The Polish Open in badminton is an international open held in Poland since 1975. In the years before the fall of communism in the country this was one of a few meeting places between badminton players from the Eastern Bloc countries. The tournament belongs to the European Badminton Circuit. It is not to be confused with the Polish International.
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 |
2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
3 | Indonesia | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 |
4 | East Germany | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
5 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
6 | Japan | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
7 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 9.5 |
8 | England | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
10 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 7.5 |
11 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
12 | Germany | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
13 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
India | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
16 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
18 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
20 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
26 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 230 |
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