Badminton on Dutch television: Unknown, unloved

Dit korte essay is als schoolopdracht geschreven door BC Geldrop speler Pepijn de Lange.
On August 14, 2011 the Chinese idol Lin Dan played the Malaysian world's number one Lee Chong Wei in the thrilling final of the World Badminton Championships in London. After one and a half hour of play Lin Dan forced the victory.
Maak kennis met Anissa Wongsodimedjo!
Unfortunately, this whole event wasn't televised on the Dutch television. While these Asian badmintonstars were playing one of the best matches ever seen, Eurosport 2 was broadcasting a game of dominoes.
\n\nIn this essay, I would like to show how badminton is being under-appreciated by the Dutch media. There are more than 55.000 players registered with Badminton Nederland, the Dutch badminton association. This is not comparable with the football association (more than 1 million members) or the tennis association (around 700.000 members). These sports are much more seen on television or in newspapers. The question is, do these sports obtain more broadcasting time due to the larger number of people playing these games or the other way around? Probably these two influence each other.
\n\nAccording to a report from NOC*NSF, the overall coordinating Dutch sports organization, only 2.5 hours of the total 2.700 hours sport broadcasting time were spent on badminton. Football and tennis could respectively more than 900 hours and 200 hours be seen on television. These differences are enormous.
\n\nIn sum, it's my opinion that badminton is much too little broadcasted on Dutch television. Tournaments from all over the world are broadcast on www.badmintonworld.tv. This website is really worth visiting. Search especially for the final between Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei. Then you can judge yourself.
\n\nPepijn de Lange
\nKlas VWO 5B
\nLyceum Bisschop Bekkers
\nEindhoven
QR-code voor dit artikel
Van Drunen en Priya naar hoofdtoernooi Yonex Dutch Open
In Maaspoort Den Bosch is woensdag de Yonex Dutch Open 2025 begonnen. Esmeralda van Drunen bereikte het hoofdtoernooi van het…
1 oktober 2025
Smashing vecht voor punten in Den Haag
Afgelopen zaterdag reisde Smashing naar Den Haag voor de ontmoeting met Drop Shot.
29 september 2025
Maaspoort stroomt vol bij Yonex Dutch Open
Deze week barst de strijd om de titels bij de Yonex Dutch Open los. De ticketverkoop is al goed op gang gekomen. Wil je er ook…
29 september 2025
Belangrijkste wijzigingen Ranking Badminton Nederland
Dankzij de vernieuwde nationale ranking wordt jouw positie nu echt een afspiegeling van je prestaties - niet alleen in grote…
23 september 2025