history of World Cup champs

[taufik-ist]

http://www.intbadfed.org/Portal/intbadfed/prix.html


JAKARTA 1983

MEN'S SINGLES
Luan Jin (CHN) beat Morten Frost (DEN) : 15-2, 15-6


LADIES' SINGLES
Li Lingwei (CHN) beat Han Aiping (CHN) : 11-0, 4-11, 11-4





KUALA LUMPUR 1984


MEN'S SINGLES
Morten Frost (DEN) beat Liem Swie King (INA) : 15-5, 15-4


LADIES' SINGLES
Han Aiping (CHN) beat Ivana Lie (IND) : 11-3, 11-2





TOKYO 1985


MEN'S SINGLES
Han Jian (CHN) beat Sze Yu (AUS) : 15-6, 15-3


LADIES' SINGLES
Li Lingwei (CHN) beat Han Aiping (CHN) : 11-3, 11-3





KUALA LUMPUR 1986


MEN'S SINGLES
Yang Yang (CHN) beat Morten Frost (DEN) : 18-13, 15-8


LADIES' SINGLES
Li Lingwei (CHN) beat Han Aiping (CHN) : 11-5, 11-3


MEN'S DOUBLES
Jalani Sidek/Razif Sidek (MAS) beat Hadibowo/Hartono (INA) : 10-15, 15-5, 18-13


LADIES' DOUBLES
Hwang Hye Young/Chung Myung Hee (KOR) beat Verawaty Fajirin/Ivana (INA) : 15-10, 15-6


MIXED DOUBLES
Nigel Tier/Gillian Gowers (ENG) beat Thomas Kihlström/Christine Magnusson (SWE) : 8-15, 15-4, 15-8





HONG KONG 1987


MEN'S SINGLES
Ziong Guobao (CHN) beat Eddy Kurniawan (INA) : 15-2, 18-14


LADIES' SINGLES
Li Lingwei (CHN) beat Han Aiping (CHN) : 11-8, 11-5


MEN'S DOUBLES
Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi (CHN) beat Zhang Qiang/Zhou Jincau (CHN) : 15-9, 15-4


LADIES' DOUBLES
Guan Weizhen/Lin Ying (CHN) beat Hwang Hye Young/Chung Myung Hee (KOR) : 15-6, 13-15, 15-4


MIXED DOUBLES
Stefan Karlsson/Maria Bengtsson (SWE) beat Billy Gilliland/Gillian Gowers (SCO/ENG) : 15:8, 18:15





HONG KONG 1988


MEN'S SINGLES
Zhang Qingwu (CHN) beat Xiong Guobao (CHN) : 15:10, 4-15, 15-8


LADIES' SINGLES
Han Aiping (CHN) beat Lee Young Suk (KOR) : 11-1, 11-5


MEN'S DOUBLES
Jalani Sidek/Razif Sidek (MAS) beat Eddy Hartono/Rudy Gunawan (INA) : 10-15, 15-6, 15-8


LADIES' DOUBLES
Guan Weizhen/Liu Ying (CHN) beat Hwang Hye Young/Chung Myung Hee (KOR) : 15-4, 15-9


MIXED DOUBLES
Wang Pengren/Shi Fangjung (CHN) beat Andy Goode/Gillian Gowers (ENG) : 15-6, 15-6





SINGAPORE 1989


MEN'S SINGLES
Xiong Guobao (CHN) beat Foo Kok Keong (MAS) : 15-11, 15-7


LADIES' SINGLES
Tang Jiuhong (CHN) beat Han Aiping (CHN) : 12-11, 12-10


MEN'S DOUBLES
Jalani Sidek/Razif Sidek (MAS) beat Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi (CHN) : 15-9, 15-5


LADIES' DOUBLES
Rosiana Tendean/Erma Sulustianingsih (INA) beat Dorte Kjaer/Nette Nielsen (DEN) : 11-15, 18-16, 18-16


MIXED DOUBLES
Eddy Hartono/Verawaty (INA) beat Thomas Lund/Pernille Dupont (DEN) : 12-15, 15-7, 15-6





BALI 1990


MEN'S SINGLES
Eddy Kurniawan (INA) beat Rashid Sidek (MAS) : 18-13, 9-15, 15-2


LADIES' SINGLES
Susi Susanti (INA) beat Tang Jiuhong (CHN) : 8-11, 11-5, 12-10


MEN'S DOUBLES
Eddy Hartono/Rudy Gunawan (INA) beat Cheah Soon Kit/Soo Beng Kiang (MAS) : 15-6, 15-8


