Schedule
Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation: [1]
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Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation: [1]
| Rank | Nation | IRI | AUT | BRA | VIE | POL | JPN | FIN | MAS | ESP | RUS | NGR | UKR | BEL | AUS | CZE | INA | HUN | UAE | IND | BAN | ITA | USA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  India | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Indonesia | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Denmark | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Russia | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 |  France | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Malaysia | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  South Korea | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Chinese Taipei | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Canada | 2.5 | — | 1 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Vietnam | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  England | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Germany | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Hong Kong | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Israel | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Thailand | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Turkey | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 |  Brazil | 1 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 China | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Iran | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Singapore | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Spain | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Sweden | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 |  United States | 0.5 | — | 0.5 |
In alphabetical order.
| Rank | Player | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alina Davletova | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Evgenia Dimova | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Evgenij Dremin | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Rachel Honderich | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Rodion Alimov | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Jacco Arends | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Manu Attri | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Ekaterina Bolotova | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Leo Rolly Carnando | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ashmita Chaliha | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Delphine Delrue | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Kohei Gondo | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Yu Igarashi | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Ayane Kurihara | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Ronan Labar | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Lee Yu-rim | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Lea Palermo | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Toma Junior Popov | 2 | 2 | |||||
| B. Sumeeth Reddy | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Yoo Yeon-seong | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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