2009 East Asian Games Hong Kong

[vorxaw]

http://www.2009eastasiangames.hk/en/index.html

Early December, anyone have more info on it?
It looks like China Japan and Mongolia are sending their full arsenal of players. Should be fun to watch.

[suetyan]

Wow, I have nearly forgotten this event.

CHN team squad

Bao Chunlai
Cai Yun
Chen Jin
Chen Long
Fu Haifeng
Guo Zhengdong
He Hanbin
Lin Dan
Xu Chen
Zheng Bo
Cheng Shu
Du Jing
Jiang Yanjiao
Lu Lan
Ma Jin
Wang Lin
Wang Xiaoli
Wang Yihan
Yu Yang
Zhao Yunlei

[george@chongwei]

it looks like china will make a clean sweep in this east asian games hong kong

[suetyan]

Zhang Yawen is not in the list. Miss her in action. I hope she can find a good partner.

[vorxaw]

ya, strange no korean players......
Mongolia is gonna kick ass

[AlanY]

interesting to know if CHN will send their players to the SS finals that finish on the 6th Dec with only 2 days rest before the start of the East Asian Games on the 9th.

[ctjcad]

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...ad.php?t=60767 (mods to merge?)

With the event happening in early December, i guess we can kiss goodbye the participation of CHN, KOR, JPN, HK players in the upcoming SSMF. Or will there be some notable names, from the aforementioned countries, competing in the SSMF invitation tourney??..

[suetyan]

I guess they will skip the SS final.

[CLELY]

Originally Posted by george@chongwei

it looks like china will make a clean sweep in this east asian games hong kong

Without KOR players attendance as tough opponent in this region, absolutely they will do it.

[Cheung]

I haven't even bothered with tickets for this event. Instead I have tickets for Wushu and rugby sevens.

[Cheung]

Originally Posted by AlanY

interesting to know if CHN will send their players to the SS finals that finish on the 6th Dec with only 2 days rest before the start of the East Asian Games on the 9th.

Yes, China will definitely send their top stars to HK. It shows political support. I think SSfinals will also see the China players playing. East Asian games should not be too strenuous...

[george@chongwei]

Originally Posted by Cheung

I haven't even bothered with tickets for this event. Instead I have tickets for Wushu and rugby sevens.

Might be a wise choice. All matches for china players will only be a training match for them and they can choose when to whitewash their opponent

[Cheung]

Originally Posted by george@chongwei

Might be a wise choice. All matches for china players will only be a training match for them and they can choose when to whitewash their opponent

Exactly. However, tickets for the badminton was sold out very quickly on the 1st day. Shows how popular badminton is in HK.

We really need a bigger venue than the QE stadium for badminton. However, the intimacy is very good.

[george@chongwei]

[quote=Cheung;1291794]Exactly. However, tickets for the badminton was sold out very quickly on the 1st day. Shows how popular badminton is in HK.

[quote]
i see. I think when that time they bought the tickets, i guess they(the buyers) still haven't know who will participate right? Maybe they think LYD will come . Actually i felt pity for those shuttlers who is gonna participate in this EAG, thinking how many points will they get when playing against chinese shuttlers.

[vorxaw]

On the other hand, this may be a tournament filled with trickshots, which will be entertaining also

[kuwichert]

Originally Posted by vorxaw

On the other hand, this may be a tournament filled with trickshots, which will be entertaining also

don't think so since no trick shooters there they all do prepare for SS finals and chinese don't do that at all