The Tahiti International is an international badminton tournament held in Tahiti, French Polynesia organised by Tahiti Badminton Federation, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Oceania. [1] In the last few years, this tournament has been an BWF International Challenge with total prize money US$17.500. [2] In fact, this tournament established since 2009, but not yet sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. [3] [4]
This tournament held at the University of French Polynesia sports hall in Punaauia. [5] The opening ceremony of this event displayed the Tahitian culture with music and dance. [6]
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
 Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | |
 Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| 9 |  Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 New Caledonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 |  New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | |
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