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.

Score results

Score results

Jiaming TAO [CHN] [CHN]
Yawen ZHANG [CHN] [CHN]
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[INA] [INA] Hendra Aprida GUNAWAN [5]
[INA] [INA] Vita MARISSA
21-11 21-14

Eriko HIROSE [JPN] [JPN]
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[CHN] [CHN] Lin WANG [2]
21-19 15-21 21-19

Chong Wei LEE [1] [MAS] [MAS]
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[CHN] [CHN] Jin CHEN [5]
21-14 16-21 21-15

Eei Hui CHIN [3] [MAS] [MAS]
Pei Tty WONG [MAS] [MAS]
-
[TPE] [TPE] Chia Chi CHOU
[TPE] [TPE] Chia Chen YANG
21-12 21-12

Kean Keat KOO [1] [MAS] [MAS]
Boon Heong TAN [MAS] [MAS]
-
[ENG] [ENG] Anthony CLARK [7]
[ENG] [ENG] Nathan ROBERTSON
21-12 23-25 21-11

Hung Ling CHEN [TPE] [TPE]
Chia Chi CHOU [TPE] [TPE]
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[INA] [INA] Flandy LIMPELE
[TPE] [TPE] Wen Hsing CHEN
21-10 19-21 21-13

Thomas LAYBOURN [DEN] [DEN]
Kamilla RYTTER JUHL [DEN] [DEN]
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[ENG] [ENG] Nathan ROBERTSON
[ENG] [ENG] Jenny WALLWORK
21-11 23-21

Jin MA [1] [CHN] [CHN]
Xiaoli WANG [CHN] [CHN]
-
[KOR] [KOR] Min Jung KIM
[KOR] [KOR] Sun Young PARK
21-19 21-13

Biao CHAI [CHN] [CHN]
Nan ZHANG [CHN] [CHN]
-
[JPN] [JPN] Naoki KAWAMAE
[JPN] [JPN] Shoji SATO
21-11 21-16

Peter Hoeg GADE [4] [DEN] [DEN]
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[THA] [THA] Tanongsak SAENSOMBOONSUK
21-15 21-13

Tien Minh NGUYEN [VIE] [VIE]
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[DEN] [DEN] Jan O JORGENSEN
21-17 22-20
Xin WANG [CHN] [CHN]
-
[IND] [IND] Saina NEHWAL [7]
14-21 21-8 21-11

Zhendong GUO [6] [CHN] [CHN]
Chen XU [CHN] [CHN]
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[JPN] [JPN] Kenichi HAYAKAWA
[JPN] [JPN] Kenta KAZUNO
21-17 23-21

Kyung Eun JUNG [KOR] [KOR]
Hyun Young YOO [KOR] [KOR]
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[JPN] [JPN] Mizuki FUJII [7]
[JPN] [JPN] Reika KAKIIWA
21-14 21-16

Sudket PRAPAKAMOL [8] [THA] [THA]
Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM [THA] [THA]
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[KOR] [KOR] Sung Hyun KO
[KOR] [KOR] Jung Eun HA
21-13 21-14

Youn Joo BAE [KOR] [KOR]
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[KOR] [KOR] Ji Hyun SUNG
21-13 21-19

Boonsak PONSANA [THA] [THA]
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[MAS] [MAS] Wei Feng CHONG
21-14 21-9

Alvent Yulianto CHANDRA [4] [INA] [INA]
Hendra Aprida GUNAWAN [INA] [INA]
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[USA] [USA] Howard BACH
[USA] [USA] Tony GUNAWAN
21-15 21-18

Jing DU [2] [CHN] [CHN]
Yang YU [CHN] [CHN]
-
[BUL] [BUL] Petya NEDELCHEVA [6]
[RUS] [RUS] Anastasia RUSSKIKH
21-14 21-5

Yihan WANG [1] [CHN] [CHN]
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[CHN] [CHN] Yanjiao JIANG [5]
21-13 21-17

TAUFIK HIDAYAT DIPANGGIL KE PELATNAS

Jelang babak kualifikasi Piala Thomas dan Uber Cup 2010 yang akan digelar mulai 21-28 Februari 2010 di Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand, PB PBSI telah mempersiapkan 18 atlet bulutangkis dari 14 atlet yang bakal berlaga, masing-masing 8 putra dan 10 putri. Sedangkan 4 lainnya sebagai cadangan.

Menurut I Made Bagus Oka, Wakil Ketua Umum PB PBSI, skuad Merah Putih memang sengaja dilebihkan sebagai upaya antisipasi dini jika kemudian ada atlet yang mendadak tidak bisa diturunkan nanti.

“Di sektor tunggal putra, kami lebihkan satu atlet. Sedangkan putri, kami lebihkan satu atlet di tunggal dan satu pasangan di nomor ganda. Tapi untuk menempatkan siapa yang bakal duduk di bangku cadangan, tergantung hasil akhir latihan yang sampai kini masih berlangsung di pelatnas,” kata Oka

Di tunggal putra, terpilih Simon Santoso yang baru saja sukses menuai ranking pertama Piala Panglima TNI 2010, disusul Sonny Dwi Kuncoro, Tommy Sugiarto dan atlet non pelatnas Taufik Hidayat.

KIDO/HENDRA DIBUTUHKAN

Pasangan Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan masih tetap menjadi andalan utama dari sektor ganda bersama pasangan Rian Sukmawan dan Yonathan Suryatama.

Untuk kembali ‘mendapatkan’ Kido/Hendra, pihak PBSI harus beberapa kali mengadakan pembicaraan serius menyusul rencana hengkangnya pasangan pemetik emas di Olimpiade Beijing 2008 itu dari Pelatnas. “Terus terang, kita masih membutuhkan tenaga Kido dan Hendra. Dan ternyata mereka cukup mengerti dan siap membela tim Merah Putih,” ujar Oka.

Di bagian putri, Aprilia Yuswandari langsung mendapat kepercayaan masuk dalam skuad Uber Cup 2010 menyusul hasil gemilang yang direngkuhnya sebagai juara Panglima TNI. Selama ini pebulutangkis asal Bantul tersebut selalu ditempatkan di lapis dua pelatnas utama. Disusul Maria Kristin, Adrianti Firdasari dan Maria Febe dari Klub Djarum.

Di nomor ganda, PBSI menyiapkan 3 pasangan, yaitu Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda, Meliana Jauhari/Shendy Puspa Irawati dan Lilyana Natsir dengan Aneke Feinya.

“Saya sendiri yang akan memimpin rombongan beserta beberapa pelatih seperti Agus, Marlev dan beberapa ofisial lainnya,” ujar Oka lagi.

Berdasar info kalender BWF 2010, final piala Thomas dan Uber Cup akan digelar mulai 6 sampai 15 Mei 2010 di Malaysia. Dengan begitu Malaysia sebagai tuan rumah dipastikan langsung masuk ke putaran final bersama China sebagai juara bertahan. Secara otomatis Asia hanya akan memperebutkan 4 tiket tersisa dari 6 jatah tiket zona Asia.