Data map: Zhang Jun was elected as the new chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

　　Chinanews.com client, Beijing, May 25. According to the website of the China Badminton Association, the World Badminton Federation held the 82nd member representative conference online.

At the conference, Zhang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, was successfully elected as a member of the World Badminton Federation Council.

In addition, it is worth noting that the proposal to reform the badminton game with 3 wins and 11 points in 5 games failed to pass.

　　The 2021 World Badminton Federation Annual Member Congress was originally scheduled to be held during the Sudirman Cup in Suzhou on May 23, but the Sudirman Cup was postponed due to the impact of the epidemic, and the annual Congress was also held online.

　　The main agenda of this year's conference includes voting for the president of the World Badminton Federation, election of directors, and an 11-point voting system.

　　The current BWF Chairman Paul-Eric Hoyer, First Vice Chairman Patama, and Vice Chairman Kurzo, who is responsible for para badminton, are the only candidates for their respective positions, so there is no suspense that they vote for re-election.

Voting results.

Image source: China Badminton Association website.

　　In the election of members of the board of directors, there were 31 candidates including Zhang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association.

After voting, Zhang Jun received the highest number of votes of 276, and was successfully elected as a member of the new BWF Board of Directors along with the other 19 people.

　　In the closely watched 5 rounds, 3 wins and 11 points system, the reform vote reached 187 votes, accounting for 66.31%, and against 95 votes, accounting for 33.69%.

According to the rules of the World Badminton Federation, the affirmative votes must account for 2/3 of the total, that is, 66.67% of the votes, that is, 188 votes to pass the proposal.

The proposal was only one vote away from being passed, and thus failed to pass.

　　In 2018, during the Tangyu Cup held in Bangkok, the World Badminton Federation once publicly voted on the 11-point system for the first time. At that time, the result was 129 votes in favor and 123 votes against, because the yes votes did not account for 2/3 of the total votes, 11 points The system proposal failed to pass.

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