Hong Kong, China or India for the next Thomas Cup. I would really hope it's HK (for obvious reasons). But staging the event for a 3rd time in 8yrs? Unlikely.
China would probably the most dominate. If you look at the other tournaments, they are really coming up quick.
Why not Brunei? Why not let Brunei as the default site for all badminton tournament as an exchange to vote their Sudan(King) the badminton association Chairman.
Re: Why not Brunei? i wonder how the sutan is doing with today high oil prices. I think a pocket change donation of a few million dollars could sure kick start badminton in north america.
Re: Why not Brunei? To badmintoncentral of course !! Beside, HQ of IBF is in UK (i think) and they know little about north american culture, media, cuisine, etc etc
Re: Why not Brunei? remember, the sultans love badminton. They even fly in big name pros to play with them.
Re: Of venues, sultans and other big stars In reply to Cheung's original posting, my preferred venue would be India simply coz it's different. Good idea to try and spread our feathered sport elsewhere (not too sure about the development in India, cept for the Pradukone academy) but bad if it's not gonna draw the crowds. Anyone knows the popularity level of the game there? Some rumours I heard about the Sultan, he's so rich he's got 1)rooms wall-papered with dollar notes 2)gold-plated water carriages. Second one's prob more likely to be true. Cooler's post reminded me of another one stating Paul Newman and Leo DiCap as badminton lovers. Read somewhere that Michael Schumacher and Gong Li love it as well. Adel
Re: Of venues, sultans and other big stars Best reason to have the tournament in Hong Kong: We can all stay at Cheung's house! )
Re: Of venues, sultans and other big stars That's if you don;t mind sleeping on top of each other. Err, that doesn't sound very nice. I meant that my place is pretty small, so to sleep over you'd have to be stacked up bunk bed fashion!!
