1985 South American Badminton Championships Explained

1985 South American Badminton Championships
Dates:1–5 November
Number Edition:2nd
Venue:Coliseo del Parque Sarmiento
Location:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Previous:1984
Next:1988

The 1985 South American Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament sanctioned by the South American Badminton Confederation. The tournament was held from 1 to 5 November 1985.

Background

Originally, six countries were supposed to take part in this event.[1] [2]

Only three events were held in this edition of the tournament, which were men's singles, men's doubles and the men's team competition. Brazil won all three events.[3] [4] [5] Uruguay made their first appearance in the championships.[6] [7]

The championships were held simultaneously with the Rio de la Plata Badminton Open in the same venue.[8]

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's singles Roy Ong Sioe Khing Guillermo Pefaur Hwang Chi Fong
Men's doubles Luis Manuel Barreto
Roy Ong Sioe Khing
Guillermo Pefaur
Horacio Pozzo
Vincent Lo
Anwar Luthan
Men's team
Luis Manuel Barreto
Michel Bex
Hwang Chi Fong
Roy Ong Sioe Khing

Vincent Lo
Anwar Luthan
Guillermo Pefaur
Horacio Pozzo

Fernando Damiani
Pedro Damiani
Diego Degradi

Medal table

Team event

Round robin

TeamPldWLMFMAMDPtsQualification
22060+62Champions
2113301Runners-up
20206−60Third place

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Homenagem da BWF a Luis Manoel Barreto . 2024-04-24 . csbadminton.comunidades.net.
  2. Web site: FEBASP - FEDERAÇÃO DE BADMINTON E PARABADMINTON DE SÃO PAULO . 2024-04-24 . www.febasp.org.br.
  3. News: 1985-11-05 . Brasil ganha tudo no Sul-Americano . A Gazeta Esportiva.
  4. News: 1985-11-06 . Jornal de Tarda - Badminton . O Estado de S. Paulo.
  5. News: 1985-11-24 . Vitórias. E o sonho cresce. . A Gazeta Esportiva.
  6. Web site: Campeonatos Sudamericanos . https://web.archive.org/web/20220919082032/https://www.angelfire.com/ar/badarg/sudameri.html . 2022-09-19 . 2022-07-26 . live. Angelfire.com.
  7. Web site: Stefanelli . María Lucia . El Bádminton y su contexto actual en Uruguay, p. 35 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330171557/http://164.73.136.193/isef/T%20719-.pdf . 30 March 2023.
  8. Web site: BADMINTON NO BRASIL- OS 3 PRIMEIROS ANOS . 2024-04-29 . badmintonnobrasil.comunidades.net.