Finnish National Badminton Championships

The Finnish National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

players in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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The tournament started in 1955.

Past winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1955	Lars Palmen	Inger Gerkman	Lars Palmen Harry Troupp	no competition	no competition
1956	Lars Palmen	Terttu Weckström	Lars Palmen Harry Troupp	no competition	Lars Palmen A. M. Palmen
1957	Lars Palmen	Terttu Weckström	Lars Palmen Stig Wassenius	no competition	Lars Palmen A. M. Palmen
1958	Kaj Lindfors	Terttu Weckström	Kaj Lindfors Harry Saren	no competition	Kaj Lindfors M. Frederiksen
1959	Kaj Lindfors	Maritta Petrell	Lars Palmen Kaj Osterberg	no competition	Harry Saren Myra Dammert
1960	Kaj Lindfors	Maritta Petrell	Lars Palmen Kaj Osterberg	no competition	Kaj Lindfors Ann-Louise von Essen
1961	Kaj Lindfors	Maritta Petrell	Kaj Lindfors Harry Saren	Marita Petrel Lisbeth Baumgartner	Kaj Lindfors Ann-Louise von Essen
1962	Kaj Lindfors	Maritta Petrell	Kaj Lindfors Kaj Osterberg	Marita Petrel Lisbeth Baumgartner	Kaj Lindfors Ann-Louise von Essen
1963	Bengt Soderberg	Maritta Petrell	Bengt Soderberg Marten Segercrantz	Marita Petrel Sanni Jaakkola	Marten Segercrantz Lisbeth Baumgartner
1964	Bengt Soderberg	Maritta Petrell	Bengt Soderberg Marten Segercrantz	Marita Petrel Inger German	Marten Segercrantz Ann-Louise von Essen
1965	Rainer Brander	Maritta Petrell	Bengt Soderberg Marten Segercrantz	Marita Petrel Terttu Weckström	Marten Segercrantz Lisbeth Baumgartner
1966	Rainer Brander	Maritta Renqvist	Eero Loikko Marten Segercrantz	Wiola Hostbacka Ann Christine Tengstrom	Marten Segercrantz Ann-Louise von Essen
1967	Marten Segercrantz	Wiola Hostbacka	Bengt Soderberg Marten Segercrantz	Wiola Hostbacka Ann Christine Tengstrom	Carl Johan Godenhjelm Ann Christine Tengstrom
1968	Reiner Brander	Wiola Renholm	Bengt Soderberg Marten Segercrantz	Wiola Renholm Ann Christine Tengstrom	Eero Loikko Wiola Renholm
1969	Marten Segercrantz	Wiola Renholm	Bengt Soderberg Marten Segercrantz	Bodil Valtonen Ann-Louise Wiklund	Eero Loikko Wiola Renholm
1970	Eero Loikko	Sylvi Jormanainen	Dick Month‚n Jouko Degerth	Bodil Valtonen Sylvi Jormanainen	Marten Segercrantz Sylvi Jormanainen
1971	Lars-Henrik Nybergh	Sylvi Jormanainen	Eero Loikko Carl Johan Godenhjelm	Bodil Valtonen Sylvi Jormanainen	Eero Loikko Wiola Renholm
1972	Lars-Henrik Nybergh	Ann-Luisa Wiklund	Eero Loikko Carl Johan Godenhjelm	Christine Dahlberg Ann Christine Damstrom	Jouko Degerth Christiane Dahlberg
1973	Jouko Degerth	Wiola Renholm	Lars-Henrik Nyberg Carl-Johan Nyberg	Maarit Jaakkola Sylvi Jormanainen	Eero Loikko Wiola Renholm
1974	Lars-Henrik Nybergh	Sylvi Jormanainen	Eero Loikko Marten Segercrantz	Maarit Jaakkola Sylvi Jormanainen	Jouko Degerth Christiane Falenius
1975	Lars-Henrik Nybergh	Sylvi Jormanainen	Jouko Degerth Marten Segercrantz	Maarit Jaakkola Sylvi Jormanainen	Jouko Degerth Christiane Falenius
1976	Lars-Henrik Nybergh	Raija Koivisto	Lars-Henrik Nyberg Carl-Johan Nyberg	Maarit Jaakkola Sylvi Jormanainen	Jouko Degerth Wiola Renholm
1977	Lars-Henrik Nybergh	Raija Koivisto	Lars-Henrik Nyberg Carl-Johan Nyberg	Maarit Jaakkola Sylvi Jormanainen	Lars-Henrik Nyberg Gun Dasselstrom
1978	Lars-Henrik Nybergh	Raija Koivisto	Lars-Henrik Nyberg Thomas Westerholm	Wiola Reinholm Peggy Falcken	Jouko Degerth Wiola Renholm
1979	Jouko Degerth	Wiola Reinholm	Jouko Degerth Martti Suokari	Kristiina Tainio Tiina Partio	Jouko Degerth Kritiina Tainio
1980	Lars-Henrik Hybergh	Kristiina Tainio	Jouko Degerth Ronald von Hertzen	Kristiina Tainio Tiina Partio	Heikki Holvikari Wiola Renholm
1981	Tony Tuominen	Sara Ussher	Lars-Henrik Nyberg Thomas Westerholm	Kristiina Tainio Tiina Partio	Peter Hammer Jaana Ellilo
1982	Tony Tuominen	Jaana Ellilo	Jouko Degerth Heikki Holvikarii	Tarja Knuuttila Petra Knuuttila	Jouko Degerth Wiola Renholm
1983	Heikki Holvikari	Jaana Ellilo	Tony Tuominen Pekka Sarasjorvi	Peggy Hintze Johanna Segercrantz	Tony Tuominen Wiola Renholm
1984	Thomas Westerholm	Jaana Ellilo	Tony Tuominen Pekka Sarasjorvi	Kristiina Tainio Pirjo Terovoinen	Mika Heinonen Susanna Dahlberg
1985	Heikki Holvikari	Pia Pajunen	Jouko Degerth Thomas Westerholm	Pia Pajunen Nina Sundberg	Lasse Lindelöf Ulrica von Pfaler
1986	Tony Tuominen	Pia Pajunen	Tony Tuominen Mika Heinonen	Christina von Pfaler Kristiina Tainio	Lasse Lindelöf Ulrica von Pfaler
1987	Pontus Jantti	Nina Sundberg	Pontus Jantti Lasse Lindelöf	Ulrica von Pfaler Kristiina Tainio	Lasse Lindelöf Ulrica von Pfaler
