Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen win European Male Player of the Year and set to return at Indonesia Open

Slovenia: Europe's best badminton players gathered at the 4th BEC Awards Gala, which took place in Podcetrtek, Slovenia on Saturday to witness the annual awards ceremony in recognition to the achievements and the contribution made by European badminton players in 2015

The BEC Best Male Player of the Year 2015 title was awarded to Danish men's doubles pair Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen, who won the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships in March last year by defeating Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov of Russia. The Denmark pair also claimed the prestigious All England title and the men's doubles gold at the 2015 Baku European Games.

When informing the fans about winning the 2015 BEC Best Male Player of the Year award, Mathias Boe also hinted he and his partner - Carsten Mogensen who is still recovering from the life-threatening ruptured aortic aneurysms in his brain, are returning to competition. The pair is expected to take part in this year's Indonesia Open that will take place in Jakarta from May 30 to June 5.
Below was what Mathias Boe has posted on his social media site:
"We have been selected as male players of 2015 by Badminton Europe. It´s the second time we have won this award, and it´s of course something we are extremely proud of. Thank you to everybody that voted for us and to Badminton Europe:-).
Practice is going well, and we actually plan to be back on court at Indonesia Open in about 7 weeks,"
The Best Female Player of the Year award was given to Spain's Carolina Marin, who won six titles in 2015. Marin was also the only European to win a consecutive women's singles World Championships title.
In addition, Carolina Marin's coach - Fernando Rivas, also took home the Coach of the Year Award.
Denmark's legendary Morten Frost who is currently serving as the Technical Director of Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), was officially inducted as the new Badminton Europe Hall of Fame. Frost was regarded as of the four kings of badminton in the 80's together with Yang Yang, Zhan Jianhua, and Icuk Sugiarto. He was the most dominant forces in European men's badminton during his era and had won four All England singles titles as well as many other championships.

 The Best Young Player of the Year 2015 award went to Denmark's Anders Antonsen, while Ernest Robinson of France was selected as BEC Technical Official of the Year