Event Information2025

Event Information

Tournament name International Badminton U16 SHONAI Invitational 2025
Event Dates 28 – 29 June 2025
Competition Venue Tsurushin Arena Komagihara
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, 2024 (birthday in 2010 or later).
Participating Countries

Europe

  • Denmark
  • France
  • Spain
  • Scotland

Asia

  • Indonesia
  • Korea
  • China
  • Malaysia

Oceania / North America

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Canada
  • United States

Japan

  • Japan National Team (2 players)
  • Shonai Tsuruoka Representative
  • Yamagata Prefecture Representative
Awards Winners, Runners-up, Semi-Finalists. No matches will be played to determine 3rd/4th place.
Organizer International Badminton U16 Promotion Council
Co-Organiser City of Tsuruoka
Support Yamagata Prefecture
Nippon Badminton Association
Yamagata Pref. Badminton Association
Tsuruoka Badminton Association
Keio University Shonai MIRAI Consortium
Grant YONEX SPORTS FOUNDATION
Japan Sports Council
Cooperation Shonai Visitors Association
Dewa Shonai International Exchange Foundation
Gold Partner All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Silver Partner Denroku Co., Ltd.
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Nippon Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
Bahn Fusion co.
YONEX Co., Ltd.


Official Poster

Organisers

Position Name
Tournament President Osamu Minakawa
Tournament Co-President Mashiko Ogata
Committee Chair Masaru Tomita
Committee Co-Chair Tomotaka Ishii
Tournament Director Junichi Kasuga

Access

●Tsurushin Arena Komagihara
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