2018 Oceania Badminton Championships

2018 Oceania Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	6–11 February
Edition	XIII
Venue	Eastlink Badminton Stadium
Location	Hamilton, New Zealand
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The XIII 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships was the continental badminton championships in Oceania sanctioned by the Badminton Oceania, and Badminton World Federation. This championship was organized by Badminton New Zealand, and was the 13th edition of the Oceania Badminton Championships. It was held in Hamilton, New Zealand from 6 to 11 February 2018. The team event started on 6 February, and was the qualification stage for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals in Thailand,^[1] while the individual event will start on February 8.^[2]

Venue

The tournament was held at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton East, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Medalists

Individual event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Abhinav Manota	Rémi Rossi	Peter Yan
Men's singles	Abhinav Manota	Rémi Rossi	Oscar Guo
Women's singles	Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu	Louisa Ma	Joy Lai
Women's singles	Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu	Louisa Ma	Zecily Fung
Men's doubles	Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	Oscar Guo Dacmen Vong
Men's doubles	Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	Simon Leung Mitchell Wheller
Women's doubles	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	Anona Pak Danielle Tahuri
Women's doubles	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	Sally Fu Alyssa Tagle
Mixed doubles	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	Matthew Chau Leanne Choo	Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis
Mixed doubles	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	Matthew Chau Leanne Choo	Niccolo Tagle Alyssa Tagle

Team event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Australia Anthony Joe Ashwant Gobinathan Eric Vuong Jacob Schueler Matthew Chau Pit Seng Low Raymond Tam Robin Middleton Ross Smith Sawan Serasinghe	New Zealand Abhinav Manota Dhanny Oud Jonathan Curtin Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Maika Philips Michael Fowke Oliver Leydon-Davis Oscar Guo	Tahiti Greig Teriitanoa Heinoa Deane Léo Cucuel Louis Beaubois Quentin Bernaix Rauhiri Goguenheim Rémi Rossi Steven Lesourd Tarepa Bourgery Teiva Politi
Women's team	Australia Gronya Somerville Chen Hsuan-yu Jennifer Tam Joy Lai Leanne Choo Louisa Ma Setyana Mapasa	New Zealand Anona Pak Danielle Tahuri Erena Calder-Hawkins Gaea Galvez Jasmin Chung Man Ng Justine Villegas Sally Fu Susannah Leydon-Davis	Fiji Alissa Dean Andra Whiteside Carline Bentley Chloe Kumar Danielle Whiteside Karyn Gibson

Individual event

The individual event of the 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships were held from 8 to 11 February, at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium, in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. Australia had secured four titles in the women's singles and three doubles event, with Sawan Serasinghe and Setyana Mapasa winning two doubles titles each, and the men's singles title goes to New Zealand.^[3]

The three doubles event present all the Australian pair. Serasinghe who was teamed-up with Matthew Chau beat their compatriot Robin Middleton and Ross Smith in the final with the score 21–17, 23–21. Mapasa claimed the women's doubles title after beat Renuga Veeran and Leanne Choo with the score 21–14, 22–20. In the mixed doubles event Mapasa and Serasinghe again became the champion defeat Chau and Choo 21–19, 21–18. The women's singles final also present the Australian players, and Wendy Chen claimed the title after beat Louisa Ma 21–7, 21–14. Abhinav Manota of New Zealand broke the Australian stranglehold on the Oceania championships by winning the men's singles gold medal. Manota beat Remi Rossi of Tahiti in the straight games 21–12, 21–14 in the final.^[4]

Men's singles

Seeds

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	Rémi Rossi	21	21

5	Dylan Soedjasa	7	12
						Rémi Rossi	21	17	21

						Peter Yan	6	21	12
	Peter Yan	22	13	24

	Wesley Caulkett	20	21	22
											Rémi Rossi	12	14

											Abhinav Manota	21	21
6	Daniel Fan	16	21	8

	Oscar Guo	21	16	21
						Oscar Guo	22	16	17

						Abhinav Manota	20	21	21
	Kai Chen Teoh	16	14

	Abhinav Manota	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu	w	/	o

3	Joy Lai
					1	Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu	21	21

					4	Louisa Ma	7	14
4	Louisa Ma	21	21

	Zecily Fung	18	12

Men's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe	21	21

4	Oscar Guo Dacmen Vong	19	16
					1	Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe	21	23

						Robin Middleton Ross Smith	17	21
	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	20	21	21

2	Simon Leung Mitchell Wheller	22	15	18

Women's doubles

Seeds

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21	18	21

	Anona Pak Danielle Tahuri	9	21	10
					1	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	21	22

					3	Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	14	20
3	Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	21	21

	Sally Fu Alyssa Tagle	7	4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Finals

Semifinals				Final

1	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	21	21

3	Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis	12	19
				1	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	21	21

