Botswana International

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The Botswana International is an open badminton tournament held in Gaborone, Botswana. The tournament has been an International Series level, except in 2012 and since 2018 categorized as Future Series level from Badminton World Federation.

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Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1993 [1] Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Pawson Flag of Namibia.svg Bianca Kustner Flag of South Africa.svg Allan de Beer
Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Pawson
Flag of Namibia.svg Bianca Kustner
Flag of Namibia.svg Heidi Spinas
Flag of South Africa.svg Allan de Beer
Flag of South Africa.svg Megan Laing
1994not held
1995 [2] Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld Flag of South Africa.svg Lina Fourie Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Paul Woodroffe
Flag of South Africa.svg Lina Fourie
Flag of South Africa.svg Tracey Thompson
Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Lina Fourie
1996–
1998
not held
1999 [3] Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Kriel no competition Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Kriel
Flag of South Africa.svg Billy Kuyper
no competition Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Kriel
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
2000–
2009
not held
2010 [4] Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Traina Flag of Italy.svg Agnese Allegrini Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
2011 [5] Flag of Uganda.svg Edwin Ekiring Flag of Austria.svg Claudia Mayer Flag of Nigeria.svg Jinkan Ifraimu
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ola Fagbemi
2012 [6] Flag of Scotland.svg Alistair Casey Flag of Mauritius.svg Shama Aboobakar Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Reneshan Naidoo
Flag of South Africa.svg Elme de Villiers
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer van den Berg
Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer van den Berg
2013 [7] Flag of South Africa.svg Jacob Maliekal Flag of Portugal.svg Telma Santos Flag of Slovenia.svg Roj Alen
Flag of Slovenia.svg Kek Jamnik
Flag of South Africa.svg Elme de Villiers
Flag of Serbia.svg Sandra Halilovic
Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal
Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny
2014 [8] Flag of Austria.svg Luka Wraber Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Elme de Villiers
Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
2015 [9] Flag of the United States.svg Howard Shu Flag of Hungary.svg Laura Sárosi Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal
Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny
2016 [10] Flag of Russia.svg Anatoliy Yartsev Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya Flag of India.svg Alwin Francis
Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany
Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny
Flag of Russia.svg Anatoliy Yartsev
Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya
2017 [11] Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Ramon Garrido Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz Flag of India.svg Adarsh Kumar
Flag of India.svg Jagadish Yadav
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Butler-Emmett
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
2018 [12] Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ade Resky Dwicahyo Flag of Jordan.svg Domou Amro Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ade Resky Dwicahyo
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azmy Qowimuramadhoni
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Butler-Emmett
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
2019 [13] Flag of South Africa.svg Cameron Coetzer Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz Flag of South Africa.svg Jason Mann
Flag of South Africa.svg Bongani Von Bodenstein
Flag of South Africa.svg Megan De Beer
Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg Jarred Elliott
Flag of South Africa.svg Megan De Beer
2020 [14] Cancelled [note 1]
2021 [15] Flag of India.svg Farogh Sanjay Aman Flag of India.svg Revati Devasthale Flag of South Africa.svg Jarred Elliott
Flag of South Africa.svg Robert Summers
Flag of South Africa.svg Amy Ackerman
Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dmitriy Panarin
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kamila Smagulova
2022 [16] Flag of Jordan.svg Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Artur Niyazov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dmitriy Panarin
Flag of South Africa.svg Amy Ackerman
Flag of South Africa.svg Deidre Laurens
Flag of South Africa.svg Jarred Elliott
Flag of South Africa.svg Amy Ackerman
2023 [17] Flag of Mauritius.svg Julien Paul Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Nurani Ratu Azzahra Flag of Malaysia.svg Keane Chok
Flag of Malaysia.svg Andy Kok
Flag of Mauritius.svg Julien Paul
Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Ludik
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 19 to 22 November, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Botswana.
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Performances by nation

As of the 2023 edition
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 549111140
2Flag of India.svg  India 112004
3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 000123
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 110013
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 011103
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 110013
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 110002
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 101002
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 110002
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 110002
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 001012
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 010102
13Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 010001
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 001001
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 100001
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 010001
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 100001
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 001001
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 100001
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 010001
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 100001
22Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 0000.500.5
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 0000.500.5
Total161516151678

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