It seems mostly Japan, Taipei,Hongkong,Nigeria ,KOREA and Nigeria participate in this thourney...

Here is the entry list:

Nigeria?!?!? :eek: Oh wow... maybe next time they might send some to the Indonesia Challenge tournament too... :D It is just more fun to have people from different continents competing...

Might be heading there for the tournament. As non participating participant. heheh

Osaka International Challenge 2009

http://www.osaka-badminton.jp/osaka/international2009-2.jpg

http://www.osaka-badminton.jp/osaka/osaka_international.html

Nigeria?!?!? :eek: Oh wow... maybe next time they might send some to the Indonesia Challenge tournament too... :D It is just more fun to have people from different continents competing...

They played in TC Jakarta last year

the draw of Osaka Challenge,

The poster shown the Beauties - Hirose, Ogura & Shiota. Can't find them on the participants list, why? Ants will take pictures there and they are truly photogenic.:cool:

The poster shown the Beauties - Hirose, Ogura & Shiota. Can't find them on the participants list, why? Ants will take pictures there and they are truly photogenic.:cool:
i have no idea when is their next tournament.

Watch out Osaka, the Gangsters are coming! In dire pursuit of their Billboard Queens, hehe.:D

partial results of round 1 n round 2
http://www.badmintonasia.org/attachment/Osaka%20International%20Challenge%202009%20-%20Results%20010409.xls

partial results of round 1 n round 2
http://www.badmintonasia.org/attachment/Osaka%20International%20Challenge%202009%20-%20Results%20010409.xls
Dont th9nk they posted any results yet...only qualification..as predicted...Nigerians did not show up.....

Dont th9nk they posted any results yet...only qualification..as predicted...Nigerians did not show up.....
oops sorry, this one Link (http://www.go2upload.com/file/2/3782ce.html)

oops sorry, this one Link (http://www.go2upload.com/file/2/3782ce.html)

addt'l results for round 2
http://simplybadminton.blogspot.com/2009/04/results-of-polish-intl-open-cships-2009.html

addt'l results for round 2
http://simplybadminton.blogspot.com/2009/04/results-of-polish-intl-open-cships-2009.html
cant read japanese....can you help post the result, pls?

this is the result's file

many upset,especially in single:eek:

Watch out for the Korean MS!! 4 out of 4 to the semis.
WS semis spots shared by Korea and Japan. I think Ai Goto will take this one. But Kim Moon Hi and Sung Ji Hyun beat some pretty good players to get here.

Doubles controlled by Japan almost absolutely, almost because the top seed in XD Hsieh/Chien (who I think will win) are sticking around.

I thought the KOR MD pairs like Kim Dae Eun/Kim Ki Eung and Shin Baek Cheol/Kim Ki Jung will be able to create some upsets. Unfortunately, they fell to Japanese pairs :eek: That also basically confirms that without Lee Yong Dae's presence, Shin Baek Cheol is still inexperienced enough to even reach QF of an International Challenge tourney.

Kenichi Hayakawa/Kenta Kazuno continue to show good form after their recent showings in Europe. They will be a force to contend with :cool: I will expect them to lift another title, this time at home to further boost their ranking. They are surely now JPN's second representative in the World Championships 2009 later this year. Park Joo Bong is indeed a genius...having transformed the two senior JPN pairs into decent pairs and now, he has a rising young pair up his sleeves to contend with INA, MAS, KOR, and DEN pairs.

Semi Final Results,

winner WS - Goto Ai
the Korean is so TALL:eek:

..i could see the proportion of both gals..:eek:
Btw, why so few spectators??..

ai goto is shorter than 160 cm and kim moon hi is about 180cm i think:confused:

ai goto is shorter than 160 cm and kim moon hi is about 180cm i think185 (http://www.badzine.info/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=176&Itemid=54)cm, actually.Shin Baek Cheol is still inexperienced enough to even reach QF of an International Challenge tourneyWell, he has two IC titles to his name (http://www.internationalbadminton.org/player_info.asp?category=m&playerid=54785). One was with a veteran partner, Bae Seung Hee. The other was with Yoo Hyun Young, who was 17 at the time. Both of his partners in Osaka were very young and inexperienced, though tops as juniors. Shin and Kim went to high school together but they'd never competed together internationally before.

185 (http://www.badzine.info/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=176&Itemid=54)cm

wow,so she is the tallest women player in world circuit?:confused:

MS - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5fptTbtlI/AAAAAAAAAQs/VRpRLQlN7t0/s200/kr.gif (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5fptTbtlI/AAAAAAAAAQs/VRpRLQlN7t0/s1600-h/kr.gif)LEE Cheol Ho 19-21 21-11 21-11 SHON Wan Hohttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5fptTbtlI/AAAAAAAAAQs/VRpRLQlN7t0/s200/kr.gif (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5fptTbtlI/AAAAAAAAAQs/VRpRLQlN7t0/s1600-h/kr.gif)
WS - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s200/jp.gif (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s1600-h/jp.gif)GOTO Ai 21-14 21-14 KIM Moon Hihttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5fptTbtlI/AAAAAAAAAQs/VRpRLQlN7t0/s200/kr.gif (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5fptTbtlI/AAAAAAAAAQs/VRpRLQlN7t0/s1600-h/kr.gif)
MD - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s200/jp.gif (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s1600-h/jp.gif)HIROBE Yoshiteru/KOMIYAMA Hajime 21-19 21-11 HASHIMOTO Hirokatsu/HIRATA Noriyasuhttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s200/jp.gif (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s1600-h/jp.gif)
WD - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s200/jp.gif (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s1600-h/jp.gif)MATSUTOMO Misaki/TAKAHASHI Ayaka 21-16 16-21 24-22 MORI Kaori/WAKISAKA Aya http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s200/jp.gif (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s1600-h/jp.gif)
XD - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eB2ezg8I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/Nc1PDIONaZI/s200/tw.gif (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eB2ezg8I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/Nc1PDIONaZI/s1600-h/tw.gif)HSIEH Yu Hsin/CHIEN Yu Chin 21-18 21-15 HIRATA Noriyasu/MATSUO Shizukahttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s200/jp.gif (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N6J0NXNhlM8/SK5eCLV2TMI/AAAAAAAAAQg/lpC3ddu8WQI/s1600-h/jp.gif)