GUANGZHOU, China, May 18: The International Badminton Federation (IBF) said Saturday it will end its experiment with a radical new scoring system and revert back to its former best-of-three up to 15 points format.

Badminton has been experimenting with a change in scoring at Grand Prix events and major tournaments since 2001.

Under the new system, matches were played under a best-of-five up to seven point format or “5x7” for both men and women.

However, following an IBF council meeting to consider a total of five possible options to transform badminton’s scoring system, a majority of the 20 attending members had voted in favour of ending the experiment. —AFP