LADIES' DOUBLES
Rosiana Tendean/Erma Sulustianingsih (INA) beat Lai Caiqin/Yao Fen (CHN) : 18-14, 15-10


MIXED DOUBLES
Thomas Lund/Pernille Dupont (DEN) beat Jon Holst-Christensen/Grete Mogensen (DEN) : 12-15, 15-9, 15-8





KUALA LUMPUR 1991


MEN'S SINGLES
Zhao Jianhua (CHN) beat Wu Wenkai (CHN) : 15-4, 12-15, 15-12


LADIES' SINGLES
Susi Susanti (INA) beat Lee Heung Soon (KOR) : 11-8, 11-1


MEN'S DOUBLES
Jalani Sidek/Razif Sidek (MAS) beat Zheng Yumin/Hwang Zhanzhong (CHN) : 15-10, 12-15, 18-14


LADIES' DOUBLES
Hwang Hye Young/Chung Myung Hee (KOR) beat Rosiana Tendean/Erma Sulustianingsih (INA) : 18-15, 15-3


MIXED DOUBLES
Thomas Lund/Pernille Dupont (DEN) beat Shou Jin Huan/Gil Young Ah (KOR) : 11-15, 15-7, 15-9





KUALA LUMPUR 1992


MEN'S SINGLES
Rashid Sidek (MAS) beat Allan Budi Kusuma (INA) : 15-9, 5-15, 15-7


LADIES' SINGLES
Susi Susanti (INA) beat Sarwendah (INA) : 9-11, 11-3, 11-4


MEN'S DOUBLES
Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (INA) beat Cheah Soon Kit/Soo Beng Kiang (MAS) : 15-11, 15-6


LADIES' DOUBLES
Lin Yanfen/Yao Fen (CHN) beat Gill Clark/Gillian Gowers (ENG) : 15-7, 17-16


MIXED DOUBLES
Thomas Lund/Pernille Dupont (DEN) beat Jon Holst-Christensen/Grete Mogensen (DEN) : 15-5, 15-2





KUALA LUMPUR 1993


MEN'S SINGLES
Joko Suprianto (INA) beat Heryanto Arbi (INA) : 11-15, 15-2, 15-1


LADIES' SINGLES
Susi Susanti (INA) beat Ye Zhaoying (CHN) : 11-3, 12-9


MEN'S DOUBLES
Rudy Gunawan/Bambang Suprianto (INA) beat Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (INA) : 11-15, 15-10, 15-9


LADIES' DOUBLES
Finarsih/Lili Tampi (INA) beat Eliza/Rosiana Tendean (INA) : 15-11, 15-10


MIXED DOUBLES
Thomas Lund/Catrine Bengtsson (DEN/SWE) beat Nick Ponting/Gill Clark (ENG) 15-9, 15-7





BANGKOK 1994


MEN'S SINGLES
Ardy Wiranata (INA) beat Allan Budi Kusuma (INA) : 9-15, 15-7, 15-5


LADIES' SINGLES
Susi Susanti (INA) beat Ye Zhaoying (CHN) : 4-11, 12-10, 11-4


MEN'S DOUBLES
Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (INA) beat Rudy Gunawan/Bambang Suprianto (INA) : 15-10, 15-7


LADIES' DOUBLES
Ge Fei/Gu Jun (CHN) beat Finarsih/Lili Tampi (INA) : 13-15, 15-8, 15-7


MIXED DOUBLES
Thomas Lund/Marlene Thomsen beat Jan-Eric Antonsson/Astrid Crabo (SWE) : 15-4, 15-9





SINGAPORE 1995


MEN'S SINGLES
Joko Suprianto (INA) beat Ardy B Wiranata (INA) : 15-3, 6-15, 15-6


LADIES' SINGLES
Ye Zhaoying (CHN) beat Lim Xiaoqing (SWE) : 12-10, 8-11, 11-8


MEN'S DOUBLES
Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock (MAL) beat Rudy Gunawan/Bambang Suprianto (INA) : 13-18, 15-2. 15-12


LADIES' DOUBLES
Ge Fei/Gu Jun (CHN) beat Gil Young Ah/Jang Hye Ock (KOR) : 15-7, 15-12


MIXED DOUBLES
Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur (INA) beat Simon Archer/Julie Bradbury (ENG) : 15-8, 15-8





