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2025 All England Open
The 2025 All England Open, officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2025 for sponsorship reasons, was an badminton tournament that took place at the Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England, from 11 to 16 March 2025 and had a total prize of US$1,450,000. Tournament The 2025 All England Open was the seventh tournament of the 2025 BWF World Tour and wa part of the All England Open championships, which have been held since 1899. This tournament is organized by the Badminton England with sanction from the BWF. Venue This tournament has been held at the Utilita Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. Prize pool The total prize money is US$1,450,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # Shi Yuqi (champion) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Birmingham
Utilita Arena Birmingham (previously known as Arena Birmingham, The Barclaycard Arena, originally as the National Indoor Arena and still commonly called The NIA) is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group. When it was opened in 1991, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK. The arena is located alongside the BCN Main Line, Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line's Old Turn Junction and opposite the National Sea Life Centre (Birmingham), National Sea Life Centre in Brindleyplace. The building straddles the main Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line, Birmingham to Wolverhampton Intercity railway line (originally the Stour Valley Line), but does not have a station of its own. There are three adjoining car parks with a total of 2,156 spaces. Close to the arena is International Convention Centre, Birmingham, The ICC which is also owned by the NEC Group. It is currently the List of indoor arenas in the United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BWF World Tour Super 1000
The BWF World Tour is a 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, 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 formula: Total\ prize\ money\ \times \frac World Tour Finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Ka Long
Angus Ng Ka Long (born 24 June 1994) is a Hong Kong badminton player. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series, the 2020 Thailand Masters and the 2023 German Open. Early life and education Ng trained at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. He credits his father as the main influence on his career. His grandmother from his mother's side is Chinese-Indonesian. Career At the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships, Guadalajara, he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles category. He won gold in the men's doubles in 2012 in Chiba Prefecture. He won bronze in the 2012 Asian Junior Championships in men's doubles. In 2013, Ng participated in the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, China, was the runner-up at the Vietnam International Challenge in men's singles, and competed in the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin for Hong Kong, winning a silver medal in the men's team and bronze in the men's doubles. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christo Popov
Christo Popov (born 8 March 2002) is a French badminton player who affiliate with Fos club. He won the men's doubles gold at the 2025 European Championships with his brother Toma Junior Popov. He also won a silver in the men's singles and a bronze in the men's doubles at the 2023 European Games. He became the first Frenchman to reach the semi-finals of the All England Open. Christo Popov was the boys' doubles European U15 and U17 Junior Champions, also won the boys' singles silver medals at the 2018 European and 2019 World Junior Championships. He reached a career high as boys' singles World Junior number 1 in January 2020. He then clinched the boys' singles title at the 2020 European Junior Championships. Early life Christo Popov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. He comes from a family featuring other professional badminton players. His father, Thomas, played for and coached the Bulgarian national team; his mother, Tzvetomira, was a national badminton referee; and his older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chou Tien-chen
Chou Tien-chen (; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won it in 1999. He won his first BWF Super Series title at the 2014 French Open, beating Wang Zhengming of China 10–21, 25–23, 21–19 in the finals. He is the record holder of three consecutive Hylo Open titles from 2012 till 2014. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Men's singles'' Asian Games ''Men's singles'' Asian Championships ''Men's singles'' Summer Universiade ''Men's singles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF World Tour (10 titles, 15 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo
Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo (born 15 June 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player. He was a World junior silver medalist in 2016 and Asian Championships bronze medalist in 2022. Dwi Wardoyo was also part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup. He is the older brother of Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo. Career Born in Jayapura, Dwi Wardoyo started his career at the PB Pemda Papua (now PB Cendrawasih), and moved to Jakarta joining the Exist club in 2013. In 2015, he was selected to join the national team as an internship member. In 2016, he was selected to join Indonesia junior squad to compete at the Asian and World Junior Championships. Indonesia team was stopped in the quarter-finals in both events. In the individual event, he claimed the boys' singles silver medal after being defeated by Sun Feixiang of China. In May 2021, Dwi Wardoyo reached the Spain Masters finals, but he lost a match to second seed Toma Junior Popov. In October, He made his debut at the Thomas Cup, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Lanier
