All England Open 2018 wiki

The All England Open 2018

All England Open 2018

All England Open 2018, officially YONEX All England Open 2018 is a badminton tournament which will take place at Arena Birmingham in England from 14 to 18 March 2018 and has a total purse of $1,000,000.

Tournament:

2018 All England Open is the seventh tournament of the 2018 BWF World Tour and also part of the All England Open championships which has been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England, with the sanctioned by the BWF.

Venue:

This international tournament will be held at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.

History of All England Open:

All England Open 2018

The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is the world’s oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament.

Played annually, it developed after the success of the world’s first open tournament held in Guildford in 1898. The tournament was successfully organized on April 4, 1899, however, only three categories (Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles) were originally staged. Both Men’s and Women’s Singles were added the following year.

The first two tournaments were named “Badminton Association Tournament” and it was eventually considered (especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949) the unofficial World Badminton Championships until 1977 when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships. The Championships have only ever been halted twice: during World War I from 1915 to 1919 and World War II from 1940 to 1946.

Since 1984 the tournament has been exclusively sponsored by Yonex.

1899 to 1901 (3)    HQ London Scottish Regiment Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate

1902 (1)                 Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Kent

1903 to 1909 (7)    London Rifle Brigades City Headquarters, Bunhill Hill, London

1910 to 1939 (25)  The Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, London

1947 to 1949 (3)    Harringay Arena, London

1950 to 1956 (7)    Empress Hall, Earls Court, London

1957 to 1993 (37)  Wembley Arena, London

1994 to date           Barclaycard Arena (formerly the National Indoor Arena), Birmingham