Campeonato Europeu | 04/08 12:40 | - | Danylo Bosniuk v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
Internacional de Malta | 04/05 12:30 | - | Matthew Abela v Wolfgang Gnedt | L | 0-2 | |
Internacional de Portugal - Qualificação | 03/06 17:00 | - | Angus Meldrum v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
Internacional da Islândia | 01/26 12:30 | - | Matthew Abela v Mathias Solgaard | L | 0-2 | |
Internacional de Espanha | 11/14 15:35 | - | Matthew Abela v Ernesto Baschwitz | L | 0-2 | |
Jogos Europeus | 06/28 09:30 | - | Matthew Abela v Filip Spoljarec | L | 0-2 | |
Open da Áustria - Qualificação | 05/25 11:15 | - | Dragoslav Petrovic v Matthew Abela | L | 2-1 | |
Open da Eslovénia - Qualificação | 05/17 16:55 | - | Matthew Abela v Kai Feng Tang | L | 0-2 | |
Open da Eslovénia - Qualificação | 05/17 09:20 | - | Matthew Abela v Aaron Bai | W | 2-0 | |
Open do Luxemburgo | 05/05 08:20 | - | Matthew Abela v Krishna Adi Nugraha | L | 0-2 | |
Internacional da Holanda | 04/14 10:25 | - | Karan Rajan Rajarajan v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
Internacional de Portugal | 03/10 12:40 | - | Dominik Kwinta v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 |
Matthew Abela (born 18 March 1999) is a Maltese badminton player affiliated with Paola badminton club. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Men's singles.
He is seven times Maltese National champion.
Abela started playing badminton when he was 5 years old and his father, who is a coach, used to bring him to training sessions. He trained at the Paola badminton club, and entered the Maltese national team since 2011. He won his first U19 national junior title in 2011, and until 2019, he has collected eleven U19 national junior titles. He made his international debut in the junior tournament in 2013, and to improve and reach his future goals to become a better badminton player, he joining Badminton Europe's Centre of Excellence based in Holbæk, Denmark in September 2017.
Abela won six men's singles title and one mixed doubles title at the Maltese National Championships. With participation at 2020 Tokyo Olympics confirmed, Abela has also been confirmed as the first badminton player to ever represent Malta at the Olympics.