Uganda International

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.

Previous winners

Uganda International Challenge

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
1995	Christopher Musaazi	Helen Luziika	Naveen Frank Nsubuga	Helen Luziika Annet Nakamya	Naveen Annet Nakamya	[3] [4]
1996– 2007	No competition
2008	Kestutis Navickas	Agnese Allegrini	Niluka Karunaratne Dinuka Karunaratne	No competition		[5]
2009	Ali Shahosseini	Karen Foo Kune	Shaban Nkutu Ali Shahosseini	Bridget Shamim Bangi Margaret Nankabirwa	Abraham Wogute Rita Namusisi	[6]
2010	Jinkan Ifraimu	Carolina Marín	Dorian James Wiaan Viljoen	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	Dorian James Michelle Edwards	[7]
2011	Jan Fröhlich	Telma Santos	Giovanni Greco Daniel Messersi	Özge Bayrak Öznur Caliskan	Ivan Mayega Norah Nassimbwa	[8]
2012	Niluka Karunaratne	Jeanine Cicognini	Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen	Michelle Claire Edwards Annari Viljoen	Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	[9]
2013	Dinuka Karunaratne	Saili Rane	Giovanni Greco Daniel Messersi	Shama Aboobakar Grace Gabriel	Mahmoud El Sayad Nadine Ashraf	[10]
2014		Trupti Murgunde	Chun Quan Chong Yeoh Seng Zoe	Tosin Damilola Atolagbe Fatima Azeez	Ola Fagbemi Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	[11]
2015	Jacob Maliekal	Ebru Yazgan	Pavel Florián Ondřej Kopřiva	N. Sikki Reddy Poorvisha S. Ram	Tarun Kona N. Sikki Reddy	[12]
2016	Niluka Karunaratne	Telma Santos	Dinuka Karunaratne Niluka Karunaratne	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	Abdelrahman Kashkal Hadia Hosny	[13]
2017	Julien Paul	Bridget Shamim Bangi	Alwin Francis Tarun Kona	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Domou Amro	[14]
2018	Pierrick Cajot	Kate Foo Kune	Artur Niyazov Dmitriy Panarin		Jonathan Persson Kate Foo Kune	[15]
2019	B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj	Thet Htar Thuzar	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori		Howard Shu Paula Lynn Obañana	[16]
2020	Gergely Krausz		Tarun Kona Shivam Sharma	Meghana Jakkampudi Poorvisha S. Ram	Tarun Kona Meghana Jakkampudi	[17]
2021	Varun Kapur	Malvika Bansod	No competition	Husina Kobugabe Mable Namakoye	Israel Wanagalya Betty Apio	[18]
2022	Arnaud Merklé	Talia Ng	Boon Xin Yuan Wong Tien Ci	Kasturi Radhakrishnan Venosha Radhakrishnan	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	[19]
2023	Justin Hoh	Letshanaa Karupathevan	Pongsakorn Thongkham Wongsatorn Thongkham	Trisha Hegde Khushi Thakkar	Andy Kwek Crystal Wong	[20]
2024	Lê Đức Phát	Aakarshi Kashyap	Arjun M. R. Dhruv Kapila	Paula Lynn Cao Hok Lauren Lam	Sathish Kumar Karunakaran Aadya Variyath	[21] [22]
2025	Manraj Singh	Ishika Jaiswal	Dingku Singh Konthoujam Amaan Mohammad	Lauren Lam Allison Lee	Ishaan Bhatnagar Srinidhi Narayanan	[23]

Uganda International Series

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2023	Luis Ramón Garrido	Meghana Reddy Mareddy	Brian Kasirye Muzafaru Lubega	Rutaparna Panda Swetaparna Panda	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	[24] [25]
2024	B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj	Loh Zhi Wei	Nithin H. V. Venkata Harsha Vardhan Rayudu Veeramreddy	Gayatri Rawat Mansa Rawat	Ashraf Daniel Zakaria Lim Xuan	[26]

Kampala International

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2023	Brian Kasirye	Romane Cloteaux-Foucault	Brian Kasirye Muzafaru Lubega	Rutaparna Panda Swetaparna Panda	Kuswanto Sreeyuktha Sreejith Parol	[27]
2024	Manraj Singh	Shreya Lele	Ariffin Nazri Zakaria Ashraf Daniel Zakaria	Gayatri Rawat Mansa Rawat	Ashraf Daniel Zakaria Lim Xuan	[28] [29]

Performances by nation

Uganda International Challenge As of the 2024 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1   India 3 4 4 3 4 18 2   Uganda 1 2 0.5 2 3 8.5 3   South Africa 1 2 2 2 7 4   Sri Lanka 4 2 6 5   Egypt 3 2 5   Malaysia 1 1 2 1 5 7   Nigeria 1 1 1.5 1 4.5 8   Mauritius 1 2 0.5 0.5 4   United States 1 2 1 4 10   Italy 1 2 3   Turkey 1 2 3 12   Czech Republic 1 1 2   France 2 2   Myanmar 2 2   Portugal 2 2 16   Iran 1 0.5 1.5 17   Algeria 1 1   Canada 1 1   Hungary 1 1   Jordan 1 1   Kazakhstan 1 1   Lithuania 1 1   Singapore 1 1   Spain 1 1    Switzerland 1 1   Thailand 1 1   Vietnam 1 1 28   Germany 0.5 0.5 Total 19 19 17 17 17 89

Uganda International Series As of the 2024 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1   India 1 1 1 2 5 2   Malaysia 1 1 2 3   Algeria 1 1   Mexico 1 1   Uganda 1 1 Total 2 2 2 2 2 10 Kampala International As of the 2024 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1   India 1 1 2 4 2   Malaysia 1 1 2   Uganda 1 1 2 4   France 1 1   United Arab Emirates 1 1 Total 2 2 2 2 2 10

References

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External links

• Uganda Badminton Association (UBA)