					Matthew Chau Leanne Choo	19	18
	Niccolo Tagle Alyssa Tagle	5	9

	Matthew Chau Leanne Choo	21	21

Team event

The 2018 Oceania Team Championships officially crowns the best male and female national teams in Oceania and at the same time works as the qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 4 teams both in the men's and women's team have entered the tournament.^[1] Australia men's and women's team were clinched the Oceania Team titles, and qualified for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals, after topping the standings both in the men's and women's team.^[5] New Zealand men's and women's team were placing second both in the men's and women's team, while Tahiti men's team and Fiji women's team were in the third place.^[6]

Seeds

The seeding, which is based on BWF world rankings, for both the men's and women's competition is the same:^[1]

Men's team

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	12	3	+9	25	7	+18	612	430	+182	3	Thomas Cup
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	11	4	+7	24	9	+15	651	412	+239	2
3	Tahiti	3	1	2	6	9	−3	12	20	−8	491	608	−117	1
4	Fiji	3	0	3	1	14	−13	3	28	−25	346	650	−304	0

Source: TS

All times are New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12:00).

Australia vs. Tahiti

Australia
4

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-7
6 February 2018 12:00
^[7]

Tahiti
1

		1	2
1	Anthony Joe Louis Beaubois	21 6	21 9
2	Matthew Chau / Sawan Serasinghe Tarepa Bourgery / Greig Teriitanoa	21 5	21 10
3	Pit Seng Low Rémi Rossi	18 21	17 21
4	Raymond Tam / Eric Vuong Louis Beaubois / Rauhiri Goguenheim	21 11	21 7
5	Ashwant Gobinathan Quentin Bernaix	21 18	22 20

New Zealand vs. Fiji

New Zealand
5

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-9
6 February 2018 12:00
^[8]

Fiji
0

		1	2
1	Abhinav Manota Liam Fong	21 4	21 3
2	Jonathan Curtin Burty James Molia	21 14	21 11
3	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn / Oliver Leydon-Davis Ahmad Ali / Leon Jang	21 8	21 6
4	Michael Fowke Maxie Andrew Wong	21 5	21 2
5	Jonathan Curtin / Dhanny Oud Liam Fong / Burty James Molia	21 15	21 13

New Zealand vs. Tahiti

New Zealand
4

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-7
6 February 2018 18:00
^[9]

Tahiti
1

		1	2	3
1	Oscar Guo Louis Beaubois	21 9	21 8
2	Michael Fowke Rémi Rossi	17 21	21 15	20 22
3	Oliver Leydon-Davis Quentin Bernaix	21 11	21 10
4	Oscar Guo / Maika Phillips Rauhiri Goguenheim / Rémi Rossi	21 12	21 13
5	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn / Oliver Leydon-Davis Steven Lesourd / Greig Teritanoa	21 11	21 1

Australia vs. Fiji

Australia
5

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-9
6 February 2018 18:00
^[10]

Fiji
0

		1	2
1	Pit Seng Low Ahmad Ali	21 8	21 9
2	Robin Middleton / Ross Smith Liam Fong / Leon Jang	21 11	21 14
3	Ashwant Gobinathan Maxie Andrew Wong	21 3	21 8
4	Raymond Tam / Eric Vuong Ahmad Ali / Burty James Molia	21 12	21 15
5	Jacob Schueler Chang Ho Kim	21 3	21 4

Australia vs. New Zealand

Australia
3

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-7
7 February 2018 18:00
^[11]

New Zealand
2

		1	2	3
1	Anthony Joe Abhinav Manota	3 21	17 21
2	Pit Seng Low Oscar Guo	7 21	21 16	7 21
3	Robin Middleton / Ross Smith Kevin Dennerly-Minturn / Oliver Leydon-Davis	16 21	21 15	21 12
4	Matthew Chau / Sawan Serasinghe Abhinav Manota / Maika Phillips	21 16	21 13
5	Ashwant Gobinathan Michael Fowke	21 18	22 20

Fiji vs. Tahiti

Fiji
1

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-9
7 February 2018 18:00
^[12]

Tahiti
4

		1	2	3
1	Liam Fong Louis Beaubois	21 16	21 18
2	Burty James Molia Rémi Rossi	11 21	11 21
3	Leon Jang Quentin Bernaix	8 21	9 21
4	Ahmad Ali / Burty James Molia Tarepa Bourgery / Greig Teriitanoa	25 23	24 26	18 21
5	Liam Fong / Leon Jang Leo Cucuel / Rauhiri Goguenheim	13 21	17 21

Women's team

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	13	2	+11	28	4	+24	662	306	+356	3	Uber Cup
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	12	3	+9	24	8	+16	606	391	+215	2
3	Fiji	3	1	2	5	10	−5	10	20	−10	388	520	−132	1
4	Tahiti	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0	30	−30	191	630	−439	0

Source: TS

All times are New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12:00).

