The Latvia International (or the Latvia Riga International) is an international badminton tournament that has been held in Latvia since 2005. [1] [2]
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Estonia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 |  Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 |  Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 7.5 | ||
| 4 |  France | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 |  Denmark | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Poland | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 7 |  Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 |  Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Latvia | 2 | 2 | |||||
 Ukraine | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 12 |  China | 1 | 1 | ||||
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Finland | 1 | 1 | |||||
 India | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Italy | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Netherlands | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Scotland | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Spain | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Wales | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 76 | |
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