Badminton Plans Asian 'clusters' In Revamped 2022 Calendar
Zeeshan Mehtab Published October 28, 2021 | 02:40 PM
Badminton's governing body revealed a revamped 2022 calendar on Thursday comprising traditional European competitions while Asian tournaments are in "clusters" because of coronavirus disruption
Kuala Lumpur, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Oct, 2021 ) :Badminton's governing body revealed a revamped 2022 Calendar on Thursday comprising traditional European competitions while Asian tournaments are in "clusters" because of coronavirus disruption.
The sport was thrown into disarray by the pandemic and remains badly impacted in Asia, one of its heartlands, due to fresh outbreaks and a cautious approach to re-opening.
Badminton World Federation (BWF) secretary general Thomas Lund said three back-to-back Thai tournaments that took place in January this year -- marking the restart of international competition in Asia -- were a successful model for a broader resumption.
The body had decided to organise similar "clusters" of tournaments in various countries in an effort to "mitigate the complexity surrounding cross-border travel", he said.
Back-to-back competitions will be played in countries including India, South Korea, Thailand and Japan, with three in China at the end of next year, culminating in the season-ending World Tour Finals in Guangzhou.
Tournaments in Europe, where sports have resumed faster than in Asia, take place throughout the year in countries including England, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.
As with many sports, badminton tournaments are now typically conducted in bio-secure bubbles and Lund said it was likely some curbs would remain in 2022.
But BWF hopes to "gradually transition to conducting tournaments with fewer Covid-19 restrictions in 2022 as we slowly return to normalcy", he added.
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