Croatian International

The Croatian International in badminton is an international open held in Croatia since 1999. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit. Croatian National Badminton Championships were established already in 1992. In 2022, the second international tournament in Croatia launched as Croatia Open.

Previous winners

Croatian International

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
1999	Steve Marvin	Maja Pohar	Dmitry Miznikov Valeriy Strelcov	Natalja Esipenko Natalia Golovkina	Valeriy Strelcov Natalia Golovkina	[1]
2000	Richard Vaughan	Anu Weckström	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	Felicity Gallup Joanne Muggeridge	Michael Beres Kara Solmundson	[2]
2001	Oliver Pongratz	Karina de Wit	Kristof Hopp Thomas Tesche	Erica van den Heuvel Nicole van Hooren	Peter Steffensen Lene Mørk	[3]
2002	Przemysław Wacha	Petya Nedelcheva	Vincent Laigle Svetoslav Stoyanov	Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	Russell Hogg Kirsteen McEwan	[4]
2003	Hendra Wijaya	Pi Hongyan		Miyuki Tai Yoshiko Iwata	Carsten Mogensen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	[5]
2004	Hidetaka Yamada	Li Li	Daniel Glaser Dennis von Dahn	Jiang Yanmei Li Li	Svetoslav Stoyanov Victoria Wright	[6]
2005	Holvy de Pauw	Miyo Akao	Simon Mollyhus Anders Kristiansen	Frances Liu Shinta Mulia Sari	Hendra Wijaya Frances Liu
2006	Andrew Smith	Petya Nedelcheva	Chris Tonks Chris Langridge	Liza Parker Jenny Day	Chris Langridge Jenny Day	[7]
2007	Carl Baxter	Guo Xin	Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet	Cai Jiani Guo Xin	Wouter Claes Nathalie Descamps	[8]
2008	Ville Lång	Kaori Imabeppu	Rupesh Kumar Sanave Thomas	Maria Thorberg Kati Tolmoff	Baptiste Carême Laura Choinet	[9]
2009	Peter Mikkelsen	Anita Raj Kaur	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	Ezgi Epice Claudia Vogelsang	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović	[10]
2010	Ben Beckman	Nicole Grether	Joe Morgan James Phillips	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid		[11]
2011	Dieter Domke	Minatsu Mitani	Kim Astrup Rasmus Fladberg	Sandra-Maria Jensen Line Kjærsfeldt		[12]
2012	Lukas Schmidt	Kana Ito	Jacco Arends Jelle Maas	Samantha Barning Eefje Muskens	Jacco Arends Ilse Vaessen	[13]
2013	Wisnu Haryo Putro	Natalia Perminova	Christopher Rusdianto Trikusuma Wardhana	Irina Khlebko Ksenia Polikarpova	Niclas Nøhr Rikke Søby Hansen	[14]
2014	Lukas Schmidt	Mette Poulsen	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	Julie Finne-Ipsen Rikke Søby Hansen	Niclas Nøhr Sara Thygesen	[15]
2015	Eric Pang	Elena Komendrovskaya	Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden	Maiken Fruergaard Camilla Martens	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Matea Čiča	[16]
2016	Marius Myhre		Zvonimir Đurkinjak Filip Špoljarec	Ksenia Evgenova Elena Komendrovskaja		[17]
2017	Kasper Lehikoinen	Anne Hald Jensen	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling	Kristin Kuuba Helina Rüütel	Matthew Clare Victoria Williams	[18]
2018	Daniel Nikolov	Mariya Mitsova	Peter Lang Thomas Legleitner	Ksenia Evgenova Anastasiia Semenova	Paweł Pietryja Aneta Wojtkowska	[19]
2019	B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj	Laura Sárosi	Emil Lauritzen Mads Muurholm	Debora Jille Alyssa Tirtosentono	Emil Lauritzen Iben Bergstein	[20]
2020	Cancelled [note 1]					[21]
2021	Cancelled [note 2]					[22]
2022	Liu Haichao	Huang Ching-ping	Chiu Hsiang-chieh Yang Ming-tse	Qiao Shijun Zhou Xinru	Chiu Hsiang-chieh Lin Xiao-min	[23]
2023	Daniil Dubovenko	Milena Schnider	Robert Cybulski Szymon Ślepecki	Paulina Hankiewicz Kornelia Marczak	Samuel Jones Sian Kelly	[24]
2024	Rizki Ansyahri	Raksha Kandasamy	Viktor Petrović Mihajlo Tomić	Serena Au Yeong Anna Hagspiel	Mihajlo Tomić Andjela Vitman	[25] [26]

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 23 to 26 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia.
2. This tournament, originally to be played from 30 September to 3 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia.

Croatia Open

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2022	Justin Hoh	Vũ Thị Anh Thư	Donovan Willard Wee Howin Wong	Lui Lok Lok Ng Shiu Yee	Jonty Russ Sian Kelly	[27]
2023– 2024	No competition

Performances by nation

Croatian International As of the 2024 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1   Denmark 1 2 5 3.5 5 16.5 2   England 3 2 1 3 9   Germany 5 1 2 1 9 4   Croatia 2 5 7   Netherlands 1 1 1 3 1 7 6   Japan 1 4 1 6   Russia 3 3 6 8   France 1 2 2 5   Poland 1 2 1 1 5   Singapore 1 1 2 1 5 11   Bulgaria 1 3 4   China 1 1 2 4 13   Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 3   Finland 2 1 3   India 1 1 1 3   Ukraine 1 1 1 3   Wales 1 1 1 3 18   Belgium 1 1 2   Indonesia 1 1 2   Serbia 1 1 2    Switzerland 1 1 2 22   Canada 0.5 1 1.5   Estonia 1.5 1.5 24   Austria 1 1   Hungary 1 1   Israel 1 1   Italy 1 1   Malaysia 1 1   New Zealand 1 1   Norway 1 1   Scotland 1 1   Slovenia 1 1   Sweden 1 1 34   Turkey 0.5 0.5 Total 24 24 24 24 24 120

Croatia Open As of the 2022 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1   England 1 1   Hong Kong 1 1   Malaysia 1 1   Singapore 1 1   Vietnam 1 1 Total 1 1 1 1 1 5

References

1. Croatian International 99
2. Croatian Int 2000
3. Croatian Int 2001
4. Croatian international 2002 I
5. Croatian International 2003
6. Croatian International 2004
7. Croatian International 2006
8. Croatian International 2007
9. Croatian International 2008
10. Croatian International 2009
11. Croatian International 2010
12. Croatian International 2011
13. Croatian International 2012
14. Victor Croatian International 2013
15. Victor Croatian International 2014
16. Victor Croatian International 2015
17. Victor Croatian International 2016
18. Victor Croatian International 2017
19. Victor Croatian International 2018
20. Victor Croatian International 2019
21. VICTOR Croatian International 2020 (Cancelled)
22. VICTOR Croatian International 2021 (Cancelled)
23. VICTOR Croatian International 2022
24. VICTOR Croatian International 2023 winners
25. "Victor Croatian International 2024 winner". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
26. "Održan Victor Croatian International" (in Croatian). Samobor. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
27. "Croatia Open 2022 winner". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 1 October 2024.