All England Open Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious
badminton tournaments. It developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in
Guildford in 1898. The tournament was successfully organised in April 4, 1899, however only three categories were staged. The first three tournaments were named "The Open English Championships". It was considered the unofficial
World Badminton Championships until 1977 when the
IBF launched its tournament. Since 1984 the tournament has been exclusively sponsored by
Yonex.
Encyclopedia
The
All England Open Badminton Championships is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious
badminton tournaments. It developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in
Guildford in 1898. The tournament was successfully organised in April 4, 1899, however only three categories were staged. The first three tournaments were named "The Open English Championships". It was considered the unofficial
World Badminton Championships until 1977 when the
IBF launched its tournament. Since 1984 the tournament has been exclusively sponsored by
Yonex.
The tournaments were halted twice: during
World War I from 1915 to 1919 and
World War II from 1940 to 1946.
Historical Venues for the Championships
The tournament has outgrown eight venues, and is now played at the
National Indoor Arena,
Birmingham.
- HQ of the London Scottish Rifles at Buckingham Gate
- Crystal Palace Central Transept
- London Rifles Brigade's City Headquarters in Bunhill Row
- Horticultural Hall in Vincent Square behind the Army and Navy Stores
- Harringay Arena, North London Stadium
- Empress Hall, Earls Court
- Wembley Arena
- National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Past Winners
- For full details about this topic, see
2006 final
| Category | Winners | Score | Runners-up |
|---|
| Men's Singles | | Lin Dan15–7, 15–7 | | Lee Hyun-il
| Men's Doubles | | Jens Eriksen - Martin Lundgaard Hansen17–15, 14–17, 15–2 | | Choong Tan Fook - Lee Wan Wah
| Women's Singles | | Xie Xingfang11–3, 9–11, 11–3 | | Zhang Ning
| Women's Doubles | | Gao Ling - Huang Sui6–15, 15–11, 15–2 | Yang Wei - Zhang Jiewen |
| Mixed Doubles | | Zhang Jun - Gao Ling12–15, 17–14, 15–1 | | Nathan Robertson - Gail Emms
See also
- Sir George Alan Thomas
- Wong Peng Soon
- Rudy Hartono
- Liem Swie King
- Prakash Padukone
- Morten Frost
- Yang Yang
- Sun Jun
- Peter Gade
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- Jens Eriksen
- Fu Haifeng
- Cai Yun
