German Championships O19

Experience the best players up close

At the German Individual Championships, you have the opportunity to see the best players from all regions of Germany up close in action, get their autographs and maybe even take a selfie with them.

The first Champions

The German Championships (O19) were held for the first time on January 17 and 18, 1953 in Wiesbaden, where the German Badminton Association (DBV) was founded.

Men's singles - Hans Walbrück (1. DBC Bonn)
Women's singles - Ingeborg Tietze (Kieler BC)
Men's doubless - Hans Riegel / Hans Eschweiler (1. DBC Bonn)
Women's doubles - Ingeborg Tietze / Eva Schön (Kieler BC)
Mixed - Heinz Koch / Hannelore Schmidt (STC Blau-Weiss Solingen)

German Champions 2024

Men's singles - Matthias Kicklitz (Blau-Weiss Wittorf)
Women's singles - Yvonne Li (SV Fun-Ball Dortelweil)
Men's doubles - Bjarne Geiss / Jan Colin Völker (Blau-Weiss Wittorf / TV Refrath)
Women's doubles - Leona Michalski / Julia Meyer (TV Refrath)
Mixed - Matthias Kicklitz / Yvonne Li (Blau-Weiss Wittorf / SV Fun-Ball Dortelweil)

Timing

The German Individual Championships usually take place at the end of January/beginning of February. Spectators can expect spectacular rallies, exciting matches and plenty of emotion over the four days of the event.

The 73rd edition will take place from January 30 to February 2, 2025 in Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony. The last time that the German Individual Championships were held in Lower Saxony was in 1997 – back then in Hanover.