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Nozomi Okuhara
is a Japanese badminton player. A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and gold medal at the 2017 World Championships. Career Okuhara started playing badminton since 2002. Eight years later, precisely in 2010 she joined the Japanese national team. The 2010 Osaka International Challenge became her international debut. 2010–2012 In 2010, Okuhara reached the final of Lao International which she lost to Nitchaon Jindapol. The 16-year-old Okuhara became the youngest women's singles champion ever at the Japanese National Championships in 2011. Additionally, she won the Austrian title by defeating her teammate Mayu Sekiya and a bronze medal at World Junior Championships. Okuhara was a runner-up at the Asian Junior Championships, and helped her team in winning the mixed team title. She later clinched the gold medal at the World Junior Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Australian Super Series
The 2017 Australian Super Series was the sixth Super Series badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Sydney from 20–25 June 2017 with a total purse of $750,000. Men's singles Seeds Top half Bottom half Finals Women's singles Seeds Top half Bottom half Finals Men's doubles Seeds Top half Bottom half Finals Women's doubles Seeds Top half Bottom half Finals Mixed doubles Seeds Top half Bottom half Finals References External links Tournament LinkOfficial website {{2017 BWF Super Series Australian Open (badminton) Australian Super Series Sports competitions in Sydney 2017 in Australian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uber Cup
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled times and venues were merged with those of Thomas Cup, the world men's team championship. In 2007, the Badminton World Federation decided to have Thomas and Uber Cup finals separated again but the proposal was ultimately abandoned. The Uber Cup is named after a former British women's badminton player, Betty Uber, who in 1950 had the idea of hosting a women's event similar to the men's. She also made the draw for the 1956–1957 inaugural tournament, which took place at Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire, England. The cup follows a similar format to that of the men's competition of the Thomas Cup. As of the 2020 tournament, China is the most successful team, having won 15 titles. Japan is sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams Event
The Team event tournament of the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships was the fourteenth tournament of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held from October 25–28, 2012 in Chiba, Japan. According to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 30 teams have confirmed their participation. The winner of the tournament would have Suhandinata Cup for about a year until the next BWF World Junior Championships Team Event is held. Seedings The seedings for teams competing in the tournament were released on October 11, 2012. It was based on aggregated points from the best players in the world junior ranking and the result of last year tournament. The tournament was divided into four groups, with Japan and China were the two top seeds, and 2 teams (Malaysia and Korea) in the seeded 3-4 were also put into the same group. another 4 teams were put in the second groups. Eight teams (seeded 9-16) were seeded into third groups and the last sixteen teams were seeded into last groups. The draw was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls Singles
The Girls Singles tournament of the 2012 BWF World Junior Championships was held from October 30 until November 3. The defending champion, Ratchanok Intanon, who won the tournament for 3 years in a row decided not to take part this time even though her age was still eligible. Japanese girl Nozomi Okuhara, who was beaten by Intanon in the semi final of the previous year's tournament, won the all-Japanese final against her teammate Akane Yamaguchi 21-12, 21-9. Seeded # Tai Tzu-ying ''(quarter-final)'' # Busanan Ongbamrungphan ''(quarter-final)'' # Nozomi Okuhara (champion) # Neslihan Yiğit ''(third round)'' # Sun Yu ''(semi-final)'' # Iris Wang ''(third round)'' # Stefani Stoeva ''(fourth round)'' # Line Kjærsfeldt ''(third round)'' # Liang Xiaoyu ''(third round)'' # Kim Hyo-min ''(fourth round)'' # Sandra-Maria Jensen ''(third round)'' # Lucie Černá ''(third round)'' # Hanna Ramadhini ''(quarter-final)'' # Akane Yamaguchi ''(final)'' # Christin Tsai ''(fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2012 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Chiba, Japan from October 25 to November 3, 2012. Medalists Medal table External linksWorld Juniors Team Championships 2012at ''Tournamentsoftware.com''World Junior Championships 2012at ''Tournamentsoftware.com'' {{World Junior badminton champs BWF World Junior Championships World Junior Championships 2012 Bwf World Junior Championships Bwf World Junior Championships The BWF World Junior Championships (also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world. The championships is ... Sport in Chiba (city) 2012 in Japanese sport 2012 in youth sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF World Junior Championships
The BWF World Junior Championships (also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world. The championships is held annually and consists of two separate competitions: a mixed team championships (Suhandinata Cup) followed by an individual championships (Eye Level Cups). Editions The precursor of the championships was the Bimantara World Junior Invitational held in Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. In 1992, International Badminton Federation (former name of Badminton World Federation) started the first IBF World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. BWF later decided the championships will be held annually instead of biennially starting from the 2007 edition. The 2020 BWF World Junior Championships was a tournament that was to be the twenty-second edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. It would have be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 11 to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships
