Belgian International

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The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods.

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Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminton Europe tournament circuit.

Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1958 Flag of Denmark.svg Knud Aage Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg Tonny Holst-Christensen Flag of England.svg Hugh Findlay
Flag of England.svg Ronald Lockwood
Flag of England.svg Heather Ward
Flag of England.svg Barbara Carpenter
Flag of England.svg Hugh T. Findlay
Flag of England.svg Heather Ward
1959–
1960
No competition
1961 Flag of Malaysia.svg Oon Chong Teik Flag of England.svg Ursula Smith Flag of Malaysia.svg Oon Chong Teik
Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Mertz
No competition
1962–
1967
No competition
1968 Flag of Singapore.svg Lee Kin Tat Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tonny Pannemans Flag of Singapore.svg Lee Kin Tat
Flag of Mexico.svg Roy Díaz González
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg June Jacques
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gerda Cairns
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leo Kountul
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tony Pannemans
1969 Flag of Sweden.svg Sture Johnsson Flag of Denmark.svg Imre Nielsen Flag of England.svg David Horton
Flag of England.svg Elliot Stuart
Flag of England.svg Margaret Boxall
Flag of England.svg Susan Whetnall
Flag of England.svg Paul Whetnall
Flag of England.svg Margaret Boxall
1970 Flag of Malaysia.svg Punch Gunalan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom Flag of Malaysia.svg Punch Gunalan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Felice do Nooyer
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Boon Bee
Flag of Malaysia.svg Sylvia Ng
1971 Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Aik Huang Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tonny Pannemans Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tony Pannemans
Flag of Germany.svg Lore Hawig
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Clemens Wortel
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tony Pannemans
1972 Flag of Indonesia.svg Djauhari Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joke van Beusekom Flag of Indonesia.svg Djauhari
Flag of Indonesia.svg Budinan
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Barbara Lord
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Dorte Tyghe
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Kenneth Parsons
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Dorte Tyghe
1973No competition
1974 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg William Kerr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alena Poborakova Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg William Kerr
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Kenneth Parsons
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alena Poboraková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tatjana Pravdová
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Kenneth Parsons
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Alan Parsons
1975 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Gussie Botes Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg John Abrahams
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Gordon McMillan
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Luesken
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Thatcher
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Alan Phillips
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Marianne van der Walt
1976 Flag of Germany.svg Karl-Heinz Zwiebler Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hanke de Kort Flag of England.svg Ray Sharp
Flag of England.svg Ray Rolfe
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hanke de Kort
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marja Ravelli
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Clemens Wortel
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hanke de Kort
1977–
1978
No competition
1979 Flag of Germany.svg Ulrich Rost Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marja Ridder Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hanke de Kort
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marja Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Ridder
1980No competition
1981 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Barry Burns Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carol Liem Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivan Kristanto
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frank van Dongen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paula Kloet
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Grace Kakiay
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bas von Barnau-Sijthoff
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeanette van Driel
1982–
1983
No competition
1984 Flag of England.svg Glen Milton Flag of England.svg Wendy Massam Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Buch
Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Hansen
Flag of England.svg Wendy Massam
Flag of England.svg Lisa Chapman
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjan Ridder
1985 Flag of Austria.svg Tariq Farooq Flag of England.svg Sally Podger Flag of Germany.svg Michael Fischedick
Flag of Germany.svg Mathias Klein
Flag of England.svg Sally Podger
Flag of Sweden.svg Lena Staxler
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis Tjin Asjoe
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeanette van Driel
1986 Flag of England.svg Steve Baddeley Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Xiangyang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Hai
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eline Coene
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erica van Dijck
Flag of Scotland.svg Billy Gilliland
Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
1987 Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Frost Flag of the Netherlands.svg Astrid van der Knaap Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Peter Nierhoff
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Kjeldsen
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gilks
Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gilks
1988 Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Yun-ja
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Yoo Sang-hee
Flag of Denmark.svg Steen Fladberg
Flag of England.svg Gillian Clark
1989 Flag of Denmark.svg Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Jiuhong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Qiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Jincan
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Bengtsson
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Paulsen
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
1990–
2000
No competition
2001 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Nabil Lasmari Flag of Indonesia.svg Hanny Setiani Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wouter Claes
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Mawet
Flag of England.svg Harriet Johnson
Flag of Denmark.svg Karina Sørensen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wouter Claes
Flag of Denmark.svg Karina Sørensen
2002–
2004
No competition
2005 [1] Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Boesen Flag of Germany.svg Xu Huaiwen Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Juliane Schenk
Flag of Germany.svg Nicole Grether
Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Overzier
2006 [2] Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Ødum Flag of Germany.svg Petra Overzier Flag of Sweden.svg Imanuel Hirschfeldt
Flag of Indonesia.svg Imam Sodikin
Flag of Russia.svg Marina Yakusheva
