Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse is an international badminton open tournament held annually in France since 1996. It was halted in 2001 and 2005, and with a prize money of 15.000 US Dollar it belonged to the BE-Circuit. It was last held in 2009.
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 9 | 6.5 | 9.5 |
| 2 |  Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 |  France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
 Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 |  Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
 Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
 Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | |
| 11 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Singapore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 65 | |
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