Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 16-21 February 2016 (Team) 25-28 April 2016 (Individual) | ||
Venue | North Harbour Badminton Centre (Team) Punaauia University Hall (Individual) | ||
Location | Auckland, New Zealand (Team) Papeete, Tahiti (Individual) | ||
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The XI 2016 Oceania Badminton Championships were held as two events in different counties. From 16 to 21 February, the team event was held in Auckland, New Zealand. From 25 to 28 April, the individual event was held in Papeete, Tahiti. [1] [2]
In the mixed team event, Australia national badminton team won the gold medal after topped the standings in the round roubin stage. [5] Australia also won the gold medal for the women's team event, while New Zealand won the gold medal in the men's team event. [6]
The table below gives an overview of the individual event medal winners at the 2016 Oceania Championships. [7]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Ashwant Gobinathan | Remi Rossi | Anthony Joe |
Nathan Tang | |||
Women's singles | Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu | Joy Lai | Tiffany Ho |
Jennifer Tam | |||
Men's doubles | Matthew Chau and Sawan Serasinghe | Leo Cucuel and Remi Rossi | Daniel Fan and Simon Leung |
Anthony Joe and Pit Seng Low | |||
Women's doubles | Tiffany Ho and Jennifer Tam | Gronya Somerville and Melinda Sun | Aurelie Boutin and Chloé Segrestan |
Miriau Prununosa and Julie Segrestan | |||
Mixed doubles | Robin Middleton and Leanne Choo | Anthony Joe and Joy Lai | Leo Cucuel and Aurelie Boutin |
Simon Leung and Tiffany Ho |
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