Kenya International

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Kenya International
Sport Badminton
FounderKenya Badminton Association
Country Kenya

The Kenya International is an annual open international badminton tournament held in Kenya. This tournament is organised by the Kenya Badminton Association, with the sanctioned by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) and Badminton World Federation (BWF).

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History

In 1965, badminton is already played by the Kenyan people, when the Kenya Gazette implied the change of the name of Nairobi Badminton Association to Kenya Badminton Association. [1] This tournament is one of the oldest badminton tournament in Africa, and established before the BCA was founded in 1977, which the former All England Open champion, Punch Gunalan of Malaysia, won the men's doubles title in 1972. [2] [3] In 2006, the tournament was a Future Series event, and since 2009 upgrading to International Series with the total prize money $5,000. [4] In 2008, the tournament was held at the Premier Club in Nairobi, with players from ten countries compete. [5] In 2009, it was held at the Moi Sports Centre, Kasarani, in the same time with African Badminton Championships. [6] [7] The Moi Sports Centre continues to host the tournament, [8] [9] and in 2014, was moved to Safaricom Stadium Kasarani. [10]

Tournament winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1985 Flag of Kenya.svg Peter Netu Flag of Kenya.svg Salma Ali Flag of Kenya.svg Vijai Maini
Flag of Kenya.svg Amjid Rasul
Flag of Kenya.svg Janetta Keenan
Flag of Kenya.svg Naila Valani
Flag of Kenya.svg Amjid Rasul
Flag of Kenya.svg Salma Ali
1986 Flag of India.svg T. R. Rajan Flag of Kenya.svg Christine Joshi Flag of India.svg T. R. Rajan
Flag of India.svg Owen Roncon
Flag of Kenya.svg Christine Joshi
Flag of Kenya.svg Gail D'Souza
Flag of Kenya.svg N. K. Shah
Flag of Kenya.svg Naila Valani
1987–
1988
No competition
1989 Flag of Kenya.svg Satish Narasimhan Flag of Kenya.svg Christine Joshi Flag of Kenya.svg Vijai Maini
Flag of Morocco.svg Adelhafid Sedk
Flag of Kenya.svg Christine Joshi
Flag of Kenya.svg Fatma Juma
Flag of Kenya.svg C. N. Waweru
Flag of Kenya.svg M. Wangari
1990 Flag of Mauritius.svg Geenesh Dussain Flag of Mauritius.svg Vandanah Seesurun Flag of Mauritius.svg Geenesh Dussain
Flag of Mauritius.svg Jean-Michel Duverge
Flag of Mauritius.svg Vandanah Seesurun
Flag of Mauritius.svg Martine de Souza
Flag of Mauritius.svg Geenesh Dussain
Flag of Mauritius.svg Vandanah Seesurun
1991 Flag of Nigeria.svg Agarawu Tunde Flag of Mauritius.svg Martine de Souza Flag of Nigeria.svg Danjuma Fatauchi
Flag of Nigeria.svg Sesan Gbajobi
Flag of Nigeria.svg Obiageli Olorunsola
Flag of Nigeria.svg Dayo Oyewusi
Flag of Nigeria.svg Sesan Gbajobi
Flag of Nigeria.svg Obiageli Olorunsola
1992 Flag of Kenya.svg Simon Kihara Flag of Kenya.svg Anna Nganga Flag of Kenya.svg Simon Kihara
Flag of Kenya.svg Tom Manda
Flag of Kenya.svg Christine Joshi
Flag of Kenya.svg Fatma Juma
Flag of Kenya.svg Tom Manda
Flag of Kenya.svg Jasmin Nzambu
1993No competition
1994 Flag of Tanzania.svg Mehul Joshi Flag of Uganda.svg Annet Nakamya Flag of Kenya.svg Abraham Wogute
Flag of Kenya.svg Fred Gituku
Flag of Kenya.svg Anna Nganga
Flag of Uganda.svg Edith Wamalwa
Flag of Uganda.svg Frank Nsubuga
Flag of Uganda.svg Edith Wamalwa
1995 Flag of Uganda.svg Frank Nsubuga Flag of Uganda.svg Frank Nsubuga
Flag of Tanzania.svg Mehul Joshi
Flag of Uganda.svg Annet Nakamya
Flag of Uganda.svg Helen Luziika
1996 Flag of Kenya.svg Abraham Wogute Flag of Uganda.svg Helen Luziika Flag of Kenya.svg Abraham Wogute
Flag of Kenya.svg Fred Gituku
Flag of Kenya.svg Abraham Wogute
Flag of Kenya.svg Monica Githii
1997No competition
1998 Flag of Kenya.svg Abraham Wogute Flag of Seychelles.svg Sandra Moses Flag of Kenya.svg Abraham Wogute
Flag of Kenya.svg Fred Gituku
Flag of Uganda.svg Annet Nakamya
Flag of Uganda.svg Helen Luziika
Flag of Kenya.svg Abraham Wogute
Flag of Kenya.svg Monica Githii
1999 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gallet Flag of Seychelles.svg Juliette Ah-Wan Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gallet
Flag of Kenya.svg Robert Mbugua
no data Flag of Seychelles.svg Georgie Cupidon
Flag of Seychelles.svg Juliette Ah-Wan
2000No competition
2001 [11] Flag of France.svg Sydney Lengagne Flag of Kenya.svg Ann Maina Flag of Kenya.svg  ?
Flag of Kenya.svg  ?
no data
2002 Flag of Nigeria.svg Ola Fagbemi Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Daniel Flag of Mauritius.svg Stephan Beeharry
Flag of Mauritius.svg Hyder Aboobakar
Flag of Mauritius.svg Karen Foo Kune
Flag of Mauritius.svg Anusha Dajee
Flag of Mauritius.svg Stephan Beeharry
Flag of Mauritius.svg Shama Aboobakar
2003–
2004
No competition
2005 Flag of India.svg Abhinn Shyam Gupta Flag of India.svg Trupti Murgunde Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Fröhlich
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Vondra
Flag of Mauritius.svg Shama Aboobakar
Flag of Mauritius.svg Amrita Sawaram
Flag of Mauritius.svg Eddy Clarisse
Flag of Mauritius.svg Amrita Sawaram
2006 [12] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richard Vaughan Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila Flag of Uganda.svg Abraham Wogute
