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The major open tournaments are the Yonex All England Open, Yonex Japan Open, Thomas & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, World Championships and the Olympics.
The Thomas Cup is the team competition for men and the Uber Cup for ladies. It is very common to see badminton-dominating countries have teams qualified for both the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals. These two events are held simultaneously every even-numbered year. Five matches are contested (3 singles and 2 doubles), the first team to win three gets the victory.
The Sudirman Cup is the mixed team competition. It is held every odd-numbered year. Like the Thomas and Uber Cup, five matches are played out: men's singles and doubles, ladies' singles and doubles, and mixed doubles (not necessarily in this order).
The World Championships is now an annual event. It used to be held every odd-numbered year, immediately after the Sudirman Cup competition at the same venue.
The Summer Olympics needs no introduction. It is probably the most watched sports event after World Cup Soccer. ?? Yet it is never televised in North America. Badminton at the Olympics is a closed competition. In addition to that, each country can only have a maximum of three participants in each event.
| Thomas Cup | Uber Cup | |||
| Year | Winner | Runner Up | Winner | Runner Up |
| 2000 | Indonesia | China | China | Denmark |
| 2002 | Indonesia | Malaysia | China | Korea |
| 2004 | China | Denmark | China | Korea |
| Yonex All England Open | |||||
| Year | Men's Singles | Ladies' Singles | Men's Doubles | Ladies' Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
| 2000 | Xia Xuanze (CHN) | Gong Zhichao (CHN) | Ha Tae Kwon/ Kim Dong Moon (KOR) | Ge Fei/ Gu Jun (CHN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ra Kyung Min (KOR) |
| 2001 | Pullela Gopichand (IND) | Gong Zhichao (CHN) | Halim Haryanto/ Tony Gunawan (INA) | Huang Sui/ Gao Ling (CHN) | Zhang Jun/ Gao Ling (CHN) |
| 2002 | Chen Hong (CHN) | Camilla Matrin (DEN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ha Tae Kwon (KOR) | Huang Sui/ Gao Ling (CHN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ra Kyung Min (KOR) |
| 2003 | Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAL) | Zhou Mi (CHN) | Sigit Budiarto/ Candra Wijaya (INA) | Huang Sui/ Gao Ling (CHN) | Zhang Jun/ Gao Ling (CHN) |
| 2004 | Lin Dan (CHN) | Gong Ruina (CHN) | Jens Eriksen/ Martin Lundgaard (DEN) | Huang Sui/ Gao Ling (CHN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ra Kyung Min (KOR) |
| 2005 | Chen Hong (CHN) | Xie Xingfang (CHN) | Cai Yun/ Fu Haifeng (CHN) | Huang Sui/ Gao Ling (CHN) | Nathan Robertson/ Gail Emms (ENG) |
| 2006 | Lin Dan (CHN) | Xie Xingfang (CHN) | Jens Eriksen/ Martin Lundgaard (DEN) | Huang Sui/ Gao Ling (CHN) | Zhang Jun/ Gao Ling (CHN) |
| Yonex Japan Open | |||||
| Year | Men's Singles | Ladies' Singles | Men's Doubles | Ladies' Doubles | Mixed Doubles | 2000 | Ji Xinpeng (CHN) | Gong Zhichao (CHN) | Candra Wijaya/ Tony Gunawan (INA) | Huang Nanyan/ Yang Wei (CHN) | Liu Yong/ Ge Fei (CHN) |
| 2001 | Roslin Hashim (MAS) | Zhou Mi (CHN) | Candra Wijaya/ Sigit Budiarto (INA) | Huang Sui/ Gao Ling (CHN) | Bambang Suprianto/ Minarti Timur (INA) |
| 2002 | Lee Hyun Il (KOR) | Zhou Mi (CHN) | Chan Chong Ming/ Chew Choon Eng (MAL) | Ra Kyung Min/ Lee Kyung Won (KOR) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ra Kyung Min (KOR) |
| 2003 | Xia Xuanze (CHN) | Camilla Martin (DEN) | Flandi Limpele/ Eng Hian (ENG) | Gao Ling/ Huang Sui (CHN) | Zhang Jun/ Gao Ling (CHN) |
| 2004 | Ronald Susilo (SIN) | Mia Audina (NED) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ha Tae Kwon (KOR) | Ra Kyung Min/ Lee Kyung Won (KOR) | Nova Widianto/ Marissa (INA) |
| 2005 | Lin Dan (CHN) | Zhang Ning (CHN) | Jens Eriksen/ Martin Lundgaard (DEN) | Zhang Jiewen/ Yang Wei (CHN) | Sudket Prakapomol/Saralee Thoungthongtham (THA) |
| Year | Winner | Runner Up |
| 1999 | China | Denmark |
| 2001 | China | Indonesia |
| 2003 | Korea | China |
| 2005 | China | Korea |
| World Championships | |||||
| Year | Men's Singles | Ladies' Singles | Men's Doubles | Ladies' Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
| 1999 | Sun Jun (CHN) | Camilla Martin (DEN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ha Tae Kwon (KOR) | Ge Fei/ Gu Jun (CHN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ra Kyung Min (KOR) |
| 2001 | Hendrawan (INA) | Gong Ruina (CHN) | Tony Gunawan/ Halim Haryanto (INA) | Gao Ling/ Huang Sui (CHN) | Zhang Jun/ Gao Ling (CHN) |
| 2003 | Xia Xuanze (CHN) | Zhang Ning (CHN) | Jonas Rasmussen/ Lars Paaske (DEN) | Gao Ling/ Huang Sui (CHN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ra Kyung Min (KOR) |
| 2005 | Taufik Hidayat (INA) | Xie Xingfang (CHN) | Tony Gunawan/ Howard Bach (USA) | Zhang Jiewen/ Yang Wei (CHN) | Nova Widianto/ Natsir (KOR) |
| Olympics | |||||
| Year | Men's Singles | Ladies' Singles | Men's Doubles | Ladies' Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
| 1992 | Allan Budi Kusuma (INA) | Susi Susanti (INA) | Park Joo Bong/ Kim Moon Soon (KOR) | Hwang Hye Young/ Chung So Young (KOR) | N/A |
| 1996 | Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen (DEN) | Bang Soo Hyun (KOR) | Ricky Subagja/ Rexy Mainaky (INA) | Ge Fei/ Gu Jun (CHN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Gil Young Ah (KOR) |
| 2000 | Ji Xinpeng (CHN) | Gong Zhicao (CHN) | Tony Gunawan/ Candra Wijaya (INA) | Ge Fei/ Gu Jun (CHN) | Zhang Jun/ Gao Ling (CHN) |
| 2004 | Taufik Hidayat (INA) | Zhang Ning (CHN) | Kim Dong Moon/ Ha Tae Kwon (KOR) | Zhang Jiewen/ Yang Wei (CHN) | Zhang Jun/ Gao Ling (CHN) |
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| Sigit Budiarto/ Candra Wijaya | Ra Kyung Min/ Kim Dong Moon | Huang Sui/ Gao Ling |
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| Chen Hong | Nathan Robertson/ Gail Emms (ENG) | Peter Gade Christensen |
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| Zhang Ning | Ha Tae Kwon/ Kim Dong Moon | Zhou Mi |
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| Camilla Martin | Zhao Tingting/ Wei Yili (CHN) | Zhang Jun/ Gao Ling |
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| Lee Dong Soo/ Yoo Yong Sung (KOR) | Taufik Hidiyat (INA) | Wang Chen (HK) |
Here are some links to visit for badminton:
Badminton Canada
Badminton Qu�bec
Lakeshore Badminton Association
World
Badminton
Badminton Central