European Junior Championship

[elmos]

Did not see a post yet, maybe it's just me :)

Always nice to see how might be the next big thing in Europe (and maybe in the World).

Team Championship starts the 3th of april

http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=DB8204B5-1AD6-47A1-879C-EAC30EF478B5

Individual event from 07-04

http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/seeds.aspx?id=6B0F3351-B4A9-4C21-A7DE-C9B122D2FA79

[limsy]

nice...hope to see how good they are....(those tat in my note book)hehe

[elmos]

Well the Netherlands have a very good team this year so I think they'll claim the Team Championship. Russia, England, Germany and off course Denmark will battle for the other medals.

Predictions for the indivual event will came later :p

[limsy]

Well the Netherlands have a very good team this year so I think they'll claim the Team Championship. Russia, England, Germany and off course Denmark will battle for the other medals.

Predictions for the indivual event will came later :p

i think russia very strong in girls event....:)

[badMania]

Sylvain Grosjean/Sam Magee will be vying for the title after 2 near misses, beaten in the German and Dutch Juniors by Mohd Ulinnuha/Berry Angriawan.

[Krisna]

Sylvain Grosjean/Sam Magee will be vying for the title after 2 near misses, beaten in the German and Dutch Juniors by Mohd Ulinnuha/Berry Angriawan.

Euro-badminton is very liberal eh? This pair is from France and Ireland...:eek: Even at the Junior level a pair can represent 2 different national badminton associations... I am sure we won't find this practice at the Asian Junior Championships... :o

Oh, I predict Russia will win WS and WD in this tournament. I love this! If Russia and the other Eastern block countries support badminton, then we will most probably stay in the Olympics forever... :cool: AND, we will see more sexy Eastern Euro girls playing badminton. Good for the sport! :cool:

[**KZ**]

hmm...pedro martin from portugal seem to be a talented player....maybe he'll make it to the final or maybe even win...here comes portugal!!

[qazwsx]

should have some live streaming, check this site http://lnx.eurojunior2009.org/

[qazwsx]

should be some live streaming http://lnx.eurojunior2009.org/

[elmos]

Euro-badminton is very liberal eh? This pair is from France and Ireland...:eek: Even at the Junior level a pair can represent 2 different national badminton associations... I am sure we won't find this practice at the Asian Junior Championships... :o

Oh, I predict Russia will win WS and WD in this tournament. I love this! If Russia and the other Eastern block countries support badminton, then we will most probably stay in the Olympics forever... :cool: AND, we will see more sexy Eastern Euro girls playing badminton. Good for the sport! :cool:

These two are already playing for a long time and it doesn't seem like they will be playing with a compatriot in the near future. But I'm not sure if they're allowed to play together at the world championships or even the Olympics... :confused:

[elmos]

Semi finals today around five:

Denmark vs. England and Germany vs. The Netherlands!

[elmos]

And who else than Denmark won!!

Denmark - The Netherlands 3-0

My predictions for the upcoming individual event:

- final men's singles: Martins - Rasmussen

- final women's singles: Hald -Tan

[demolidor]

What a draw!? The tophalf of both MS and WS seems a lot stronger :rolleyes: ...

[elmos]

What a draw!? The tophalf of both MS and WS seems a lot stronger :rolleyes: ...

I agree, difficulty with these Juniors is that they don't have much to qualify them on. So there's a lot of discussion between the organisation and the different countries about this everytime again. Also a lot of players in Southern Europe don't play a lot of tournaments, so it's almost impossible to know how good they are...

[FeintMan]

MS :

Martins - Rasmussen

WS:

Marin (Spain) - Hald

[demolidor]

:p Then I'll go for Martins v Borg & Hald v Clausen ...

Great (:() the no sound cam on court 2 :rolleyes:. Means missing out on the court 5 scheduled matches including Deprez v Hald http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/images/icons/icon13.gif.

[**KZ**]

can we actually watch it live? cos i can't seem to watch it...

[**KZ**]

I can watch live streaming already....problem it's streaming is just too bad and too slow for me....damn...

[FeintMan]

As I said, Carolina Marin is going to win that championship.

[elmos]

As I said, Carolina Marin is going to win that championship.

You seem to be very sure ;)

But I still think there are better around. :)

[FeintMan]

Look look, she's now in Quarter Finals!
I've seen this girl playing against very good players and she's really impressive.

I'm sure she will win :)

[elmos]

Look look, she's now in Quarter Finals!
I've seen this girl playing against very good players and she's really impressive.

I'm sure she will win :)

I never heard of her, but that's not unusual for Spanish players ;)

What do you know about her?

