Sad news for Vietnamese badminton.

This refers to the fact that the Vietnamese men's and women's badminton teams did not qualify to participate in the 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup men's and women's team badminton world championships, which are about to start in India.

This refers to the fact that the Vietnamese men's and women's badminton teams did not qualify to participate in the 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup men's and women's team badminton world championships, which are about to start in India.

Vietnam's number one badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh - Photo: Kha Hoa

Ms. Huynh Ngoc Lien, who has led the Vietnamese badminton team to the Thomas & Uber Cup on numerous occasions, said that starting this year, the World Badminton Federation (BWF) has issued new regulations regarding the tournament.

Accordingly, there will be no regional qualifiers; instead, 16 men's and 16 women's teams will qualify for the finals. The key selection criterion is the total ranking of the top players from each country.

In the men's competition, at the time of selection (March 2014), although Vietnam had Nguyen Tien Minh (ranked 8th in the world), the rankings of the remaining players were too low, with Cao Cuong (ranked 255th in the world), the doubles pair Bao Duc/Hoang Nam (ranked 105th), and the doubles pair Hong Nam/Tuan Duc (ranked 331st).

Therefore, the men's team did not qualify officially for the tournament and was placed in the second reserve round, behind even the US team, while in Southeast Asia there were 4 teams that qualified: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

In the women's tournament, the Vietnamese team didn't even make it to the qualifying round because none of their players were in the top 100 in the world.

Joint teams are banned from the National Mixed Team Badminton Championship - Thanh Cong Cup, which opens today, May 10th, in Bac Giang . According to Le Thanh Sang, General Secretary of the Vietnam Badminton Federation, joint teams do not accurately assess the strength of the participating units, and this year, teams must rely on themselves.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/noi-buon-cho-cau-long-vn-1851307684.htm