The two-week long BWF World Junior Championships 2022 begins with the mixed team event, which is scheduled to be held from October 17 to October 22 at the Palacio de Deportes de Santander in Santander, Spain.
The mixed team tournament will begin with the group stage qualifying round in the opening four days followed by the quarterfinals, ranking rounds and conclude with the semifinals and final in the last two days.
The group stage qualifying round will feature 38 teams divided into eight groups with Group A and Group H consisting of four teams each, while the remaining six groups will consist of five teams each.
The winner from each group will progress to the quarter-finals while the second-placed teams will fight for positions 9-16, third-placed teams for 17-24, fourth-placed teams for 25-32 and fifth-placed teams for 33-38.
India, who are seeded fifth, have been drawn in Group B with Slovenia, Australia, China and Iceland. The Indians have sent a squad led by Unnati Hooda and Anupama Upadhyay.
Here is a look at the BWF World Junior Championships 2022 Mixed Team Event India Squad, Schedule, Results and Points Table:
Boys: Bharat Raghav S, Ayush Shetty, Arsh Mohammad, Abhinav Thakur, Nicholas Nathan Raj, Tushar Suveer, Samarveer, Vighnesh Thathineni
Girls: Unnati Hooda, Rakshitha Sree S, Anupama Upadhyaya, Isharani Baruah, Devika Sihag, Shreya Balaji, Srinidhi N., Radhika Sharma
Day | Date | Round | Session |
Monday | October 17 | Qualifying | 3 – 4 sessions |
Tuesday | October 18 | Qualifying | 3 – 4 sessions |
Wednesday | October 19 | Qualifying | 3 – 4 sessions |
Thursday | October 20 | Qualifying and Group Ranking | 3 – 4 sessions |
Friday | October 21 | Semi-Finals and Group Ranking | 3 – 4 sessions |
Saturday | October 22 | Finals | 2 – 3 session |
Date | Round | Fixture | Court | Time in IST | Result |
October 17 | Qualifying | India vs Iceland | 1 | 12:30 PM | 5-0 |
October 17 | Qualifying | India vs China | 2 | 8:30 PM | 0-5 |
October 18 | Qualifying | India vs Australia | 6 | 12:30 PM | 3-2 |
October 19 | Qualifying | India vs Slovenia | 4 | 4:30 PM | 5-0 |
October 20 | 9th to 16th Quaterfinal | India vs Malaysia | 2 | 4:30 PM | 2-3 |
October 21 | 13h to 16th Semifinal | India vs Germany | 3 | 12:30 PM | 4-1 |
October 22 | 13th and 14th Place | India vs Hong Kong | 3 | 12:30 PM | 3-0 |
Schedule will be update based on the team's progression.
Position | Team | Pld | W | L | M | G | P | Points |
1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20-0 | 40-0 | 840-339 | 4 |
2 | India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13-7 | 27-14 | 744-544 | 3 |
3 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11-9 | 23-20 | 725-684 | 2 |
4 | Slovenia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6-14 | 13-31 | 575-853 | 1 |
5 | Iceland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0-20 | 2-40 | 412-876 | 0 |
Group winner will qualify for quarterfinals and the rest will compete in ranking matches.
Pld - Matches Played; W - Won; L - Lost; M - Matches Won-Lost; G - Games Won-Lost; P - Points For-Against
The matches can be live streamed via the Badminton Spain YouTube Channel.