Ranking & Seeding Explanation

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Member ID – This number is a player’s identity and must be used consistently when entering events to ensure the proper points are applied. The Badminton BC membership number will be two letters [BC] followed by a sequence of numbers. Athletes will receive a member ID upon becoming a member of Badminton BC and will maintain the same number from year to year. 

1.0 BC JUNIOR RANKING

1.1 BC JUNIOR RANKINGS POINTS TABLE (U13/U15/U17/U19) effective September 14, 2025

1.1.1 An Athlete’s BC Junior Ranking is accumulated (TOTAL POINTS) from the Athlete's best three (3) results in a specific event at any of the BC Junior Series tournaments or the BC Provincial Championships held

1.1.2 Athletes competing in a higher age category (ageing up) for the new season will carry over 30% of their existing age category points to the higher age category. (Ex. A U15 player with 10 000 points will carry over 3000 points when competing in a U17 event)​

1.1.3 The BC Junior Ranking list will be used to determine:

             1.1.3.1 For Doubles and Mixed Doubles, the best three results of both players will be added together.
             1.1.3.2 In the event a very strong player from out of country/province plays in the BC Series tournaments,
              the seeding will be determined based on the best available results data.

1.2 HOW DOES BC JUNIOR RANKINGS CALCULATE TO BADMINTON CANADA JUNIOR RANKINGS?

1.3  NATIONAL JUNIOR RANKINGS
For complete details refer to Badminton Canada’s General Competitions Regulations – Rankings and Seedings starting on page 11 and on page 90-92.

2.0 BC JUNIOR SEEDING

2.1 Seeding of an event will be based on Athletes Ranking based on the points accumulated from the athlete’s three (3) best results in a specific event at any of the BC Junior Series events or the BC Junior Provincial Championships held.

2.2 Number of Seeds 

       2.3.1 The number of seeded entries will depend on the overall number of entries in the specific event. 
                 The number of seeds will be: 

                 1-16 entries: 2 seeds
                 17-31 entries: 4 seeds
                 32-63 entries: 8 seeds
                 64 or more entries: 16 seeds

3.0 BC OPEN* RANKING

3.1 BC SENIOR RANKINGS POINTS TABLE 

3.1.1 An Athlete’s BC Open Ranking is accumulated (TOTAL POINTS) from the Athlete's results in a specific event at any of the BC Open A Series tournaments or the BC Open Provincial Championships held

3.1.2 The BC Senior ranking list will be used to determine:

            3.1.2.1 For Doubles and Mixed Doubles the best three results of both players will be added together.
            3.1.2.2 In the event a very strong player from out of country/province plays in the BC Series tournaments,
            the seeding will be determined based on the best available results data.

3.2 BC Open B Series and BC Open B Provincial are non-ranking points events.

*Open equates to Senior
 

3.3 HOW DOES BC OPEN RANKINGS CALCULATE TO BADMINTON CANADA SENIOR RANKINGS?

3.4 NATIONAL SENIOR RANKINGS
For complete details refer to Badminton Canada’s General Competitions Regulations – Rankings and Seedings starting on page 11 and on page 90-92.

4.0 BC OPEN SEEDING

4.1 Seeding of an event will be based on Athletes Ranking based on the points accumulated (TOTAL POINTS) from the athlete’s three (3) best results in a specific event at any of the BC Open A Series events or the BC Open A Provincial Championships held.

4.2 Number of Seeds 

       4.2.1 The number of seeded entries will depend on the overall number of entries in the specific event. 
       The number of seeds will be: 

                 1-16 entries: 2 seeds
                 17-31 entries: 4 seeds
                 32-63 entries: 8 seeds
                 64 or more entries: 16 seeds
 

5.0 MASTERS RANKING AND SEEDING

5.1 BC Masters Ranking Points and Seeding

6.0 PARA RANKING AND SEEDING

6.1 Currently no provincial or national ranking points tables for Para Badminton
6.2 Currently no seeding guidelines

Updated: 2025-09-05