US Junior Ranking System

During JAG meeting held at Junior Nationals 2014, there were some changes into the rules(http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Badminton/Rankings/USAB-Junior-Ranking-Information) and they are included in the latest ranking. U9 ranking has been completely phased out after JN 2014 so this event no longer earns any points. For the 2014-2015 season, 2014 JIT will be counted towards ranking until 2015 JIT and 2015 JIT will not earn any points. For U15, U17 and U19, the best three scores are counted and for U11 and U13, the best two(2014 JIT until 2015 JIT, last JN and last 3 SRs). Please contact me at newman_shee@hotmail.com if there are any questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do player earn ranking points?
2. How are player's points used for ranking?
3. How will the points be counted if a player plays up an age group?
4. Which tournaments are counted towards ranking?
5. Why different tournaments have different points?
6. Why some players earn zero points after competed in a tournament?
7. How do a player's points change after crossing to new year?
8. How are players ranked in a tournament with pool play then elimination rounds, such as JIT?
9. Why some players have extra long id starting with 888?

How do player earn ranking points?

Players earn points by competing in ranked tournaments and events in different age group award different points. For example, U19 events will award the most number of points while U17 events has less and etc(. The placements within each event will award different points, such as first place receives the most points, then second place and etc. Each player can earn points for the types of event, Single, Doubles and Mixed Doubles. For example, a player can have 300 points for his/her Single , 100 points for Doubles and 0 point for Mixed Doubles.

How are player's points used for ranking?

Each player is ranked for the three event types, Single, Doubles and Mixed Doubles, within his/her age group ranged from U11 to U19. Player’s ranking points is valid for last rolling 52 weeks period.

How will the points be counted if a player plays up an age group?

Only the lowest age event is counted when playing more than one similar event. For example, a 12 years old player competes in both U13 BS and U15 BS, he earns points based on the result of U13 BS. If the same player plays in U15 BS and U13 BD, he earns points based on the result of U15 BS as well as U13 BD. After each tournament, the total ranking points of a player are accumulated according to each event type regardless the age group of the event that is played. For example, the same 12 years old player receives 500 points for U15 BS. His total ranking points will be increased by 500 points even though he belongs to U13 age group.

Which tournaments are counted towards ranking?

All ranking tournaments are counted with the following conditions.

1. Points from the last rolling past 52 weeks local and regional tournaments are included in ranking.
2. Only the best of two(U11-U13) or three(U15-U19) national tournaments are counted, including the latest JN, 2014 JIT(until 2015 JIT) and three super regionals. For example, if a U19 player competed in all national tournaments, only the three top scores are counted
3. Only the best regional tournament is counted.
4. Only the best 4 local tournaments are counted.

Why different tournaments have different points?

Each tournament is classified into thes four different categories. Junior Nationals weighs most heavily, then JIT/SuperRegional, then Regional and lastly local tournaments.

Why some players earn zero points after competed in a tournament?

There are some conditions that some players will not earn points in a tournament. These conditions are

1. A player must win at least one match to earn points for that event.
2. Only U11 to U19 are ranked so U9 and U24 will not earn points.
3. International players are allowed in local tournaments and they do not earn any US junior ranking points.
4. The partner of the international players do not earn points.
5. If a player does not have a USAB membership id, then he/she cannot earn points.
6. For round robin event, if a player did not show for any of his/her matches, he/she receives no points and ranks last.
7. For elimination event, if a player did not show for his/her first match, he/she receives no points and ranks last.

How do a player's points change after crossing to new year?

The short answer is points do not change when crossing to new year. A player who is shifting up in age category for the following year, due to age requirement, will carry the points he/she earned from the previous year age group. For example, a 14 years old player who plays in U15 events this year, will need to play in U17 event next year, will keep the points earned in the U15 events and carry them as his/her U17 events starting points. If the same 14 years old player earned points for both U15 and U17 events this year, the combination of both set of points are carried with him/her as U17 events starting points.

How are players ranked in a tournament with pool play then elimination rounds?

1. Players who made into the elimination rounds after pool play will be ranked according to their place in the elimination round.
2. Players who completed the pool play round and won any matches in either pool play or elimination rounds will earn points.
3. Round robin tie-breakers are in the following order: number of matches won, head-to-head result, number of games won minus number of games lost, number of points won minus number of points lost. In case of three way tie with A won over B, B over C and C over A, game won/loss delta will be used then points won/loss delta since all three have the same number of matches won and head-to-head result.
4. If a player/pair is walked over, then all results from this player/pair is removed from the total results.
5. For players who do not play in the elimination round, their ranks are based on their placements within their pools. For example, an event with two pools with five players and the top two players from each pool enter Positions 01-04 elimination round and the third and fourth places from each pool enter Positions 05-08 elimination round. The fifth places are ranked as 9 to 12. Another example, an event of four pools with five players and the top two players from each pool enter the elimination round. The third place within each pool will have the ranks of 9 to 12, fourth place within each pool will have 13 to 16 and fifth place will have 17 to 24.

Why some players have extra long id starting with 888?

These players have invalid USAB ids currently and the tournament director contacted me to allow them to be ranked because they have submitted the USAB applications during the tournaments. If you have an extra long id starting with 888, please contact your tournament directors and they will get in touch with me to update your id.