Rules of Badminton (May 2006)
- 0. Definitions
- 1. Court and Court Equipment
- 2. Shuttle
- 3. Testing a Shuttle for Speed
- 4. Racket
- 5. Equipment Compliance
- 6. Toss
- 7. Scoring System
- 8. Change of Ends
- 9. Service
- 10. Singles
- 11. Doubles
- 12. Service Court Errors
- 13. Faults
- 14. Lets
- 15. Shuttle not in Play
- 16. Continuous Play, Misconduct, Penalties
- 17. Officials and Appeals
- Complete Rules Listing
- Appendix 1 - Variations in Court and Equipment
- Appendix 2 - Handycap Matches
- Appendix 3 - Other Scoring System
Appendix 2 - Handycap Matches
In handicap matches, the following variations in the Laws apply:
- 1
- No variation shall be permitted in the number of points required to win a game.
- 2
- Law 8.1.3 shall be amended to read:
‘in the third game, and in a match of one game, when one side has scored half the total number of points required to win the game (the next higher number being taken in case of fractions)’.
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