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Shimko
Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Durkin
Flag of Russia.svg Valerya Sorokina
2007 [3] Flag of Germany.svg Marc Zwiebler Flag of Ukraine.svg Larissa Griga Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
Flag of England.svg Natalie Munt
Flag of England.svg Joanne Nicholas
Flag of England.svg Chris Langridge
Flag of England.svg Joanne Nicholas
2008 [4] Flag of Japan.svg Kenichi Tago Flag of Germany.svg Juliane Schenk Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Bowman
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Martyn Lewis
Flag of Russia.svg Valeria Sorokina
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Vislova
Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Durkin
2009 [5] Flag of Germany.svg Marc Zwiebler Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yao Jie Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Bosch
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen Ridder
Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Matsutomo
Flag of Japan.svg Ayaka Takahashi
Flag of England.svg Heather Olver
Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
2010 [6] Flag of Germany.svg Juliane Schenk Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Kindervater
Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Schöttler
Flag of Germany.svg Sandra Marinello
Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Overzier
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Fuchs
Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Overzier
2011 [7] Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Brice Leverdez Flag of Germany.svg Olga Konon Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Łogosz
Flag of Singapore.svg Shinta Mulia Sari
Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei
Flag of Singapore.svg Chayut Triyachart
Flag of Singapore.svg Yao Lei
2012 [8] Flag of Indonesia.svg Andre Kurniawan Tedjono Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Sashina Vignes Waran Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen Ridder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Iris Tabeling
Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Gabrielle White
2013 [9] Flag of Indonesia.svg Febby Angguni Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Astrup
Flag of Scotland.svg Imogen Bankier
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Petya Nedelcheva
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Flag of Denmark.svg Lena Grebak
2014 [10] Flag of Denmark.svg Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Christiansen
Flag of Denmark.svg David Daugaard
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eefje Muskens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
2015 [11] Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Antonsen Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Jin Wei Flag of India.svg Manu Attri
Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy
Flag of Denmark.svg Maiken Fruergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Sara Thygesen
Flag of Poland.svg Robert Mateusiak
Flag of Poland.svg Nadieżda Zięba
2016 [12] Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Lucas Corvée Flag of Malaysia.svg Sonia Cheah Su Ya Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Ching-yao
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Po-han
Flag of England.svg Chloe Birch
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Ronan Labar
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Audrey Fontaine
2017 [13] Flag of Japan.svg Kento Momota Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Corrales Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Colberg
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Fladberg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cheryl Seinen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Selena Piek
2018 [14] Flag of England.svg Toby Penty Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Ying-chun Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruben Jille
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Delphine Delrue
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Léa Palermo
2019 [15] Flag of India.svg Lakshya Sen Flag of Denmark.svg Line Christophersen Flag of England.svg Ben Lane
Flag of England.svg Sean Vendy
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Gabriela Stoeva
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefani Stoeva
Flag of England.svg Ben Lane
Flag of England.svg Jessica Pugh
2020Cancelled [note 1]
2021 [16] Flag of Malaysia.svg Ng Tze Yong Flag of Japan.svg Riko Gunji Flag of Indonesia.svg Pramudya Kusumawardana
Flag of Indonesia.svg Yeremia Rambitan
Flag of Japan.svg Rin Iwanaga
Flag of Japan.svg Kie Nakanishi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Midorikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Natsu Saito
2022 [17] Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Chun-yi Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Thùy Linh Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Ko-chi
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Po Li-wei
Flag of Japan.svg Rui Hirokami
Flag of Japan.svg Yuna Kato
2023 [18] Flag of France.svg Lucas Claerbout Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Arın Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Søndergaard
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Toft
Flag of Japan.svg Maiko Kawazoe
Flag of Japan.svg Haruna Konishi
Flag of England.svg Marcus Ellis
Flag of England.svg Lauren Smith
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 9 to 12 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

Performances by nation

As of the finals of the 2023 edition
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 194.591033.5
2Flag of England.svg  England 33479.526.5
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 837.51.52.522.5
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5542.5218.5
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 422.5019.5
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 210429
7Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1121.538.5
8Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 322.5007.5
9Flag of France.svg  France 410117
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 022004
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 112004
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 000224
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 110.51.504
14Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 100.5113.5
15Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 00110.52.5
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 001.5012.5
17Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 010102
Flag of India.svg  India 101002
19Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0001.501.5
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 000.50.50.51.5
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 100.5001.5
22Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 100001
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 010001
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 000101
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 010001
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 010001
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 010001
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 010001
29Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 000.5000.5
Total3737373636183

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  1. 2005 winners
  2. 2006 winners
  3. 2007 winners
  4. 2008 winners
  5. 2009 winners
  6. 2010 winners
  7. 2011 winners
  8. 2012 winners
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  10. 2014 winners
  11. 2015 winners
  12. 2016 winners
  13. 2017 winners
  14. 2018 winners
  15. 2019 winners
  16. 2021 winners
  17. 2022 winners
  18. YONEX Belgian International 2023 winners