Dec.15,2008 1st Notification

To presidents of all branches of ACSSNL:

The Groningen, Enschede and Utrecht branches of ACSSNL cordially invite you to send your badminton teams to participate in the 2009 ACSSNL badminton competition in Utrecht.

Please forward the following registration information to those who may be concerned in you branch and the local badminton team. Please send the notification to all Chinese students and scholars in your city. Don’t forget to remind them the registration deadline and the official website of the competition.

1. Introduction
1.1 Background
In order to facilitate the interaction among the Chinese students and scholars in the Netherlands and promote badminton activities, the Groningen, Enschede and Utrecht branches of Association of Chinese Students and Scholars in the Netherlands (ACSSNL) is going to hold a national competition in Utrecht for all Chinese students and scholars in the Netherlands. The competition is based on the Rotterdam four-city match, Groningen invitation match, Amsterdam ten-city invitation match in 2007. It will be a magnificent event for all Chinese students in the Netherlands. This is the first time that three branches cooperate to hold the national event. We would like to provide Chinese students an opportunity to communicate with each other at a sporting occasion. Besides, we do believe that such event will bridge ACSSNL and Chinese students in the Netherlands, attracting more and more attention to the ACSSNL future activities.

1.2 Introduction
We have learnt a lot from the Amsterdam ten-city invitation match which was successfully held in Nov, 2007. On the basis of that, we have made some improvements. First of all, we have published the official website ( www.acssg.nl/badminton ) to introduce the preparation of the competition and made a video for recruiting. Secondly, we have invited some Dutch media to help us propagandize the competition, such as Volkkrant and Dagblad. Thirdly, on the basis of the ten-city match, we have added some ranking matches to ensure that every participant enjoys the game. In addition, we are going to use this opportunity to standardize the preparations for future ACSSNL sports activities.

1.3 Organizational Committee
The organizational committee is composed of three branches of ACSSNL and the representative of ACSSNL. Details are shown below: Chair: Ding Ning (Groningen)
Vice Chair: Xiang Fei (ACSSNL)
Chief Director for Competition and Registration: Jin Mingliang (Enschede)
Media Coordinator: Rao Xiangyu (Utrecht)
Logistics: Ye Shusheng (Utrecht)
Accountant: Xu Weiqi (Groningen)

2. Registration Deadline and Requirements
2.1 Registration Deadline
Jan. 15, 2009

2.2 Registration Requirements
1. The team should have at least four male players and four female players due to the synchronicity of some matches.
2.To ensure the fair participation of each branches of ACSSNL, each branch is only allowed to send one team.
3.This activity is mainly sponsored by ACSSNL, differently with the yearly Chinese Engineer Match. The major objective group is the Chinese students and scholars in the Netherlands. Therefore, please first take the interest of local Chinese students into consideration first.
4. For those branches which cannot guarantee enough players, please feel free to contact the organizational committee. We will try our best to help you form a united team.
5. All the registration for the competition can only be fulfilled through the local branches. We are appreciated of the interest of local badminton teams. But we suggested you to contact your ACSSNL branches for formal registration. The subsequent notifications will only be issued to each local branch.

2.3 Chief Director
Jin Mingliang: acssnl.sport@gmail.com

3. Schedule and Rules
3.1 Schedule
11:00-17:00, Feb 22, 2009 (Sunday)

3.2 Location
Utrecht University Stadium

3.3 Rules
There will be: male single, female single, male double, female double, mixed double.

      3.3.1 Grouping
          1). All the 12 teams will be divided into two sections; each section consists of two groups. In total, there will be four groups. Each group has four teams.
          2). On the basis of ten-city scores, there are four seed teams: Delft, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Enschede. They will be assigned into different groups. The other groups will be assigned into the groups through lot.
          3). The best two teams who have got the highest scores in the group round will be upgraded into the elimination round. The third one will participate in the ranking round.
          4). Within the section, the best team in the group will play against the second best one in the other group. The winner will be upgraded into the semi-final.
          5). The winner of the semi-final will be upgraded into the final while the loser will go for the bronze medal.

     3.3.2 Competition
          1). Each match is 21-point scored and required to finish within 30 minutes. For the dogfall, the sum of each game decides the result.
          2). The order of the matches depends on the team registration and will be announced after Jan 15.

ACSSNL

Branches of Groningen, Enschede, and Utrecht.