Badminton will score another enviable
first tomorrow – making its debut in the
Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey.
It will be a proud moment for the
badminton community when the first
shuttle is served at Mersin University
Sports Hall No. 1 which will host
badminton until
Sunday
30 June.
Players from 11 of the 24 participating
nations – Croatia,
Egypt, France, Greece,
Italy, Lebanon, Macedonia, Serbia,
Slovenia, Spain and Turkey – will
compete for honours in Men’s and Women’s
Singles as well as in Men’s and Women’s
Doubles.
Curiously, Mixed Doubles has been
omitted from the Mediterranean Games.
Ironically, this replicates what
happened when badminton made its Olympic
debut in 1992 in Barcelona. There was no
Mixed Doubles until 1996 in Atlanta.
Hopefully the next edition of the
Mediterranean Games – already awarded to
Tarragona (Spain) – will feature Mixed
Doubles in badminton.
Isabelle Jobard is the tournament
referee and she has Ivanka Pokorni as
her deputy. The Badminton World
Federation has appointed Badminton Malta
(and COMEBA) Secretary General John
Attard as the technical delegate for the
tournament.
Officials from the Confederation of
Mediterranean Badminton (COMEBA) will be
especially pleased to witness the start
of the badminton as that organisation
has worked tirelessly to achieve this
goal. They received valuable support
from the Turkish Badminton Federation.
Formally reconstituted in July 2006 by
the Italian Badminton Federation and its
president Alberto Miglietta (current
Vice President of Badminton Europe)
after some years of inactivity, COMEBA
set itself two priorities, one of which
was the introduction and integration of
badminton in the Mediterranean Games.
The other is the promotion and
development of badminton within the
countries of the Mediterranean basin
through the organisation of training
camps – particularly for junior players
and their coaches – as well as through
healthy competition in a spirit of
friendship and fairness, free from
performance-enhancing substances.
The
Mediterranean Games, which began on 20
June, are a multi-sport event held every
four years. Countries bordering the
Mediterranean Sea – the meeting point of
three continents (Europe, Africa and
Asia) – participate in the sporting
spectacle as a means of building social
and cultural rapprochement. Olympic
rules apply and competition ends in 13
days.
First held in 1951, the Games are now
celebrating their 17th edition. Most of
the 32 sporting disciplines are taking
place in the host city, Mersin. The
official logo
(right)
of this edition features a loggerhead
sea turtle (caretta caretta) getting out
of sea, with water underneath it. An
orange is shown above its back,
representing the dry summer subtropical
climate of the Mediterranean.
“Karetta” the turtle is the official
mascot of the Mersin Games and is
depicted on the Games’ sports pictograms
(BWF home page and at left).For
further information on the Mediterranean
Games 2013 in Mersin, please click
here.
Mediterranean Games (Badminton)
Abdelrahman KASHKAL et Hadia HOSNY de
l'Egypte sont présents aux XVII° Jeux Méditerranéens qui se déroulent en
Turquie.
Les autres Pays Africains du badminton de la zone Méditerranée que sont
le Maroc, l'Algérie et la Tunisie ne sont pas présents.
La Compétition : MS Groupe A : Brice LEVERDEZ (FRA) -
Abdelrahman KASHKAL (EGY) -
Ilija PAVLOVIC (SRB) - Vasil PUJOSKI (MKD)
Résultats :
| Men's Singles Group Play Stage - Group A |
Ilija PAVLOVIC
Abdelrahman KASHKAL |
21 19 18
13 21 16 |
| Men's Singles Group Play Stage - Group A |
Vasil PUJOVSKI
Abdelrahman KASHKAL |
9 11
21 21 |
| Men's Singles Group Play Stage - Group A |
Brice
LEVERDEZ
Abdelrahman KASHKAL |
21 21
6 7 |
| Men's Singles Round of 16 |
Iztok UTROSA
Abdelrahman KASHKAL |
21 21
14 10 |
La Compétition :
WS Groupe A : Maja TVRDY (SLO) - Hadia HOSNY (EGY) - Claudia
GRUBER (ITA)
Résultats :
| Women's Singles Group Play Stage - Group A |
Hadia HOSNY
Claudia GRUBER |
13 21 21
21 17 16 |
| Women's Singles Group Play Stage - Group A |
Maja TVRDY
Hadia HOSNY |
21 21
11 12 |
| Women's Singles Quarterfinals |
Hadia HOSNY
Agnese ALLEGRINI |
7 6
21 21 |
