The Mauritius International is an annual feature international badminton tournament held in Mauritius organized by Mauritius Badminton Association (MBA) and sanctioned by BWF. [1] [2] The tournament for most part and in recent years has been an International Series rated event, but in 2012 and 2013, rated as Future Series event. [3] [4] [5] Another tournament, Rose-Hill International established in 2016 rated as Future Series event. [6]
Top Nations | |||||||||
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Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | ||
1 | Mauritius | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7.5 | 34.5 | ||
2 | India | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 15 | ||
3 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |||
4 | England | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 13 | ||
5 | Malaysia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 12 | ||
6 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
7 | Nigeria | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
8 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 6.5 | |||
9 | France | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
10 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Wales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
12 | Seychelles | 1.5 | 1 | 2.5 | |||||
13 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Singapore | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
16 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Finland | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Guatemala | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Iran | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Myanmar | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Scotland | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | ||||||
Uganda | 1 | 1 | |||||||
United States | 1 | 1 | |||||||
25 | Australia | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
Indonesia | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||
New Zealand | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||
Portugal | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||
Slovenia | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||
Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 149 |
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