The 2016

Korea Masters The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an Inter ...

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. The tournament was held at Seogwipo Olympic Memorial Civic Center in Seogwipo in South Korea 6–11 December 2016 and had a total purse of $120,000.

Men's singles

Seeds

Son Wan-ho Son Wan-ho (Hangul: 손완호; or ; born 17 May 1988) is a South Korean badminton player. He reached a career high as world number 1 in the men's singles in May 2017. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays primarily defensive ...

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Lee Hyun-il Lee Hyun-il ( ko, 이현일; born 17 April 1980) is a former badminton player from South Korea. He is a former World and Asian Championships bronze medalist, and was part of South Korean team that won the 2003 Sudirman Cup as well the gold medal ...

''(second round)'' # Lee Dong-keun ''(quarterfinals)'' # Wang Tzu-wei ''(second round)'' # Zulfadli Zulkiffli ''(withdrew)'' #

Jeon Hyeok-jin Jeon Hyeok-jin (born 13 June 1995) is a Korean badminton player. Specializing in singles, he was runner-up at the 2013 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He was part of the Korean team that won men's team gold at the 2014 Asian Games and th ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Kanta Tsuneyama ''(withdrew)'' # Pannawit Thongnuam ''(second round)''

Finals

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Section 4

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Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Women's singles

Seeds

Sung Ji-hyun Sung Ji-hyun (; born 29 July 1991) is a South Korean badminton player from Seoul. She is an Asian Championship gold medalist, a two-time Summer Universiade gold medalist, and a World Championship bronze medalist. She was also part of South Kore ...

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Bae Yeon-ju Bae Yeon-ju (Hangul: 배연주, Hanja: 裵延姝; ; born 26 October 1990) is a retired international badminton player from South Korea. Career Bae started playing badminton at aged 10, and first gained international attention in 2006 when she ...

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Yui Hashimoto is a Japanese badminton player who plays for NTT East badminton club. She retired from the National team on 26 December 2019 at the Japanese National Badminton Championships. Achievements BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, launched on ...

''(second round)'' # Ayumi Mine ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Aya Ohori is a Japanese badminton player from Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,8 ...

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Hsu Ya-ching Hsu Ya-ching (; born 30 July 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Personal life Hsu is married to former doubles partner Lin Chia-yu Lin Chia-yu (; born 30 June 1993) is a Taiwanese badminton player. In 2011, he won the gold medal at th ...

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Kim Hyo-min Kim Hyo-min (born 8 December 1995 ) is a South Korean badminton player. Although she now specializes in singles, Kim's first big result in a major international junior event came when she and fellow singles specialist Lee Min-ji reached the gir ...

''(second round)'' # Lee Chia-hsin ''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

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Men's doubles

Seeds

# Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang ''(final)'' #

Kittinupong Kedren Kittinupong Kedren ( th, กิตตินุพงษ์ เกตุเรน; born 19 July 1996) is a Thai badminton player. He was the gold medalists at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Dec ...

/ Dechapol Puavaranukroh ''(second round)'' #

Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (born 30 December 1988) is a retired Singaporean badminton player. Career Danny competed at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he captured a bronze medal in the mixed team and a silver medal in the men's doubles ...

/ Hendra Wijaya ''(first round)'' # Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko ''(first round)'' # Huang Kaixiang / Wang Yilu ''(withdrew)'' #

Lu Ching-yao Lu Ching-yao (; born 7 June 1993) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was the silver medalist at the 2011 Asian Junior Championships, and 2015 Summer Universiade. He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Singapore International ...

/ Yang Po-han ''(semifinals)'' #

Hiroyuki Saeki is a former Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Unisys team. Career Saeki was born in Okayama Prefecture, and in 2005 he won the boys' singles bronze at the Asian Junior Championships. In 2013, he won the men's doubles title at th ...

Ryota Taohata is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Nihon Unisys team since April 2011. He was a bronze medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games in the men's doubles event, and was part of the Japanese team that won silver medal at the 2016 Asia Te ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Lin Chia-yu / Wang Chi-lin ''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

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Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Jung Kyung-eun Jung Kyung-eun (Hangul: 정경은; or ; born 20 March 1990) is a South Korean professional badminton player. She was the 2016 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in the women's doubles event. Career Jung Kyung-eun began her career competing in s ...

Shin Seung-chan Shin Seung-chan (신승찬; ; born 6 December 1994) is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mi ...

(champion) # Chang Ye-na /

Lee So-hee Lee So-hee (Hangul: 이소희; ; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player. She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament. She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships a ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Puttita Supajirakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai ''(first round)'' # Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota ''(first round)'' #

Bao Yixin Bao Yixin (; born 29 September 1992) is a Chinese badminton doubles player. She won titles in the women's doubles category with many different partners. She won two World Junior titles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships held in Guadalaj ...

Yu Xiaohan Yu Xiaohan () is a retired badminton player from China. She won the 2015 Singapore Super Series with Ou Dongni. Yu was suspended for 7 months by BWF because one of her sample during 2015 Summer Universiade contained sibutramine. She announced h ...

''(withdrew)'' #

Chae Yoo-jung Chae Yoo-jung (, Hanja: 蔡侑玎; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 2 ...

/ Kim So-yeong ''(final)'' #

Kim Hye-rin Kim Hye-rin (Hangul: 김혜린; born 19 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. In 2013, she won the mixed doubles title at the Romanian International tournament partnered with Choi Sol-gyu. In 2017, she won the silver medal at the Asia ...

Yoo Hae-won Yoo Chae-ran (born 7 November 1992 as Yoo Hae-won Hangul: 유해원) is a South Korean badminton player who joined the South Korea national badminton team in 2011. At the Asian Championships, she won women's doubles bronze medal in 2013 and silv ...

''(semifinals)'' # Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara ''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

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Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

# Ko Sung-hyun /

Kim Ha-na Kim Ha-na (Hangul: 김하나; or ; born 27 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player. She was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Championships, and was part of the national team that won the Sudirman Cup in 2017. Kim wo ...

(champion) # Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai ''(final)'' # Terry Hee Yong Kai /

Tan Wei Han Jessica Tan Wei Han (; born 16 July 1993) is a Singaporean badminton player. Together with Terry Hee, they won their first BWF World Tour title as a duo at the 2022 India Open. Tan along with Hee also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles even ...

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Evgenij Dremin Evgenij Nikolaevich Dremin (russian: Евгений Николаевич Дремин; born 24 February 1981) is a Russian badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented ...

Evgenia Dimova Evgenia Aleksandrovna Dimova (russian: Евгения Александровна Димова; born 29 April 1982) is a Russian badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and imple ...

''(first round)'' #

Yuta Watanabe is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student at ...

/ Arisa Higashino ''(second round)'' # Wang Yilu / Du Yue ''(withdrew)'' # Lee Jhe-huei / Wu Ti-jung ''(first round)'' #

He Jiting He Jiting (, born 19 February 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. As a junior player, his best achievements was winning the boys' doubles at the 2015 Asian and World Junior Championships, later won the mixed doubles at the 2016 Asian and Wo ...

/ Xu Ya ''(quarterfinals)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

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at www.koreabadminton.org
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