Just a question ??? hi This competition wil be very interesting !! But do you know why 2 big european countries not entrie : Germany and Netherland ??? It's quite incomprehensible. That's the biggest competition in Europe !!!
Yes suprising, maybe because it's such a long event over a week Just checked and they didn't enter last time either Other than the Danish events & team matches are pretty open
Missing teams Both Germany & Netherlands are entering the individual tournament (second half of the event) Draw for team matches at http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=348B471F-4968-4604-BF82-04F2BBEC0FF0
Following the U19, my prediction for the U17 : MS: Viktor Axelsen [1] vs Kyrylo Leonov [5/8] (/Emre Sale [9/16]) WS: Caro Marin [1] vs Kirsty Gilmour [2] MD: Colberg/Paulsen [1] vs Corvee/Grosjean [2] WD: Juel/Poulsen [1] vs Madsen/van Zaane [3/4] XD: Emre Lale/Neslihan Kilic [1] vs Colberg/Poulsen [2] (/Jim Middelburg/Soraya De Visch Eijbergen [5/8] Too many 1's versus 2's
Alternatively for MS top-half: Anatoliy Yartsev [3/4] (Marat Safin only quit yesterday, changed name and turned up at the EJC U17 ) Already beat #1 seed Vik Axe in the team tourney so interesting to see if the dane can get even, which I counted on above ...
Misread the brackets, Kyrylo Leonov of Ukraine is in the top half as well likely to meet russian Baby Marat. Which leaves the bottom half open to lefty Emre Sale but could just as well turn out to be Daniel v Hooijdonk following his brother Jamie's footsteps at the U19 earlier this year or korean born second seed Kim Bruun of Denmark ... Anatoliy Yartsev aka Baby Marat / Marat Jr. (look at his legs!)
bah, low quality prediction. any fool can predict that the top seed will meet the second seed in the final!
Tournament Director: Matevž Šrekl info @ badminton-zveza.si Fax: +386 2 5742521 Tell them the seeding is all screwed up!
Here is the link to the individual tournament results btw: http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=2D32D96B-C518-4AF2-A735-DC51A67408A1
Update 1 (14/11/09) QF XD Joris Grosjean & Lea Palermo ('93) [5/8] vs Emre Lale & Neslihan Kilic ('93) [1] 17-21 21-12 21-15 GS Line Kjærsfeldt ('94) [5/8] vs Kirsty Gilmour ('93) [2] 21-14 21-17 SF XD Kasper Antonsen & Amanda Madsen ('94) [3/4] vs Joris Grosjean & Lea Palermo ('93) [5/8] 21-17 21-11 GS Neslihan Yigit ('94) [9/16] vs Line Kjærsfeldt ('94) [5/8] 21-19 21-16
SF BS Kim Bruun ('93) [2] vs Emre Lale ('93) [9/16] 21-15 23-21 GD Neslihan Kilic & Neslihan Yigit ('93/'94) [2] vs Amanda Madsen & Josephine Van Zaane ('94/'93) [3/4] 15-21 22-20 (18-20) 21-18
FINALS XD Frederik Colberg & Mette Poulsen ('93) [2] vs Kasper Antonsen & Amanda Madsen ('94) [3/4] 21-16 21-17 GS Carolina Marin Martin ('93) [1] vs Neslihan Yigit ('94) [9/16] 21-9 21-3 BS Viktor Axelsen ('93) [1] vs Kim Bruun ('93) [2] 21-19 17-21 21-17 BD Frederik Colberg & Kasper Paulsen ('93) [1] vs Lucas Corvee & Joris Grosjean ('93) [2] 24-22 11-21 21-16 GD Celine Juel & Mette Poulsen ('93) [1] vs Neslihan Kilic & Neslihan Yigit ('93/'94) [2] 21-13 21-14
U17 gents Correction: ('94) Kim Bruun ('93) [2] Anatoliy Yartsev [3/4] Emre Lale ('93) [9/16] Kyrylo Leonov [5/8] Daniel van Hooijdonk ('93) [9/16] Lucas Corvee ('93) [3/4]
U17 ladies Carolina Marin ('93) [1] Neslihan Yigit ('94) [9/16] Ebru Tunali ('93) [9/16] Line Kjaersfeldt ('94) [5/8] Kirsty Gilmour ('93) [2]
Yes, he was born in Korea. Possibly adopted, though I don't know for sure. Perhaps he has a Korean mother and a Danish father as Bruun is definitely a Danish name.
The only problem for him: there won't be a EJC U17 next year. It's gonna be every other year. On the other hand, there is a WJC U19 each year, so 14-year-old Ratchanok Intanon from Thailand could win the GS title 4 more years.