Canadian International (badminton)

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The Canadian International in badminton is an international open held in Canada.

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As many other international championships in badminton, that usually carry the name of the main sponsor, it is designed as KLRC Atwater Canadian International.

Previous winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesRef
2008 Flag of Japan.svg Shoji Sato Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tai Yi Flag of Japan.svg Keishi Kawaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Kawamae
Flag of Japan.svg Reika Kakiiwa
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Fujii
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Hung-ling
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chou Chia-chi
[1]
2009 Flag of England.svg Rajiv Ouseph Flag of Japan.svg Nozomi Kametani Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Kawamae
Flag of Japan.svg Shoji Sato
Flag of Japan.svg Aki Akao
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuyo Imabeppu
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Cao
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Melody Liang
[2]
2010 Flag of Lithuania.svg Kęstutis Navickas Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Oka Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Bosch
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Koen Ridder
Flag of Germany.svg Nicole Grether
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charmaine Reid
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grace Gao
[3] [4]
2011 Flag of England.svg Carl Baxter Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adrian Liu
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derrick Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Bruce
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li
[5]
2012No competition
2013 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eric Pang Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Jui-ting
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tien Jen-chieh
Flag of the United States.svg Eva Lee
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Lynn Obañana
Flag of England.svg Nathan Robertson
Flag of England.svg Jenny Wallwork
[6] [7]
2014–
2019
No competition
2020Cancelled [note 1] [8]
2021Cancelled [note 2] [9]
2022 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Obayashi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Kjær
Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Søgaard
Flag of the United States.svg Annie Xu
Flag of the United States.svg Kerry Xu
Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Thyrri
Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Magelund
[10]
2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Yang Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Wenyu Zhang Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jonathan Lai
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacqueline Cheung
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rachel Honderich
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rian Agung Saputro
Flag of Indonesia.svg Serena Kani
[11]
  1. This tournament, originally to be played from 31 March to 5 April, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
  2. This tournament, originally to be played from 10–14 February, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

Performance by nations

As of the finals of the 2023 edition
PosNationMSWSMDWDXDTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 141.52.5312
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 222208
3Flag of England.svg  England 200013
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 001012
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 001012
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 101002
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000202
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 010001
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 000011
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 100001
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0000.500.5
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 000.5000.5
Total7777735

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