1988	Pontus Jantti	Nina Sundberg	Tony Tuominen Mika Heinonen	Ulrica von Pfaler Kristiina Tainio-Pesonen	Mika Heinonen Nina Sundberg
1989	Pontus Jantti	Kristiina Tainio-Pesonen	Tony Tuominen Mika Heinonen	Ulrica von Pfaler Kristiina Tainio-Pesonen	Mika Heinonen Ulrica von Pfaler
1990	Pontus Jantti	Kristiina Tainio-Pesonen	Ronald von Hertzen Robert Liljequist Robert Liljequist Hans Robert Liljequist is a retired male badminton player from Finland.A member of the Helsingfors Badminton Club Liljequist competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Hermawan Susanto, of Indonesia, 15-11, 15-3...	Ulrica von Pfaler Kristiina Tainio-Pesonen	Mika Heinonen Pia Pajunen
1991	Pontus Jantti	Susanna Dahlberg	Tony Tuominen Mika Heinonen	Christina von Pfaler Ulrica von Pfaler	Mika Heinonen Ulrica von Pfaler
1992	Pontus Jantti	Nina Sundberg	Robert Liljequist Robert Liljequist Hans Robert Liljequist is a retired male badminton player from Finland.A member of the Helsingfors Badminton Club Liljequist competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Hermawan Susanto, of Indonesia, 15-11, 15-3... Tony Tuominen	Christina von Pfaler Nina Sundberg	Lasse Lindelöf Ulrica von Pfaler
1993	Pontus Jantti	Nina Sundberg	Pekka Sarasjorvi Tony Tuominen	Christina von Pfaler Susanna Rauhanen	Pekka Sarasjarvi Ulrica von Pfaler
1994	Robert Liljequist Robert Liljequist Hans Robert Liljequist is a retired male badminton player from Finland.A member of the Helsingfors Badminton Club Liljequist competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Hermawan Susanto, of Indonesia, 15-11, 15-3...	Nina Sundberg	Jyri Aalto Jari Eriksson	Nina Sundberg Sara Ussher	Edvard Bjorkenheim Nina Sarnesto
1995	Robert Liljequist Robert Liljequist Hans Robert Liljequist is a retired male badminton player from Finland.A member of the Helsingfors Badminton Club Liljequist competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Hermawan Susanto, of Indonesia, 15-11, 15-3...	Nina Sarnesto	Tony Tuominen Mikael Segercrantz	Nina Sarnesto Emmi Heikkinen	Jyri Aalto Nina Sarnesto
1996	Robert Liljequist Robert Liljequist Hans Robert Liljequist is a retired male badminton player from Finland.A member of the Helsingfors Badminton Club Liljequist competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Hermawan Susanto, of Indonesia, 15-11, 15-3...	Anu Weckström	Tony Tuominen Mikael Segercrantz	Malin Virta Nadja Hamalainen	Mikael Segercrantz Emmi Heikkinen
1997	Robert Liljequist Robert Liljequist Hans Robert Liljequist is a retired male badminton player from Finland.A member of the Helsingfors Badminton Club Liljequist competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in men's singles. He lost in the second round to Hermawan Susanto, of Indonesia, 15-11, 15-3...	Anu Weckström	Mikael Segerrrantz Lasse Lindelöf	Katja Narkio Nadja Hamalainen	Tony Tuomien Leena Loytomaki
1998	Pontus Jantti	Anu Weckström	Ilkka Nyquist Ville Kinnunen	Marjaana Moilanen Malin Virta	Jimm Aalto Nina Sarnesto
1999	Jyri Aalto	Anu Weckström	Ville Kinnunen Kuka Nyquist	Anu Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström is a female badminton player from Finland.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Sutheaswari Mudukasan of Malaysia. In the women's doubles event she also lost in the first round.-References:**...	Mikka Franstick Marjaana Moilanen
2000	Jyri Aalto	Anu Weckström	Ilkka Nyqvist Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*...	Anu Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström is a female badminton player from Finland.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Sutheaswari Mudukasan of Malaysia. In the women's doubles event she also lost in the first round.-References:**...	Kasperi Salo Kasperi Salo Kasperi Salo is a male badminton player from Finland.Salo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round.-References:... Anu Weckström
2001	Jyri Aalto	Anu Weckström	Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*... Alexander Böök	Anu Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström is a female badminton player from Finland.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Sutheaswari Mudukasan of Malaysia. In the women's doubles event she also lost in the first round.-References:**...	Tuomas Karhula Nina Sarnesto
