The Pakistan International is an international badminton tournament held in Pakistan organised by Pakistan Badminton Federation. [1] In 2004, this tournament known as Pakistan Satellite and the International Badminton Federation has graded the tournament with "A grade" and its points would be included in world ranking. [2] This tournament also became the stage for Pakistani players to compete and see their performance in international event. [3]
Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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2004 | Jeffer Rosobin | B. R. Meenakshi | Bagus Suprobo Stenny Kusuma | Dhanya Nair Sharada Govardhini | Markose Bristow B. R. Meenakshi |
2005– 2006 | Not held | ||||
2007 | Bobby Milroy | Maja Tvrdy | Ahmad Muhammad Waqas Sulehri Kashif Ali | Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien | Valiyaveetil Diju Aparna Balan |
2008– 2015 | Not held | ||||
2016 | Rizwan Azam | Palwasha Bashir | Rizwan Azam Sulehri Kashif Ali | Palwasha Bashir Saima Manzoor | Ratnajit Tamang Nangsal Tamang |
2017 | Lê Đức Phát | Mahoor Shahzad | Palwasha Bashir Khizra Rasheed | Dipesh Dhami Shova Gauchan | |
2018 | Not held | ||||
2019 | Saran Jamsri | Mahoor Shahzad | Prad Tangsrirapeephan Apichasit Teerawiwat | Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq | Hussein Zayan Shaheed Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq |
2020– 2021 | Not held | ||||
2022 | Cancelled [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
2022 | Cancelled [lower-alpha 2] |
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
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1 | Pakistan | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
2 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
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