The Badminton World Cup kicks off this Sunday in Huelva with the presence of the best players

HUELVA, Dec 11 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Starting this Sunday and for the next seven days, Huelva will host the largest sporting event in its history, the Absolute Badminton World Cup with the presence of the best international players, including, as highlighted by the mayor of Huelva, Gabriel Cruz , “Our Carolina Marín, who even without competing, comes as a great ambassador of what is her World Cup, because it is celebrated at her home”.

More than 300 athletes from 35 countries will compete in a World Cup that expects the visit of more than 20,000 people to enjoy it live, while it is enjoyed in 614 million homes on five continents through different multimedia platforms and the broadcast of the event by 21 televisions, generating 55 million hits and an economic return of 4.3 million euros through media coverage alone, as detailed in a press release by the City Council.

The new set of lights for the center court is released for the event, keeping the playing space perfectly illuminated, lowering the intensity of the light in the stands, with a spectacular effect. The last detail of an investment of more than two million euros destined to works in the Carolina Marín Sports Palace to respond to the needs and guarantees that a World Cup requires.

Very important actions on roofs, carpentry, pavement, improvement of the urbanization of the entire exterior, parking facilities, new glassware, adaptation of changing rooms and toilets and lighting of the competition area that have made it “the perfect setting for Huelva be remembered as the seat of the best Badminton World Cups “.

According to Cruz, “after the great success of the Senior Championship that we have held days ago, in which we have had the presence of 1,300 athletes from 50 countries, tomorrow a dream of this city will be fulfilled, after years of hard work, effort, and complications due to the restrictions of the pandemic, but with the hope and conviction that we are going to experience the best Badminton World Cup in history, in which Huelva’s people are going to turn upside down. “

The Huelva champion has confirmed her presence and during these days, depending on her schedule, it will be common to see her not only in the Sports Palace that bears her name, but also in the Village Plaza, the leisure space set up in the outdoor area, with three tents, destined not only to the assistants, but also to their companions, to the visitors and to all the people of Huelva, since the entrance is free.

The Village Plaza has a booth area for official merchandising, for sponsors and commercial brands. There will also be two air badminton courts to promote the practice of this sport, some tents that will house the VIP area, a restaurant space and a stage, where musical activities, talks, or different events will take place.

In this space, visitors to our city will be able to purchase different excursions and guided tours proposed by the organization to make Huelva and the province known. Here, the participants will also receive the 5,000 discount cards (up to 25%) in commerce and hospitality in the capital, an initiative of the City Council and the merchants’ associations to which a hundred establishments have joined.

“As is the case with football or tennis, of which we are Deans by British heritage”, according to Cruz assured, “Huelva is now also a benchmark of badminton, an emblem for which we have been working hand in hand with the IES club for years The Order, which has been a quarry for many champions of this modality at world and European level, such as Carolina Marín, whose greatness makes a city proud that proved to be a great host in the European, the Senior and will give the best of itself in this World”.