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2023 Orléans Masters
The 2023 Orléans Masters (officially known as Orléans Masters Badminton 2023 presented by Victor for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place in the Palais des Sports (Orléans), Palais des Sports at Orléans, France, from 4 to 9 April 2023. The tournament had a total prize pool of $240,000. This was the first edition of the tournament since being upgraded from the Super 100 to the Super 300 level. Tournament The 2023 Orléans Masters was the tenth tournament of the 2023 BWF World Tour and was also part of the Orléans Masters which had been held since 2012. It was organized by the Orléans Masters with sanction from the Badminton World Federation. Venue This tournament was held at the Palais des Sports (Orléans), Palais des Sports in Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF World Ranking, BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Des Sports (Orléans)
Palais des Sports (English: ''Palace of Sports'') is an indoor arena, indoor sports complex in the city of Orléans, France. The capacity of the arena is 3,222 people. This is the arena use by the resident club of Saran Loiret Handball. Until 2023, it was an arena used by the LNB Pro B, French Pro B League professional basketball team Orléans Loiret Basket, Orléans Loiret Basket. The Palais des Sports, with its smaller capacity, hosts the team's domestic competitions, while EuroLeague and EuroCup Basketball, Eurocup matches are held in the larger Zénith d'Orléans. The club now plays at the CO'Met Arena. In addition to basketball, since 2005, the arena has played host to the Open d'Orléans, a tennis tournament that is part of the ATP Challenger Tour. From June 16 to 19, 2022, the Palais des Sports welcomes the France women's national volleyball team, French women's volleyball team and other teams competing in the final phase of the 2022 Women's European Volleyball League, Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF World Tour Super 300
The BWF World Tour is a Badminton World Federation#Grade 2, Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). The competition was announced on 19 March 2017 and came into effect starting from 2018 BWF World Tour schedule, 2018, replacing the BWF Super Series, which was held from 2007 to 2017. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, and Super 300 in order (part of the HSBC World Tour). One other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 level, also offers ranking points. Features Prize money This table shows minimum total prize money for each level of BWF World Tour tournament. The minimum total prize money is decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. All values are in United States dollar. The prize money is distributed via the following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiran George
Kiran George (born 11 February 2000) is an Indian badminton player. He won the Polish International title. He also competed in the 2020 Thomas Cup and 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships. Career 2021–22 In 2021, Kiran George's first tournament played was the Orléans Masters where lost to Brice Leverdez in the 3rd round. In September, Kiran played in the Polish International where he won the tournament beating Jason Teh in the finals winning his first ever tournament since the Ghana International in 2019. He also reached the semis of the Welsh International but lost to Siril Verma. In 2022, Kiran started the year by playing in 3 BWF world tour tournaments including the India Open Which he lost the first round and the Syed Modi International which he also lost the first round and the Odisha Open which he won the title beating Priyanshu Rajawat to win his first ever BWF World Tour title. He competed at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships but was eliminated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Chia-hao
Lee Chia-hao (; born 4 June 1999) is a Taiwanese badminton player affiliated with AP team. Career Lee was born in a badminton family. His father Lee Mou-chou is a former national champion who now works as Land Bank team head coach, and his sister Lee Chia-hsin is a member of national team. He has won several junior titles in his career, namely 2016 Australian Junior International in both singles and doubles events, Singapore Youth International, 2017 German Junior Grand Prix, and defended his boys' singles Australian title. He also won the silver medal at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships. With his achievements, the 17-year-old, Lee became the first Taiwanese player to rank no. 1 in the world junior rankings in January 2017. Achievements Asian Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Johannesen
Magnus Johannesen (born 2 February 2002) is a Danish badminton player. Personal life Johannesen started to train badminton at the age of six in the Brønderslev club. He is a left-handed like his idol, Lin Dan. Johannesen grew up in a badminton family. His mother Trine Johannesen (née Sørensen) is a Danish former badminton player, while his aunt Mette van Dalm is a bronze medalist in the 1999 World Championships. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles'' BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 4 runners-up) ''Men's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lei Lanxi
Lei Lanxi (; born 25 January 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. He won a gold medal at the 2016 BWF World Junior Championships in the mixed team event. Early life Lei was born in Dongguan, Guangdong. He started playing badminton at the age of 9 and entered the Dongguan Sports School, where he received scholarship from Tang Xianhu. Career In 2016, Lei competed in the BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event and was selected to play against the Armenian team in the group stage. In 2019, he won his first title at the Belarus International. He also reached the quarter-finals of the Vietnam Open. In 2022, he competed in the Asian Championships and qualified for the first round of the main draw, but lost to Kanta Tsuneyama in three games. He reached his second final at the 2022 Malang Indonesia International. In 2023, he helped the national team win the Asia Mixed Team Championships. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nhat Nguyen