BALI 1996


MEN'S SINGLES
Fung Permadi (TPE) beat Sun Jun (CHN) : 15-12, 15-8


LADIES' SINGLES
Susi Susanti (INA) beat Ye Zhaoying (CHN) : 11-4, 11-1


MEN'S DOUBLES
Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky (INA) beat Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock (MAL) : 15-4, 15-9


LADIES' DOUBLES
Ge Fei/Gu Jun (CHN) beat Eliza/Rosiana Zelin (INA) : 15-4, 15-4


MIXED DOUBLES
Michael Sogaard/Rikke Olsen (DEN) beat Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur (INA) : 15-10, 15-11





JAKARTA 1997


MEN'S SINGLES
Sun Jun (CHN) beat Dong Jiong (CHN) : 15-9, 15-6


LADIES' SINGLES
Ye Zhaoying (CHN) beat Susi Susanti (INA) : 11-4, 11-4


MEN'S DOUBLES
Candra Wijaya/Budiarto Sigit (INA) beat Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock (MAS) : 17-15, 11-15, 15-5


LADIES' DOUBLES
Ge Fei/Gu Jun (CHN) beat Qin Yiyuan/Tang Yonshu (CHN) : 15-1, 15-8


MIXED DOUBLES
Liu Yong/Ge Fei (CHN) beat Trikus Heryanto/Minarti Timur (INA) :15-9, 15-13





BRUNEI 1998


MEN'S SINGLES
Sun Jun (CHN) beat Peter Gade Christensen : 15-11, 15-8


LADIES' SINGLES
Zhang Ning (CHN) beat Dai Yun (CHN) : 11-8, 11-7


MEN'S DOUBLES
Denny Kantono/Budi Antonius (INA) beat Tony Gunawan/Haryanto Halim (INA) : 15-11, 5-15, 15-11


LADIES' DOUBLES
Ge Fei/Gu Jun (CHN) beat Marlene Thomsen/Rikke Olsen (DEN) : W/O


MIXED DOUBLES
Kim Dong Moon/Ra Kyung Min (KOR) beat Simon Archer/Joanne Goode (ENG) : 15-6, 15-9





BRUNEI 1999


MEN'S SINGLES
Peter Gade Christensen (DEN) beat Marleve Mainaky (INA): 15-11, 15-3


LADIES' SINGLES
Ye Zhaoying (CHN) beat Dai Yun (CHN): 11-4, 6-11, 11-9


MEN'S DOUBLES
Candra Wijaya & Tony Gunawan (INA) beat Ha Tae Kwon & Kim Dong Moon (KOR): 15-7, 8-15, 15-11


LADIES' DOUBLES
Ge Fei & Gu Jun (CHN) beat Chung Jae Hee & Ra Kyung Min (KOR): 15-2, 15-4


MIXED DOUBLES
Kim Dong Moon & Ra Kyung Min (KOR) beat Tri Kusharyanto & Minarti Timur (INA): 15-7, 15-7


another salute and two thumbs for susi :D
susi susanti was incredeble player... the best player ever born... :D won 6 titles wc betwen 1990-1996... very 'crazy' player.. she will become the player who won the most wc title and note the record 5 times champion in a row(1990-1994). i think the record will last ver long at least 50 years :D

we must clone susi in order to break 'china wall' :D

[double]

It's NOT World Championship results, it's World Cup Badminton Championship. An invitation tournament which had been stop since 1999.

[virusvoodoo]

It's NOT World Championship results, it's World Cup Badminton Championship. An invitation tournament which had been stop since 1999.

No wonder that looked kinda weird. I was looking back at the year 1997 and I didn't see Peter Rasmussen's and Sun Jun's name.

[iso300]

It's NOT World Championship results, it's World Cup Badminton Championship. An invitation tournament which had been stop since 1999.

These results were of the World Grand Prix Finals.

The World Cup was yet another tournament. :)

[double]

oh yes, I made mistake too :o

It's Grand Prix Final result.

