2012 BWF Super Series
The 2012 BWF Super Series was the sixth season of the BWF Super Series. The season started with a Super Series Premier event in Korea and ended in Hong Kong. The season-ending Masters Finals were held in Shenzhen, China from December 12–16, 2012. Schedule Below is the schedule released by the Badminton World Federation: Results Winners Performance by countries Tabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed: Finals Korea Malaysia All England India Indonesia Singapore China Masters Japan Denmark France China Open Hong Kong Masters Finals References {{BWF seasons 2012 BWF Super Series, BWF Super Series ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2011 BWF Super Series
The 2011 BWF Super Series was the fifth season of the BWF Super Series. This season marked the beginning of a three-year cycle of the event, the second after the first four-year one from 2007 to 2010. A few changes were announced by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), as the India Open (badminton), India Open was promoted up one stage from the Grand Prix Gold level, while the Swiss Open (badminton), Swiss Open was dropped from the Super Series. Five tournaments were promoted to become slightly higher-level Super Series Premier events with more prize money awarded than in the Super Series tournaments. The Masters Finals were held in Liuzhou, China from December 14–18, 2011. Schedule Below is the schedule released by the Badminton World Federation: Results Winners Performance by countries Tabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed: Finals Malaysia Korea All England India Singapore Ind ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the List of English districts by population, largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of million people in the city proper in . Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. The urban area has a population of 2.65million. Located in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midland ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2012 Singapore Super Series
The 2012 Singapore Super Series is the sixth super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Singapore from 19 to 24 June 2012 and had a total purse of $200,000. Men's singles Seeds # Sho Sasaki (''First round'') # Lee Hyun-il (''Second round'') # Kenichi Tago (''Second round'') # Simon Santoso (''not participated'') # Du Pengyu (''First round'') # Nguyen Tien Minh (''Semifinal'') # Taufik Hidayat (''First round'') # Shon Wan-ho (''First round'') Top half Bottom half Finals Women's singles Seeds # Jiang Yanjiao # Juliane Schenk # Sung Ji-hyun # Cheng Shao-chieh # Tai Tzu-ying # Bae Youn-joo # Sayaka Sato # Gu Juan (''First Round'') Top half Bottom half Finals Men's doubles Seeds # Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae # Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong # Mohammad Ahsan / Bona Septano # Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan # Fang Chieh-min / Lee Sheng-mu # Hong Wei / Shen Ye # Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato # Hirokatsu Hashim ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as '' Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Singapore Indoor Stadium
The Singapore Indoor Stadium, known exonymously as the Indoor Stadium, is an indoor arena located in Kallang, Singapore. It is within walking distance of the Singapore National Stadium, and collectively form a part of the wider Singapore Sports Hub. It has a maximum total capacity of 15,000 depending on configuration, with an all-seating configuration of 12,000. It regularly hosts events such as music concerts, badminton, basketball, netball, tennis, esports, pro-wrestling, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, and monster truck races. The Singaporean ONE Championship regularly hosts its events here. In 2015, the Singapore Indoor Stadium sold 72,342 tickets for the entire year. In 2022, the stadium was the venue for The International 2022, the annual '' Dota 2'' world championship esports tournament and the largest single-tournament prize pool of any esport event. On 16–18 February 2023, Irish pop band Westlife's three shows made them the first international group t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Singapore Open (badminton)
The Singapore Open is a badminton event held annually in Singapore since 1929. In 2023, the Badminton World Federation categorized the Singapore Open as one of the six BWF World Tour Super 750 events within its tournament structure. In 1929, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was formed to promote the sport and organize competitions. The first official annual open championships were held in the same year and the best players were selected to represent Singapore in regional tournaments. In 1957, it became an open invitation championship and was held annually until 1973. In 1987–1989, the tournament was known as the Konica Cup, an invitation-only championship for Asian players, and in 1990, it joined the International Badminton Federation Grand Prix circuit for the first time. In 2007, the Singapore Open became part of the BWF Super Series. In 2018, it was designated as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events. Championship venues The tournament has histori ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2012 Indonesia Super Series Premier
