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Updated: 2005-03-22 09:00
China clubbed with Indonesia 

第九届苏迪曼杯抽签结果在北京揭晓,中国作为B组种子和印尼、中国香港和瑞典分在一组,卫冕冠军韩国队则被列为A组种子,和丹麦、英格兰、泰国同在一组。本届大赛将于5月10到15日在北京打响。此项赛事从1989年开始举行,每两年举行一次。中国羽毛球队是苏迪曼杯史上最辉煌的常胜之师,1995年至2001年连续四届夺得苏杯,2003年获得亚军,1989至1993连续三届排名第三。

 

Li Yongbo, the coach of China's national badminton team, was interviewed after the draw. [Agencies]

China joins Southeast Asian giant Indonesia, Hong Kong and Sweden in Group B's competition at the upcoming Sudirman Cup world badminton championships.

Group A features defending champion South Korea, Denmark, England and Thailand.

The 9th Sudirman Cup badminton championships will be held in Beijing from May 10th to 15th. 42 teams from all over the world will contend for the title.

The event is one of the world's three major international badminton competitions, and is followed by the Thomas Cup for men and Uber Cup for women.

Initiated in 1989, the mixed team championship is a biennial tournament on a best-of-five format featuring both men's and women's singles and doubles as well as mixed doubles.

China won four times in a row from 1995 to 2001 bringing home over half of the championship's eight titles.

The following is the draw released on Monday by the International Badminton federation, for the 9th Sudirman Cup to be staged from May 10 to 15 in Beijing, China (prefix number denotes seeding):

Group 1A: 1-South Korea, Denmark, England, Thailand
Group 1B: 2-China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Sweden
Group 2A: Malaysia, Netherlands, Chinese Taipei, Russia
Group 2B: Singapore, Japan, Germany, Ukraine
Group 3A: New Zealand, Finland, Bulgaria, Poland
Group 3B: Scotland, India, Wales, United States
Group 4A: Norway, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Estonia
Group 4B: France, Australia, South Africa, Peru
Group 5A: Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg
Group 5B: Israel, Lithuania, Turkey
Group 6A: Sri Lanka, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Mongolia

(Agencies)

Vocabulary:
 

Sudirman Cup :苏迪曼杯,本项赛事是为了纪念印尼羽毛球联合会前主席苏迪曼先生,被命名为"苏迪曼杯"。

defending champion:卫冕冠军

biennial :an event that occurs every two years(两年一次的)

 
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