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- ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 26 to 29 March, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
The Waikato International is an open international badminton tournament in New Zealand. This tournament is held in Waikato. This tournament is classified as BWF International Series tournament since Badminton World Federation (BWF) introduced in 1998, but it was downgraded to Future Series in 2015. [1] Then, the event was promoted to a higher level of BWF International Series since 2017. [2] Another tournament with higher level and prize money named New Zealand Open.
| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 |  Australia | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 |  Japan | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 |  Singapore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 |  China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
 Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 55 | |
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