The 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships were held at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India, on 15–21 February 2016 and were organised by Badminton Asia Confederation. Host city selection Hyderabad was selected over Bangkok in the bidding process for the first ever Badminton Asia Team Championships. Medalists Men's team Group stage Group A *''China vs. Singapore'' *''India vs. Singapore'' *''China vs. India'' Group B *''Malaysia vs. Sri Lanka'' *''Japan vs. Nepal'' *''Japan vs. Sri Lanka'' *''Malaysia vs. Nepal'' *''Sri Lanka vs. Nepal'' *''Japan vs. Malaysia'' Group C *''Indonesia vs. Maldives'' *''Chinese Taipei vs. Thailand'' *''Chinese Taipei vs. Maldives'' *''Indonesia vs. Thailand'' *''Indonesia vs. Chinese Taipei'' *''Thailand vs. Maldives'' Group D *''South Korea vs. Philippines'' *''Hong Kong vs. Philippines'' *''South Korea vs. Hong Kong'' Knockout stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Women's team Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships
The 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships were held at the Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium in Alor Setar, Malaysia, from 6 to 11 February 2018 and were organised by the Badminton Asia. This tournament also served as the Asian qualification for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup. Medalists Tournament The 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships officially crowned the best male and female national badminton teams in Asia and at the same time worked as the Asian qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 28 teams, consisting of 15 men's teams and 13 women's teams entered the tournament. Venue This tournament was held at Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium in Alor Setar, Malaysia. Seeds The seeding were as follows: * Men's team # # # # # # # # * Women's team # # # # # # # # Draw The draw was held on 23 January 2018, at the tournament venue. The men's team group stage consisted of one group with three teams and three groups each with four teams. The women's te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton Asia Championships
The Badminton Asia Championships (formerly Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by governing body Badminton Asia to crown the best badminton players in Asia. The tournament started in 1962 and is held annually since 1991. The event had rotated between team and individual competitions before the team event became null since 1994. At the 2003 event however, there is a controversy when China decided to pull out from the tournament at the last minute. Head coach Li Yongbo said that the tournament did not award any ranking points for the 2004 Summer Olympics event and wanted to give his players more time to rest. Some of the top players were also willing to pull out from the tournament since the competitiveness of the event was low. Championships Individual championships The table below states all the host cities (and their countries) of the Asia Championships. The number of events at each has ranged from one to six, and is given in the right-mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2018 Asian Games – Women's Team
The badminton women's team tournament at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta took place from 19 to 22 August at Istora Gelora Bung Karno. The draw for the team event was held on 16 August. China team was the reigning champion after winning the gold medal in Incheon and Japan led the seeding. Mongolia withdrew from this event. Japan won the gold medal defeating second seed China 3–1 in the final, Indonesia and Thailand shared the bronze medal after losing in the semi-finals. Akane Yamaguchi lost the first match to Chen Yufei from China 21–15 21–12. In the next bout, Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota beat Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan 21–12, 21–17, to make the team result 1–1. Nozomi Okuhara made it 2–1 for Japan after she beat He Bingjiao 21–16, 19–21, 21–15. There was no such drama in the last match when Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi beat Huang Dongping and Zheng Yu Zheng Yu (; born 7 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player from the Jiangsu pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton At The 2018 Asian Games
Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia from 19 to 28 August. The badminton programme in 2018 included men's and women's singles competitions; men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions along with men's and women's team events. Schedule Medalists Medal table Participating nations A total of 224 athletes from 19 nations competed in badminton at the 2018 Asian Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksBadminton at the 2018 Asian Games {{Asian Games Badminton |
Badminton At The Asian Games
Badminton has been one of the regular Asian Games sports since 1962 in Jakarta, Indonesia. History Badminton made its debut in the Asian Games as a demonstration sport at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, and became a regular competitive sport in 1962. In the 1962 Games, six events were held, with singles, doubles and team event for both men and women. The mixed doubles event was added in 1966 Asian Games. There was a playoff between the two semifinal losers to determine the sole winner of the bronze medal in 1962; but since 1966, two bronze medals per event are awarded in each event (except in 1974). Competition Asian Games badminton consists of a single-elimination tournament. Each match is played to the best of three games, each game is of 21 points. Rally scoring is used, meaning a player does not need to be serving to score. A player must win by two points or be the first player to 30 points. Editions Events Medal table Performance by nations Participating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
