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Badminton moved to 21-point games in 2006

Rally scoring replaced the old system where only the server scored Games used to go to 15 points for men and 11 for women, and points could only be won by the serving side. The new format means every rally counts and matches finish in more predictable time. A game must be won by two clear points, up to a limit of 30. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Badminton moved to 21-point games in 2006: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Rally scoring replaced the old system where only the server scored. The figure is taken from Badminton World Federation, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.