2014 World Championships | August 25-31 | Copenhagen, Denmark
Ko Sung Hyun (left) and Shin Baek Choel on their knees after championship point. © Badmintonphoto
Final day notes & results
Former World No.1 teammates Lee Yong Dae and Ko Sung Hyun faced off against each other in the men’s doubles final.
Four of the five final matches lasted over an hour. Here’s the final results:
Event WINNER Scores RUNNER-UP
MS Chen Long [2]
21-19, 21-19 
Lee Chong Wei [1] WS Carolina Marin [9]
17-21, 21-17, 21-18 Li Xuerui [1] MD Ko Sung Hyun [12]
Shin Baek Choel
22-20, 21-23, 21-18 Lee Yong Dae [2] Yoo Yeon Seong WD
Tian Qing [5]
Zhao Yunlei 21-19, 21-15 Yu Yang [4] Wang Xiaoli XD Zhang Nan [1]
Zhao Yunlei
21-12, 21-23, 21-13 Xu Chen [2] Ma Jin 
Three Korean teams made it to the last four of the men's doubles.
"Victory Number": 5
The number of match points Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong needed in their nail-biting semifinals defeat of local hope, Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen, who were once a No.1 team as well. Lee and Yoo led by 21-12 and 20-14 only to see the Danes fought back to 20-18. They finally closed out the gate the next point when Boe/Mogensen’s attack sailed just long, but had to wait another 30 seconds after a failed “challenge” from the no.3 seeds.
Yoo Yeon Seong (left) and Lee Yong Dae overcame the Danish No.1s. © Badmintonphoto
Player of the week
21-year-old Carolina Marin became the first Spaniard to ever reach a World Championship final, and also became the first European World Champion in the women’s singles for 15 years, after she came through an epic battle over top seed Li Xuerui.
Battle of the week
VICTOR player, 20-year-old Indonesian Anggia Shitta Awanda and Della Destiara Haris sent shockwaves to the women’s doubles draw by beating the World No.1 team and the hot favorite Bao Yixin/Tang Jinhua, 21-14 21-18, in the second round with formidable attack and defense combinations. Their dream run ended in the quarterfinals by eventual winners Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei. Zhao made it double as she did at the 2012 London Olympics as she won also in the mixed with Zhang Nan.
VICTOR STAR of the week
Former No.1, Ko Sung Hyun teamed up with Shin Baek Choel and surprised his No.1 partner back then, Lee Yong Dae, with a lively performance of consistent intensity. Although the current World No.1s, Lee and Yoo Yeon Seong, appeared to aim at the less experienced Shin, equipped with a powerful VICTOR TK-9000, Shin stayed tenacious for a match of his life, by the scores of nerve-wracking 22-20 21-23 21-18.
Yoo (front) and Lee moved to the men's doubles World No.1 two weeks ago. It is a third time Lee reaches the top with a third different partner. © Badmintonphoto
( Edit by VICTOR Badminton )
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