[FeintMan]

I'm an spanish player (under 19) and I've been in many concentrations with her. I think she's 15, but she is the top woman player in Spain ( I think that she will beat the Olympic player Yoana Martinez ). She's a very complete player and I have no doubt that she will play in London 2012. I'm serious, you have to see how this girl plays, it's awesome (and she's only 15 or 16!)

[demolidor]

The numbers don't lie :cool:. Spanish U15 champ last year, this year's U17 champ already. Played Chloe Magee and Maja Tvrdy till 21-23 in the 3rd at the European Team champs not long ago. Now beating the few names I had on my bottom half list already :). Semi's should be reachable and then who knows ...

Borg out, Borg out :rolleyes:. That was pretty weak or pretty strong by Rasmussen depending on how you want to look at it haha. Didn't seem to happy with himself so I'll call it pretty weak http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/images/icons/icon13.gif.

[FeintMan]

Hahaha, yes, I hope seeing her playing in LIVE in the camera they have in Milano, it's so impressive :)

I think that Jamie Van Hooijdonk would win Bajuk and then we'll have to see what happens with Rasmussen :P

[efslin]

Borg did not impress me at all in either yesterday's or today's match. He was slow on court. Rasmussen played a solid match but nothing special.

The other MS match on camera earlier today: Lehikoinen/Persson was much better.

[elmos]

Bajuk should be exhausted after his previous match.

It took him 72 minutes!!

Tan is leading against Lene Clausen, so go Belgium!

And Again that Marin is leading also!

@Feintman: do you have a picture of her? Can't find one. And are you also playing for Spain? (and what's your name)

[FeintMan]

Here you are:
http://www.badminton.es/images/inlinephotos/fesba/fesba_881_2009040714061638.jpg
This is the Spanish selection. She's the first girl starting from the right.

http://www.20minutos.es/imagen/936159 <- She when she won the U17 in Spain.

http://www.badminton.es/photobook_getphoto.aspx?id=113006 <- Here she is with the U19 selection.

I'm Eric Navarro and I lasted 5th in the last U17 Spanish Championship (I lost the match between Diego Errandonea).

[elmos]

Here you are:
http://www.badminton.es/images/inlinephotos/fesba/fesba_881_2009040714061638.jpg
This is the Spanish selection. She's the first girl starting from the right.

http://www.20minutos.es/imagen/936159 <- She when she won the U17 in Spain.

http://www.badminton.es/photobook_getphoto.aspx?id=113006 <- Here she is with the U19 selection.

I'm Eric Navarro and I lasted 5th in the last U17 Spanish Championship (I lost the match between Diego Errandonea).

Thanks a lot! If she's just 15 she ican very well be the future leading lady of European badminton. And she has to play against my compatroit Lianne Tan in the semi final! :p

[FeintMan]

Lianne Tan? Beatriz Corrales played against her and they did a 3-sets match. C. Marin win easily in 2 sets Beatriz Corrales so.. good luck for Tan! I'm still thinking she will win this champ! :P

[FeintMan]

Have u seen the match Holst - Martins?
Awesome match! I could record it and I'll upload it to YouTube!
Who will win in MS?
PS: When will be played the semifinals?

[efslin]

Martins is out :( ultimately I think the Danish coaching experience made the difference in this match..

It will be interesting to see Holst played against Lehikoinen in the SF, Lehikoinen beat Holst in the team event.

[Isegrim]

yeah great match!
but tomorrow he will be stopped by lehikoinen. he already lost to the finnish
in the team event :)

[Isegrim]

two people with the same idea ;)
i played against lehikoinen at an international tournament last year
and i lost 21-4 21-9... but the match was after a hard injury..

[elmos]

I reckoned Lehikoinen to be an outsider, but after the defeat of favorite Martins everyone of the semi-finalists has a change...

[**KZ**]

wow...seems that there are other european countries besides denmark that are producing good players nowadays...spain even portugal....hope that they will become eventual champions in the near future...

[**KZ**]

for those that are able to watch these matches pls do post them on youtube...thx...

[FeintMan]

Ok, let me some time and I'll post Martins - Holst (i had some issues with the LIVE camera transmission, but it's good quality)

What time are the smifinals?

[**KZ**]

tell me when u've posted the matches....the live streaming is just too bad in malaysia....thx so much...i really wanna see the quality of these juniors....

[**KZ**]

The semis are on now....nobody watching?

[coachgary]

Well done on reaching the final Jamie. Pasg Hapus

[demolidor]

Kasper "LCW" Lehikoinen vs Emil "TH" Holst :D ...

[**KZ**]

Kasper "LCW" Lehikoinen vs Emil "TH" Holst :D ...

lol...y the nicknames?

[**KZ**]

ah i can't watch it...damn....sound yes but the vid is jammed....

