Ville Lång

Ville Lång
Personal information
Country	Finland
Born	(1985-02-14) February 14, 1985 Lahti, Finland[1]
Residence	Helsinki, Finland[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Handedness	Right
Highest ranking	32 (12 November 2009[1])
Current ranking	80 (14 January 2016[1])
Medal record Representing  Finland Men's badminton European Men's Team Championships 2014 Basel Men's team European Junior Championships 2003 Esbjerg Men's singles
BWF profile

Ville Lång (born February 14, 1985 in Lahti) is a male badminton player from Finland.^[2] He won Finland's national championship in 2005-2012. In 2003 he won bronze at the European Junior Badminton Championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he reached rank 17. He has also been playing with Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in the popular competition, All England Super Series, after getting a walkover with Indonesia's legend Sony Dwi Kuncoro. Lång lost 9-21 straight game in the third round at All England Championships 2011 to Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia. Later in the World Championships 2011, Lång met the world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia again and lost 10-21 11-21 to the Malaysian in the second round. Nearly one year later that was in 2012 London Olympics, he met again the top seed from Malaysia in the first round and came out with an 8-21, 21-14, 11-21, his best performance against Lee. Ville announced his retirement on 31 January 2016.^[3]

Achievements

European Junior Championships

Boys' Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Esbjerg, Denmark	Marc Zwiebler	8–15, 6–15	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Scottish Open	Wang Tzu-wei	17–21, 22–20, 21–16	Winner

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Estonian International	Lucas Claerbout	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2015	Swiss International	Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin	19–21, 21–16, 11–21	Runner-up
2014	Swedish Masters	Henri Hurskainen	16–21, 21–14, 21–19	Winner
2013	White Nights	Eetu Heino	14–21, 21–17, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	Denmark International	Viktor Axelsen	17–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2012	Estonian International	Raul Must	21–8, 21–15	Winner
2011	Italian International	Pablo Abian	21–13, 14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2011	Norwegian International	Emil Holst	19–21, 21–11, 21–10	Winner
2011	Dutch International	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21–18, 15–21, 4–21	Runner-up
2011	Estonian International	Raul Must	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2010	Scottish International	Anand Pawar	9–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2010	Hungarian International	Yuhan Tan	22–20, 21–16	Winner
2010	Finnish International	Raul Must	11–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2009	Turkey International	Henri Hurskainen	21–14, 21–23, 21–19	Winner
2009	Estonian International	Kasper Ipsen	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2008	Norwegian International	Henri Hurskainen	21–13, 21–8	Winner
2008	White Nights	Jan Vondra	21–15, 21–8	Winner
2008	European Circuit Finals	Marc Zwiebler	14–21, 21–19, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Polish International	Marc Zwiebler	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2008	Banuinvest International	Raul Must	21–17, 21–18	Winner
2008	Croatian International	Erwin Kehlhoffner	21–17, 21–6	Winner
2007	Hungarian International	Jan O. Jorgensen	6–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2006	Scottish International	Zhu Min	21–16, 14–21, 21–17	Winner
2006	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Petr Koukal	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2005	Slovak International	Przemysław Wacha	15–12, 9–15, 9–15	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament

References

External links

• European results
• sports-reference.com