India to launch league with US$1 million in prizes in 2013

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Raphaël Sachetat
– November 10, 2012Posted in: news
India will launch a franchise-based badminton tournament in 2013 with top shuttlers from across the world, the organisers told Reuters on Saturday. The Indian Badminton League (IBL) will be played […]

India will launch a franchise-based badminton tournament in 2013 with top shuttlers from across the world, the organisers told Reuters on Saturday. The Indian Badminton League () will be played by six teams representing six cities, for a total of $1 million and played between June 24-July 11  2013, right after the Singapore Superseries. This almost matches the richest tournament in the world of badminton as the most lucrative one was the Korea Open last year with US$1.2 million.

“We accept that cricket’s IPL is a great success and we are hopeful that the IBL will have the same kind of path-breaking effect on badminton,” said Akhilesh Das Gupta, one of the organizers to Reuters.  Top athletes from Indonesia and Malaysia are said to have been contacted for this league.

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Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.