"Sony Dwi Kuncoro"Indonesian national badminton squad are ready to be the champion at Sudirman Cup that will be held at Guangzhou, China on May, 10-17 2009. This will be the 11th Championship after the first one that held on Jakarta in 1989. That first Championship become the first and the last Championship that Indonesian squad ever win after beat South Korea on Final Match. In this 11th Championship Indonesia joined on 1B group, its the same group with England, Japan and the host, China. The other group or 1A group was filled with Denmark, South Korea, Hongkong and Malaysia. The two best squad will go to semi final round and the best two on semi final will reach The Final Round. The Indonesian squad was formed from all the best young player in Indonesia, so we will not see Taufik Hidayat, the Indonesian awesome player with his backhand smash technique at Indonesian squad for this Championship. Because this sport is so popular in Indonesia (besides football of course) there will be million of Indonesian people will see this championship on television or straight view at that badminton stadium.
Sudirman Cup are formed from the name of Indonesian Player, that is Dick Sudirman (29 April 1922- 10 June 1986). He is Indonesian pioneer in this sports and he build Indonesia Badminton Organization (PBSI = Persatuan Bulu Tangkis Seluruh Indonesia) and become the chief for 22 years (from 1952-1963 and 1967-1981) and he ever become the vice of International Badminton Federation (IBF) on 1975. Sudirman Cup was held every two years, This Championship faced each countries or contestants on 5 games at every round. That 5 games are Men and Women Single, Men and Women Double, and Mix Double. From the 5 games the winner are the countries who can win the most games. This championship is the only one international competition that makes no qualification. All National squads are divide into 7 groups. Only the first group can winning the Trophy, the other fight for their promotion to the upper group and the the loser are degraded to the down group level, except the loser contestant on groups 7 or the final ones, just still on its position :). Below the list of the winner of Sudirman Cup.Year;Host;Winner;Score;Second Place;Third Place
1989;Jakarta-Indonesia;Indonesia;3-2;none
1991;Copenhagen-Denmark;South Korea;3-2;Indonesia;Denmark
1993;Birmingham-England;South Korea;3-2;Indonesia;China
1995;Lausanne-Swiss;China;3-1;Indonesia;South Korea
1997;Glasgow-Scotland;China;5-0;South Korea;Denmark
1999;Copenhagen-Denmark;China;3-1;Denmark;Indonesia-South Korea
2001;Sevilla-Spain;China;3-1;Indonesia;Denmark-South Korea
2003;Eindhoven-Dutch;South Korea;3-1;China;Indonesia-Denmark
2005;Beijing-China;China;3-0;Indonesia;South Korea-Denmark
2007;Glasgow-Scotland;China;3-0;Indonesia;South Korea-England
My Prediction and Hope :)
2009;Guangzhou-China;Indonesia;3-1;China;South Korea-Malaysia
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