2018 Oceania Badminton Championships

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2018 Oceania Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates6–11 February
EditionXIII
VenueEastlink Badminton Stadium
Location Hamilton, New Zealand
2017 2019

The XIII 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships was the continental badminton championships in Oceania sanctioned by the Badminton Oceania, and Badminton World Federation. This championship was organized by Badminton New Zealand, and was the 13th edition of the Oceania Badminton Championships. It was held in Hamilton, New Zealand from 6 to 11 February 2018. The team event started on 6 February, and was the qualification stage for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals in Thailand, [1] while the individual event will start on February 8. [2]

Contents

Venue

The tournament was held at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton East, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Medalists

Individual event

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of New Zealand.svg Abhinav Manota Flag of French Polynesia.svg Rémi Rossi Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Yan
Flag of New Zealand.svg Oscar Guo
Women's singles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louisa Ma Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joy Lai
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zecily Fung
Men's doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robin Middleton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith
Flag of New Zealand.svg Oscar Guo
Flag of New Zealand.svg Dacmen Vong
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Leung
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Wheller
Women's doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran
Flag of New Zealand.svg Anona Pak
Flag of New Zealand.svg Danielle Tahuri
Flag of New Zealand.svg Sally Fu
Flag of New Zealand.svg Alyssa Tagle
Mixed doubles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Susannah Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Niccolo Tagle
Flag of New Zealand.svg Alyssa Tagle

Team event

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's teamFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Anthony Joe
Ashwant Gobinathan
Eric Vuong
Jacob Schueler
Matthew Chau
Pit Seng Low
Raymond Tam
Robin Middleton
Ross Smith
Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Abhinav Manota
Dhanny Oud
Jonathan Curtin
Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
Maika Philips
Michael Fowke
Oliver Leydon-Davis
Oscar Guo
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Greig Teriitanoa
Heinoa Deane
Léo Cucuel
Louis Beaubois
Quentin Bernaix
Rauhiri Goguenheim
Rémi Rossi
Steven Lesourd
Tarepa Bourgery
Teiva Politi
Women's teamFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Gronya Somerville
Chen Hsuan-yu
Jennifer Tam
Joy Lai
Leanne Choo
Louisa Ma
Setyana Mapasa
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Anona Pak
Danielle Tahuri
Erena Calder-Hawkins
Gaea Galvez
Jasmin Chung Man Ng
Justine Villegas
Sally Fu
Susannah Leydon-Davis
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Alissa Dean
Andra Whiteside
Carline Bentley
Chloe Kumar
Danielle Whiteside
Karyn Gibson

Individual event

The individual event of the 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships were held from 8 to 11 February, at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium, in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. Australia had secured four titles in the women's singles and three doubles event, with Sawan Serasinghe and Setyana Mapasa winning two doubles titles each, and the men's singles title goes to New Zealand. [3]

The three doubles event present all the Australian pair. Serasinghe who was teamed-up with Matthew Chau beat their compatriot Robin Middleton and Ross Smith in the final with the score 21–17, 23–21. Mapasa claimed the women's doubles title after beat Renuga Veeran and Leanne Choo with the score 21–14, 22–20. In the mixed doubles event Mapasa and Serasinghe again became the champion defeat Chau and Choo 21–19, 21–18. The women's singles final also present the Australian players, and Wendy Chen claimed the title after beat Louisa Ma 21–7, 21–14. Abhinav Manota of New Zealand broke the Australian stranglehold on the Oceania championships by winning the men's singles gold medal. Manota beat Remi Rossi of Tahiti in the straight games 21–12, 21–14 in the final. [4]

Men's singles

Seeds

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
  Flag of French Polynesia.svg Rémi Rossi 2121
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dylan Soedjasa 7 12
  Flag of French Polynesia.svg Rémi Rossi 2117 21
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Yan 6 2112
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Yan 2213 24
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wesley Caulkett 20 2122
  Flag of French Polynesia.svg Rémi Rossi 12 14
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Abhinav Manota 2121
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Fan 16 218
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Oscar Guo 2116 21
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Oscar Guo 2216 17
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Abhinav Manota 20 2121
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kai Chen Teoh 16 14
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Abhinav Manota 2121

Women's singles

Seeds

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu w / o
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joy Lai
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu 2121
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louisa Ma 7 14
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Louisa Ma 2121
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zecily Fung 18 12

Men's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
2121
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Oscar Guo
Flag of New Zealand.svg Dacmen Vong
19 16
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
2123
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robin Middleton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith
17 21
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robin Middleton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ross Smith
20 2121
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Leung
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Wheller
2215 18

Women's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
2118 21
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Anona Pak
Flag of New Zealand.svg Danielle Tahuri
9 2110
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gronya Somerville
2122
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran
14 20
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renuga Veeran
2121
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Sally Fu
Flag of New Zealand.svg Alyssa Tagle
7 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
2121
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Leydon-Davis
Flag of New Zealand.svg Susannah Leydon-Davis
12 19
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sawan Serasinghe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Setyana Mapasa
2121
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
19 18
  Flag of New Zealand.svg Niccolo Tagle
Flag of New Zealand.svg Alyssa Tagle
5 9
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Chau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leanne Choo
2121

Team event

The 2018 Oceania Team Championships officially crowns the best male and female national teams in Oceania and at the same time works as the qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 4 teams both in the men's and women's team have entered the tournament. [1] Australia men's and women's team were clinched the Oceania Team titles, and qualified for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals, after topping the standings both in the men's and women's team. [5] New Zealand men's and women's team were placing second both in the men's and women's team, while Tahiti men's team and Fiji women's team were in the third place. [6]

Seeds

The seeding, which is based on BWF world rankings, for both the men's and women's competition is the same: [1]

Men's team

PosTeamPldWLMFMAMDGFGAGDPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 330123+9257+18612430+1823 Thomas Cup
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 321114+7249+15651412+2392
3Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 312693122084916081171
4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 30311413328253466503040
Source: TS

All times are New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12:00).


Women's team

PosTeamPldWLMFMAMDGFGAGDPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 330132+11284+24662306+3563 Uber Cup
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 321123+9248+16606391+2152
3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 31251051020103885201321
4Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 30301515030301916304390
Source: TS

All times are New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12:00).


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