"Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles The badminton women's doubles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 4 August at Wembley Arena. The draw for the tournament was made on 23 July 2012. Thirty-two players from 14 nations competed in the event. The competition became embroiled in controversy during the group stage when eight players (two pairs from South Korea and one pair each from China and Indonesia) were ejected from the tournament by the Badminton World Federation after being found guilty of ""not using best efforts"" and ""conducting oneself"
"Singapore Badminton Hall The Singapore Badminton Hall (Abbreviation: SBH; Chinese: 新加坡羽毛球馆; pinyin: ""xīnjiāpō yǔmáoqiúguǎn"") is an indoor sports hall for badminton located at 1 Lorong 23 Geylang in Geylang, Singapore. Three years after the closure of the original Singapore Badminton Hall in 2008, the new Singapore Badminton Hall was opened in 2011 at Lorong 23 Geylang with an land area of 2,500 sqm. The current badminton hall has 14 of Olympic-standard courts, and was installed with permanent seatings for 400 spectators, hospitality and VIP viewing galleries, the hall was divided into two sections: with a premier section of six courts"
"for the groups was held on 23 July 2012. The Olympic qualification period was between 2 May 2011 and 29 April 2012, and the Badminton World Federation rankings list, published on 3 May 2012, was used to allocate spots. Nations could enter a maximum of three players. Three quota places if three players are ranked four or above, two if two players are ranked 16 or above and otherwise one quota place until the quota contingent of 38 is filled. For each male player who qualifies in more than one discipline, an additional quota place in the men's singles becomes"
"the 2012 Olympics. Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball at the Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 12 August 2012. The preliminary matches and the women's quarterfinal matches were played in the new Basketball Arena in Olympic Park which seated up to 12,000 spectators. The men's knockout games and the women's games from semifinals onward were played in the North Greenwich Arena. The US men's and US women's teams both successfully defended their Olympic basketball championships of 2008. Two settings in London have been used for the basketball tournaments: The O2 Arena (referred to as the ""North"
"1996 and 31 December 1999. The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place from 17 to 22 August 2014. The competition was held at the Nanjing Sport Institute in Nanjing, China. 56 places, 28 per each gender shall primarily be decided by the junior world rankings released on 2 May 2014. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors per gender should they both rank in the top 4 in the junior world rankings. Otherwise each"
"athletes from 20 countries participated in this tournament. This tournament was held at Gimcheon Indoor Stadium in Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk, South Korea. In the mixed team event, Japan claim the title for the first time after defeat China with the score 3–0. In the individuals event, South Korea ensure two titles after won the mixed and girls' doubles event. Japan, India, and Indonesia seize a title by winning the boys' singles, girls' singles and boys' doubles events respectively. 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships The 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton"
"Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball at the Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 12 August 2012. The preliminary matches and the women's quarterfinal matches were played in the new Basketball Arena in Olympic Park which seated up to 12,000 spectators. The men's knockout games and the women's games from semifinals onward were played in the North Greenwich Arena. The US men's and US women's teams both successfully defended their Olympic basketball championships of 2008. Two settings in London have been used for the basketball tournaments: The O2 Arena (referred to as the ""North Greenwich Arena"" during"
"The recent exception was in 2012 when the tournament was downgraded to International Series due to funding. Recent editions have been held in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre except for 2007 and 2011 tournaments which were held in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The Irish Open was the first senior international title won by Spain's Carolina Marin at the age of 16 in 2009. Marin went on to win the European & World Championship in 2014 in Copenhagen as well as the coveted All England in 2015 in Birmingham, England before adding another world title in 2015. Marin then claimed Olympic Gold in"
"was held at Gymnastics Center in Kazan, Russia. The defending Champions, Denmark, were top seeded for both men’s and women’s team, while the host country Russia were seeded four. The draw was held on 5 December 2017, at the Badminton Europe office in Brøndby, Denmark. The men's team group stage consisted of six groups with four teams in each and one group with five teams. The women's team group stage consisted of six groups with four teams in each. In each group, teams played each other once. The seven group winners and the best runners-up qualified for the knockout stage."
"Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics The badminton tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 11 to 20 August at the fourth pavilion of Riocentro. A total of 172 athletes competed in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Similar to 2012 format, a combination of group play and knockout stages had been maintained at these Games. In all the doubles tournaments, the Badminton World Federation instituted several changes to the competition rules after the match fixing scandal from the previous Olympics, as all pairs finishing second in"
"be decided based on BWF World Junior Ranking List on 3 May 2018. Host nation Argentina will be ensured one quota place each gender. The remaining 4 quotas will be eligible for Universality Places. To be eligible to participate, athletes must be on BWF World Junior Ranking List on 3 May 2018 and have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 12 October. The events took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A total of 32"
"Basketball Arena (London) The Basketball Arena for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics was located in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The arena was designed to be fully recyclable, and was dismantled pending sale in January 2013. London's Olympic bid proposed that there would be four arenas in the Olympic Park, but the revised masterplan published in 2006 reduced this to three, with the volleyball matches being moved to Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The fencing arena was also cancelled, and the fencing took place at ExCeL. The Basketball Arena had 12,000 seats for Olympic basketball and"
"from one continent had qualify, the best ranked player from a respective continent would have got a quota place. Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics The badminton tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 11 to 20 August at the fourth pavilion of Riocentro. A total of 172 athletes competed in five events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Similar to 2012 format, a combination of group play and knockout stages had been maintained at these Games. In all the doubles tournaments, the Badminton World Federation instituted several changes"
"Susana Pinto. The delegation will include a staff of 59 people, among which 45 officials, and will be headed by former Olympic canoer José Garcia, who will also lead the Olympic mission to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Four-time Olympic shooter João Costa was chosen to be the flagbearer at the opening ceremony, while multiple world and European medal-winning judoka Telma Monteiro will carry the flag at the closing ceremony. Portugal qualified three athletes in three events, based on the ranking list released by the Badminton World Federation on 26 March 2015. The competition took place at the Baku Sports Hall"
"installation on the Olympic park. Basketball Arena (London) The Basketball Arena for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics was located in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The arena was designed to be fully recyclable, and was dismantled pending sale in January 2013. London's Olympic bid proposed that there would be four arenas in the Olympic Park, but the revised masterplan published in 2006 reduced this to three, with the volleyball matches being moved to Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The fencing arena was also cancelled, and the fencing took place at ExCeL. The Basketball Arena had 12,000"
"jump after a 12-year absence, and pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie aiming to defend his Olympic pole vault title. Other athletes also featured Christophe Lemaitre, middle-distance runner Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, steeplechaser and double Olympic silver medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, and 2015 Worlds bronze medalist Alexandra Tavernier (women's hammer throw). Twenty-seven more athletes rounded out the French roster at the end of the qualifying period, extending its size to a total of 54. France has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Brice Leverdez and Delphine Lansac were selected among the top 34 individual"
"2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships The 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. It was held in Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea from June 30 to July 7, 2012. The 2013 Asian Junior Badminton Championships organized by the Gyeongbuk Badminton Association, Badminton Korea Association, and Badminton Asia Confederation. The motto of this tournament is ""Peace of Asia through shuttlecock"". This tournament consists of mixed team competition, which was held from 30 June–3 July, as well as five individual events started from 3–7 July. More than 250"
"2012 Summer Olympic Games and Gu Juan was selected. After retirement from competitive badminton, Fu became a coach with the Singapore Badminton Association. In 2017, Fu resigned from her coach position to return to China to get married to another former Chinese shuttler who played for the Xiamen team. She expects to settle down in Xuzhou city, Jiangsu where her fiance is from. ""Women's Singles"" ""Girls' Doubles"" ""Girls' Singles"" ""Girls' Doubles"" The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ""Women's"
"for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games by the Singapore Badminton Association, ahead of Southeast Asian Games women's singles champion Fu Mingtian. ""Girls' Singles"" ""Girls' Singles"" The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ""Women's Singles"" ""Women's Singles"" ""Women's Doubles"" Record against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, plus all Olympic opponents. Gu Juan Gu Juan (;born 26 May 1990 in Dafeng, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China) is a China born Singaporean badminton player. Gu followed her father to Nanjing"
"in the singles event. At the 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup in Wuhan China, she finished 9th in the team competition. In June 2012, she was scheduled to participate in a badminton international event in Auckland, New Zealand ahead of the Olympics where she will have a bye in the first round. In round two, she will meet Ching Chieh Tai from Chinese Taipei. Na made her national team debut in 2011. At the 2012 Oceania Championships in Ballarat, Australia, she finished third in the singles event and first in the team event. In June 2012, she was named to"
"Badminton Theater The Badminton Theater () is a venue utilized for the staging of medium- and large-scale multiplex events. Situated inside the metropolitan park of Goudi in Athens, Greece, the theater was originally designed to host concerts, plays, dance performances and musicals. As of 2012, conferences, meetings, presentations and corporate events are also held at the venue due to the construction of additional facilities. The venue was initially built and used for the sport of Badminton during the 2004 Olympic Games, opening immediately before the games. As the venue became further established, the facility was made available for leasing, with"
"Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place from 17 to 22 August 2014. The competition was held at the Nanjing Sport Institute in Nanjing, China. 56 places, 28 per each gender shall primarily be decided by the junior world rankings released on 2 May 2014. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors per gender should they both rank in the top 4 in the junior world rankings. Otherwise each NOC will only be allowed a maximum of 1 competitor per gender. Each of the five continents"
"Badminton, due to the popularity of the event and the number of entries. The horses in the two sections jumped the same fences, but were separated into the two divisions based on their money winnings. This graded approach was abandoned after the 1965 event. In 1989, the current director and course-designer Hugh Thomas, who rode in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, took over from Frank Weldon, a former winner, who is credited with bringing the event to the pinnacle it is at today. Badminton is held in the 6 square kilometre (1500 acre) Badminton Park, where the car parks, tradestands, arena"
"a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, by winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012 on 4 August 2012. Geeta Phogat became the first ever Indian woman to qualify for the women's 55kg wrestling in the London Olympics 2012. Women's wrestling was announced in 2004. P.V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win the Silver medal at the Olympics, by reaching the Badminton final at Rio Olympics 2016. However, she lost to Carolina Marín of Spain in the final on 19 August 2016. She became the youngest Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. Indian women"
"the tournament. This tournament was held at Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium in Alor Setar, Malaysia. The seeding were as follows: The draw was held on 23 January 2018, at the tournament venue. The men's team group stage consisted of one group with three teams and three groups each with four teams. The women's team group stage consisted of three groups each with three teams and one group with four teams. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- <section begin=Bracket1 /> <section end=Bracket1 /> ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- <section begin=Bracket2 /> <section end=Bracket2 /> 2018 Badminton"
"2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships – Mixed doubles The Mixed Doubles tournament of the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships was held from July 3–7 in Gimcheon, South Korea. The gold medalist in the last edition were Lukhi Apri Nugroho and Ririn Amelia from Indonesia. The top seeded Edi Subaktiar / Melati Daeva Oktaviani from Indonesia beaten by Chinese pair, eventual silver medalist Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping in the quarterfinals round. Vietnamese and Chinese pairs Do Tuan Duc / Le Thu Huyen and Liu Yuchen / Chen Qingchen finished in the semifinals round, settle for the bronze medal. Host players,"
"free. If no player from one continent can qualify, the best ranked player from this continent gets a quota place. On 1 August 2012, four teams were ejected from the competition for ""not using one's best efforts to win a match"" and ""conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport"" following matches the previous evening during which the pairs were accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw. These teams were disqualified: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics The badminton tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place between"
"total of eight badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: one entry each in the men's and women's singles, and a pair in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles. Great Britain entered twelve boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Galal Yafai, Muhammad Ali, Qais Ashfaq, Joseph Cordina, Antony Fowler, Joshua Buatsi, Lawrence Okolie, and Joseph Joyce claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey. London 2012 flyweight champion Nicola Adams"
"2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships – Boys doubles The Boys' Doubles tournament of the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships was held from July 3–7 in Gimcheon, South Korea. The defending champion of the last edition were Lin Chia-yu and Huang Po-jui from Chinese Taipei. The bronze medals goes to the first seeded Lee Chun Hei / Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong and unseeded players Alfian Eko Prasetya / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia, after defeated in the semifinals round. Another Indonesian pair Arya Maulana Aldiartama / Edi Subaktiar emerged as the champion after beat Wang Chi-lin / Wu Hsiao-lin"
"Copper Box Arena The Copper Box Arena is a multi-sport venue used for the 2012 Summer Olympics, located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Hackney Wick, London, England. Previously known as the Handball Arena, it was renamed because, aside from handball, it hosted modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting, swimming, horse jumping and running) during the Olympics and was the goalball venue for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. London's Olympic bid proposed that there would be four indoor arenas in the Olympic Park, in addition to other main venues, but the revised masterplan published in 2006 reduced this to three, with the"
"Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles The badminton women's singles tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games took place from 11 to 19 August at Riocentro – Pavilion 4. On July 21, the seeding was decided. The event was won by two time and reigning world champion Carolina Marín of Spain who defeated P. V. Sindhu of India. Nozomi Okuhara of Japan won the bronze medal after China's Li Xuerui was forced to withdraw. This was the first medal of any colour for Spain in Olympic badminton and this was also the first time the China failed"
"Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament The men's tournament in basketball at the 2012 Olympic Games in London began on 29 July and ended on 12 August. All preliminary games were held at the Basketball Arena within the Olympic Park, while the knockout matches took place at The O2 Arena (renamed North Greenwich Arena due to IOC's no-commercialisation policy). Qualifiers Fiba World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Fields: Russia, Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, New Zealand, Angolia, Nigeria, Jordan, and Korea Qualified Teams: Spain and France (via Eurobasket), Argentina and Brazil (via FIBA Americas Championship), Australia"
"1 at the 'B' Standard): The team was selected based on the results of the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. The United States will be represented in two out of the five badminton events: men's doubles and women's singles. No US athlete has ever medaled in badminton since it became an Olympic sport in 1992. The United States men's team's group stage game against Nigeria set new Olympic records for most points scored in a half (78, set in the first half and equaled in the second) and for a full game (156). ---- ---- U.S. boxers qualified for the"