The
2005 IBF World Championships
The 2005 IBF World Championships (14th World Badminton Championships) was held in Anaheim, southern California, United States, from August 15 to August 21, 2005.
2004 Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men's singles over Chi ...
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World Badminton Championships
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) took place in
Arrowhead Pond
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Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it w ...
in
Anaheim
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United States
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, between August 15 and August 21, 2005. Following the results in the men's singles.
Seeds
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Lin Dan
Lin Dan (; born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, five-time World championship gold medalist, two-time World Cup champion, two-time Asian games gold medalist, four- ...
, ''Runner-up''
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Kenneth Jonassen
Kenneth Jonassen (born 3 July 1974) is a Danish badminton coach and former player, who won Danish national and international titles during the first decade of the 21st century. The big, hard fighting Dane was often ranked among the top few singl ...
, ''Quarter-final''
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, ''Semi-final''
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Bao Chunlai
Bao Chunlai (; ; born 17 February 1983) is a retired left-handed badminton player from China.
Career
The tall, powerful Bao ranked among the world's leading singles player during the first decade of the 21st century. He was a member of Chi ...
, ''Quarter-final''
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Lee Chong Wei
Lee Chong Wei (; born 21 October 1982) is a Malaysian former professional badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the fifth ...
, ''Semi-final''
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Taufik Hidayat
Taufik Hidayat (born 10 August 1981) is an Indonesian retired badminton player who is the current Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport of Indonesia. He is a former BWF World Championships, World champion, Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olymp ...
, ''Champion''
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Chen Hong, ''Quarter-final''
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Muhammad Hafiz Hashim
Muhammad Hafiz bin Hashim (born 13 September 1982) is a former Malaysian badminton player who currently works as a coach. His biggest success was winning the 2003 All England Open Badminton Championships.
Achievements Southeast Asian Gam ...
, ''Third round''
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Ng Wei
Ng Wei (; born 14 July 1981) is a former Hong Kong badminton player from Jiangsu. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Ng was the bronze medalist at the 1999 Asian Junior Championships, also at the 2003
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, ''Third round''
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Wong Choong Hann
Wong Choong Hann (; born 17 February 1977) is a Malaysian former badminton player. He was the first Malaysian to win a medal in the men's singles event at the BWF World Championships. He resigned as the coaching director for the Malaysia nat ...
, ''Third round''
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Boonsak Ponsana
Boonsak Ponsana (; ; born 22 February 1982) is a Thai badminton player. His younger sister Salakjit Ponsana is also part of the Thailand badminton team. He got a Bachelor of Laws from Sripatum University.
Career
Ponsana competed at the Badmin ...
, ''Third round''
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Niels Christian Kaldau
Niels Christian Kaldau (born 22 December 1974) is a male badminton player from Denmark.
Career
Kaldau won the Portuguese Badminton Champs in 1998, 2002 and 2003, the German Open in 2002, the Bitburger Open in 2004 and the Spanish Internati ...
, ''Second round''
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Lee Hyun-il
Lee Hyun-il (; 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 medals at the ...
, ''Quarter-final''
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Dicky Palyama
Dicky Palyama (born March 26, 1978, in Gouda, South Holland, Gouda) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.
Early career
After winning four junior titles in the Netherlands between 1994 and 1996, Dicky took the European junior U19 title ...
, ''First round''
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Björn Joppien
Björn Joppien (born 30 January 1981) is a male badminton player from Germany.
Career
Joppien played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of Finland in the first round. In the round of 16, Joppien was ...
, ''Third round''
Main stage
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Final stage
External links
2005 IBF results
{{DEFAULTSORT:2005 Ibf World Championships - Men's Singles
Mens Singles, 2005 Ibf World Championships