The Taipei Open, formerly named the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold (2007–2017) and Chinese Taipei Open (2018–2019), is an open
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
international championships held in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...
since the 1970s, but they took place only in irregular periods. Since 1980 they are regularly held, except in 1998, due to the
Asian economic crisis
The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and Southeast Asia beginning in July 1997 and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown due to financial contagion. However, the recovery in 1998– ...
, 2001, 2020, and 2021, the latter two due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). As of 18 December 2022, 28,928,047 tests had been conducted in Taiwan, of which 8,578 ...
.
Past winners
Performances by nation
See also
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List of sporting events in Taiwan
This is a list of international sporting events in Taiwan:
Multi-sport Events
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
1 The 2021 World Baseball Classic was originally scheduled for 2021, but has been rescheduled to 2023 due to the COVID-19 ...
References
External links
Smash: Chinese Taipei OpenChinese Taipei Open 2011 official website
{{Badminton competitions
BWF World Tour
Badminton tournaments in Taiwan