Jakarta Selected to Host BWF World Championships in 2015

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has selected the Indonesian capital of Jakarta to host the 2015 World Championships.

Jakarta was selected ahead of Kunshan in the Chinese province of Jiangsu, viagra sale with BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer making the announcement in Athens, no rx Greece.

Chinese city Dongguan (in Guangdong), received the nod for the BWF Sudirman Cup 2015 while the BWF World Senior Championships head to Helsingborg in Sweden.

Høyer told delegates from the candidate cities: “We have been impressed by the technically sound and competent bids which were presented earlier today. There is clearly significant experience among you in hosting events and in certain instances, specifically badminton events.”

Bambang (Rudy) Roedyanto, International Relations Manager for the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) commented: “We are grateful and we are going to make it one of the best World Championships. It is going to be even better than the Indonesia Open and everybody knows how exciting that is.”

Meanwhile, President of Badminton Sweden, Mats Tebben, said hosting the World Seniors could serve to further boost the “Increasing number of older persons playing badminton in Sweden.”

Vice Mayor of Dongguan, Yu Lijun said of their victory: “We are very happy. I look forward to seeing you all in Dongguan.”