Indian Badminton team will participate in the first Asian Mixed Team Championship to be held at Vietnam from February 14th to 19th. 13 teams of the tournament are divided into four groups, where top two will reach the quarterfinals. 8th ranked Indian team will first play 10th ranked Singapore and then 2nd ranked Korea in the Group D matches. The top four seeded teams of the tournament are China, Korea, Japan and Malaysia. First four days of the event will have one group play all matches on one day.
Tie Format: Every tie will have 5 matches where matches for each event will be held. The five events include Mixed Doubles, Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles,
Teams by Ranking: China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Philippines
Indian Squad
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Women’s Singles: Tanvi Lad, Rituparna Das
Men’s Singles: HS Prannoy, Sameer Verma
Women’s Doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy
Men’s Doubles: B Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
Mixed Doubles: Sikki Reddy / Pranaav Jerry Chopra, K Maneesha
Groups
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Group D: India, Korea and Singapore
Group A: China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong
Group B: Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka
Group C: Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines
Squads:
China
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Men: Li Junhui, Liu Cheng, Liu Yuchen, Qiao Bin, Shi Yuqi, Zhang Nan, Zhao Jun Peng, Zheng Siwei
Women: Bao Yixin, Chen Qingchen, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Huang Dongping, Jia Yifan, Li Yunhui, Yu Xiaohan
Malaysia
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Men: Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin, Lim Chi Wing, Teo Ee Yi-Ong Yew Sin, Goh Sze-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani, Goh Soon Huat, Tan Kian Meng
Women: Ho Yen Mei, Lee Ying Ying, Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean, Lim Yin Loo-Yap Cheng Wen, Lai Pei Jing, Shevon Lai Jemie
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