[sunzhi]

Here are the lists of the finals of the WC.. ;)

Venues
1977 Malmo
1980 Jakarta
1983 Copenhagen
1985 Calgary
1987 Beijing
1989 Jakarta
1991 Copenhagen
1994 Birmingham
1995 Lausanne
1997 Glasow
1999 Copenhagen
2001 Seville
2003 Birmingham

[sunzhi]

Men's Singles


1977: (finals and 3rd places)
Flemming Delfs DEN bt Svend Pri DEN 15-5 15-6 (final)
Thomas Kihlström SWE and Lie Sumirat INA (3r place)

1980:
Rudy Hartono INA bt Liem Swie King INA 15-9 15-9
P Hadyanto INA and Lius Pomgoh INA

1983:
Icuk Sugiarto INA bt Liem Swie King INA 15-8 12-15 17-16 Prakash Padukone INA and Han Jian CHN

1985:
Han Jian CHN bt Morten Frost Hansen DEN 14-18 15-10 15-8 Jens-Peter Nierhoff DEN and Yang Yang CHN

1987:
Yang Yang CHN bt Morten Frost Hansen DEN 15-2 13-15 15-12 Icuk Sugiarto INA and Zhao Jianhua CHN

1989:
Yang Yang CHN bt Ardy Wiranata INA 15-10 2-15 15-5
Icuk Sugiarto INA and Eddy Kurniawan INA

1991:
Zhao Jianhua CHN bt Alan Budi Kusuma INA 18-13 15-4 Srdy B Wiranata INA and Liu Jun CHN

1993:
Joko Suprianto INA bt Hermawan Susanto INA 15-5 15-11 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen DEN and Ardy B Wiranata INA

1995:
Hariyanto Arbi INA bt Park Sung Woo KOR 15-11 15-8 Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen DEN and Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen DEN

1997:
Peter Rasmussen DEN bt Sun Jun CHN 16-17 18-13 15-10 Heryanto Arbi INA and Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen DEN

1999:
Sun Jun CHN bt Fung Permadi TAI 15-6 15-13
Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen DEN and Peter Gade-Christensen DEN

2001:
Hendrawan INA bt Peter Gade Christensen DEN 15-6 17-16 Taufik Hidayat INA and Hong Chen CHN

2003:
Xia Xuanze CHN bt Wong Choon Hann MAS 15-6 13-15 15-6 Seung-mo Shon KOR and Bao Chunlai CHN



Fun facts:
1. On the previous 13 editions of WC, only ONE player has won two MS title. Yang Yang won consecutive title in 1987 and 1989.

2. No country has won back to back MS title for the last 10 years. Indonesia did that in 1993 and 1995.

3. China is the most dominant country, winning four continous titles btw 1985 and 1991. They have won a total of 6 titles in 11 participations (they didn't take part in the first 2 editions). Indonesia takes 5 and Denmark 2. Interestingly, only the 3 aforesaid countries have won the MS titles.

4. Most unfortunate final loser goes to Sun Jun when he went down to Peter Rasmussen in 1987. Sun was in very comfortable lead and control but he injured himself. Not to take anything away from Peter Rasmussen, it was, nevertheless, one of the most exciting final.

[sunzhi]

Ladies' Singles:

1977:
Lene Koppen DEN bt Gillian Gilks ENG 12-9 12-11 (final)
Hiroe Yuki JPN and Margaret Lockwood ENG (3rd places)

1980:
Verawaty Wiharjo INA bt Ivana Lie INA 11-1 11-3
Lene Köppen DEN and Tati Sumirah INA

1983:
Li Lingwei CHN bt Han Aiping CHN 11-8 6-11 11-7
Zhang Ailing CHN and Helen Troke GBR

1985:
Han Aiping CHN bt Wu Jianqiu CHN 6-11 12-11 11-2
Zheng Yuli CHN and Li Lingwei CHN

1987:
Han Aiping CHN bt Li Lingwei CHN 10-12 11-4 11-7
Gu Jiaming CHN and Zheng Yuli CHN

1989:
Li Lingwei CHN bt Huang Hua CHN 11-6 12-9
Tang Jiuhong CHN and Sarwendah Kusumawardhani INA

1991:
Tang Jiuhong CHN bt Sarwendah K INA 11-6 11-1
Heung-Soon Lee KOR and Susi Susanti INA

1993:
Susi Susanti INA bt Bang Soo Hyun KOR 7-11 11-9 11-3
Ye Zhaoying CHN and Tang Jiuhong CHN

1995:
Ye Zhaoying CHN bt Han Jingna CHN 11-7 11-0
Susi Susanti INA and Bang Soo Hyun KOR

1997:
Ye Zhaoying CHN bt Gong Zhichao CHN 12-11 11-8
Wang Chen CHN and Han Jingna CHN

1999:
Camilla Martin DEN bt Dai Yun CHN 11-6 6-11 11-10
Gong Ruina CHN and Mette Sörensen DEN

2001:
Gong Ruina CHN bt Zhou Mi CHN 11-9 11-4
Gong Zhichao CHN and Ning Zhang CHN

2003:
Zhang Ning CHN bt Gong Ruina CHN 11-6 11-3
Zhou Mi CHN and Mia Audina-Tjiptawan NED


Fun Facts:
1. China is the most dominant country in WS. Since taking part in 1983, they have only lost two - in 1993 and 1999, to the greatest non-chinese women shuttlers, Susi Susanti and Camilla Martin.

