A day after the first World junior ranking tournament “Yonex Latvia Junior 2022” was successfully held in Sigulda, long-time tournament director of “Yonex Latvia International” Kristians Rozenvalds announced that he no longer plans to organize any of the World or European ranking badminton tournaments in Latvia next year.

The Yonex Latvia Junior tournament offers special offers for recreation, attractions and transport, which could be interesting for tournament players, coaches, accompanying persons, as well as tournament technical officials.
If you are interested in these offers, please write an e-mail: junior@yli.lv or contact the tournament office by phone +37129546666 or at the Sigulda Sports Center

Thank you for your interest in participating in the World Ranking Junior Tournament “Yonex Latvia Junior 2022”, which will be held in the Latvian winter tourism city of Sigulda, from November 11 to 13.

In 2022, Latvia will organize first World Junior Ranking Tournament “Yonex Latvia Junior 2022”. It was supposed to happen already in 2021, but it was canceled due to Covid-19. Previously only Elite and U17 Badminton Europe tournaments have been held in Latvia. The Latvian international junior tournament will be held in the Latvian city of Sigulda, where the Yonex Latvia U17 youth tournaments were successfully held previously.

The organizers of the Latvian badminton tournament “Yonex Latvia International” have collected interesting facts about the tournament, which took place from September 1 to September 4, for the seventh consecutive year in Jelgava.

The 2022 edition of the tournament has had three golds going to European players, while the other two have went to athletes from Chinese Taipei. “Yonex Latvia International 2022” was held in the city of Jelgava for the seventh year in a row. This edition of the tournament took place from 1 until 4 September, gathering 219 players from 35 different countries in the Zemgale Olympic Center.

Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Dnipro – these are the five cities that the Ukrainian Badminton Federation has chosen to name badminton courts after them at the World Ranking Badminton Tournament “Yonex Latvia International”, which will be held in Jelgava from September 1 to 4, where 219 players from 35 countries will compete in 5 badminton disciplines.

On Saturday, August 13, the European badminton U17 ranking badminton tournament “Yonex Latvia U17” ended in Liepāja. Ukrainian juniors, who played in all five finals, won four out of five disciplines. Ukrainians did not win only in women’s singles. Lithuanian Vilte Paulauskaite, who won bronze medal at the European Youth Olympic Games in Slovakia this July, remained undefeated in this discipline. Ivan Tsaregorodtsev was the only one who won more than one trophy, winning in men’s singles and doubles.

The application deadline expired for World Ranking Badminton Tournament “Yonex Latvia International”. 219 players from 35 countries have applied for the tournament this year. 32 players from Latvia, 24 from Poland, 20 from Estonia, 18 from Ukraine and 15 from Lithuania. “Yonex Latvia International 2022” will be held in Jelgava from September 1 to 4.

The badminton courts of the “Yonex Latvia International” badminton tournament, which will be held in Latvian city of Jelgava from September 1 to 4, will be named after the names of Ukrainian cities, in accordance with the list made by the Ukrainian Badminton Federation.