The 2016 Uber Cup takes place in Kunshan, China starting on Sunday. No, the event is not named after the ride-share service, this Uber has been around since the 1950s and is a bi-annual women’s team competition. The US team is seeded 13th for the group stage placing them into a group with #3 Korea, #7 Chinese Taipei, and #16 Mauritius.

The US is taking a young team to the event, four of their five team members are teenagers. 21-year-old Iris Wang is the veteran of the group while 15-year-old Jennie Gai is the youngest member. Annie Xu and Kerry Xu are twin 16-year-olds while Crystal Pan is 17. Wang is the highest ranked player at #34 while Pan is #226. The other three are ranked outside the top 1200 and none are ranked in the top 800 of doubles play. This team has little chance of advancing to the knockout round this year but hopefully as they grow in experience they may bring the US closer to their one time strength in badminton (three Uber Cup titles between 1957 and 1963).

The US starts the competition with Korea on Sunday and then Chinese Taipei on Monday. Whether they still have a chance to advance when they face Mauritius on Wednesday remains to be seen but seems unlikely.