Australia vs. Tahiti

Australia
5

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-7
6 February 2018 09:00
^[13]

Tahiti
0

		1	2
1	Jennifer Tam Esther Tau	21 2	21 2
2	Joy Lai Estelle Colombies	21 9	21 6
3	Louisa Ma Méissa Mi You	21 5	21 2
4	Setyana Mapasa / Gronya Somerville Ingrid Ateni / Estelle Colombies	21 6	21 5
5	Leanne Choo / Louisa Ma Karine Desfour / Nina Smits	21 2	21 4

New Zealand vs. Fiji

New Zealand
5

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-9
6 February 2018 09:00
^[14]

Fiji
0

		1	2
1	Sally Fu Danielle Whiteside	21 12	21 4
2	Gaea Galvez Karyn Gibson	21 8	21 16
3	Justine Villegas Carline Bentley	21 6	21 14
4	Anona Pak / Danielle Tahuri Karyn Gibson / Andra Whiteside	21 18	21 7
5	Erena Calder-Hawkins / Jasmin Chung Man Ng Carline Bentley / Alissa Dean	21 9	21 7

New Zealand vs. Tahiti

New Zealand
5

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-7
6 February 2018 15:00
^[15]

Tahiti
0

		1	2
1	Sally Fu Ingrid Ateni	21 5	21 5
2	Gaea Galvez Esther Tau	21 1	21 8
3	Justine Villegas Estelle Colombies	21 7	21 5
4	Sally Fu / Susannah Leydon-Davis Méissa Mi You / Nina Smits	21 5	21 3
5	Anona Pak / Danielle Tahuri Estelle Colombies / Esther Tau	21 1	21 8

Australia vs. Fiji

Australia
5

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-9
6 February 2018 15:00
^[16]

Fiji
0

		1	2
1	Jennifer Tam Andra Whiteside	21 7	21 14
2	Joy Tai Alissa Dean	21 7	21 4
3	Setyana Mapasa / Gronya Somerville Karyn Gibson / Andra Whiteside	21 10	21 10
4	Louisa Ma Carline Bentley	21 7	21 6
5	Leanne Choo / Joy Lai Alissa Dean / Danielle Whiteside	21 5	21 7

Australia vs. New Zealand

Australia
3

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-7
7 February 2018 12:00
^[17]

New Zealand
2

		1	2	3
1	Jennifer Tam Sally Fu	18 21	21 15	19 21
2	Joy Lai Gaea Galvez	21 15	21 15
3	Leanne Choo / Gronya Somerville Erena Calder-Hawkins / Susannah Leydon-Davis	21 7	21 7
4	Louisa Ma Justine Villegas	21 12	21 15
5	Joy Lai / Setyana Mapasa Anona Pak / Danielle Tahuri	19 21	21 16	18 21

Fiji vs. Tahiti

Fiji
5

Eastlink Badminton Stadium, WBA-9
7 February 2018 12:00
^[18]

Tahiti
0

		1	2
1	Andra Whiteside Esther Tau	21 5	21 5
2	Karyn Gibson Estelle Colombies	21 10	21 9
3	Carline Bentley Méissa Mi You	21 19	21 17
4	Karyn Gibson / Andra Whiteside Estelle Colombies / Esther Tau	21 10	21 11
5	Alissa Dean / Danielle Whiteside Ingrid Ateni / Méissa Mi You	21 8	21 6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "VICTOR Oceania Team Championships 2018". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Fiji to send team to Oceania badminton event". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Manota wins solitary badminton gold for NZ". MSN. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Manota, Chen Emerge Champion – Finals: Victor Oceania Championships 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Australia Prevail in Thriller – Victor Oceania Team Championships 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ "Australia's Double Take: VICTOR Oceania Team Champions qualify for the BWF Thomas and Uber Cup 2018". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ Men's Team - Australia vs Tahiti
^ Men's Team - New Zealand vs Fiji
^ Men's Team - New Zealand vs Tahiti
^ Men's Team - Australia vs Fiji
^ Men's Team - Australia vs New Zealand
^ Men's Team - Fiji vs Tahiti
^ Women's Team - Australia vs Tahiti
^ Women's Team - New Zealand vs Fiji
^ Women's Team - New Zealand vs Tahiti
^ Women's Team - Australia vs Fiji
^ Women's Team - Australia vs New Zealand
^ Women's Team - Fiji vs Tahiti

External links

[team-1] "VICTOR Oceania Team Championships 2018". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[2] "Fiji to send team to Oceania badminton event". Fiji Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[3] "Manota wins solitary badminton gold for NZ". MSN. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[4] "Manota, Chen Emerge Champion – Finals: Victor Oceania Championships 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[5] "Australia Prevail in Thriller – Victor Oceania Team Championships 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

[6] "Australia's Double Take: VICTOR Oceania Team Champions qualify for the BWF Thomas and Uber Cup 2018". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

[7] Men's Team - Australia vs Tahiti

[8] Men's Team - New Zealand vs Fiji

[9] Men's Team - New Zealand vs Tahiti

[10] Men's Team - Australia vs Fiji

[11] Men's Team - Australia vs New Zealand

[12] Men's Team - Fiji vs Tahiti

[13] Women's Team - Australia vs Tahiti

[14] Women's Team - New Zealand vs Fiji

[15] Women's Team - New Zealand vs Tahiti

[16] Women's Team - Australia vs Fiji

[17] Women's Team - Australia vs New Zealand

[18] Women's Team - Fiji vs Tahiti

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