The South Africa International is an international badminton tournament held in South Africa organised by Badminton South Africa, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA). Since 2018, this tournament has been a BWF Future Series.
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa | 6 | 11 | 15 | 17.5 | 20.5 | 70 |
2 | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
India | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Iran | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
Mauritius | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
7 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Portugal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
9 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
10 | Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
17 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
27 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |
Total | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 129 |
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