Netting The Seeds Of Indonesia's Future Badminton, PBSI Holds President's Cup

General Chairperson of PP PBSI Agung Firman Sampurna (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Central Board of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PP PBSI) made history by holding a prestigious championship titled the 2022 President's Cup for the first time for Badminton sport.

The championship which will take place at GOR Nanggala Cijantung, East Jakarta will take place on August 1-6, and will add to the championship with a similar title that has previously been played by football, basketball, and electronic sports (esports).

"This is a new history in Indonesia, with the badminton championship being held for the President's Cup of the Republic of Indonesia. Finally, after various efforts, we were able to realize our ambition to hold this championship", said PP PBSI General Chair, Agung Firman Sampurna, in Jakarta, Monday quoted by Antara.

In addition to enlivening the badminton competition in the country, the President's Cup also aims to attract the seeds of Indonesia's future badminton players. With this step, it will be ensured that the baton of achievement and the supremacy of national badminton will be maintained.

Until the closing of registration on July 19, 620 athletes have registered from 30 provinces in Indonesia. Only the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, North Maluku, and West Papua were absent from sending their representatives to Jakarta to compete in the championship which provided a total prize of more than IDR 1 billion.

All participants will compete in 11 numbers which are divided into three main categories, namely the U-13 children's group, the U-15 beginner group, and the U-17 youth group.

In detail, the U-13 category will compete in the men's singles and women's singles, U-15 men's/women's singles, and men's/women's doubles. Finally, U-17 played five numbers, namely men's/women's singles, men's/women's doubles plus mixed doubles.

Later, provincial administrators with the highest number of gold medals will be entitled to bring the Presidential Cup rotating trophy, Agung said.

"This championship is held for young people to get the best talent and potential from regional athletes. Later it will also be monitored who has that potential, and will be entered into the database at PBSI so that it becomes an entry into the National Pelatnas", concluded Agung.