The Irish International or Irish Open in badminton is an international open held in Ireland since 1902 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. It was however interrupted by the two World Wars. This tournament is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit and takes place at the end of November every year as part of the home nations loop of international tournaments that include the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open in consecutive weeks. The tournament for most part and in recent years has been an International Challenge rated event. The recent exception was in 2012, 2017 & 2018 when the tournament was downgraded to International Series due to funding. Recent editions have been held in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre except for 2007 and 2011 tournaments which were held in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
In 2016 the Irish Open moved to the new National Indoor Arena in Blanchardstown, Dublin, as the first ever event in the new state of the art arena before its official opening in January 2017. The December 2017 edition reverted to an International Series level tournament which saw three Irish players/pairs reach the final.
Notable past winners of the Irish Open are Carolina Marin(multiple Olympic and World Champion in women's singles) and multiple All England winner Tina Baun(nee Rasmussen). Marin's win in 2009 was the Spanish player's first senior international win while still a junior.
Rank | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 38 | 37 | 40 | 50.5 | 53.5 | 219 |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 22 | 22.5 | 17 | 100.5 |
3 | ![]() | 9 | 8 | 19 | 6.5 | 18.5 | 61 |
4 | ![]() | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11.5 | 8 | 37.5 |
5 | ![]() ![]() | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | |
6 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 11.5 |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 8.5 | ||
9 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.5 |
11 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
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![]() | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 5 | ||
15 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
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17 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
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20 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | ||||
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24 | ![]() | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||
25 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Total | 111 | 94 | 111 | 109 | 111 | 536 |
The Hong Kong Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Hong Kong since 1982, but it did not take place annually. It is organized by Hong Kong Badminton Association, and it became one of the Super Series tournaments in 2007. In 2008, Wang Chen became the first home player to win the Hong Kong Open title.
The U.S. Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament first held in 1954 when the American Badminton Association opened the U.S. National Badminton Championships to foreign competition. During the 1950s and 1960s it often attracted the world's top players. The 2015 Yonex Suffolk County Community College US Open Championships, held in Brentwood, NY, attracted Malaysia's superstar Lee Chong Wei as well as 9 others in the top 30 MS competitors. In 2016, the tournament was hosted in El Monte, California. In 2017, the tournament was hosted in Anaheim, California. In 2018, the tournament will be held at California State University, Fullerton.
The Dutch Open is an annual badminton tournament held in the Netherlands for the first time in November 1931 and is currently organized by Nederlandse Badminton Bond (NBB). It is a part of the European Badminton Circuit.
The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. BWF categorised Japan Open as one of the five BWF World Tour Super 750 events in the BWF events structure since 2018.
The Norwegian International in badminton is an international open held in Norway since 1954. In the first years only the pure man disciplines were played, but since 1959 women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles were also played. In 1957, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1979 and 1990 the championships were halted. It is currently one of the tournaments on the European Badminton Circuit.
The Italian International in badminton is an international open held in Italy since 1994. It was halted between 1996 and 1998, and in 2000. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit.
The Slovak Open in badminton is an international open held in Slovakia since 1993. The tournament followed the Czechoslovakian Open, and it belongs to the European Badminton Circuit.
The Estonian International in badminton is an international open held in Estonia since 2004 and is thereby one of the most recent international badminton tournaments in the world.
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