World Student Games were attributed to Bangkok, badminton was proposed as an optional sport for the first time. This contributed to an increase in the level and number of participating countries: 33 countries and 159 athletes participated in the Summer Universiade. The large number of spectators during the finals and live TV coverage brought this nice and very dynamic sport to a higher level. For the second time in 2011, badminton was part of the programme of the Universiade held in Shenzhen, China, a country where badminton is a star sport.

FISU Regulations

The badminton competition has its own FISU Regulations following the most recent rules of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The FISU Regulations are always set up on the recommendation of the FISU Technical Chair and the BWF Technical Delegate in close cooperation with the Committee for Sports Regulations, and approved by the FISU Executive Committee. In principle, the programme shall last six (6) days and include the following events:

I. Individual Tournament	Men’s singles	A country may enter players as follows: up to a maximum of three (3) singles players in each of the singles disciplines or three (3) pairs in each of the doubles disciplines, on the condition that no player may play in more than two (2) disciplines, e.g. one (1) singles discipline and one (1) doubles discipline, or alternatively in two doubles disciplines.
	Women’s singles
	Men’s doubles
	Women’s doubles
	Mixed doubles

II. Team Tournament

A country shall enter players in the Team Tournament in the following events:

One (1) man single player

One (1) woman single player

One (1) men’s doubles pair

One (1) women’s doubles pair

One (1) mixed doubles pair

The minimum size for a team is four (4) players (two (2) men and two (2) women).

Minimum Requirements for Badminton

With the Badminton CT approval, the Organising Committee must provide, for exclusive use, indoor sports facilities in all competition and training facilities for the men's and women's badminton events. The BWF regulations must be followed.

Competition and Training Facilities

Type of Venue	Number of Venues	Number of courts	Changing room competitors	Changing room TOJR	Spectator Seating	Press and Media Seating
Venue for competition	1	8 courts	Gender Segregation	Gender Segregation	1500	300
Venue for training	1	6 courts	Gender Segregation	Gender Segregation	N/A	N/A

TOJR* Technical officials, Judges and Referees

The Organising Committee must provide the official FISU flooring for the badminton competition.
The floor shall be a wooden sprung floor covered with Gerfloor badminton mats with the courts’ lines in white.
The courts must be surrounded by a two-meter-wide clear space; if needed, the two (2) meters between two adjacent courts can be shared between them.
There must be a warm-up facility near the playing area, with the same surface as the courts.
The minimum height of the hall must be twelve (12) meters above the floor; lighting must be placed from the ceiling twelve (12) meters above the floor between the courts, which gives 1200 lux on the floor.
There should be no daylight in the hall.
If the hall has air conditioning, the turbulence must not disturb the flight of the shuttle.
Background colors must not be white in order to achieve good visibility on the white shuttles.
The training hall and warm-up area must have wooden-floored courts and be situated close to the main hall.
The minimum height of the training hall must be ten (10) meters.
The Organising Committee must provide a qualified international referee and a deputy referee; if possible the referee should not be from the organising country and the deputy should be a local.
There should be a minimum of three (3) umpires per court and an additional number of 50% to avoid their working more than ten (10) hours a day.
There should be four (4) line judges per court in preliminary rounds, six (6) per court for quarter-finals and ten (10) per court for semi-finals and finals.
Umpires must be provided with a meeting room for daily use, and team managers with a meeting room for technical meetings and for the draw.