...it's nearing with less than 3 weeks to go, does anyone know who will come??..I thought the deadline has passed and they will announce the participants sometimes late this month or early next month??...
thx for any infos..:)

only three play lee wan wah /zhong and a single player will represent Malaysia .hopely it is not another China Master:cool:

only three play lee wan wah /zhong and a single player will represent Malaysia .hopely it is not another China Master:cool:

If the top 16 men and top 8 doubles pair really come, here's Team Indonesia's list:

MEN'S SINGLES
Taufik Hidayat (8)
Sony Dwi Kuncoro (14)

MEN'S DOUBLES
Candra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto (1)
Luluk Hadiyanto/Alven Yulianto (4)

MIXED DOUBLES
Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir (2)

However, I suspect Team Indonesia will not send the full team for this invitational tournament. Taufik is certainly a doubt because he will be competing in the SEA Games and is likely to rest before playing in the tournament that he craves the most: the All-England in just 1 mth time.

Sony, Luluk/Alven, and Nova/Butet will be in the SEA Games, so, it will also be exhausting for them to fly back to China (after just coming back) and compete in the World Cup.

Candra/Sigit could be there because they have no other committments for December.

only three play lee wan wah /zhong and a single player will represent Malaysia .hopely it is not another China Master:cool:

i think it will be :)

most players would like to rest at the end of year (chritsmas and new year)

Just read from Bola that Taufik and Sony have refused the invitation, reasons being they are not ready.

That leaves Candra/Sigit and Nova/Butet as the only pairs left. I think they won't go too.

..not a surprise, not a surprise to me...I guess since it's an "invitation" event also..I won't be surprise if neither Candra/Sigit nor Nova/Butet will come as well..

So i guess Taufik decided that he'll concentrate and prepare himself for next year's(Jan.) All England. He has about 5+ weeks to prepare..Who knows, since the World Cup will be held in about 2 weeks time and if most if not the majority of the MS are playing there(ie. LD, CH, BCL, Gade, KJ, LCW to name a few), next year's AE could field a "favorable" draw for Taufik, since it will be held early in the year unlike usual. Take into consideration also the time frame between the 2 tourneys, plus there won't be as many top players coming or they won't be ready..

Just read from Bola that Taufik and Sony have refused the invitation, reasons being they are not ready.

That leaves Candra/Sigit and Nova/Butet as the only pairs left. I think they won't go too.

..not a surprise, not a surprise to me...I guess since it's an "invitation" event also..I won't be surprise if neither Candra/Sigit nor Nova/Butet will come as well..

So i guess Taufik decided that he'll concentrate and prepare himself for next year's(Jan.) All England. He has about 5+ weeks to prepare..Who knows, since the World Cup will be held in about 2 weeks time and if most if not the majority of the MS are playing there(ie. LD, CH, BCL, Gade, KJ, LCW to name a few), next year's AE could field a "favorable" draw for Taufik, since it will be held early in the year unlike usual. Take into consideration also the time frame between the 2 tourneys, plus there won't be as many top players coming or they won't be ready..
i am just sad ... first china open , now world cup...

i am just sad ... first china open , now world cup...

i feel sorry for u, too :)

i feel sorry for u, too :)
thank you:)
now i just wait for a miracle:rolleyes: ;)

most msia players wont go cos there is also a competition going on during that time. think the only player that is going is hafiz and wan wah/tan fook....but wan wah/tan fook not too sure cos wan wah is injured

Gade wont play world cup either, dont know about Jonassen or the rest of the danish squad. Think they play Copenhagen Masters instead

how pathetic,,,:( maybe only the china players will be competing

how pathetic,,,:( maybe only the china players will be competing
i think the organizers have done a lot , and it's called "world cup" , i think it's big title, why they are all not coming , do they just don't like to play in china:( :( :(

only three play lee wan wah /zhong and a single player will represent Malaysia .hopely it is not another China Master:cool:

The 3 players representing Malaysia are Lee Wan Wah/Choong Tan Fook and Hafiz Hashim as their points are not enough to qualify for Malaysia National GP Grand Finals.

YKH made it compulsory for the rest to participate in the GP finals...

I also think its sad the best players around wont attend World cup but I dont think its pathetic, rather understandable. The schedule of tournaments and a upcoming All England is a I see it the main reason why a lot of players have sad no...

