Unmissable event for badminton fans: BWF Super Series Masters Finals, Kota Kinabalu, 18-21 December 2008
November 1st, 2008This is surely THE event of the year for Sabah’s badminton fans: the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has recently confirmed that the BWF Super Series Masters Finals 2008 will take place in our very own Kota Kinabalu.
Total prize money is more than RM1 million, this is the badminton tournament with the world’s biggest prizemoney.
For sure I’d be there, for it’s a rare and very special opportunity to see for yourselves world-class badminton in action here.
The last time was several years ago in the Malaysian Open where Chen Hong defeated Lee Chong Wei in the singles and the doubles were between a Korean and Chinese pair.
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BWF website
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i saw that match too……. infact chen hong was warming up about 10 metres away from me……… and i would like to see richard samie vs taufik hidayat…. and wun chiap vs peter gade christiensen!!!!!!! but the handicap score is 19 points…!
and also – special exhibition match – Gatim Goidau and Ruspin Kalabann vs Park Joo Bong and Kim Moon Soo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with u as the special guest referee!!!!!!!!
Hahaha, you should’ve told Chen Hong, the then reigning world champion and world no.1 I think: “hey you, let’s have a match, but tius 17 gelas first!!!”
I lost interest with badminton after my uni… but for this, I will try not to miss it… to take photos
I lost a little interest at Uni too, because after a certain level I was playing against much better opponents and got thrashed – and got demotivated haha.
But my interest was somewhat rejuvenated when I was in Japan in 2000 because it felt like I was representing Malaysia, and we defeated people from various countries including China and Indonesia. We won one tournament and was runner-up in another, lost to a Japanese pair
And I will always try to make the JPKN badminton team as long as I am able – so far we’re the only JPKN team to bring home a medal in the ongoing MOF Sports Carnival!!!
Great! I’m looking forward for some photo opportunities too. I wonder how much will the tickets cost.
We wait for the announcements…
how about trying a press pass?… any connection to get one
I already used my quota hahaha
interesting event, gotta have a plan for this one – its gonna be big crowds. erm ada Sabah player yang akan beraksi kah tu nanti ar?? ^.^ maybe just to spark more motivation to our local players kan.
Don’t think there will be any local players, due to the event being only for those who made the finals.
But for events like the Malaysian Open, I think they let top Sabahans play in the qualifying rounds, although they usually get thrashed.
How much the tickets cost? Where can I buy the tickets?
AFAIK, no news about that yet. I will post it once I get the details.
Update: I believe everybody knows where to get the ticket already by this stage. Can even buy it at the tournament venue. With the quite-steep costs, I think it won’t be full-house, judging from Malaysia Open last time at the same venue.