World Championship
The first Speed Badminton World Championships took place on the 26 and 27 August 2011, and was officially named ‘ISBO AZIMUT HOTELS SPEEDMINTON® WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS’. Over 380 participants from 29 countries travelled to Berlin to play in 10 categories. Even players from Canada, the USA and Australia attended this young sport’s tournament, which was a real success. In the end, Per Hjalmarson from Sweden won the men’s title, and Janet Köhler from Germany won the women’s title, in a thrilling set of finals.
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