BWF narrowly retains present 3x21 scoring system

Badminton could have seen a new scoring system had a single vote gone the other way at the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) AGM, held virtually on Saturday.

A proposal to change the present system of best-of-three games and 21 points to 5x11 was originally made by Indonesia and Maldives and seconded by Badminton Asia, and Korea and Chinese Taipei associations.

It received 66.31% votes for and 33.69% against, falling short of the required 66.67% for a two-thirds majority needed to push through the change.

“Our membership has spoken, and despite the very small margin in which the two-thirds majority was not reached, the BWF respects the outcome to retain the three games to 21 points scoring system,” Poul-Erik Hoyer, who was re-elected unopposed as president on Saturday, said.

“It is the second time such a proposal has not been approved, but I see the fantastic participation of the membership (282 votes) and the decision reached today as an indication that the badminton community is very much engaged in the best interests of the sport during these difficult and challenging times.”

Himanta Biswa Sharma, Badminton Association of India (BAI) president and vice-president, Badminton Asia, who recently took over as chief minister of Assam, was elected to the BWF Council.

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