Badminton 2008

The highlights of the badminton year 2008 were the Olympic badminton tournament , the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup . From 12 to 20 April was in the Danish Herning the European Championship in badminton discharged. In the singles Peter Gade , Denmark, won in the men and the German Xu Huaiwen in the women. Denmark can win the team competition and thus clearly leads the medal table ahead of England with three gold medals .

BWF Super Series

event	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
Malaysia Super Series	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang
Korea Open Super Series	Lee Hyun-il	Zhou Mi	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	You Jing Yu Yang	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-young
All England Super Series	Chen Jin	Tine Rasmussen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
Swiss Open Super Series	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang
Singapore Super Series	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Zakry Abdul Latif Fairuzizuan Tazari	You Jing Yu Yang	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
Indonesia Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Zhu Lin	Zakry Abdul Latif Fairuzizuan Tazari	Vita Marissa Liliyana Natsir	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
Japan Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wang Yihan	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Muhammad Rizal Vita Marissa
China Masters Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Zhou Mi	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
Denmark Super Series	Peter Gade	Wang Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
French Super Series	Peter Gade	Wang Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	You Jing Yu Yang	He Hanbin Yu Yang
China Open Super Series	Lin Dan	Jiang Yanjiao	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-young
Hong Kong Super Series	Chen Jin	Wang Chen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
Super Series Final	Lee Chong Wei	Zhou Mi	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl

BWF Grand Prix

event	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
India Open	Boonsak Ponsana	Zhou Mi	Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo	Chien Yu-Chin Cheng Wen-Hsing	He Hanbin Yu Yang
European Championship	Kenneth Jonassen	Xu Huaiwen	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg
Thailand Open	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
Chinese Taipei Open	Simon Santoso	Saina Nehwal	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Chien Yu-Chin Cheng Wen-Hsing	Devin Lahardi Fitriawan Lita Nurlita
Macau Open	Taufik Hidayat	Zhou Mi	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Xu Chen Zhao Yunlei
Dutch Open	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Yao Jie	Fran Kurniawan Rendra Wijaya	Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
German Open	Lee Hyun-il	Jun Jae-youn	Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man	Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-young	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-young
US Open	Andrew Dabeka	Lili Zhou	Howard Bach Khankham Malaythong	Chang Li-Ying Hung Shih-Chieh	Halim Haryanto Grace Peng Yun
Bitburger Open	Chetan Anand	Maria Febe Kusumastuti	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Bright Nielsen Marie Røpke	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta
Pan American Championship	David Snider	Claudia Rivero	Toby Ng William Milroy	Cristina Aicardi Claudia Rivero	William Milroy Fiona McKee
Bulgaria Open	Joachim Persson	Petya Nedelcheva	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Jwala Gutta Shruti Curia	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta
Russian Open	Dicky Palyama	Ella Diehl	Vitaliy Durkin Alexandr Nikolaenko	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Alexandr Nikolaenko Valeria Sorokina
New Zealand Open	Lee Tsuen Seng	Zhou Mi	Chen Hung-Ling Lin Yu-Lang	Chien Yu-Chin Chou Chia-Chi	Chen Hung-Ling Chou Chia-Chi
Vietnam Open	Nguyễn Ti Minn Minh	Zhang Beiwen	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	Tontowi Ahmad Shendy Puspa Irawati

Events

January 15 - January 20 Malaysia Open January 22nd - January 27th Korea Open January 24th - January 27th Swedish International Stockholm February 12th - February 17th European Championship teams February 20 - February 23 Austrian International February 26th - March 2nd German Open March 11th - March 16th Swiss Open Super Series 2008 April 1st - April 6th India Open Grand Prix Gold April 3 - April 6 Finnish International April 12th - April 20th European Championship April 15th - April 20th Asian Championship April 24th - April 27th Dutch International May 4th - May 11th World University Championships May 11th - May 18th Thomas Cup and Uber Cup finals May 15 - May 18 Slovenian International May 22nd - May 25th Spanish International May 28th - June 1st Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse June 10th - June 15th Singapore Open June 11th - June 15th EBU Circuit Final June 17th - June 22nd Indonesia Open June 24th - June 29th Thailand Open August 9th - August 17th Olympia September 4th - September 7th Belgian International September 16 - September 21, Japan Open

September 9th - September 14th Chinese Taipei Open September 25th - September 28th Czech International September 23rd - September 28th China Masters September 29th - October 4th European Senior Championship September 30th - October 5th Bitburger Open September 30th - October 5th Macau Open October 1st - October 5th Pan American Championship October 7th - October 5th Bulgarian International October 5th - October 12th Bulgaria Open October 9th - October 12th Cyprus International October 14th - October 19th Dutch Open October 21 - October 26 Denmark Open October 24th - November 2nd World Junior Championships October 28th - November 2nd French Open October 30th - November 2nd Hungarian International December 1st - December 6th Bahrain International December 2nd - December 7th Vietnam Open December 4th - December 7th Irish Open December 4th - December 7th South Africa International December 9th - December 12th Italian International December 17th - December 21st Greece International December 18 - December 21, BWF Super Series Final December 27th - December 29th Copenhagen Masters

Web links

• http://badminton.de/SS08-Sieger.1282.0.html
• http://badminton.de/Grand-Prix-Turniere-08.1321.0.html