All England Open Badminton Championships

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The All England Open Badminton Championships is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. It developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898. The tournament was successfully organised in April 4, 1899, however only three categories (Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles) were staged. The first three tournaments were named "The Open English Championships". It was considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships until 1977 when the IBF launched its tournament. Since 1984 the tournament has been exclusively sponsored by Yonex.

The tournaments were halted twice: during World War I from 1915 to 1919 and World War II from 1940 to 1946.

1 Historical Venues for the Championships
2 Past Winners
3 2006 final
4 See also

[edit] Historical Venues for the Championships

The tournament has outgrown eight venues, and is now played at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham.

HQ of the London Scottish Rifles at Buckingham Gate (1899 - 1901)
Crystal Palace Central Transept (1902)
London Rifles Brigade's City Headquarters in Bunhill Row (1903 - 1909)
Horticultural Hall in Vincent Square behind the Army and Navy Stores (1910 - 1939)
Harringay Arena, North London Stadium (1947 - 1949)
Empress Hall, Earls Court (1950 - 1956)
Wembley Arena (1957 - 1993)
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (1994 - Present)

[edit] Past Winners

For full details about this topic, see Past Winners (1899 - 2005)

[edit] 2006 final

Category	Winners	Score	Runners-up
Men's Singles	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan	15–7, 15–7	Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg Lee Hyun-il
Men's Doubles	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Eriksen - Martin Lundgaard Hansen	17–15, 14–17, 15–2	Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Tan Fook - Lee Wan Wah
Women's Singles	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Xingfang	11–3, 9–11, 11–3	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Ning
Women's Doubles	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Ling - Huang Sui	6–15, 15–11, 15–2	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg </br> Yang Wei - Zhang Jiewen
Mixed Doubles	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jun - Gao Ling	12–15, 17–14, 15–1	Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Nathan Robertson - Gail Emms