University of Maryland, College Park, March 19-21,2010

Tournament Directors: Christina Bohr, Allen Liou
Tournament Referee: Ikuko Mukai-cheh

Schedule

      Fri March 19 :  6pm -  9pm : gym open for practice, 

      Sat March 20 :  9am -  8pm : registration and competition
                      9pm - 11pm : banquet 

      Sun March 21 :  9am -  6pm : competition and finals matches

Results

• Final results
• Pictures: Peter

Entry

An electronic entry form must be filled in by each individual, in addition a consent form, a payment and your proof of enrollment (details below) must be sent via regular mail. A separate team entry must be filled out by the coach/team captain and emailed to Peter Teuben (teuben @ astro.umd.edu)

Player entry will be electronic. Deadline for the electronic entry has been extended a few days to Monday March 15. The additional paperwork is due a week later, in our hands, by Wednesday March 16, 2010, or we need to hear via email on any problems.

Note - A late entry fee of $10 per entry will be charged. However, the tournament directors reserve the right to refuse any entries received after the deadline.

Matches:

Eligibility:

1. A registered full-time student, enrolled as an undergraduate, in a minimum of 12 units. No graduate students are allowed to play in the tournament.
2. Must be 25 years of age or younger.
3. Must NOT have been enrolled in college as a full-time student for more than 5 academic years.
4. Must NOT have previously competed in the US Collegiate Badminton Nationals more than 3 times.
5. Team entries must include enrollment verification with a school stamp for each player to verify that he/she satisfies all the rules. These verifications can be obtained through the school's registrar/administrative office. Failure to comply will result in the disqualification of the player. There is an official form from your school's Registrar Office that shows that you are full time student enrolled in at least 12 units for the current term. The form is usually called Enrollment form or Verification Transcript. Students who are graduating at the end of the Winter Quarter are eligible to compete.

Instructions:

1. Each player must register individually via the "electronic entry form"
2. Each team will designate a coach/official/team captain responsible for the team paperwork and layout. The team captain will contact the registration (Peter Teuben) to arrange the details of the paperwork (see next few items).
3. The team captain will submit one roster for a men's team and one roster for a women's team. EXCEPTION: coaches/officials of single gender colleges submit only one roster.
4. The team captain submits a list to rank players according to their strength. We need this for seeding the players.
5. Each team is allowed to enter a maximum of: 3 players for men's singles, 3 players for women's singles, 2 teams for men's doubles, 2 teams for women's doubles and 2 teams for mixed doubles. These point scoring entries need to tagged on the beforementioned list the team captain has submitted.
6. In addition to the scoring players, schools can enter non-scoring players. They will be placed in the main draw with scoring players.
7. Players are allowed to play in a MAXIMUM of 3 events
8. Players are not allowed to play with partners from different schools. EXCEPTIONS: a) players who are not scoring team points for their colleges and whose names are not on the team score form and b) players from single gender colleges may play mixed doubles with players from other colleges

Seeding:

Awards:

Team Scoring:

• Championship Bracket - Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles
  Two (2) points will be awarded for each match won. A player or team receiving a first match bye will be awarded four (4) points if the next match is won and no points if the next match is lost. Defaults after the first match will be treated as a match played (two (2) points will be awarded to the winner). An additional point (1) will be awarded to players for the following achievements: reaching the semi- final, reaching the finals, and winning the finals. Players who lose their first match are eligible to enter the consolation bracket. Players who receive a bye in their first match and lose their second match are eligible to enter the consolation bracket.
• Consolation Bracket - Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles
  One-half (1/2) point will be awarded for each match won. A player or team receiving a first match bye will be awarded one (1) point if the next match is won and no points if the match is lost. Defaults after the first match will be treated as a match played (one-half (1/2) point will be awarded to the winner). An additional point (1) will be awarded to players for the following achievements: reaching the consolation finals, and winning the consolation finals.
• Men's and Women's Team Champions
  Points are accumulated for the men's and women's teams separately. Points earned for singles and doubles will be accumulated into each men's/women's team as usual. Points earned for mixed doubles will be split between the players of each pair to be accumulated into each player's respective men's and women's teams. The men's/women's team with the most points accumulated at the completion of the tournament will be the Men's/Women's Team Champions.
• Note: players can only make points in either the main draw or the consolation draw. An example could be when a player
  Players can technically wind up with a set of byes/walk-overs and make points in the main draw, then wind up in the consolations when their first match is lost, and make points again. In this case the "free" points earned in the main draw are voided
• Note: the language of exactly the amount of points achieved in semi, finals and winner is too vague: we in 2010 interpreted this as getting 3 points in semis, 3 points in finals, and 3 points for the winner. An alternative explanation was offered where these would be 3, 4 and 5 points resp. but was outvoted.

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