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View all search resultsSuperliga ups prizes to lure more international players
See you at Superliga: Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka of Indonesia (right) shakes hands with Thanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in the opening round of the Korea Open Super Series on Wednesday
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See you at Superliga: Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka of Indonesia (right) shakes hands with Thanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in the opening round of the Korea Open Super Series on Wednesday. Hayom beat Thanongsak 13-21, 21-16, 21-14. The Thai player will likely play for Jakarta-based Jaya Raya at the Djarum Superliga Badminton 2014 slated for early next month in Surabaya. (Courtesy of PBSI) (right) shakes hands with Thanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in the opening round of the Korea Open Super Series on Wednesday. Hayom beat Thanongsak 13-21, 21-16, 21-14. The Thai player will likely play for Jakarta-based Jaya Raya at the Djarum Superliga Badminton 2014 slated for early next month in Surabaya. (Courtesy of PBSI)
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span class="caption" style="width: 498px;">See you at Superliga: Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka of Indonesia (right) shakes hands with Thanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in the opening round of the Korea Open Super Series on Wednesday. Hayom beat Thanongsak 13-21, 21-16, 21-14. The Thai player will likely play for Jakarta-based Jaya Raya at the Djarum Superliga Badminton 2014 slated for early next month in Surabaya. (Courtesy of PBSI)
The Djarum Superliga club tournament is slated for next month with upped cash prizes and adjusted regulations aimed at generating more appeal for the competition.
'We will increase the total purse from Rp 1.6 billion [US$132,000] last year to Rp 2 billion this year in the hope it will lure more of the world's top players,' tournament director Achmad Budiharto told a press conference at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski in Jakarta on Wednesday.
'We have also revamped several regulations to make the tournament more competitive,' he said.
Among the new changes is a decision to not limit the number of foreign players recruited by local teams, though the teams are allowed to play them in only two of the tournament's five matches.
Also, the team subsidy for the recruitment of a foreign player has been upped from $1,000 to $1,500.
Despite the organizers' efforts, world's top player Lee Chong Wei was not on the provisional competitors list made available to the media, though clubs could still make roster changes before Jan. 10.
The Malaysian badminton star steered Musica Champions Kudus to the championship in the men's division last year. Jaya Raya won the women's division.
In 2011, SGS PLN Bandung was the champion with Chong Wei in its lineup.
The provisional competitors list showed seven men's teams and eight women's teams would take part in the tournament to be held at DBL Arena Surabaya from Feb. 3 to 9.
'Last year we had 10 men's and eight women's teams. We expect 10 in each division this year,'
Achmad said.
Held biennially since 2007, this year's tournament is the first attempt to make it an annual event, part of an effort to rejuvenate badminton development in the country.
'Badminton has been becoming far more competitive, while our performance [in international events] has been sluggish up to 2013,' Yan Hariyadi, who represents the Djarum Foundation, said.
'This is part of our commitment. Hopefully, Indonesian badminton can regain its past glory,' he said. Indonesia has collected the most wins in the Thomas Cup, the world's most prestigious men's team competition, but it has failed to repeat it since 2000. 'The tournament is expected to provide leverage for our players,' Yan said.
The tournament is played under the format of three singles and two doubles matches.
Jaya Raya is very likely to play Busanan Ongbungrungpan of Thailand in its bid to retain the title.
'We have good prospects in both our doubles teams, so we need to steal a point from the singles,' Retno Kustiyah, the club's spokesman, said.
Provisional list of participating clubs
Men's teams:
'¢ Djarum Kudus
'¢ Musica Champions Kudus
'¢ Jaya Raya Jakarta
'¢ Tangkas Specs Jakarta
'¢ SCG Academy Thailand
'¢ Unisys Japan
'¢ Cooperative Bank Chinese Taipei
Women teams:
'¢ Djarum Kudus
'¢ Mutiara Cardinal Bandung
'¢ Jaya Raya Jakarta
'¢ SCG Academy Thailand
'¢ Unisys Japan
'¢ Renesas Japan
'¢ Cooperative Bank Chinese Taipei
'¢Singapore
