JITT Selection Procedures
The 2008 JITT results will determine the junior athletes who will represent the United States in the Pan American Junior Championship (July 15-20, 2008, in Guatemala) and BWF World Junior Championship (TBD) for Team and Individual events. The Junior Pan Am Team can be up to 4 boys and 4 girls. The Junior Worlds Team can be up to 5 boys and 5 girls. The two Teams may contain different athletes. Junior Pan Am Individual events will be held for U19, U17, U15, U13, and U11 (depending on number of entries). Consolation may or may not be included. Junior Worlds Individual is for U19 only, no Consolation. The U.S. may enter up to 4 Singles, 2 Doubles pairs, and 4 Mixed Double pairs in each Individual event. Athletes desiring to compete in an Individual event(s) in any age group in either Championship must submit a JITT entry form including those events, even if not competing for the Team(s). Please note: There is no USAB funding designated for either International event.
The following criteria will be used in the selection procedure:
1. The winners of GS, BS, GD, BD, and XD from JITT are selected first.
2. Doubles pairs are selected together. If one athlete of a winning Doubles pair is unable to compete the other athlete is consequently
not selected (but may be selected by step 4 below)
3. If for either boy or girl the above does not yield enough athletes, the Singles runner-up at JITT is selected next.
4. If for either boy or girl the above does not yield enough athletes, the next athlete(s) is(are) selected in order of JITT scoring total across all three events – Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles – using the Junior National Team scoring:
• Each 1st Place = 30 points
• Each 2nd Place = 15 points
• Each 3rd Place = 7.5 points
• Each 4th Place = 5 points
• Each 5th Place = 3 points
• Each 6th Place = 2 points
• Each 7th or 8th Place = 1 point
5. In the event of a scoring tie with fewer spots available than tied athletes a coin toss(es) will select.
6. Any remaining Team spots after all JITT results are exhausted will not be filled
7. The Team may be different for Pan Am and World Junior Championships.
8. Singles events will be Pool Play per USA Badminton regulations. Doubles events will be Pool Play unless the number of entries is too large in which case they will be Elimination. USAB’s pool play rules require all of an athlete’s pool matches to be completed or none count
9. The JITT results will be used to select the Team and U19 athletes for both events above, except that Team members will have priority for Individual events. Higher priorities will also be given to JITT individual entries in other age groups (i.e. U17 and younger) before resorting to the respected 2008 USBDF Spring Junior International results.
10. The above criteria are to select the Team athletes. U19 Individual athletes are selected by the separate JITT U19 event results.
11. If any Individual event in any other age group receives more JITT entries than available entry spots, a play-off qualifier will be arranged in addition to the 2008 USBDF Spring Junior International respected events. Players could only play in either Tournament in the same age category. If there are fewer JITT entries in an event than available spots, the JITT entries will be incorporated into the equivalent USBDF Spring Junior International event.
