PETALING JAYA: Lee Zii Jia can play as knowledgeable participant sooner than anticipated for Malaysia even when Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) resolve to ban him for 2 years.
There is a rule within the Badminton World Federation (BWF) that permits him to accomplish that however he has to transfer to one other nation first.
World No. 7 Zii Jia, who has resigned from the nationwide crew and ready for a verdict on his eligibility to play (at 4pm Friday), can transfer his coaching base to Dubai, and if he stays there for a length of time, his identify can be entered by the United Arab Emirates Badminton Federation for worldwide tournaments.
He doesn’t have to change his citizenship. He can nonetheless select to play beneath the Malaysian flag.
Under the BWF jurisdiction rule, it was earlier acknowledged {that a} participant wanted to keep just for three months overseas to get an approval from the member affiliation of that nation to play.
Under a brand new rule nevertheless, the interval has been prolonged from three to 12 months.
A detailed contact from the BWF mentioned for badminton to transfer ahead, they want to encourage the participation {of professional} gamers.
“For badminton to develop, BWF have to be open. Some gamers are suppressed beneath the nationwide guidelines whereas some gamers do not need the perfect of services to practice at their locations,” he mentioned.
“Some nation do not need a coaching base that can take a participant to one other degree.
“By shifting to one other base, they get to proceed their progress as a badminton participant. And happily, the world physique do have a rule that permits this to occur. These gamers do not need to change their citizenship they usually can select to play beneath their very own nationwide flag.”
In part 5 on Jurisdiction, Player entry registration and Penalty beneath the BWF’s General Competition Regulations, it’s acknowledged that: “A participant comes beneath the jurisdiction of all members to which the participant is straight or not directly affiliated.”
It went on to say in Clause 5.2.2: “A participant comes beneath continued jurisdiction of a member for a interval of 12 months after ceasing to reside within the nation of that member.”
A very good level of reference is a latest case involving girls’s singles shuttler Jordan Hart of Wales, though in her case, she selected to change her flag to Poland.
Hart adopted her coach to Poland as they’d higher coaching services and the switch course of was allowed by BWF – and all of it occurred simply inside three months and it didn’t have an effect on her world rating.
She took half within the Poland Open final 12 months beneath Wales however in May on the Spain Masters, she performed beneath Poland’s flag.
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