The Thailand Masters is an international badminton tournament held starting from 2016. The tournament is launched to honor Princess Sirivannavari, who was a former badminton player. [1] Currently, the level of the tournament is BWF World Tour Super 300, replacing the older structure of Grand Prix Gold. The first tournament was held in Bangkok and offered a total prize money of US$120,000, until 2018 it increased to US$150,000.
Rank | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Thailand | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
3 | Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
4 | Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
5 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | ||||
Japan | 2 | 2 | |||||
7 | England | 1 | 1 | ||||
Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | |||||
Singapore | 1 | 1 | |||||
South Korea | 1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
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