[demolidor]

lol...y the nicknames?

Now you can see for yourself ;): http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1143781&postcount=42

[grhm2356]

Ok, let me some time and I'll post Martins - Holst (i had some issues with the LIVE camera transmission, but it's good quality)

What time are the smifinals?

Can u please upload the video? I'm Portuguese and I couldn't watch the game yesterday. Thanks dude! ;)

[demolidor]

Can u please upload the video? I'm Portuguese and I couldn't watch the game yesterday. Thanks dude! ;)

Has already been uploaded here: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68548
Page 3 I think ...


Disappointing they didn't move the remaining matches to the cam court :rolleyes:.

[grhm2356]

Has already been uploaded here: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68548
Page 3 I think ...


Disappointing they didn't move the remaining matches to the cam court :rolleyes:.

Thanks! Gonna watch it now.

[badboypedi]

does anyone know who the spanish girl is??? carolina maria marin??
i never heard anything of her, and shemade it to the final????
on www.badminton.de it says, that she is only 15 years old, but her age is not confirmed yet...

[FeintMan]

Hi, I'm an spanish player, so I know perfectly Carolina Marin (i've commented her in the other pages of this topic).
I'm sure she will win tomorrow, in a easy way: i have seen her winning chinese people and defeating big names of international badminton. She was born in 1993, but she's now 15. I have posted pics of her in the other pages.

She will, for sure, WIN, easily (2 sets).

[limsy]

Hi, I'm an spanish player, so I know perfectly Carolina Marin (i've commented her in the other pages of this topic).
I'm sure she will win tomorrow, in a easy way: i have seen her winning chinese people and defeating big names of international badminton. She was born in 1993, but she's now 15. I have posted pics of her in the other pages.

She will, for sure, WIN, easily (2 sets).

who did she beat before?i mean those big names:D

[FeintMan]

In the last World Championship of Schools (or something like that) she won the two Chineses and Taiwan's players. In Spain she beats Bin Xin Xu (she's quite good, at least here) and Zhang You.
Well! You'll see tomorrow :) By now she's showing her fantastic game to the rest of the europeans, so have faith in her ;)

[demolidor]

¡Vamos Carolina! :):p

[efslin]

as usual, Denmark won MS and WS titles.

[badboypedi]

what a tight match!! the spanish girl was defeated in about an hour by anne hald.. next match to be mens double

[FeintMan]

Well, Anne Hald has defeated Carolina Marin, but that was a good match, wasn't it? :P
It's not bad for a 15 year-old girl.

[grhm2356]

In the last World Championship of Schools (or something like that) she won the two Chineses and Taiwan's players. In Spain she beats Bin Xin Xu (she's quite good, at least here) and Zhang You.
Well! You'll see tomorrow :) By now she's showing her fantastic game to the rest of the europeans, so have faith in her ;)

Well, she lost. But she is a very good player indeed.
But what is the matter with her attitude? Fair play is a very beautiful thing. Not apologizing if the shuttle hit the net and passed to the other side, not polite passing the shuttle to the other player to serve... oh well, maybe it will come with age.

[FeintMan]

I know what you're saying, she's not really polite in the court, but I hope that come with age. She acted rly bad in some actions during the match.

[Ton-Min-Bad]

Great match! It was just so close!

I don't have any problems with Marin's behaviour. She's just very passionate about her sports. There are enough robotic pokerfaces running around the court IMO.

[FeintMan]

Hahaha At least I can tell you that she's rly kind outside the court and quite a happy girl. Her behaviour in the court is all about concentration, she doesn't care about what the opponent thinks, which's good.

[george@chongwei]

wow, so who's winning very big here?:)

[**KZ**]

looks like carolina will be the next saina nehwal....young and already making it big....though I hope she'll be mentally stronger...

[badMania]

Sylvain Grosjean/Sam Magee will be vying for the title after 2 near misses, beaten in the German and Dutch Juniors by Mohd Ulinnuha/Berry Angriawan.

Look's like my prediction in MD is spot on. So, Ulin/Berry are slightly superior compared to the European champions, which will be good news for them in the upcoming World Juniors. We shall see who are the pairs from CHN, KOR, and MAS that will challenge the INA pair.

[trephine]

Have sombody any badminton video with Carolina Marin?

[ctjcad]

..found 3 videos on youtube of this youthful European sensation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzyjr-sLfnY (a collection of images w/ the tune of Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGoW2c4iNbQ (match vs. Rachel V. Cutsen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzoeQEcEfdM (interview)

[Ton-Min-Bad]

^Another video of Carolina Marin you can find here:

http://www.vimeo.com/4129077

[trephine]

Th you for videos!!!