The 2012 Indonesia Open Super Series Premier was the fifth super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 12 to 17 June 2012 and had a total purse of $650,000. BWF Badminton Men's singles Seeds # Chen Long ''(second round)'' # Chen Jin (badminton), Chen Jin ''(first round)'' # Peter Gade ''(first round)'' # Sho Sasaki ''(first round)'' # Lee Hyun-il ''(second round)'' # Kenichi Tago ''(first round)'' # Simon Santoso (winner) # Du Pengyu ''(runner-up)''Top half Bottom half Finals Women's singles Seeds # Wang Yihan ''(semifinal)'' # Wang Xin (badminton), Wang Xin ''(quarterf ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jakarta
Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and an autonomous region at the provincial level. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, Jakarta is the List of cities in ASEAN by population, largest metropole in Southeast Asia and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. The Special Region has a status equivalent to that of a Provinces of Indonesia, province and is bordered by two other provinces: West Java to the south and east; and Banten to the west. Its coastline faces the Java Sea to the north, and it shares a maritime border with Lampung to the west. Jakarta metropolitan area, Jakarta's metropolitan area is List of ASEAN country subdivisions by GDP, ASEAN's second largest economy after Singapore. In 2023, the city's Gros ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Istora Senayan
Gelora Bung Karno Sports Palace (, abbreviated as ''Istora''), (formerly named ''Istora Senayan'' between 1969 and 2001) is an indoor arena located in Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia. The capacity of the arena after 2018 reopening is 7,166. This arena is usually used for badminton tournaments, especially the BWF tournaments Indonesia Open (badminton), Indonesia Open since 1982 and Indonesia Masters since 2018, as well as the Indonesia men's national basketball team. The first event that held in this arena was the 1961 Thomas Cup. It was also used during the 1962 Asian Games and was renovated to host the 2018 Asian Games, 2018 edition. Its first post-renovation event was the 2018 Indonesia Masters. During the latter Games, it hosted the Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games, badminton and later stages of Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games, basketball events. The arena originally was planned to stage the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and becoming the only Indonesia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Indonesia Open (badminton)
The Indonesia Open () is an annual badminton tournament organized by the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) since 1982. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournament in 2007 and got the Super Series Premier status in 2011. Following the restructurisation to BWF World Tour, since 2018 it became one of only four tournaments to be granted Super 1000 level. Sponsorships * Pelita Jaya (1987–1988) * Pelita Khatulistiwa (1989) * Pelita Mahakam (1990) * Indocement Pelita Parahyangan (1991) * 555 (1992) * Indomie (1993) * RCTI (1994) * Sony (1995–1997) * Sanyo (Sanyo Indonesia Open, 1998–2003) * Djarum (Djarum Indonesia Open, 2004–2013) * BCA (BCA Indonesia Open, 2014–2017) * Blibli (Blibli Indonesia Open, 2018–2019) * SimInvest (SimInvest Indonesia Open, 2021) * East Ventures (East Ventures Indonesia Open, 2022) * Kapal Api (Kapal Api Group Indonesia Open, 2023–2025) Venues and host cities Below is the nine cities that have hosted the tournament. The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2012 India Super Series
The 2012 India Super Series was the fourth super series tournament of the 2012 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in New Delhi, India from 24–29 April 2012 and had out a total purse of $200,000. Men's singles Seeds # Lee Chong Wei # Peter Gade # Chen Jin # Sho Sasaki # Lee Hyun-il # Simon Santoso # Taufik Hidayat # Jan Ø. Jørgensen Top half Bottom half Finals Women's singles Seeds # Wang Shixian # Li Xuerui # Saina Nehwal # Jiang Yanjiao # Tine Baun # Juliane Schenk # Ratchanok Inthanon # Sung Ji-hyun Top half Bottom half Finals Men's doubles Seeds # Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae # Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong # Chai Biao / Guo Zhendong # Mohammad Ahsan / Bona Septano # Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata # Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong # Naoki Kawamae / Shoji Sato # Alvent Yulianto Chandra / Hendra Aprida Gunawan Top half Bottom half Finals Women's doubles Seeds # Ha Jung-eun / Kim Min-jung # Mizuki ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Delhi
New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament House, New Delhi, Sansad Bhavan, and the Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court. New Delhi is a Municipal governance in India, municipality within the NCT, administered by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger List of districts in India, administrative district, the New Delhi district. Although colloquially ''Delhi'' and ''New Delhi'' are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, both are distinct entities, with the municipality and the New Delhi district forming a relatively small part within the megacity of Delhi. The National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region is an even larger entity, compris ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |