# Law 8: Change of Ends (BWF Laws of Badminton)

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Changing ends after games one and two and at 8 points in the third game, and what happens when a change is missed.

## 8.81 Changing Ends

The three changes of ends, the handicap exception and a missed change.

### Test 1: When the players change ends, and a missed change

- Law 8.1.1: the first change comes as game one finishes. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.1.1)
- A second change follows game two, but only when a decider is still to come. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.1.2)
- In the third game the change comes when a side first reaches 8 points (it was 11 before 2027). (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.1.3)
- A missed change is made as soon as it is discovered and the shuttle is not in play. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.2)
- Law 8.2: the change is made late and the score is not altered. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.2)
- With the match already won, no decider is played, so that second change never happens. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.1.2)
- Law 8.1.3 excepts handicap matches, which have their own section of the BWF Statutes. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.1.3)
- Ends change after games one and two and once more during the third game. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.1)
- The change waits for the shuttle to be out of play, and the score is not touched. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.2)
- Reaching 8 in the deciding game is exactly the trigger Law 8.1.3 names. (Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 8.1.3)

Sources: BWF Laws of Badminton, V6.0 in force 4 January 2027, Law 8 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Laws, not reproduced)

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