SAS Badminton Trophy 1997

The SAS Badminton Trophy 1997 was a badminton competition in which twelve of the world's best men met. It was held from November 28th to 30th in Dornbirn , Austria . The prize money was $ 20,000. The twelve participants first played against each other in four groups of three. The group winners then played the semi-finals and finals. In addition to most of the prize money, the winner received a trophy in the form of a golden badminton racket.

Group stage

Group Y

• 1. Pullela Gopichand
• 2. Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
• 3. Thomas Wapp

Group T

• 1. Wong Choong Hann
• 2. Jens Olsson
• 3. Jürgen Koch

Group R

• 1. Jeroen van Dijk
• 2. Oliver Pongratz
• 3. George Rimarcdi

Group W

• 1. Kenneth Jonassen
• 2. Dong Jiong
• 3. Salim

Semifinals

• Jeroen van Dijk - Kenneth Jonassen 7:15, 15: 4, 15:13
• Pullela Gopichand - Wong Choong Hann 13:18, 18:14, 18:15

final

• Jeroen van Dijk - Pullela Gopichand 15: 8, 15:13

Web links

• Tournament results
• Gopi stuns Larsen
• Shuttlenews