The 2011 ICO Crossminton World Championships, [1] with the full name 1. ISBO Azimut Hotels Speedminton World Championships, was a crossminton tournament, taking place in Berlin, Germany, a between 24 and 25 August 2011. It was the 1st ever Crossminton World Championships to be played and 370 players from 29 countries participated at the event that took place at a time when crossminton was still named speed badminton.
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 24–25 August | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
| Competitors | 370 from 29 nations | ||
| Venue | Steffi-Graf-Stadion | ||
| Location | Berlin, Germany | ||
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The tournament, organised by Speedminton GmbH, was played on outdoor tennis clay court of the Steffi-Graf-Stadion [2] in Berlin.
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open (Men) | Per Hjalmarson | Daniel Gossen | Kristian Hansen |
| Rene Lewicki | |||
| Women | Janet Köhler | Jasmina Keber | Kasia Witwicka |
| Janina Karasek | |||
| Open doubles | Daniel Gossen Rene Lewicki | Per Hjalmarson Björn Karlsson | Patrick Schüsseler Ulrich Burkhardt |
| Barbora Syč-Krivanova Andrej Ostrihon |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| U18 boys | Tomaš Pavlovsky |  Dasen Jardas | Jakub Kosicki |
 Bence Palinkas | |||
| U18 girls | Alexandra Kacvinska | Lenka Levkova | Tea Grofelnik |
| Zita Ruby | |||
| U14 boys | Adam Kakula | Bruno Grofelnik | Alexander Gollmer |
| Rene Lecso | |||
| U14 girls | Paula Barkovic | Jocelin Pusch | Kristina Scavnicka |
| Terezia Gibalova |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| O40 open | Ulrich Burkhardt | Damir Ilic | Gyorgyi Vaczi |
 Andreas Wolner-Hanssen | |||
| O35 women |  Karine Chabrel | Constanze Lorang | Regina Ströbel |
| Isabelle Vaillant | |||
| O50 open | Vincent Krieger | Jocelyn Perdreau |  Robert Wynne |
| Lex Erlacher |
| Country |
|---|
| Australia |
| Austria |
| Brasil |
| Bulgaria |
| Canada |
| Croatia |
| Czech Republic |
| Denmark |
| Finland |
| France |
| Germany |
| Great Britain |
| Hungary |
| Ireland |
| Italy |
| Latvia |
| Mauritius |
| Netherlands |
| Norway |
| Poland |
| Portugal |
| Romania |
| Russia |
| Serbia |
| Slovakia |
| Slovenia |
| Sweden |
| Switzerland |
| USA |
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