2002	Kasperi Salo Kasperi Salo Kasperi Salo is a male badminton player from Finland.Salo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round.-References:...	Anu Weckström	Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*... Alexander Böök	Anu Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström is a female badminton player from Finland.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Sutheaswari Mudukasan of Malaysia. In the women's doubles event she also lost in the first round.-References:**...	Janne Syysjoki Anu Weckström
2003	Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*...	Anu Weckström	Petri Hyyryläinen Tuomas Karhula	Anu Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström is a female badminton player from Finland.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Sutheaswari Mudukasan of Malaysia. In the women's doubles event she also lost in the first round.-References:**...	Petri Hyyryläinen Maria Väisänen
2004	Kasperi Salo Kasperi Salo Kasperi Salo is a male badminton player from Finland.Salo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the first round.-References:...	Anu Weckström	Petri Hyyryläinen Alexander Böök	Anu Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström is a female badminton player from Finland.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Sutheaswari Mudukasan of Malaysia. In the women's doubles event she also lost in the first round.-References:**...	Petri Hyyryläinen Maria Väisänen
2005	Ville Lång Ville Lång Ville Lång is a male badminton player from Finland. He won Finland's championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2003 he won bronze in European Junior Badminton Championships.-References:***...	Elina Väisänen	Petri Hyyryläinen Tuomas Karhula	Saara Hynninen Leena Löytömäki	Tuomas Karhula Leena Löytömäki
2006	Ville Lång Ville Lång Ville Lång is a male badminton player from Finland. He won Finland's championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2003 he won bronze in European Junior Badminton Championships.-References:***...	Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen is a female badminton player from Finland.Weckström played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Kaori Mori of Japan in the round of 32....	Tuomas Karhula Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*...	Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen is a female badminton player from Finland.Weckström played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Kaori Mori of Japan in the round of 32.... Nina Weckström Nina Weckström Nina Weckström is a female badminton player from Finland.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Sutheaswari Mudukasan of Malaysia. In the women's doubles event she also lost in the first round.-References:**...	Tuomas Karhula Leena Löytömäki
2007	Ville Lång Ville Lång Ville Lång is a male badminton player from Finland. He won Finland's championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2003 he won bronze in European Junior Badminton Championships.-References:***...	Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen is a female badminton player from Finland.Weckström played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Kaori Mori of Japan in the round of 32....	Tuomas Nuorteva Mikko Vikman	Maria Väisänen Elina Väisänen	Petri Hyyryläinen Sanni Rautala
2008	Ville Lång Ville Lång Ville Lång is a male badminton player from Finland. He won Finland's championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2003 he won bronze in European Junior Badminton Championships.-References:***...	Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen is a female badminton player from Finland.Weckström played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Kaori Mori of Japan in the round of 32....	Ilkka Nyqvist Tuomas Palmqvist	Leena Löytömäki Saara Hynninen	Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko Antti Viitikko is a male badminton player from Finland. Viitikko played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Shon Seung-mo of Korea.-External links:*... Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen Anu Nieminen is a female badminton player from Finland.Weckström played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Kaori Mori of Japan in the round of 32....
2009	Ville Lång Ville Lång Ville Lång is a male badminton player from Finland. He won Finland's championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2003 he won bronze in European Junior Badminton Championships.-References:***...	Nanna Vainio	Petri Hyyryläinen Tuomas Karhula	Leena Löytömäki Saara Hynninen	Tuomas Nuorteva Sanni Rautala
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