The European Badminton Championships will take place at the Sydbank Arena in Kolding in Denmark with the Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in China hosting the Badminton Asia Championships.

A host of big names will compete with Spain's Rio 2016 Olympic champion Carolina Marin hoping to clinch her third European women's singles title in a row.

The top seed will begin in the second round with a clash against Jordan Hart of Wales.

Marin's biggest challenger could be second-seeded compatriot Beatriz Corrales, who will face Mariya Mitsova of Bulgaria in her opening contest.

The men's competition could see home success with top seed Viktor Axelsen looking to defend his crown.

The Olympic bronze medallist will face either Lucas Corvée of France or Bernardo Atilano of Portugal in round two to begin his campaign.

Fourth-seed Hans-Kristian Vittinghus is also likely to be a major challenger for Denmark, with England's second seed Rajiv Ouseph and German third seed Marc Zwiebler also in contention.

In Wuhan, Malaysia's defending champion Lee Chong Wei will be looking for a third men's singles title.

The triple Olympic silver medallist will begin against Japan's Kazumasa Sakai.

Rio 2016 champion Chen Long, who beat Lee in the final, is seeded second on home soil and will face Ros Leonard Pedrosa of The Philippines to start his tournament.

China's London 2012 and Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Lin Dan is seeded fourth and will be hoping to clinch a fourth Asian title.

His first match will be against Lee Dong-keun of South Korea.

In the women's event, world number one and top seed Tai Tzu-ying will be hoping for a first continental crown.

The Chinese Taipei player will begin against a qualifier, while another contender could be India's Rio 2016 silver medallist PV Sindhu.

Her first clash will be against Dinar Dyah Ayustine of Indonesia.