BWF MEDIA UPDATE (Adapted) Thomas Cup champions Indonesia, who regained the trophy last year after a 19-year wait, find themselves in a tricky group as they prepare to defend their title next month. The 14-time champions will expect a feisty challenge from Thailand, who will be fired up on home turf, besides Korea and Singapore.…
BWF MEDIA UPDATE The TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2022 take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 – 15 May 2022. Originally, the winner of the Oceania Men’s and Women’s Team Championships would go on to compete at the respective Men’s and Women’s World Team Championships Finals – the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas and…
In February 2022, the VICTOR Oceania Men’s and Women’s Team Championships were meant to take place in North Harbour, New Zealand, alongside the Open Individual Championships, Junior Individual and Mixed Team tournament. While the (Open) Individual tournament was able to be postponed and has moved to Melbourne (Australia) between 28 April – 1 May, the…
For the last two months, students from across the Northern Marianas Islands have been competing in the TakeCare Interscholastic Badminton League at the TSL Sports Complex – the same where the impending Northern Marianas 2022 Pacific Mini Games will take place from 17-25 June 2022. A total of 17 teams took part in the inaugural…
Oceania Masters in Paradise 2022 delighted to welcome Australian players following border re-opening and quarantine-free travel announcement. Following the New Zealand Government and Cook Islands Government announcements this week, Badminton Oceania is delighted to extend the invite to Australian players to compete in the Oceania Masters in Paradise 2022. Until now, only players from New…
The Oceania Tour was first launched in 2019 – an initiative which is linked to the Badminton Oceania Player Development programme which is supported by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). With an aim to encourage players to support Oceania events and provide the highest performing players with additional support to enable them to attend international…
Pictured: U17 Men’s Doubles winners Jin Chung and Chen Yang with Sandra Low (right) Photo credit: Guam National Badminton Federation From 11-13 February 2022, teams from Guam and Northern Marianas (Team NMI) reunited for the first time since before the global pandemic began, to compete in the 2022 Guam Badminton Invitational Tournament. The invitational event…
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Badminton Oceania and Badminton Victoria are delighted to announce that the VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships 2022 will be taking place at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre from Friday 29 – Sunday 31 July 2022. The Continental Para Badminton Championships last took place in 2020 in Ballarat, alongside the able-bodied Championships. Following the complications…
Over the last two years, Badminton has soared in popularity in the Cook Islands during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Cook Islands remain as one of the few countries in the world that have maintained their COVID-free status, which has allowed the non-contact sport to capitalise on their growth. With the quarantine-free travel bubble resuming…