Originally posted by Zax
Does anyone already have an indication of who will be playing at the Dutch and German Open??
Do these tournaments count for olympic qualification, or are the Danish Open, Hong Kong Open and China Open the remaining chances this year to qualify?
Thanks
- Mark.
Mark(Zax)
Dutch Open Website
has an article "Race for Olympic nomination continues in Den Bosch
30/8/2003: 30-08-2003 : Although players are now concentrating on the Far East tour, the race for Olympic qualification will also take place in Den Bosch...."
Another article states:
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Chinese world top players join Yonex Dutch Open draw
27/8/2003: 27-08-2003 : All participating Dutch players will face a lot of strong opponents in the 2003 Yonex Dutch Open Championships. The Chinese world top will come to the Netherlands to play in Den Bosch....."
Then goes on to say:
"Almost every world top player from China will be on court in The Maaspoort in Den Bosch to gain the necessary points for the world rankings. But of course they are also working hard to qualify for Athens 2004, where the Olympics will be held.
All players from the Chinese team, holding a position at the best 10 in the world rankings - both men and women - are ready to perform in Den Bosch.
But not only the Chinese, the Koreans and players from Malaysia and Indonesia have registered themselves to play in the Open International Dutch Championships and this means that the tournament has never had such high ranked players in house.
The tournament will be played from September 16 till September 21.
This week the entry closes and later on the whole list of registered players will be published, but for sure the organization guarantees top badminton at world level.
The draw will be made on Friday, Sept.12 between 10AM and 12AM Dutch Time. "
German Open Website doesn't
seem to have much at the moment, except for one interesting table, which looks like
an Olympic qualifications list?, please find attached.