C I R C U L
A R
7th February, 2026
Hony.
Secretary
All
Affiliated Units of WBBA
Sub: Important Decisions taken in the Council
Meeting dated 27th December, 2025
Dear All,
1) Please note that the following Clauses of Tournament Regulations – 2025 revised as under, effective from 2026:
Clause G (i), (ii), (vii) & (ix) of the “Tournament Regulations 2025” be stand amended and replaced as under:
i)
Eligibility
to represent the “Bengal Team” to participate in BAI National Championships and
East Zone / Inter Zonal Championships shall initially depend upon the “Rank
based Points” [as
provided in Regulation “G(iii)” hereafter] earned by the Players through
successful participations in the current Year’s State Ranking and State
Championships. The Points earned by a Player shall be continuously updated in
the Website of the Association so as to enable each Player to know his/her
ranking. It is, however, made clear that final selections to represent the
“Bengal Team”, save and except for the “Senior Players”, for “East Zone
Championships”, “Inter-State Championships and Nationals shall be dependent
upon participation in the “Bengal Camps” to be held immediately before any of
the above National Championships where the concerned Selectors would judge the
fitness and conduct of the Players before finally selecting the Players. Pairs participate in the “State Championships” and selected in the
Bengal Team cannot alter or change the participated Pair in any Nationals"
securing direct Main Draw Entries depriving anyone of the opportunity to play
in the Nationals. If any
Player/Pair fails to qualify, next Ranked ‘Stand by Player’ would qualify.
Decisions of the Selection Committees in their “Selection Process &
parameters” shall be final and binding to all concerned including the
Association.
ii) As far as the Senior Players, following completion of the Senior State Championships, top ranked Players (as per details mentioned below) based on Rank based Points system in ‘Singles’ and ‘Paired Events’ shall be compulsively required to play amongst themselves on “League basis, for reaching knockout stage format”, against each other, drawn by lottery in presence of the players, as per details below before East Zone Badminton Championship:
1) Amongst Players’ securing 1
to 8th position in Men’s Singles Event;
2) Amongst Players’ securing 1
to 8th position in Women’s Singles Event
3) Amongst Pairs securing 1 to 4th
position in Men’s Doubles Event
4) Amongst Pairs securing 1 to 4th
position in Women’s Doubles Event
5) Amongst Pairs securing 1 to 4th
position in Mixed Doubles Event
6) In Paired Events of Men & Women, the paired Event
participations in the State Championships cannot be altered or changed for
participation in the Selection Trial.
A Player / Pair may be required to play more than One match in a day,
irrespective of the length of time frame as be scheduled.
Participation in
the above Selection Trial by the Senior Players as above, shall be compulsive
and mandatory with no exception on any contingency being considered and in
default by any Player, there would be automatic elimination for being selected.
If there be a reasonable Gap between ‘East Zone Championships’ & any
‘National’ Event, fresh self-same Selection Trial of the Senior Players may
also be conducted before the concerned Senior National Badminton Championships.
The Players/Pais
earning higher Points shall be eligible for being considered in the “Bengal
Camp” for fitness and conduct tests by the Selectors. if any Player/Pair fails to qualify therein, next
Player/Pair securing next higher points would qualify. Decisions of the
Selection Committees in their “Selection Process & parameters” shall be
final and binding to all concerned including the Association.
Pairs participated
in the “State Championships” and selected in the Bengal Team cannot alter or
change the participated Pair in any National securing direct Main Draw Entries
depriving anyone of the opportunity to play in the Nationals.
vii)
Participation in
the “State Championships” shall be compulsive for being considered for
selection to represent the “State Team”. However, if any player is unable to
participate in the State Championships due to any
genuine acceptable supervening extra-ordinary
circumstances, like accidental injury, Board Examinations, severe illness or
any unprecedented mishap/incident in the family, as may be sympathetically
considered by the Association without treating the same as a precedent for any
future issue, the Selection Committee,
may at their discretion, permit the Player to represent the “State Team” subject to his/her eligible ranking in points
and qualifying in tests during Bengal Camp, provided however, for being
selected to participate for the Senior State Teams, compulsive processes as
mentioned in Sub-Clause (i) and (ii), as above, must have to be duly complied
with.
ix) Players initially selected in the ‘Bengal
Team’ through the processes provided heretofore, who are not residents of
Kolkata and/or its fringes and stay at a place beyond 150 Km away from Kolkata,
will be provided with ‘AC 3 Tier’ to & fro’ Fare from residential place to
Kolkata for attending the scheduled “Bengal Camps” as well as Rs. 1000/- per
day, (or such an amount as may be determined by the Finance Committee from time to
time), for the number of days the ‘Bengal Camp’ continues.
Clause F (xv) is deleted as minimum qualifying participation of 50% of State Ranking Tournament is removed.
2. Badminton League will be held and the
proposed format once finalized will be notified.
Thanking
you,
Sekhar C.
Biswas
Hony.
General Secretary
West Bengal
Badminton Association
Copy to: 1) Sri
U. N. Banerjee
President, WBBA
2) All Concerned