Uganda International

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The Uganda International is an international badminton tournament held in Uganda organised by Uganda Badminton Association. In 2008, this tournament have been sanctioned by Badminton World Federation as International Series rated event with total prize money US$5000. For the badminton players, this tournament become a landmark for Uganda, because they can improved their point in world ranking and also in certain years, the points will be the Olympic Games qualification. [1] [2] Another tournament, Kampala International is a Future Series level since 2023.

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Previous winners

Uganda International Challenge

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesRef
1995 Flag of Uganda.svg Christopher Musaazi Flag of Uganda.svg Helen Luziika Flag of Uganda.svg Naveen
Flag of Uganda.svg Frank Nsubuga
Flag of Uganda.svg Helen Luziika
Flag of Uganda.svg Annet Nakamya
Flag of Uganda.svg Naveen
Flag of Uganda.svg Annet Nakamya
[3] [4]
1996–
2007
No competition
2008 Flag of Lithuania.svg Kestutis Navickas Flag of Italy.svg Agnese Allegrini Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Niluka Karunaratne
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Dinuka Karunaratne
No competition [5]
2009 Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahosseini Flag of Mauritius.svg Karen Foo Kune Flag of Uganda.svg Shaban Nkutu
Flag of Iran.svg Ali Shahosseini
Flag of Uganda.svg Bridget Shamim Bangi
Flag of Uganda.svg Margaret Nankabirwa
Flag of Uganda.svg Abraham Wogute
Flag of Uganda.svg Rita Namusisi
[6]
2010 Flag of Nigeria.svg Jinkan Ifraimu Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Wiaan Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Edwards
Flag of South Africa.svg Annari Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian James
Flag of South Africa.svg Michelle Edwards
[7]
2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Fröhlich Flag of Portugal.svg Telma Santos Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Greco
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Messersi
Flag of Turkey.svg Özge Bayrak
Flag of Turkey.svg Öznur Caliskan
Flag of Uganda.svg Ivan Mayega
Flag of Uganda.svg Norah Nassimbwa
[8]
2012 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Niluka Karunaratne Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jeanine Cicognini Flag of South Africa.svg Dorian Lance James
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
[9]
2013 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Dinuka Karunaratne Flag of India.svg Saili Rane Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Greco
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Messersi
Flag of Mauritius.svg Shama Aboobakar
Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Gabriel
Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud El Sayad
Flag of Egypt.svg Nadine Ashraf
[10]
2014 Flag of India.svg Trupti Murgunde Flag of Malaysia.svg Chun Quan Chong
Flag of Malaysia.svg Yeoh Seng Zoe
Flag of Nigeria.svg Tosin Damilola Atolagbe
Flag of Nigeria.svg Fatima Azeez
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ola Fagbemi
Flag of Nigeria.svg Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan
[11]
2015 Flag of South Africa.svg Jacob Maliekal Flag of Turkey.svg Ebru Yazgan Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Florián
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Kopřiva
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
Flag of India.svg Poorvisha S. Ram
Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
[12]
2016 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Niluka Karunaratne Flag of Portugal.svg Telma Santos Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Dinuka Karunaratne
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Niluka Karunaratne
Flag of Turkey.svg Cemre Fere
Flag of Turkey.svg Ebru Yazgan
Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelrahman Kashkal
Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny
[13]
2017 Flag of Mauritius.svg Julien Paul Flag of Uganda.svg Bridget Shamim Bangi Flag of India.svg Alwin Francis
Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of Egypt.svg Doha Hany
Flag of Egypt.svg Hadia Hosny
Flag of Jordan.svg Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik
Flag of Jordan.svg Domou Amro
[14]
2018 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Pierrick Cajot Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Artur Niyazov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dmitriy Panarin
Flag of Germany.svg Jonathan Persson
Flag of Mauritius.svg Kate Foo Kune
[15]
2019 Flag of India.svg B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj Flag of Myanmar.svg Thet Htar Thuzar Flag of Nigeria.svg Godwin Olofua
Flag of Nigeria.svg Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Shu
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Obañana
[16]
2020 Flag of Hungary.svg Gergely Krausz Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of India.svg Shivam Sharma
Flag of India.svg Meghana Jakkampudi
Flag of India.svg Poorvisha S. Ram
Flag of India.svg Tarun Kona
Flag of India.svg Meghana Jakkampudi
[17]
2021 Flag of India.svg Varun Kapur Flag of India.svg Malvika Bansod No competition Flag of Uganda.svg Husina Kobugabe
Flag of Uganda.svg Mable Namakoye
Flag of Uganda.svg Israel Wanagalya
Flag of Uganda.svg Betty Apio
[18]
2022 Flag of France.svg Arnaud Merklé Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Talia Ng Flag of Malaysia.svg Boon Xin Yuan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Wong Tien Ci
Flag of Malaysia.svg Kasturi Radhakrishnan
Flag of Malaysia.svg Venosha Radhakrishnan
Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Tanina Mammeri
[19]
2023 Flag of Malaysia.svg Justin Hoh Flag of Malaysia.svg Letshanaa Karupathevan Flag of Thailand.svg Pongsakorn Thongkham
Flag of Thailand.svg Wongsatorn Thongkham
Flag of India.svg Trisha Hegde
Flag of India.svg Khushi Thakkar
Flag of Singapore.svg Andy Kwek
Flag of Singapore.svg Crystal Wong
[20]
2024 Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Đức Phát Flag of India.svg Aakarshi Kashyap Flag of India.svg Arjun M. R.
Flag of India.svg Dhruv Kapila
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Cao Hok
Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Lam
Flag of India.svg Sathish Kumar Karunakaran
Flag of India.svg Aadya Variyath
[21] [22]

Uganda International Series

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesRef
2023 Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Ramón Garrido Flag of India.svg Meghana Reddy Mareddy Flag of Uganda.svg Brian Kasirye
Flag of Uganda.svg Muzafaru Lubega
Flag of India.svg Rutaparna Panda
Flag of India.svg Swetaparna Panda
Flag of Algeria.svg Koceila Mammeri
Flag of Algeria.svg Tanina Mammeri
[23] [24]
2024 Flag of India.svg B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj Flag of Malaysia.svg Loh Zhi Wei Flag of India.svg Nithin H. V.
Flag of India.svg Venkata Harsha Vardhan Rayudu Veeramreddy
Flag of India.svg Gayatri Rawat
Flag of India.svg Mansa Rawat
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ashraf Daniel Zakaria
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Xuan
[25]

Kampala International

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesRef
2023 Flag of Uganda.svg Brian Kasirye Flag of France.svg Romane Cloteaux-Foucault Flag of Uganda.svg Brian Kasirye
Flag of Uganda.svg Muzafaru Lubega
Flag of India.svg Rutaparna Panda
Flag of India.svg Swetaparna Panda
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Kuswanto
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Sreeyuktha Sreejith Parol
[26]
2024 Flag of India.svg Manraj Singh Flag of India.svg Shreya Lele Flag of Malaysia.svg Ariffin Nazri Zakaria
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ashraf Daniel Zakaria
Flag of India.svg Gayatri Rawat
Flag of India.svg Mansa Rawat
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ashraf Daniel Zakaria
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Xuan
[27] [28]

Performances by nation

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  6. 2009 winners
  7. 2010 winners
  8. 2011 winners
  9. 2012 winners
  10. 2013 winners
  11. 2014 winners
  12. 2015 winners
  13. 2016 winners
  14. 2017 winners
  15. 2018 winners
  16. 2019 winners
  17. 2020 winners
  18. 2021 winners
  19. 2022 winners
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