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. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
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 1997 Asian financial crisis gripped much of East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effect, raising fears of a worldwide economic meltd ...
, 2001, 2020, and 2021, the latter two due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). in Taiwan, 10,231,343 are confirmed cases, including 18,775 deaths.
The virus wa ...
.
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
Association football, futsal
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
1 The 2021 World Baseball Classic was originally scheduled for 2021, but has been resched ...
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Kaohsiung Masters
The Kaohsiung Masters () is an annual badminton tournament holds in Taiwan. The tournament is a part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF Tour Super 100. The inaugural edition held in 2023 at the Kaohsiung Arena in Kaohsiung, T ...
References
External links
Smash: Chinese Taipei OpenChinese Taipei Open 2011 official website
{{Badminton competitions
BWF World Tour
Badminton tournaments in Taiwan