The city of Hueva has said goodbye this Sunday to the Absolute World Badminton World Cup “brilliant” in its organization, as assessed by the Huelva City Council, with some finals of the competition that have filled the Carolina Marín Sports Palace with a “great sporting level”, in which a total of 250 games have been played for a week with the participation of the best rackets in the world.
“The World Cup event leave a mark not only in the memory of the people of Huelva and the participating athletes, but also in the facilities of the Sports Palace “, the City Council reported in a statement, where it was stated that the mayor of Huelva, Gabriel Cruz; accompanied by the president of the International Badminton Federation, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen; and the president of the National Badminton Federation, Andoni Azurmendi, have discovered a commemorative plaque of the 2021 World Cups in Huelva.
Gabriel Cruz has been “enormously satisfied by a World Cup that will be remembered by a brilliant organization and a high level of sportor, that they have made us enjoy the best badminton in the world. “” Huelva has once again proven to be an excellent host, “he said.
Likewise, the local councilor has highlighted “the unique and historical projection” that Huelva has had thanks to the Total Energies BWF World Championships 2021 and, in this regard, he recalled that “it is the fifth most followed sporting event in the world with which we have had an unprecedented media presence of the Huelva brand at an international level, reached 614 million households through television broadcasts and streaming through social networks, most of them on the Asian continent, a market in which it would be impossible to project our image in any other way “.
In this sense, Cruz has also highlighted the importance of the presence of Carolina Marín, who, although she has not been on the track due to her injury and has not been able to celebrate her fourth world title “as we expected”, “We have had her among us these days and she has become the best ambassador of these World Cups”.
For the mayor, “the World Cup event has been a resounding success” and he thanked the organizing committee, all the participating administrations and the more than 500 volunteers “for their great work to make it possible for the Carolina Marín Sports Palace to shine in a unique way. spectacular in this World Cup “.
Likewise, he has recognized “the involvement” of the public and the “warmth provided” by the people of Huelva to the athletes of the different international federations. “Huelva has made this World Cup its own, through which more than 900 schoolchildren have passed daily, and in which we have shown the hospitality that characterizes our city, “he said.
More than 300 athletes from 35 countries have participated in this event and have generated “55 million impacts” and an economic return of “4.3 million euros” just through its media coverage. “Huelva has made history with these World Cups,” he concluded.