Nhat Nguyen (, ; born 16 June 2000) is a Vietnamese-born Irish badminton player. Biography Nguyen was born in the suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam and moved to Cavan, Ireland with his parents and older sister, when he was six years old. He began representing Ireland internationally when he received his Irish passport and citizenship in 2017; before that he was unable to travel outside Ireland to compete overseas. He was the gold medalist at the 2016 European U17 Championships in the boys' singles event, and also won bronze in the doubles event partnered with Paul Reynolds. In the same year, he clinched the men's singles title at the Irish National Championships. Nguyen won his first senior international title at the Polish International in the men's doubles event with Reynolds, and the men's singles title at the Welsh International after that. He is the younger brother of Ireland's first European Weightlifting Championships medalist, Tham Nguyen Gough. Achievements European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kantaphon Wangcharoen
Kantaphon Wangcharoen (; born 18 September 1998) is a Thai badminton player. At the young age, Wangcharoen became the runner-up in the senior tournament 2014 Singapore International in the men's singles event after losing the match because of foot injury. Wangcharoen clinched the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the boys' singles event, also part of the junior team that won the mixed team bronze in 2014 and 2016, and Asian mixed team bronze in 2016. Wangcharoen was a member of the Thailand national team that won the bronze medals at the 2017, 2019 SEA Games and 2019 Sudirman Cup. He also the finalist at the BWF Grand Prix Gold event 2017 Thailand Masters, and won the 2017 National Championships title. At the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, Wangcharoen was criticized by the Thai media after he mocked and made fun of Indonesian fans in front of them by using offensive Thai language. He had recorded and published the offensive video clip on his personal Instag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Tze Yong
Ng Tze Yong ( zh, t=黃智勇, p=Huáng Zhìyǒng; born 16 May 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. Ng won a bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup. He also helped Malaysian team to win gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games. Early life and background Ng was born in Johor Bahru to Angela Tan and badminton coach, Wilson Ng Soon Tuan. He is the eldest of three siblings. He started to take interest in badminton at the age of four after watching a local badminton match. Career 2017 In July, Ng competed at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships where he was part of Malaysia's mixed team that won bronze. He then went on to win another bronze medal in the boys' doubles event with Chia Wei Jie. He was also one of the players that won a silver at the 2017 World Junior Championships mixed team event in October. 2018 In July, Ng won a second consecutive bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships. He th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toma Junior Popov
Toma Junior Popov (born 29 September 1998) is a French badminton player. Partnered with his brother Christo Popov, he won the men's doubles gold at the 2025 European Championships. He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and claimed the men's singles bronze medal. In the juniors, Popov won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. Popov made history as the first non-Danish male player to win a European Junior team gold as well as the men's singles and doubles in 2017. He joined Peter Gade, Jim Laugesen, and Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen as the only men to have ever completed the treble. Early and personal life Born in Sofia, Popov came from a badminton family. His father, Thomas, is a former Bulgarian and French national player. His brother, Christo Popov, also plays badminton. He started to play when he was 8 with neighbour and won his school championship at age of 9. Both of them trained at the Fos-sur-Mer club. Achievements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasmus Gemke
Rasmus Gemke (born 11 January 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He was awarded the 2012 Badminton Denmark Comet of the Year. He was part of the Danish national U-19 team to win bronze at the 2015 European Junior Badminton Championships in Lubin, Poland. He made his senior international debut at the 2016 Belgian International tournament. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, 4 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles'' BWF Grand Prix (1 title) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Antonsen
Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He is a three-time World Championships medalist, two-time European Champion, and he has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the men’s singles discipline of BWF World Ranking. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys singles event, and at the same year was awarded the European Young Player of the Year. Together with the national team, he won the European Men's Team Championships in 2016 and 2018; also European Mixed Team Championships in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Antonsen was the champion at the 2019 Minsk European Games, 2021 European Championships, the silver medalist at the 2017 European Championships, and the 2019 World Championships, and the bronze medalist at the 2021 and the 2023 World Championships. Career Antonsen started his career in badminton at six years of age in Kastanievej, Viby. Together with his brother Kasper Antonsen, they learned from his father wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
