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2008 Uber Cup
The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008. Host city selection China, Indonesia, and the United States submitted a bid for the event. International Badminton Federation selected Indonesia as the host for the event during a council meeting in December 2005. Qualification Seedings All the seeding list based on February 28, 2008 world rankings as the draw was conducted on March 11, 2008. The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot. ;Thomas Cup # # # # # # # # # # # # ;Uber Cup # # # # # # # # # # # # Squads Thomas Cup Groups Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Uber Cup Groups Group W Group X Group Y Group Z Knock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istora Gelora Bung Karno
Gelora Bung Karno Sports Palace ( id, Istana Olahraga Gelora Bung Karno, abbreviated as ''Istora''), the formerly name ''Istora Senayan'' is an indoor sporting arena located in Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia. The capacity of the arena after 2018 reopening is 7,166. This arena is usually used for badminton tournaments. Its maiden event was the 1961 Thomas Cup. It was also used during the 1962 Asian Games and was renovated to host the 2018 edition. Its first post-renovation event was the 2018 Indonesia Masters. During the latter Games, it hosted the badminton and later stages of basketball events. The arena originally was planned to stage the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and becoming the only Indonesian venue in the three-country joint bid but was moved to a newly-built arena inside the complex. It hosted the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup instead. Development Istora had a U-shaped indoor lobby attached on its front since some time after the 1960s to 2016. The cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton Pan Am
The Badminton Pan Am (BPA) organisation is the governing body for the sport of badminton in the Americas and is recognized as such by the Badminton World Federation - BWF. It was founded as a continental governing body on February 13, 1976 in the headquarters of the Mexican Olympic Committee in Mexico City. The Pan American Badminton Confederation was founded by Badminton Canada, the Jamaica Badminton Association, Federacion Mexicana de Badminton, Comision Nacional de Badminton Peru and the United States Badminton Association. BPAC was founded in Mexico City in 1976 and had nominated Victor Jaramillo of Mexico as President until an official election was scheduled to take place at the first Pan Am Championships the following year. The first Badminton Pan Am Championships was held in Moncton, New Brunswick-Canada, in April 1977. Jaramillo was confirmed as president and stayed in position until 1981. During these five years, the Pan American Badminton Championships were held in Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Sports Competitions Hosted By Indonesia
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2008 In Indonesian Sport
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2008 In Badminton
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas & Uber Cup
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2008 Thomas & Uber Cup
The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008. Host city selection China, Indonesia, and the United States submitted a bid for the event. International Badminton Federation selected Indonesia as the host for the event during a council meeting in December 2005. Qualification Seedings All the seeding list based on February 28, 2008 world rankings as the draw was conducted on March 11, 2008. The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot. ;Thomas Cup # # # # # # # # # # # # ;Uber Cup # # # # # # # # # # # # Squads Thomas Cup Groups Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Uber Cup Groups Group W Group X Group Y Group Z Knock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
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Malaysia National Badminton Team
The Malaysia national badminton team is a badminton team that plays for Malaysia in international competitions. The men's team has enjoyed immense success, having won the Thomas Cup five times, most recently in 1992 and became runner-up nine times. In the Uber Cup competition, the women's team with the best results in 1975, 2004, 2008 and 2010 edition making it to the quarter-finals. Malaysia competed in the Sudirman Cup since 1989 with the best result in 2009 and 2021, placed third. Competitive record International Thomas & Uber Cup Sudirman Cup Commonwealth Games Asia Asia Championships Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Players Current squad As of 19 December 2022 : ;Male players *Aaron Chia * Chia Wei Jie *Goh Sze Fei *Liew Daren *Lee Zii Jia *Leong Jun Hao *Nur Izzuddin *Ng Tze Yong *Ong Yew Sin * Aidil Sholeh *Soh Wooi Yik *Teo Ee Yi ;Female players * Chan Wen Tse *Anna Cheong *Goh Jin Wei * Myisha Mohd Khairul *Thinaah Muralitharan *Pearly Tan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England National Badminton Team
The England national badminton team represents England in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by ''Badminton England'', the governing body for badminton in England. The English team is ranked 13 on the world ranking and has had many appearances in international team events. England were runners-up at the 1963 and the 1984 Uber Cup. They've also been semifinalists 4 times at the Uber Cup. The men's team had two semifinal finishes at the 1982 and 1984 edition of the Thomas Cup. England only finished in the final four once in the Sudirman Cup which was in 2007. Next to Denmark, England is one of the dominant badminton nations in Europe, having won the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships five times and having many podium finishes at the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. Summer Olympic Games List of medalists Participation in BWF competitions ;Thomas Cup ;Uber Cup ;Sudirman Cup :''**Red border color indicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea National Badminton Team
The South Korea national badminton team represents South Korea in international badminton team competitions. The team emerged as the Sudirman Cup champion in 1991, 1993, 2003, and 2017, also won world women's team championships in the 2010 and repeated this feat in the 2022 Uber Cups. Participation in BWF competitions ;Thomas Cup ;Uber Cup ;Sudirman Cup Participation in Badminton Asia Championships ;Men's team ;Women's team ;Mixed team Famous players ;Men *Lee Hyun-il *Park Sung-hwan *Shon Wan-ho *Jung Jae-sung *Lee Yong-dae *Ko Sung-hyun *Yoo Yeon-seong * Kim Sa-Rang *Kim Ki-jung *Shin Baek-cheol *Seo Seung-jae *Choi Sol-gyu ;Women *Bae Seung-hee * Lee Yun-hwa * Sung Ji-hyun *Bae Youn-joo * Ha Jung-eun *Lee Kyung-won * Kim Min-jung *Jung Kyung-eun * Lee Hyo-jung *Kim Ha-na * Chae Yu-jung References {{DEFAULTSORT:Korea National Badminton Team Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesia National Badminton Team
The Indonesia national badminton team represents Indonesia in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Badminton Association of Indonesia, the governing body for badminton in Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the only two countries beside China who has won all badminton discipline in the Olympic Games. The Indonesian team has not been absent from the Thomas Cup tournament (world men's team championship) since it first entered and won the competition in 1958. The Indonesia men's team has participated in Thomas Cup 28 times, won the title 14 times and never failed to qualify for inter-zone competition. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie on 21 occasions and never failed to place among the top four teams, except in 2012. The Indonesia women's team has participated in Uber Cup 25 times, won the title 3 times and once failed to qualify in 2006. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie on 10 occasions. The Indonesia mixed team has won Sudirman C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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