The Portugal Open in badminton is an international open held annually in Portugal since 1965. It is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit.
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | England | 12 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 92 |
2 | Denmark | 13 | 4 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 45.5 |
3 | Portugal | 1 | 7 | 5.5 | 7 | 6 | 26.5 |
4 | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 17 |
5 | France | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 11.5 |
Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3.5 | 11.5 | ||
7 | Russia CIS Soviet Union | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
8 | Scotland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 9.5 |
9 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
10 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
11 | Norway | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 | |
12 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | ||
Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 4.5 | |||
14 | Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
15 | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
16 | Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
India | 2 | 2 | |||||
Peru | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
21 | Croatia | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 | |||
Indonesia | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||||
Mexico | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | ||||
24 | Austria | 1 | 1 | ||||
Canada | 1 | 1 | |||||
Finland | 1 | 1 | |||||
Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Pakistan | 1 | 1 | |||||
Poland | 1 | 1 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | |||||
Thailand | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ukraine | 1 | 1 | |||||
Wales | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 58 | 57 | 58 | 55 | 58 | 286 |
Niels Christian Kaldau is a male badminton player from Denmark.
The Swedish Open is an open badminton tournament that is annually held since 2018, previously from 1956 to 2000 after which the organizer, Svenska Badmintonförbundet, could no longer find a suitable sponsor. To some extent it has been replaced by the Swedish International Stockholm tournament.
The U.S. Open Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament first held in 1954 when the American Badminton Association opened the U.S. National Badminton Championships to foreign competition. During the 1950s and 1960s it often attracted the world's top players. The 2015 Yonex Suffolk County Community College US Open Championships, held in Brentwood, NY, attracted Malaysia's superstar Lee Chong Wei as well as 9 others in the top 30 MS competitors. In 2016, the tournament was hosted in El Monte, California. In 2017, the tournament was hosted in Anaheim, California. In 2018, the tournament will be held at California State University, Fullerton.
The Norwegian International in badminton is an international open held in Norway since 1954. In the first years only the pure man disciplines were played, but since 1959 women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles were also played. In 1957, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1979 and 1990 the championships were halted. It is currently one of the tournaments on the European Badminton Circuit.
The Hungarian International in badminton is an international open held in Hungary since 1974. In the first years it was held every two years, and since 1978 it is held annually. The competition is typically held in autumn, and it belongs to the EBU Circuit. The Hungarian National Badminton Championships started in 1960.
The Slovenian International in badminton is an international open held in Slovenia regularly since 1993.
The Estonian International in badminton is an international open held in Estonia since 2004 and is thereby one of the most recent international badminton tournaments in the world.
The Israel Open, formerly called Hatzor International, in badminton is an international open held in Israel since 1975. It was held annually from 1975 to 1982, but between 1983 and 2005 the competition was held only thrice. The competition was resumed in 2006 under a new name Hatzor International, after the club which host the event at Kibbutz Hatzor. Israeli National Badminton Championships started in 1977.
The Canada Open in badminton is an international open held in Canada since 1957. The tournament is traditionally held every year in September.
Jill Pittard is a badminton player from England.
The Macau Open Badminton Championships is an open international championship in badminton held in Macau. In the 2002 International Badminton Federation (IBF) calendar, the first badminton tournament in Macau was held as Macau Satellite. IBF then included the tournament in the Grand Prix event in 2006, after that the tournament was categorised by the Badminton World Federation as Grand Prix Gold event in 2007, which carried a total prize money of US$120,000. After the new event structure updated by the BWF in 2017, the Macau Open categorized as the BWF World Tour Super 300 which began to be implemented in 2018. The Macau Open was on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic starting from 2020 to 2023, and will return to the BWF calendar in 2024.
Margaret Beck was a badminton player from England who ranked among the world's best during most of the 1970s.
The Brazil International is the most important international open badminton tournament of Brazil. It is held since the year 1984. Brazilian National Badminton Championships started in 1991. It is part of the BWF International Series.
The India International Challenge is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India. During its first two editions, it was a domestic tournament. Since 2010, it became an international tournament with the grading of International Challenge.
The Mexican Open or Mexican International is an international badminton competition held in Mexico. The Mexican Open has been held together with the Mexican National Championship of Badminton which main difference is that foreign players can participate in the former competition, while the latter is just reserved for Mexican badminton players. The original intention was that both tournaments would be held annually; however, due to different circumstances it has not always been this the case.
The Giraldilla International is the name of an international badminton tournament, which is organized as an open championship of Cuba. The competition is held annually since 2000 and is now a young supraregional Badminton Championship. The organizer was the Cuban Badminton Association in cooperation with the Badminton Pan Am continental federation.
The Guatemala International is an open badminton tournament held in Guatemala. The tournament has been an International Series level in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, then in 2009 categorized as Future Series level, and in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 categorized as International Challenge by the Badminton World Federation. The tournament is sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation, so the players can improved their point in world ranking.
The Peru International or Peru Challenge is an open international badminton tournament in Peru. It was the highest international championships in Peru. The tournament has been an International Challenge level since 2009. Another tournament named Peru International Series for the second grade tournament in Peru which was established in 2015.
Kunlavut Vitidsarn is a Thai badminton player. He is the current men's singles World Champion as he won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships. He was also three-times World Junior champion, winning in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Vitidsarn became the first men's singles player to win three World Junior Championships titles, joining Ratchanok Intanon and Chen Qingchen as a three-time winner of the World Junior title in the same discipline. He claimed the gold medal at the Asian Junior Championships in 2019, where he previously won a silver in 2018 and bronze in 2017. Vitidsarn participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, and was part of the team Omega took the silver medal in the mixed team event. He was named the 2020/2021 Eddy Choong Most Promising Player. In the senior category, he won the silver medal at the 2022 World Championships and, in the following year, the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships. He became the first Thai player to win the World Championships title in the men's singles category.
Zhang Yi is a former Chinese badminton player. In 1997, he reached the final at the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Cai Yun, beating their compatriots Xia Xuanze and Chen Hong in the semifinals with the straight games, but they lost to Malaysian paired in the final. In 2005, he compete in the men's singles main draw at the All England Open after won three match in the qualification round. Born in Guangdong, Zhang had won the mixed doubles titles at the 2007 Hungarian International, 2008 Austrian and Portugal International, also at the 2009 Estonian International.