2. With a possible of 44 semifinalists in the last 11 editions, 33 are Chinese. And they are the only country who managed to occupy all 4 spots in the s-final (4 times in 1985, 1987, 1997, 2001). The only time they didn't make it to the final was in 1993 whn both their ladies lost to Susi Susanti and the sweet Bang Soo Hyun.

3. Han Aiping, Li Lingwei and Ye Zhaoying won 2 WS titles each.

[sunzhi]

more on MD, WD and XD later.. ;)

[hunghing]

im surprised to see razif/jailani sidek won 4 times in their career

i knew they were good, but i always thought they were still behind li yongbo/tian bingyi in terms of international success.

good work msia! hehe

[abedeng]

im surprised to see razif/jailani sidek won 4 times in their career

i knew they were good, but i always thought they were still behind li yongbo/tian bingyi in terms of international success.

good work msia! hehe

The Sideks didn't win World Championships, only the World Grand Prix and All-England once. The closest they came in the World Championships was in 1987 when they lost to Bingyi/Yongbo 2-15 15-8 9-15, having beaten Park Joo Bong/Kim Moon Soo in semifinal.

And you are right, Bingyi/Yongbo and Park/Kim had better success due to better attack. The Sideks, however, were the best in defence. Even now, I think current MD pairs are still behind these 3 pairs in overall technique and consistency.

[sunzhi]

The Sideks didn't win World Championships, only the World Grand Prix and All-England once.

You are right, the Sidek brothers (Misbun, Razif, Jalani, Rashid), despite their dominance in Malaysia, has never won any WC title.

[sunzhi]

Men's Doubles

1977:
Tjun Tjun/Johan Wahjudi INA bt Ade Chandra/Christian Hadinata INA 15-6 15-4 (final)
Thomas Kihlström/Bengt Froman SWE and Ray Stevens/Mike Tredgett ENG (3rd places)

1980:
Ade Chandra/Christian Hadinata INA bt Kartono/Rudy Heryanto INA 5-15 15-5 15-7
Razif Sidek/Jailani Sidek MAS and Steen Kovgaard/Flemming Delfs DEN

1983:
Steen Fladberg/Jasper Helledie DEN bt Mike Tredgett/Martin Dew ENG 15-10 15-10
Christian Hadinata/Bobby Ertanto INA and Joo Bong Park/ Lee Eun Ku KOR

1985:
Park Joo Bong/Kim Moon Soo KOR bt Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi CHN 5-15 15-7 15-9
Liem Swie King/H Kartono INA and Mark Christiansen/Michael Kjeldsen DEN

1987:
Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi CHN bt Jalani Sidek/Razif Sidek MAS 15-2 8-15 15-9
Jens-Peter Nierhoff/Michael Kjeldsen DEN and Park Joo-Bong/Kim Moon-Soo KOR

1989:
Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi CHN bt Chen Kang/Chen Hongyong CHN 15-3 15-12
Racif Sidek/Jailani Sidek MAS and Rudy Gunawan/Eddy Hartano INA

1991:
Park Joo Bong/ Kim Moon Soo KOR bt Jon Holst-Christensen/ Thomas Lund DEN 15-4 15-6
Bagus Setiadi/Imay Hendra INA and Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi CHN

1993:
Rudy Gunawan/ Ricky Subagja INA bt Cheah Soon Kit/Soo Beng Kiang MAS 15-11 15-3
Peter Axelsson/Par Gunnar Jonsson SWE and Chen Kang/Chen Hongyong CHN

1995:
Rexy Mainaky/ Ricky Subagja INA bt Jon-Holst Christensen/ Thomas Lund DEN 15-5 15-2
Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim HockMAS and Dong-Moon Kim/Young-Sung Yoo KOR

1997:
Candra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto INA bt Cheah Soon Kit/ Yap Kim Hock MAS 8-15 18-17 15-7
Dong-Soo Lee/Yong-Sung Yoo KOR and Rexy Mainaky/Ricky Subagja INA

1999:
Kim Dong Moon/Ha Tae Kwon KOR bt Lee Dong Soo/Yoo Yung Sung KOR 15-11 15-8
Zhang Wie/Zhang Jun CHN and Simon Archer/Nathan Robertson ENG

2001:
Halim Haryanto/Tony Gunawan INA bt Kim Dong Moon/Ha Tae Kwon KOR 15-0 15-13
Choon Eng Chew/Chong Ming Chan MAS and Wan Wah Lee/Tan Fook Choong MAS

2003:
Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen DEN bt Sigit Budiarto/Candra Wijaya INA 15-7 13-15 15-13
Sang Yang & Zheng Bo CHN and Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng CHN



Fun Facts:
1. Indonesia enjoyed the most success in MD, taking 6 out of 13 titles. Korea took 3, while China and Denmark took 2 each.

