2. Indian Badminton League is a franchise league by
Badminton Association of India (BAI).
The league has 6 franchises representing the Indian cities of
Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Lucknow.
Each team has 12 players including 4 foreign players.
3. FAMOUS PLAYER WHO ARE PART OFTHIS LEAGUE ARE
LEE CHONG WEI
JULIANE SCHENK
TAUFIK HIDAYAT
HU YUN
CAROLINA MARIN
SAINA NEHWAL
P.KASHYAP
JWALA GUTTA
P.V. SINDHU
ASHWINI PONNAPPA
6. 6Franchise -based City team will compete.
Franchise number will increase over time with founder franchise’s rights
protected .
The inaugral of IBL season will run for 18 days.
Each franchise will play each other at-least once.
Matches to be played on SURDIMAN CUP format. Team that win 3 out of 5
matches wins the tie
Two - day city format to be applied .This means of 5 team first visit one
host city ,play the matches and then ‘Shuttle Express’ moves to other city
for next round.
Each franchise to play minimum 5 ties –total 25 matches 2 semifinals and
1 final .
GAME FORMAT
7. There will be five matches in each round
Men and Women singles
Men,Women and Mixed doubles
and women singles
, women and mixed doubles Each team will play 18 ties of best of 5
matches.
The victor will be the one who first reaches 21
point in the first 2 games and does not need 2 point
difference .
If the game goes to the 3rd and decide set , it will
be 11 point match.
RULES
8. • Player’s Auction for the first IBL(2013) was held in Delhi on 22
July 2013.
• League Kicked off at Delhi with a Gala Ceremony on 14
August 2013.
• Highest Paid Player was Lee Chong Wei (Malaysian), sold for
$135,000 to Mumbai Masters.
• Highest Paid Indian Player was Saina Nehwal, sold to
Hyderabad for $120,000.
