The Tata Open India International Challenge is an international badminton tournament, which is held annually in India. [1] During its first two editions, it was a domestic tournament. [2] Since 2010, it became an international tournament with the grading of International Challenge. [3]
Pos. | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | India | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 |
2 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
3 | Thailand | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
4 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 60 |
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