Alex Lanier (born 26 January 2005) is a French badminton player. He was a gold medalist in the 2025 European Championships. He became the first ever French player to win a BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament. In the juniors, Lanier was a boys' singles gold medalist at the 2022 European Junior Championships, and a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Junior Championships. Career Alex Lanier started playing badminton at the age of 3 and later joined the Dives-sur-Mer badminton club. In 2019, he left the Dives-sur-Mer, to join the club of Strasbourg, to compete in the French interclub division. In 2020, he joined INSEP at the age of only 15. In June 2021, he competed in the Lithuanian International tournament and won his first international title in the final by defeating Canada's player B. R. Sankeerth. Afterwards, he managed to advance to the final at the Latvia International, but lost to India's Meiraba Luwang Maisnam. He bounced back at the Italian International and won ... [...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] |
Kodai Naraoka
is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with NTT East. Born in Aomori, he started playing badminton at the age of 5 with the influence of his father. He won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. In his junior career, Naraoka has won a silver at the World Junior Championships in 2018, where he previously claimed a bronze in 2017. He represented his country competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, won the bronze medals in the boys' singles and mixed team event. Awards and nominations Achievements BWF World Championships ''Men's singles'' Asian Games ''Men's singles'' Asian Championships ''Men's singles'' Youth Olympic Games ''Boys' singles'' World Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' BWF World Tour (2 titles, 6 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 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Zii Jia
Lee Zii Jia ( zh, s=李梓嘉, poj=Lí Chú-ka, p=Lǐ Zǐjiā, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He is a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, Asian champion and All England champion. He is best known for his smash, especially his backhand smash, physical agility, speed and reflexes in men's singles. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 SEA Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. He was also the men's singles champion at the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships. He won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, becoming the third Malaysian men's singles player to win a medal at the Olympic Games after Rashid Sidek and Lee Chong Wei. Early life Lee was born in Alor Setar, Kedah to Malaysian Chinese parents, Lee Chee Hin and Leow Siet Peng, whom are both school teachers and former basketball internationals. He was first introduced to badminton by his parents at the age of 6. In hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Shifeng
Li Shifeng (; born 9 January 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. He is a gold medallist in the men's singles at the 2022 Asian Games and won 1 All England title. He was part of the winning Chinese team at the 2021, 2023 Sudirman Cup, 2025 Sudirman Cup; 2022 Asian Games, and also at the 2024 Thomas Cup. Li reached a career high as world number 3 in the BWF World rankings on 31 October 2023. Li is the 2018 Olympic Youth boy's singles gold medallist competing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was part of the Chinese junior team that won the gold medals at the 2017, 2018 World Junior Championships, and 2018 Asian Junior Championships. Early Life Li began playing badminton at the age of 6 with support from his father. Li then practiced in the Jiangxi team when he was in the elementary school. When Li was 12, he visited Fuzhou's Bayi team, eventually joining and training with them. He subsequently finished as a runner up at a national competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
Kunlavut Vitidsarn (; simply known as View (); born 11 May 2001) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in men's singles. He is the current World and Asia men's singles champions as he won the gold medals at the 2023 World Championships and 2025 Asian Championships, as well a silver medalist in the 2024 Olympic Games. He was also three-times World Junior champion, winning in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He is nicknamed the "Three-Game God" because his defensive style generally requires him to play three games long and likely to win in the end due to opponent's stamina loss. Vitidsarn became the first men's singles player to win three World Junior Championships titles, joining Ratchanok Intanon and Chen Qingchen as a three-time winner of the World Junior title in the same discipline. He claimed the gold medal at the Asian Junior Championships in 2019, where he previously won a silver in 2018 and bronze in 2017. Vitidsarn participated at the 2018 Summer You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
