Land Bank’s badminton team once again showed their incredible strength at the BWF World Tour Super 300. Wang Chi-Lin and Lee Yang, won the silver medal in the men’s doubles, while the pairing of Lee Fang-Jen and Lee Fang-Chih bagged the bronze in the same event. Hsu Yin-Hui paired with Lin Jhih-Yun to win the bronze medal in women’s doubles. This was a great achievement for the team with a total haul of 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.
In the men’s doubles quarter finals, the “Golden Duo” of Wang and Lee faced the twins Lee Fang-Jen and Lee Fang-Chih in a civil-war-like battle between the Land Bank players. In the first match, both pairings fought hard to force a stalemate but Wang and Lee managed to go on the offensive, opening an advantage and paving their way to securing the men’s doubles title, with Lee Fang-Jen and Lee Fang-Chih taking the bronze medal.
In the final, Wang and Lee faced Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in an all-Taiwan affair. In a fast-paced battle of attack and defence, the “Golden Duo” could not quite match their opponents in the first or second sets and had to settle for a well-deserved silver medal. Finishing runners-up in the last two Masters tournaments, the pair have accumulated points that will go a long way to seeing them compete at the Olympics next year.
In the women’s doubles, Land Bank’s pairing of Hsu Yin-Hui and Lin Jhih-Yun (World No. 80) faced Japan (World No. 32) in the semifinals. Although Hsu and Lin took the first game, they lost in the second and in the final set the Japanese pair-ing opened up the score with several key attacks. With three match points saved, Hsu and Lin could not turn the game around, ending up with the bronze medal. Hsu and Lin only started playing together in August but won bronze at the 2023 Kaohsiung Masters in October. Although disappointed to lose in the semifinals, the pair should be very proud of themselves as they played extremely well and posed a great threat to the Japanese. We look forward to seeing more from these two in the future.
At the tournament, six of the eleven Taiwanese teams to reach the quarterfinals were from Land Bank. Besides the “Golden Duo”, Lee Fang-Jen and Lee Fang-Chih, and Hsu Yin-Hui and Lin Jhih-Yun who won medals, Land Bank’s badminton players, such Liao Jhuo-Fu and Lin Chun-Yi, playing in the men’s singles, and Chang Ke-Chi and Po Li-Wei, playing in men’s doubles, all performed outstandingly. In this week’s tournament, the Land Bank badminton team will travel to Japan and Malaysia in their quest to accumulate more Olympic qualifying points.
In recent weeks, the Bank’s badminton team has continued to deliver re-markable results, including Chen Sheng-Fa and Chen Cheng-Kuan’s victory in the men’s doubles at the Malaysia Super 100 in November and Bendigo International Badminton Championships in October; Chen Sheng-Fa and Lin Jhih-Yun winning the mixed doubles at the Sydney International and Bendigo International in October; Ting Yen-Cheng winning the men’s singles at the Sydney International in October; Su Li-Yang winning the bronze medal at the Indonesia Masters in October; powerful left-hander Lin Chun-Yi winning the Gold Medal at the Kaohsiung Masters Super 100; and the “Golden Duo” taking the silver medal at last week’s German Open. The Bank’s badminton players have been regular winners at major international tournaments in recent years.
Currently, among the Bank’s badminton players, two players for men’s singles, three teams for men’s doubles, and one team each for women’s doubles and mixed doubles are ranked among the top 50 players in the world. The Bank continues to invest more resources into the training of the teams so that each player, while making the country proud, is able to establish their own sports career.
The Land Bank of Taiwan is a 100% state-owned bank. It not only follows national policy to establish badminton and tennis teams in the support of sporting endeavor, it also plays its role as a public bank in the promotion of policy-oriented loans. Recently, the Bank has made a proactive approach to promote the financing scheme of “SME Revitalization” by offering preferential loan packages to SMEs. As of Q3, the Bank has successfully approved loans of more than NT$15 billion to help inject capital into micro-enterprises, startups, and SMEs in the process of restructuring and upgrading.
Furthermore, to continue to keep on top of the market, the Bank actively launches promotions as a thank you to loyal customers - 20% rebate when spending with the Bank’s JCB Card during the Double 11 Shopping Festival, NT$200 off when spending NT$1000 at Gourmet Foods, and free gifts when spending specified amounts at selected department stores.
Contact person: Li Chun-Chang
Tel: 02-2217-3271 #121
