World Junior Badminton Championship LIVE – India vs Slovenia WJC 2022 LIVE: India’s Mixed Doubles badminton team will face Slovenia in the final group fixture at the Mixed team event of the World Junior Badminton Championship on Wednesday. India clinched their second victory on Day 2 of the tournament on Tuesday as they defeated Australia 3-2. After defeating Iceland 5-0 and then facing a 0-5 defeat to China, India came back by defeating Australia in a close encounter. The tournament is taking place in Santander, Spain. The mixed events will be followed by the individual events. Follow India Junior Badminton Team LIVE in BWF World Junior Badminton Championships 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
- India, seeded fifth, are in Group B with Slovenia, Australia, China and Iceland.
- India will next be squaring off against Slovenia for their final group fixture on Wednesday.
- The Indian team finished in 12th place at the last edition of the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships in 2019.
- India’s best showing at the meet till date is a fourth-place finish in the 2008 edition.
Later on Monday, young guns fell short against China
in 2nd group stage clash at the #BWFWorldJuniorChampionships.#TeamIndia will face Australia
today in their 3⃣rd group stage encounter
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— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) October 18, 2022
World Junior Badminton Championship: India Junior team faces Slovenia in final group encounter at 4.30 PM IST: Follow WJC 2022 LIVE
Result on Day 2
India vs Australia
Men’s Doubles
Arsh Mohammad / Abhinav Thakur LOST TO Ricky / Otto – 12-21, 17-21
Women’s Singles
Unnati Hooda BEAT Sydney Go 21-6, 21-9
Men’s Singles
Bharat Raghav LOST TO Jack Yu 19-21, 21-16, 15-21.
Women’s Doubles
Isharani Baruah / Devika Sihag BEAT Dania/Catrina – 21-8, 21-8
Mixed Doubles
Vignesh / Srinidhi BEAT Otto / Yuelin – 21-12, 21-16
The BWF World Junior Badminton Championship is an annual tournament but it is making a return this year after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The last edition was held in 2019 at Kazan, Russia.
Mixed Team Event
Schedule
Group Stages – 17, 18, 19 October
Quarter-final– 20th October
Semi-final– 21st October
Final – 22nd October
India’s Schedule in Mixed Team event
Monday, October 17
- India vs Iceland – 12:30 PM IST
- India vs China – 8:30 PM IST
Tuesday, October 18
- India vs Australia – 12:30 PM IST
Wednesday, October 19
India vs Slovenia – 4:30 PM IST
A total of 38 teams will take part in the mixed team event and they are divided into eight groups. Indian team which is captained by Unnati Hooda and Anupama Upadhyay, is the fifth-seeded team and has been placed in Group B with Slovenia, Australia, China, and Iceland.
At the mixed team world junior badminton championships in 2022, each tie will feature five matches: one men’s singles match, one women’s singles match, one men’s doubles match, and one mixed doubles match.
The winning teams from each group will go to the quarterfinals, while the second-placed teams will compete for places 9-16, third-placed teams for positions 17-24, fourth-placed teams for positions 25-32, and fifth-placed teams for positions 33-38.
India finished the Mixed team event in the 12th place in the previous edition and will look for a much improved show. The team will be led by junior world No. 5 Unnati Hooda and junior world No. 3 Anupama Upadhyay, both of whom are 14 years old. Unnati Hooda is the youngest Indian to win a BWF Super 100 tournament.
India squad – Indian Junior Badminton Team
Boy’s singles: Bharat Raghav, Sankar Muthusamy S, Ayush Shetty.
Girl’s singles: Unnati Hooda, Rakshitha Sree S, Anupama Upadhyaya
Men’s Doubles: Arsh Mohammad and Abhinav Thakur, Nicholas Nathan Raj and Tushar Suveer
Women’s Doubles: Ishrani Baruah and Devika Sihag, Shreya Balaji and Srinidhi N
Where to watch the LIVE streaming of the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships?
The BWF World Junior Badminton Championship is expected to be LIVE streamed on BWF TV.
World Junior Badminton Championship: India Junior team faces Slovenia in final group encounter at 4.30 PM IST: Follow WJC 2022 LIVE
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