VICTOR Stars in World Badminton Championships 2013

2013-07-31

The World Badminton Championships is a one-off tournament staged by the BWF that is amongst the top tournaments in the world. Just like the Olympics, the world’s premier players have a chance at the World Badminton Championships to be crowned “world champion”, so it is regarded with great importance by all professional players.
 
Kim Ha Na
Ko Sung HyunKim Ha Na in SUDIRMAN CUP 2013
 
The Championships is held every year apart from an Olympic Games year (like 2012) when it is not held to let players focus on the Olympics. At the last Championship in 2011, all five titles were claimed by PRC players (men’s singles: Lin Dan, women’s singles Wang Yi Han, men’s doubles Cai Yun/Fu Hai Feng, women’s doubles: Yu Yang/Wang Xiao Li, mixed doubles: Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei)
 
The BWF World Badminton Championships 2013 will held in Guangzhou, China August 4-11. A number of VICTOR stars have been selected to play for their national teams and are getting ready to play their best on the home turf of the PRC team.
 
The ROK, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei teams for the BWF World Badminton Championships 2013 (the players highlighted in yellow are VICTOR stars):
ROK (8 Male, 8 Female)
Men’s singles
Lee Dong Kuen
Shon Wan Ho
Women’s singles
Sung Ji Hyun
Bae Youn Joo
Men’s doubles
Ko Sung Hyun/Lee Yong Dae
Yoo Yeon Seong/Shin Baek Choel
Kim Ki Jung/Kim Sa Rang
Women’s doubles
Kim Ha NaJung Kyung Eun
Lee So HeeShin Seung Chan
Ko Ah RaYoo Hae Won
Jang Ye NaEom Hye Won
Mixed doubles
Jang Ye Na/Yoo Yeon Seong
Eom Hye Won/Shin Baek Choel
 
Chinese Taipei (6 Male, 5 Female)
Men’s singles Chou Tien Chen
Women’s singles
Tai Tzu Ying
Pai Hsiao Ma
Men’s doubles
Lee Sheng MuTsai Chia Hsin
Chen Hung LingLu Chia Bin
Women’s doubles Cheng Wen HsingHsieh Pei Chen
Mixed doubles Cheng Wen HsingChen Hung Ling
 
Indonesia (12 Male, 8 Female)
Men’s singles
Sony Dwi Kuncoro
Tommy Sugiarto
Simon Santoso
Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka
Women’s singles
Linda Wenifanetri
Aprilia Yuswandari
Men’s doubles
Rian Agung SaputroAngga Pratama
Hendra SetiawanMohammad Ahsan
Women’s doubles Tiara Rosalia NuraidahGebby Ristiyani Imawan
Mixed doubles
Tontowi AhmadLiliyana Natsir
Muhammad RijalDebby Susanto
Fran Kurniawan TengShendy Puspa Irawati
Riky WidiantoRichi Puspita Dili
 
( Edit by VICTOR Badminton )