Eight Vietnamese shuttlers to compete at 2026 World Badminton Championships
VOV.VN - Eight Vietnamese athletes will compete across four events at the 2026 BWF World Championships in India from August 17 to 23.
The prestigious tournament features the participation of 382 players from 56 countries and territories, contesting men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Vietnam will be represented in four of these disciplines, omitting only the mixed doubles event.
In the men's singles draw, Nguyen Hai Dang opens his tournament against Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu, while Le Duc Phat faces Joakim Oldorff of Finland in the first round. In the women's singles, top national player Nguyen Thuy Linh opens against defending champion and world number two Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, while Vu Thi Trang takes on Estonia's Kristin Kuuba.
Vietnam's doubles pairs also begin their fixtures in the opening round. In the men's doubles, Nguyen Dinh Hoang and Tran Dinh Manh clash with Malaysia's Junaidi Arif and Yap Roy King. Meanwhile, the women's doubles pair Pham Thi Dieu Ly and Pham Thi Khanh match up against Eyota Kwan and Johnna Rymes of Canada.
As one of the most prominent events on the global badminton calendar, the 2026 World Championships offers substantial ranking points, which will count towards qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
Five Vietnamese shuttlers to compete at Badminton Asia Junior Championships
VOV.VN - Vietnam has sent five of its most promising young badminton players to Japan to compete at the YATSUSHIRO Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2026 scheduled to take place from July 1 to 5.
