Thomas Cup, Uber Cup

Is the Thomas Cup badminton championship for team numbers man who held every two years. The name is derived from the name of the championship Sir George Alan Thomas, former President of the IBF and badminton player from England who donated the cup in 1939.

Thomas Cup is the oldest championship held by the IBF. The first championship was held in the year 1948-1949. In that year, the tournament was attended by 10 countries: Canada, Danish, English, French, Irish, Wales, United States, India, Malaya, and Sweden. Throughout its history, only three countries that had been a champion: the People's Republic of China, Malaysia (Malaya), and Indonesia.

Uber Cup, the championship teams for girls was started in 1956 and implemented in conjunction with the Thomas Cup, but beginning in 2010 the implementation of these two tournaments will be separated.

Each participating team consists of five Thomas Cup men / couples (three singles, two doubles). Defending champion Thomas Cup today is the People's Republic of China, which managed to beat Korea 3-1 in the final in Jakarta.

Lightly Thomas, Uber Weight

Lottery quarter-finals of Thomas and Uber Cup was held in Kuala Lumpur, May 11, 2010, night, local time.

Indonesia Thomas Cup team met opponents who are relatively lightly. In round eight of the later, Taufik Hidayat et al. India will be challenged. Meeting with India is the second time in the Thomas Cup in 2010. In the group stage, Indonesia managed to beat India with a score of 4-1.

If able to bypass hadangan India, the more open the way for Indonesia to advance to the final. In the semifinal later, Indonesia will be challenged to face the winner between Japan with Germany.

Indonesian road towards the top of the party is not too heavy because of the teams avoid badminton world champion, such as China and Korea. In other parts of China will meet South Korea and then the next winner will meet the winner of match between Malaysia which dealing with the Danes.

Unlike the team of Thomas, Uber Cup team Indonesia instead be in the weight toss. In the quarter-finals later, Maria Kristin et al. must challenge the host Malaysia.

Not only weight in round eight of the course, if capable of qualifying for the semi-finals of the Indonesian Uber Cup team is likely going to deal with China. The defending champion had met a team that is relatively lightly, namely India in round eight

In other quarterfinals, Danish Japanese will be challenged. The winner of this match will face the winner between Russia faces South Korea in the semifinals.

SUPER SERIES 2011-2013: BWF appoints TSA & ESG

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced today, that it has appointed Total Sports Asia (TSA) and Enterprise Sports Group (ESG) as the Media and Sponsorship Agencies for the second edition of the BWF World Super Series (2011 – 2013).



“The BWF is very pleased to have TSA and ESG as its partners moving forward to the next phase. We believe that the hosts of the Super Series, the BWF and this new partnership with TSA and ESG will not only secure a significant commercial income, but will also significantly raise the bar in terms of quality and reach of the product.

“I very much look forward to working with this new team in the next phase” said Thomas Lund, COO on the confirmation of TSA and ESG.”



The BWF World Super Series is a 12 event top level badminton series attracting the top 32 players in each of the five disciplines of the sport – men’s/women’s singles, men’s/women’s doubles and mixed doubles.



At the end of each Series a Super Series Masters Finals is held which is an event with the “best of the best” from the 12 event Series for that year.



The appointment follows an extensive research project in 2009 that reviewed the marketability of BWF properties and the BWF World Super Series.



The next objective for the BWF is to look at its world events (BWF World Championships / World Team Championships) – both individual and team event, with a view to securing the agencies for 2012 and beyond.

Badminton: 2011 BWF World Championships to be held in London

The World Badminton Federation (WBF) has announced that London will host the 2011 BWF World Championships, giving fans a sneak peek of world talent ahead of the Olympic Games in 2012.

The annual event will be played at Wembley Arena from 8 –14th August 2011 and is hosted by BADMINTON England.

China, who have a trophy cabinet stuffed with 49 titles since 1977, are the favourites but they face stiff competition from Denmark, Indonesia, Korea and Malaysia.

The Brits however, shouldn’t be underrated. They have faired well in the Championships, most notably in 2006 when Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms secured the gold medal in the mixed doubles.

SUHANDINATA CUP 2010

SUHANDINATA CUP 2010: China win again, Denmark gets top six finish


China successfully defended the World Junior Championships Suhandinata Cup they won last year when they beat South Korea 3-0 at the CODE Dome in Guadalajara, Mexico on Monday.

Malaysia bagged the bronze medal when they edged Indonesia 3-2 with the women’s doubles pair of Shevon Lai-Yang Li Lian smashing their way to the winning point with a three-game win over Nurbeta Kwanrico-Aulia Putri Darajat.

In other play-off ties, Denmark emerged as the best placed European team when they secured sixth position while England and Germany finished 10th and 12th respectively.



In the final, China’s Liu Cheng and Bao Yixin dropped the first game but quickly recovered to dominate the South Korean pair of Kang Ji Wook-Seung Il Choi in the second and third games. The Chinese eventually won 15-21, 21-17, 21-19.



China, who have only surrendered the title once in seven outings, and incidentally to South Korea in 2006, were not going to allow history repeat itself and seized control of the tie when Huaug Yuxiang beat Lee Hong Je in three games – 17-21, 21-16, 21-14.



Suo Di, the reigning Asian junior champion, gave the Chinese the winning point with a comfortable 21-15, 21-13 win Park Ko Wonn.



In the morning, Japan beat Denmark to secure the fifth place while Chinese Taipei defeated Thailand 3-0 to secure seventh place.



Three matches were enough for India to secure the ninth place leaving England in 10th and Hong Kong in 11th after a fiercely competitive match against Germany, 3-2 in favour of the Asians.



Final Positions: 1 China, 2 South Korea, 3 Malaysia, 4 Indonesia, 5 Japan, 6 Denmark, 7 Chinese Taipei, 8 Thailand, 9 India, 10 England, 11 Hong Kong, 12 Germany, 13 France, 14 Netherlands, 15 Singapore, 16 Canada, 17 Turkey, 18 Peru, 19 Austria, 20 USA, 21 Mexico, 22 Puerto Rico, 23 South Africa, 24 Dominican Republic.