Korea Masters - Herrdubbel - Kval

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The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an International Challenge, which is the fourth level tournament of international badminton tournament. It began in 2007, when it was held in Suwon, then it moved to Yeosu in 2008 and Hwasun in 2009. In 2010, it was turned into a BWF Grand Prix event.

It became a BWF Grand Prix Gold event in 2011, and it remained at that level through the end of Grand Prix Gold in 2017, with the exception of 2014, when it changed back to Grand Prix status, the same year Korea hosted both the Asian Games and the Badminton Asia Championships. The tournament was held in cities in the southwest from 2011 to 2017: in Hwasun in 2011 and 2012, then in Jeonju for 2013 to 2015, then Seogwipo and Gwangju. In 2015, the name of the tournament changed to Korea Masters.

In 2018, this tournament is the part of the BWF World Tour Super 300, after the Grand Prix Gold event ceased.

Sydkorea Masters - Herrdubbel - Kval

Sydkorea Masters är en Super 300-turnering i badminton som anordnas av Badminton Korea Association. Turneringen har hållits årligen sedan 2016 i Gwangju, Sydkorea.

Sydkorea Masters 2023 spelas från den 11 till den 16 april i Gwangju. Herrdubbelkvalet spelas den 11 april och 16 par tävlar om åtta platser i huvudturneringen.

Bland de par som deltar i kvalet finns det japanska paret Hiroki Okamura/Masayuki Onodera, som tog sig till kvartsfinal i förra årets Sydkorea Masters. Det finns även det koreanska paret Choi Hyuk-gyun/Kim Gi-jung, som har vunnit flera titlar på International Series-nivå.

Kvalet kommer att spelas i bäst av tre set och vinnarna går vidare till huvudturneringen, som startar den 12 april.