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
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Korea
  • Indonesia
  • New Zealand
  • Scotland
  • Spain
  • Thailand
  • U.S.A.
  • Japan
  • Japan (Representative of Yamagata pref. & Tsuruoka City)
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 Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Silver Partner The Yamagata Bank, Ltd.
Denroku Co., Ltd.
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Nippon Travel Agency Co., Ltd.
Bahn Fusion co.
YONEX Co., Ltd.


Official Booklet

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

●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