South Africa International

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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.

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Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1996 [1] Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Gavin Polmans
Flag of South Africa.svg Vanessa van der Walt
Flag of South Africa.svg Annalize van Staden
Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
1997 [2] Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Kriel
Flag of South Africa.svg Nico Meerholz
Flag of South Africa.svg Lina Fourie
Flag of South Africa.svg Tracey Thompson
Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Lina Fourie
1998 [3] Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen Flag of South Africa.svg Lina Fourie Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Jonassen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen
Flag of South Africa.svg Meagen Burnett
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Rasmussen
Flag of South Africa.svg Meagen Burnett
1999 [4] Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld Flag of South Africa.svg Meagen Burnett Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Kriel
Flag of South Africa.svg Chantal Botts
Flag of South Africa.svg Linda Montignies
Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Karen Coetzer
2000 [5] Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Potgieter Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Kriel
Flag of South Africa.svg Nico Meerholz
no competition Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Kriel
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
2001 [6] Flag of Mauritius.svg Denis Constantin Flag of Mauritius.svg Stephan Beeharry
Flag of Mauritius.svg Denis Constantin
Flag of South Africa.svg Chantal Botts
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Karen Coetzer
2002 [7] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richard Vaughan Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Kleingeld
Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Antoinette Uys
2003 [8] Flag of Japan.svg Shoji Sato Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Pi Hongyan Flag of Germany.svg Kristof Hopp
Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Tesche
Flag of Japan.svg Chikako Nakayama
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Yoshitomi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Travis Denney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kate Wilson-Smith
2004not held
2005 [9] Flag of India.svg Nikhil Kanetkar Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Daniel Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Roelof Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Chantal Botts
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
2006 [10] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Richard Vaughan Flag of India.svg Trupti Murgunde Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
2007 [11] Flag of Iran.svg Kaveh Mehrabi Flag of Spain.svg Lucía Tavera Flag of South Africa.svg Jade Morgan
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
2008 [12] Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Paiola Flag of South Africa.svg Stacey Doubell Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
2009 [13] Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahhosseini Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
2010 [14] Flag of Iran.svg Kaveh Mehrabi Flag of Italy.svg Agnese Allegrini Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Roelof Dednam
Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak
Flag of Turkey.svg Öznur Çalışkan
Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Dednam
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
2011 [15] Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Martins Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak
Flag of Turkey.svg Neslihan Yiğit
2012 [16] Flag of Scotland.svg Alistair Casey Flag of South Africa.svg Stacey Doubell Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Claire Edwards
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Willem Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
2013 [17] Flag of South Africa.svg Jacob Maliekal Flag of Portugal.svg Telma Santos Flag of Mauritius.svg Aatish Lubah
Flag of Mauritius.svg Julien Paul
Flag of South Africa.svg Elme de Villiers
Flag of Serbia.svg Sandra Halilović
Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal
Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny
2014 [18] Flag of Austria.svg Luka Wraber Flag of Turkey.svg Cemre Fere Flag of Iran.svg Farzin Khanjani
Flag of Iran.svg Mohamad Reza Khanjani
Flag of Turkey.svg Cemre Fere
Flag of Turkey.svg Ebru Tunalı
Flag of South Africa.svg Cameron Coetzer
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Butler-Emmett
2015 [19] Flag of the United States.svg Howard Shu Flag of Portugal.svg Telma Santos Flag of Iran.svg Soroush Eskandari
Flag of Iran.svg Farzin Khanjani
Flag of Turkey.svg Cemre Fere
Flag of Turkey.svg Ebru Yazgan
Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
2016 [20] Flag of South Africa.svg Jacob Maliekal Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Abdelhakim
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Salah
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Butler-Emmett
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
Flag of Russia.svg Anatoliy Yartsev
Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya
2017 [21] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Maxime Moreels Flag of India.svg Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of India.svg Saurabh Sharma
Flag of South Africa.svg Andries Malan
Flag of South Africa.svg Jennifer Fry
2018 [22] Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azmy Qowimuramadhoni Flag of Nigeria.svg Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ade Resky Dwicahyo
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azmy Qowimuramadhoni
Flag of South Africa.svg Lehandre Schoeman
Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz
2019 [23] Flag of Austria.svg Luka Wraber Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Youcef Sabri Medel
Flag of Italy.svg Katharina Fink
Flag of Italy.svg Yasmine Hamza
Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany
2020 [24] Cancelled [note 1]
2021 [25] Flag of India.svg Farogh Sanjay Aman Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz Flag of South Africa.svg Jarred Elliott
Flag of South Africa.svg Robert Summers
Flag of South Africa.svg Amy Ackerman
Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg Robert White
Flag of South Africa.svg Deidre Laurens
2022 [26] Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hung Chun-chung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Yu-hsuan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Wen-che
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liu Yu-che
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Husan-ying
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tsai Li-yu
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng Yu-yen
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Yu-hua
2023 [27] Flag of England.svg Nadeem Dalvi Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Ludik Flag of South Africa.svg Caden Kakora
Flag of South Africa.svg Robert White
Flag of South Africa.svg Amy Ackerman
Flag of South Africa.svg Deidre Laurens
Flag of South Africa.svg Robert White
Flag of South Africa.svg Deidre Laurens
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 3 to 6 December, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.

Performances by nation

As of the 2023 edition
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6111517.520.570
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 020406
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 111115
Flag of India.svg  India 221005
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 302405
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 122005
7Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 001023
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 120003
9Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 10100.52.5
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 200002
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 101002
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 010102
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 100102
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 020002
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 010012
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 200002
17Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 001001
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 000011
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 100001
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 100001
Flag of England.svg  England 100001
Flag of France.svg  France 010001
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 001001
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 010001
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 010001
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 100001
27Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 0000.500.5
Total2626262526129

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