2018 Oceania Badminton Championships

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]

2018 Oceania Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	6–11 February
Edition	XIII
Venue	Eastlink Badminton Stadium
Location	Hamilton, New Zealand
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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
			Oscar Guo
Women's singles	Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu	Louisa Ma	Joy Lai
			Zecily Fung
Men's doubles	Matthew Chau Sawan Serasinghe	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	Oscar Guo Dacmen Vong
			Simon Leung Mitchell Wheller
Women's doubles	Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville	Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran	Anona Pak Danielle Tahuri
			Sally Fu Alyssa Tagle
Mixed doubles	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	Matthew Chau Leanne Choo	Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis
			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

1. Anthony Joe
2. Pit Seng Low
3. Ashwant Gobinathan
4. Jacob Schueler
5. Dylan Soedjasa
6. Daniel Fan
7. Niccolo Tagle
8. Nathan Tang

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

1. Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu
2. Jennifer Tam
3. Joy Lai
4. Louisa Ma

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

1. Matthew Chau / Sawan Serasinghe
2. Simon Leung / Mitchell Wheller
3. Jonathan Curtin / Dhanny Oud
4. Oscar Guo / Dacmen Vong

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

1. Setyana Mapasa / Gronya Somerville
2. Jasmin Chung Man Ng / Erena Calder-Hawkins
3. Leanne Choo / Renuga Veeran
4. Grace Cai / Sarah Cai

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

1. Sawan Serasinghe / Setyana Mapasa
2. Dhanny Oud / Jasmin Chung Man Ng
3. Oliver Leydon-Davis / Susannah Leydon-Davis
4. Anthony Joe / Joy Lai

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]

1.  Australia
2.  New Zealand
3.  Fiji
4.  Tahiti

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 3 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 3 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 3 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

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• 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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

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• 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 3 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