Flag of Uganda.svg Edwin Ekiring
no data Flag of Uganda.svg Abraham Wogute
Flag of Uganda.svg Rita Namusisi
2007 Flag of Nigeria.svg Greg Okuonghae Flag of the United States.svg Shannon Pohl Flag of Nigeria.svg Abraham Otagada
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ocholi Edicha
Flag of Zambia.svg Delphine Nakanyika
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
Flag of Nigeria.svg Greg Okuonghae
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
2008 Flag of India.svg Chetan Anand Flag of Portugal.svg Ana Moura Flag of Seychelles.svg Georgie Cupidon
Flag of Seychelles.svg Steve Malcouzane
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Edwards
Flag of South Africa.svg Chantal Botts
Flag of Nigeria.svg Greg Okuonghae
Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Daniel
2009 Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhosseini Flag of Egypt.svg Dina Nagy Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of India.svg Dhanya Nair
Flag of India.svg Anita Ohlan
Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Edwards
2010 Flag of India.svg Oscar Bansal Flag of Greece.svg Anne Hald Jensen Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Wiaan Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Anna Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Edwards
Flag of South Africa.svg Wiaan Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Anna Viljoen
2011 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Malkov Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak Flag of India.svg Manu Attri
Flag of India.svg Jishnu Sanyal
Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak
Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Yiğit
Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Hà Anh
Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Thu Huyền
2012No competition
2013 Flag of India.svg Subhankar Dey Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel Flag of Nigeria.svg Enejoh Abah
Flag of Nigeria.svg Victor Makanju
Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel
Flag of Nigeria.svg Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan
Flag of Kenya.svg Patrick Kinyua
Flag of Kenya.svg Mercy Joseph
2014 Flag of Iran.svg Farzin Khanjani Flag of Italy.svg Jeanine Cicognini Flag of Iran.svg Soroush Eskandari
Flag of Iran.svg Hasan Motaghi
Flag of Iran.svg Negin Amiripour
Flag of Iran.svg Pegah Kamrani
Flag of Zambia.svg Donald Mabo
Flag of Zambia.svg Ogar Siamupangila
2015–
2018
No competition
2019 Flag of India.svg B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj Flag of Myanmar.svg Thet Htar Thuzar Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Youcef Sabri Medel
Flag of Lithuania.svg Vytaute Fomkinaite
Flag of Lithuania.svg Gerda Voitechovskaja
Flag of Jordan.svg Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik
Flag of Jordan.svg Domou Amro
2020 Flag of India.svg Chirag Sen Flag of India.svg Aakarshi Kashyap Flag of India.svg Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan
Flag of India.svg Santhosh Gajendran
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany
Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny
Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany
2021 Cancelled [note 1]
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 4–7 March, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya.

Performances by nation

Top Nations
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4361.5418.5
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 32322.512.5
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 131.53.5312
4Flag of India.svg  India 6221011
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1223311
6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 002226
7Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 201104
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 021014
9Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 01011.53.5
10Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 010113
11Flag of France.svg  France 200.5002.5
12Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 010102
13Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 100.5001.5
14Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 001001
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 001001
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 010001
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 010001
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 000011
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 000101
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 010001
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 010001
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 100001
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 010001
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 000011
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 100001
26Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 000.5000.5
Total2222221820104

References

  1. "The Kenya Gazette". Nairobi: Authority of the Republic of Kenya. 1966. p. 23.
  2. Brahms, Bernd-Volker (2014). Badminton Handbook: Training, Tactics, Competition. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. p. 148. ISBN   978-178-255-042-6.
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