2022 World Badminton Year-end Finals ended in Bangkok, Thailand. In the end, the Chinese team won the championship in mixed doubles, men's doubles and women's doubles events, ranking first among all participating teams with 3 gold medals. The men's singles championship belongs to Danish star Ansailong , and the Japanese team's Yamaguchi Akane won the women's singles gold medal. Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong defeated the Thai combinations Decaipol and Shasili in the mixed doubles final and won the 10th championship trophy of the season; Liu Yuchen and Ou Yongyi defeated Indonesian combinations Ashan and Hendra and won the men's doubles championship; van Chen Group won the highest podium in the women's doubles event.
In this year's year-end finals, the championship prizes of all three doubles events were US$126,000, and the singles semi-finals were US$30,000. Therefore, with its outstanding performance in the doubles event and the two women's singles to the semi-finals, the Chinese team won nearly $500,000 in prize money, becoming the biggest winner. In the men's doubles final, Liu Yuchen and Ou Yi of the Chinese team defeated World Championship champions Ashan and Hendra and won the third championship trophy of the season. It is worth mentioning that in just over a year, Liu Yuchen and Ou Guanyi have entered the top ten from the world rankings without a world rankings, and the speed of their progress can be seen from the naked eye.
In this year-end final, Liu Yuchen and Ou Yongyi defeated many world top experts and deserved the title. The two said in an interview that their goal was the Paris Olympics. In the women's doubles final, the world's number one Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan met the host player Emsade sisters. Throughout the game, the Fanchen combination always had the upper hand, and there was almost no chance of winning on both offense and defense. In the end, the two won two games in a row to win the game.
This is the 7th championship trophy that Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan won in the 2022 season. The two are full of expectations for the journey in 2023! Another pair of national badminton women's doubles Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu won the semi-finals. The two will also be Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan's right-hand man in the Paris cycle. National badminton mixed doubles Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong made the final appearance, and the two competed for the championship with the world's number one Dechapole and Shacili. In the end, the IELTS combination, which was full of momentum throughout the game, successfully defeated the opponent 2-1 with a big score.
While helping the national badminton team to complete the successful conclusion, they also won their 10th championship since their reorganization in 2022! Another pair of mixed doubles combinations Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping failed to qualify in the group. In the 2022 year-end finals, the Chinese team won the championship in three events: men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. In the women's singles, Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao both made it to the semi-finals, both of them lost in the semi-finals. In men's singles, Lu Guangzu's performed well and was eliminated in the group stage. What do you think about the performance of the national badminton team’s individual events?
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