Day: November 29, 2021

Indonesian Badminton Players Who Qualified For BWF World Tour Finals

Sports news ekings news – Several Indonesian badminton players who have been selected will later participate in the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals. The finals will be played from 1 to 5 December at the Bali International Convention Center & Westin Resort, Bali. Indonesia.  It will have several players from several countries.

Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo will represent Indonesia in the men’s doubles sector.   Pramudya Kusumawardana/Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan will also be part of it. Not only that, there is also a representative from the women’s doubles sector, namely by Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahay.  There is also one representative from the mixed doubles, Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti.

The BWF World Tour Finals standings have a completely different calculation from the BWF rankings. This is becasue the BWF Tour Finals standings only count points earned in one season. The BWF World Tour Finals is a match that concludes the series of World Tour matches that have been held by BWF in the current year.

Other tournaments

This World Tour tournament also consists of several tournaments with levels of Super 100, Super 300, Super 500, and Super 750, and there is also a Super 1000. It has participants who are ranked in the top eight from each sector and can collect the most points from each tournament held throughout the year.

So, points earned in outside games will not be counted, for example, in Olympics, Asian Games, SEA Games. The same goes for continental championships, International Series, International Challenges, and other competitions.

In addition to the eight badminton players who have collected the most points on the World Tour, the BWF World Tour Finals can also provide wild cards for world champions.  Those who can win an Olympic gold medal to be able to participate in the BWF World Tour Finals.

Marcus/Kevin ranks first in the Race To Bali, also known as the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals, with 49,500 points. This is after he became runner-up in the Indonesia Masters 2021 and also won the Indonesia Open 2021.

Meanwhile, Pramudya/Jeremiah is in sixth place with 31,820 points. Greysia Polii/Apriani Rahayu can qualify for the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals. This is through an achievement path where they can become the defending champions at the Olympics. BWF does provide a special place for the defending champion in the BWF World Tour Finals.

Olympic Qualifications

As long as it doesn’t break with other qualifying regulation points. It is reported that Olympic champions can still qualify for the BWF World Tour Finals. Even though they failed to get into the top eight of the World Tour. In the World Tour rankings alone, they are ranked 13th. It has also been discussed that the achievement as runner-up in the Indonesia Open can also bring them up 12 lines with a total of 22,850 points.

Not only Greysia/Apriyani, but also men’s doubles players from Taiwan, Lee Yang/Wang Chi Lin who were able to take part in the BWF Tour Finals because they were able to win a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the mixed doubles sector, there is also Praveen Jordan/ Melati Daeva Oktavianti actually, they were ranked only ninth. They were able to enter because the eighth place did not participate in the Indonesia Open and Indonesia Masters 2021 matches.

Some of the 2021 Ballon d’Or Winners

news footbal ekings news – It’s Lionel Messi who won the 2021 Ballon d’Or trophy again. This was announced on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 night. His rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, currently occupies the sixth position. For Lionel Messi, the 2021 Ballon d’Or award is not the first time, but it is the seventh in his career.

This is because Messi won the Copa America with the Argentine national team. It is complement getting the 2021 Ballon d’Or. He also said that getting the 2021 Ballon d’Or is very special.

On this occasion, he also thanked his teammates. He especially thanked the ones in the Argentine national team who were able to fight together to win the Copa America. This is something very special and extraordinary. Meanwhile, he is also trying to continue to improve his performance at the club level. He is also very grateful to his family and to Robert Lewandowski. He is very happy to be able to compete against him.

Besides Lionel Messi, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski also won the Striker of the Year title. This was given out on the same night of the 2021 Ballon d’Or award. The committee gave them this award for him because of his brilliant performance last season. Last season, the Polish striker was able to score 41 goals in Bundesliga matches, and with this, he surpassed Gerd Muller’s record.

Golden Boot

He has also won this Golden Boot because, of his matches with the Polish national team. Here he was able to produce nine goals in a total of 11 appearances, and including that he was able to produce three goals at Euro 2020. He became the first player in Poland to score in three different Euro cup games. Robert Lewandowski also presented this Striker Of The Year title to his teammates and family, who always supported him.

And also, there is a young striker from Barcelona who can win the Copa Trophy in the 2021 Ballon d’Or award. He was very grateful to Lionel Messi and all those who have helped him in his football career.

Last season, he played 73 times with Barcelona, ​​the Spanish national team, both at Euro 2020 or at the Olympics. The 19-year-old player was previously able to get the Golden Boy award by beating Jude Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund.

Barcelona Winners

Not only Pedro, other Barcelona players also received awards in the Ballon d’Or event. To be precise, she is a Barcelona Femeni player, namely Alexia Putellas, who successfully got the 2021 Women’s Ballon d’Or award. She deserves this award because her game throughout the last 2020/2021 season was indeed considered very extraordinary.

Last season, she was able to bring her team to get the treble winners and became a separate record for Barcelona Femeni. She won the Spanish League and she could bring Barcelona Femeni to win the title in the Champions League and the Copa de la Reina.

Last season, it was reported from football news that Alexia could also get a good game record. She was listed as one of the midfielders who got 26 goals, and 19 assists from a total of 42 matches played with Barcelona in all matches. The last August, it was reported that she could get the Best Midfielder award in the Champions League.  Also the best player in the Copa de Reina final. In this season alone, she produced 14 goals from a total of 13 matches played.