National Badminton League

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An NBL match in the Great Hall of the University of Birmingham.

The National Badminton League (NBL) is a professional badminton league in the United Kingdom. Organised by Badminton England, it was launched in October 2014 as the first ever national badminton league in the UK. The inaugural season features six franchise teams. Matches are played with an abbreviated scoring system and tie–break format, with some being broadcast live on Sky Sports.

History

Badminton England announced the creation of the NBL in April 2014. A player auction was held in Milton Keynes on 2 June 2014. The first league fixtures took place on 6 October 2014.[1]

Format

The NBL consists of six franchises. Teams will play each other once during the league season, either home or away, with Monday match-nights taking place on a monthly basis between October 2014 and April 2015. The top four teams will then progress to a one-day knockout finals competition in June 2015.[1]

The match-night format sees teams playing 5 events (men's singles, women's singles, mixed doubles, men's doubles and women's doubles) - each played to 'best of 5 games'. Games are played to a first to 9 points rally scoring system with the deciding 5th game being a tiebreak played 'first to 5' points.

Players can only play one event per match-night.

New coaching time-outs and a double points rally (PowerPlay) are new features of the NBL.

Teams

There are six franchises competing in the 2014–15 season, five of which are affiliated with local universities.[1]

Team name Affiliated university Home venue
Birmingham Lions University of Birmingham Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham
Great Hall, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
Team Derby University of Derby Derby Arena, Derby
Loughborough Sport Loughborough University Sir David Wallace Arena, Loughborough University, Loughborough
University of Nottingham Badminton University of Nottingham Albert Hall, Nottingham
Surrey Smashers University of Surrey Surrey Sports Park, University of Surrey, Guildford
MK Badminton N/A thecentre:mk, Stantonbury Arts and Leisure Centre

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