2. Park Joo Bong/Kim Moon Soo and Li Yongbo/Tian Bingyi were the only 2 pairs to have won 2 titles (Ricky Subagja won 2 titles with different partners). Li/Tian could be considered the most successful pair – they made it to 4 consecutive semi-finals from 1985-1991, 3 consecutive finals (1985-1989) and won back to back title in 1987 and 1989.

[taufik-ist]

It's NOT World Championship results, it's World Cup Badminton Championship. An invitation tournament which had been stop since 1999.

could tell me ?

both have the same word 'world' :)

[sunzhi]

could tell me ?

both have the same word 'world' :)

what you have posted here is not the World Championship but the Grand Prix Finals, which was last held in 2000?? anyway, it was an annual event at the end of season where top performers (12 singles and 8 pairs in doubles) were invited.

to add on your list, the winners of the Grand Prix Finals 2000 are:

MS : Xia Xuanxe (Chn) vs Marleve Mainaky (Ina) 7-4 7-5 2-7 8-6
WS: Zhou Mi (Chn) vs Gong Zhichao (Chn) 7-5 5-7 7-1 7-0
MD: Candra Wijaya/Tony Gunawan (Ina) vs Halim Heryanto/Sigit Budiarto (Ina) 7-5 8-6 7-2
WD: Huang Nanyan/Yang Wei (Chn) vs Jiang Xuelian/Chen Lin (Chn) 8-6 7-3 3-7 7-3
XD: Jens Eriksen/Mette Schjoldager (Den) vs Tri Kusharyanto/Minarti Timur (Ina) 8-7 7-4 7-4

[extremenanopowe]

cool information.
rgds:D

[other]

could tell me ?

both have the same word 'world' :)

but one has extra words: cup badminton :)

it was held every year (since it was a "normal" tournament albeit invatation) whereas the WChamps was help every two years....but now annually:(

[Han]

But does any one have the data of #1 rank player of WC actually won the title for MS event?

[Mt. Apo]

With all these confusing World Badminton Tournaments, what is then the MOST Pretigious one - equivalent to Wimbledon in tennis?

Maybe its about time that IBF will create or determine major tournaments and name it like The Grand Slams in tenns (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open)

Just a thought! :D

[kokcheng]

How about this for the grand slam in badminton:1]China OPen,2]Indonesia Open,3]Malaysia Open,4]Denmark OPen.Total cash price:Us300,000,Live Scoring,Complete Website,Full Stastitics.Fill Free to complete other necessary details to make these events more entertaining.

[Shifty]

the most prestigious really depends, for team, it'd be Thomas/Uber Cup. for individuals, i'd say World Individual Championships. but above all, Olympics :D :D :D :D

[JasonMichael]

I think should include korea to complete the grand slam of badminton....:)



How about this for the grand slam in badminton:1]China OPen,2]Indonesia Open,3]Malaysia Open,4]Denmark OPen.Total cash price:Us300,000,Live Scoring,Complete Website,Full Stastitics.Fill Free to complete other necessary details to make these events more entertaining.

[jamesd20]

I think should include korea to complete the grand slam of badminton....:)

Korean open is often skipped by top players.

[Cheung]

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2116&highlight=grand+slam

[sabathiel]

A grand slam in badminton must include the mother of all badminton tournaments which began before all the other badminton tournaments started, the All England. Started in 1899 the All England was once considered the unofficial World Championship. A grand slam that doesn't include the All England is ridiculous.

[kian chuan]

wow! today only i know they won 4 world championship. Wow i think i wasnt born yet when the sidek brothers in action. In the time of park joo bong and li yong bo. Wah !!!!!!

[Shifty]

i don't think 4 World Champs, cos that'd be 8 years, a helluva long time. if you read the earlier posts, you'll understand the results are for World Grand Prix Finals, not World Champs