Event Information2024

Event Information

Tournament name International Badminton U16 SHONAI Invitational 2024
Event Dates 29 – 30 June 2024
Competition Venue Tsuruoka City Komagihara Gymnasium
Events U16 Boys Singles, U16 Girls Singles
Format
  • All matches will be the best of three games to Badminton World Federation (BWF) 21 points with rally-point scoring system.
  • The competition shall be played initially in groups, followed by a knockout draw.
  • Initially, the sixteen players shall play in four groups of four, where all players in a given group play each other. A final overall ranking order for each group shall be achieved.
  • The draws for the knock-out stage of the Competition shall be done immediately after the last match of the group play is over.
  • The two top-ranked players from each group will qualify for the Championship knock-out stage.
  • The 3rd and 4th ranked players from each group will be drawn into the Consolation knock-out bracket.
Eligibility Must be U16 (15 years old or younger).
*Must be 14 years old or younger as of December 31, 2023 (birthday in 2009 or later).
Countries
  • Asia：Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, Japan (2 slots for Japan, 1 slot for Yamagata Prefecture, 1 slot for Tsuruoka City)
  • Europe：Spain, Scotland, Denmark, France
  • Oceania：Australia, New Zealand
  • North America：Canada, U.S.A.
Awards Winners, Runners-up, Semi-Finalists, Consolation winner. No matches will be played to determine 3rd/4th place.
Subsidize YONEX SPORTS FOUNDATION

Organisers

Position Name
Organiser International Badminton U16 Promotion Council
Co-Organiser City of Tsuruoka
Committee Chair Masaru Tomita
Committee Co-Chair Tomotaka Ishii
Tournament Director Junichi Kasuga
Deputy Tournament Director Yukako Nakamoto
Natsuki Higashi
Deputy Referee Nahathai Sornprachum(THA)
Miyoko Sato(JPN)

Access

●Tsuruoka City Komagihara General Gymnasium
2-1 Komagihara-cho Tsuruoka-shi Yamagata Prefecture 997-0825

From Tsuruoka station on Ugo Main Line:
・ By car: 15 minutes
・ Bus: Shonai Bus (Heading towards “7 · Tsukue”) ”Komagihara Koenmae” bus stop + 3 minutes on foot