Way back when there was the Grand Prix Final, all players were eager to qualify and attended this honourable event ... What a sad thing as World Cup can be as attractive/exciting as World Championship ... May be China is not the hollyground for this event but is the only country that has the money to do it. I think this event will do very well in US, I know I will pay the same price as World Championship to watch.
So when is the next big badminton event in US if World Championship were such a big hit as claimed ??????? Hello IBF ...

I also think its sad the best players around wont attend World cup but I dont think its pathetic, rather understandable. The schedule of tournaments and a upcoming All England is a I see it the main reason why a lot of players have sad no...
but i remember before the world chaimpionship this year , all the best players were eager to attend the SO and MO to gain more points as well as to maintain
their status... I still can't understand this

The latest about the participants of World Cup is still not finalize(sound more like unknown to me). According the the report from http://sports.sina.com.cn/s/2005-12-09/0859727193s.shtml , Taufik has yet to confirm his attendance as of Dec 9th.
So sad.

but i remember before the world chaimpionship this year , all the best players were eager to attend the SO and MO to gain more points as well as to maintain
their status... I still can't understand this

It's the end of the year holiday season for most countries. So, after a long season, the players deserve a few weeks of rest. Remember that unlike before, we will have a packed January coming up with 3 back-to-back European Opens.

It's the end of the year holiday season for most countries. So, after a long season, the players deserve a few weeks of rest. Remember that unlike before, we will have a packed January coming up with 3 back-to-back European Opens.
thank you for your explain :)
just curious, in south east asia countries, like malaysia and indonesia, is the new year more important a holiday or the moslem's great holy day is .
cause as in china, we have new year and the spring festival, we have only one day off for new year, but 7 days off for spring festival. so i thought in malaysia and indonesia maybe the moslem's great holy day is more like spring festival in china and is considered more important than new year.
but, of course , the players deserve a little vacation as there will be a really busy January soon.

Tony and Howard will play the World Cup

As far as I know, these players will come for sure:

MS: Lin Dan, Bao Chunlai, Chen Hong, Hafiz Hashim
WS: Zhang Ning, Xie Xingfang, Lu Lan, Wang Lin
MD: Sang Yang/Zheng Bo
WD: Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen, Wei Yili/Zhang Yawen, Zhao Tingting/Zhang Dan
XD: Zheng Bo/Huang Sui, Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen, Zhang Wei/Yu Yang

The Chinese players arrived in Yiyang already Sunday Dec 11th.

Malaysia will send only Hafiz for MS and Choong Tan Fok/Lee Wan Wah for MD.

Kenneth Jonassen(MS, DEN) and Sigit/Chandra(MD, INA) also confirmed participating. However, Taufik(due to injury) and Peter will not be participating for sure.

Kenneth Jonassen(MS, DEN) and Sigit/Chandra(MD, INA) also confirmed participating. However, Taufik(due to injury) and Peter will not be participating for sure.
what? injured again?! do you know what kind of injury ?

As I predicted earlier, Team Indonesia only sends 2 doubles pairs: Candra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto and Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir.

The bad news is: both pairs have not really been exposed to the new scoring system.

As I predicted earlier, Team Indonesia only sends 2 doubles pairs: Candra Wijaya/Sigit Budiarto and Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir.

The bad news is: both pairs have not really been exposed to the new scoring system.

Isn't this the first time the IBF is using these new scoring system? If it is, then there's no advantage to anyone.

Gunawan/Bach are there, so is Boonsak, Sudket/Saralee, and I think Salakjit too.

Taufik is not injure, it was excuse he gave for not coming. Part of the list is out as follow:
MS: (12 players)
Bao Chunlai, Lin Dan, Chen Hong, Kenneth Jonassen, Lee Hyun Il, Hafiz Hashim, Shon Sho Mong, Boonsak Ponsana, Chen Jin, Ayub, Ng Wei(Kong Kong), Kusuma(Hong Kong, brother of Alan Budi Kusuma)
WS:(10 players)
Zang Ning, Xie Xingfang, Wu Lan, Wand Lin Chan, Yao Jie, ???
MD : (8 pairs)
Howard Bach/Tony Gunanwan, Sigit Budiarto/Chandra Wijaya, Fu Haifen/Cai Yun, Jen Eriksen/Hensen, Lee Wan Wah/Choong Tan Fook, Zhang Bo/Sang Yang, ???