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Yonex Alberta Series FINALS
Dates: to
Week:21
Group:Yonex Alberta Series
Category:Invite only
City:Calgary, AB
Country:Canada
Prize money:$10,000 CDN
Entry deadline:2015-04-15
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Venue: The Glencoe Club

Regulations

Qualification Criteria
The 2014-15 Yonex Alberta Series consists of six tournaments and is open to any athlete who is a member of their provincial or national association. The YAS begins with the first event on September 19-21 at the Edison Badminton Centre and concludes with the seventh event (Alberta Closed Provincials) on March 13-15 at the ClearOne Badminton Centre.

Only athletes that represent Alberta and train in Alberta full time will be eligible to compete in the Yonex Alberta Finals.

Fill Procedure
Priority #1 - The winners of each discipline from all the above tournaments will be invited to compete in the “Super 6 Finals”. This will provide a maximum of 6 entries per discipline.

Prioroity #2 - To fill all but one position those players with the best results in three of five tournaments in each discipline will be invited to participate.

Priority #3 - If the six position remains vacant after using Priority #1 and #2, then the sixth and final position will be filled by the Alberta u19 Provincial champion in each event. If the u19 provincial champion was selected using Priority #1 or #2, then the final position will be used using Priority #2.

In doubles or mixed doubles if a player has won multiple events with different partners, the partnership that has played the most together will be selected.

Format
There will be 6 players/teams in each discipline. Teams will be seeded based on final selection position and placed in two boxes for round robin play.

Box A will have seeds 1, 4, 6; while Box B will have seeds 2, 3, 5. Box A winner will play Box B runner up in one semifinal, Box B winner will play Box A runner up in the other semifinal.

Winners will play off for first place, while the losing semifinalists will compete for third place. Round robin play will be contested Saturday May 23, Semi finals will begin Sunday May 24 at 9 am, the finals will begin Sunday May 26 at 12:00 noon. The Athlete/Officials Banquet will begin at 6:30 pm on Saturday May 23.

Bonus Prize Money Breakdown
1st $1000
2nd $600
3rd $300
4th $100

TOURNAMENT HOTEL - The host hotel is The International Hotel & Suites, Calgary.