Young shutters from 4 nations to feature badminton tournament in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia, Japan and South Korea will dispatch their young players to vie in the junior badminton championship in Indonesia

next month, committee said on Tuesday.

The young shuttlers will compete in the badminton team championship which is scheduled to be held in Magelang town of Central Java province from December 5 to 10, said Achmad Budiharto, senior member of the committee.

The event with group system is expected to train the young players to compete in such format and rise their experience, he disclosed.

"The experience in vying with group format is very important for young players," he told a press conference.

The tournament provides a 265 million rupiah (some 19,566 U.S. dollars) in prize.