{"id":4871,"date":"2019-08-07T16:50:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T09:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/?p=4871"},"modified":"2019-08-07T16:55:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T09:55:28","slug":"airbadminton-tournament-debuts-at-popular-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/whats-new\/airbadminton-tournament-debuts-at-popular-fest","title":{"rendered":"AirBadminton Tournament Debuts At Popular Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunsets Kuopio festival, the largest outdoor sport and entertainment event in Finland, hosted the first AirBadminton<\/a> <\/span>tournament last week.<\/p>\n

The event was conducted in collaboration with Badminton Finland and Savon Sulka Club.<\/p>\n

More than 60 players from all over Finland participated in the three-day tournament, which showcased 108 exciting matches in all categories: men\u2019s singles, women\u2019s singles, men\u2019s and women\u2019s doubles, mixed doubles, and the new triples format.<\/p>\n

The event allowed BWF to test various elements of the new game, as well as providing the management and operations team with hands-on experience of running an AirBadminton competition. The experience will be useful in future collaborations with local partners to ensure smooth operations in other countries.<\/p>\n

For most participants, it was their first experience of AirBadminton. However, they quickly adapted to the outdoor conditions and were taken in by the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoyed the experience very much \u2013 especially the triples event as it was different, but fun.\u00a0 I hope that many more AirBadminton tournaments are organised in the future as we love badminton and we love being outdoors during summer,\u201d said Marikki Pitk\u00e4nen from Turku, one of the tournament participants.[vc_single_image image=”4885″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]For the tournament\u2019s finals, players were able to compete on the festival\u2019s main stage in front of hundreds of spectators, who enjoyed the proceedings.<\/p>\n

BWF Development Director Ian Wright was enthused by the response to the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased to have delivered this event in Finland.\u00a0 It was a challenging mission as it was the first AirBadminton tournament organised, but local hosts put great effort into make this event a reality. On the courts, the matches were of great quality, played at high speed and with new tactics due to the outdoor environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also received encouraging feedback from participants, which helps us to keep improving various aspects of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mika Heinonen, Badminton Finland\u2019s General Secretary, believes AirBadminton can attract a new following even for the conventional sport played indoors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tournament was a great success for Badminton Finland and badminton in Kuopio. I believe AirBadminton will have even greater success in the countries that don\u2019t have badminton halls.\u00a0It will also be a very good opportunity for all countries to attract more players to play our sport and become club members if they want to get deeper into badminton.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can do AirBadminton in Finland, you can do it everywhere!\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”4887,4886,4885,4884,4883,4882,4881,4880,4879,4878,4873,4874,4876,4877″][vc_row][\/vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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