Argentina International

The Argentina International is an open badminton tournament held in Argentina. The tournament has been a Pan American Badminton Circuit Future level event from 1997 till 2000. In 2012–2013, this tournament has been a BWF Future Series level by the Badminton World Federation, and since 2014, upgraded to BWF International Series with the total prize money $5,000.^[1]^[2] Badminton in Argentina began to be played in private residences, clubs and schools of foreign origin, and in 1982, the national federation, Federación de Bádminton de la República Argentina (FEBARA) is founded. In 1993, the FEBARA join the International Badminton Federation, Argentine Olympic Committee (COA), and Confederación Argentina de Deportes (CAD), and at that year, the federation started to host the national tournament which was held at CeNARD, with more than 100 players from all over the country compete.^[3] In 1997, FEBARA organized the first international tournament with the sanctioned from the Badminton Pan Am.^[3]^[4]

Previous Winners edit

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1997	Mario Carulla	Adrienn Kocsis	Mario Carulla Federico Valdez	Pilar Bellido Ximena Bellido	Mario Carulla Adrienn Kocsis
1998	Richard Vaughan	Joanne Muggeridge	Guilherme Pardo Ricardo Trevelin	Lorena Blanco Ximena Bellido	Oscar Brandon Adrienn Kocsis
1999	Tam Kai Chuen	Kara Solmundson	Ma Che Kong Yau Tsz Yuk	Sandra Jimeno Doriana Rivera	Hugo Rodrigues Ana Ferreira
2000	Luis Lopezllera	Gabriella Rodriguez	Luis Lopezllera Bernardo Monreal	Laura Amaya Gabriella Rodriguez	Luis Lopezllera Gabriella Rodriguez
2001– 2012	No competition
2012	Joe Wu	Tingting Chou	Gan Teik Chai Ong Soon Hock	Tingting Chou Camila Macaya	Esteban Mujica Tingting Chou
2013	Arnaud Genin	Lohaynny Vicente	Hugo Arthuso Alex Yuwan Tjong	Paula B Pereira Lohaynny Vicente	Lino Munoz Cynthia Gonzalez
2014	Kevin Cordon	Iris Wang	Solis Jonathan Rodolfo Ramirez	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	Alex Yuwan Tjong Lohaynny Vicente
2015	Bjorn Seguin	Elisabeth Baldauf	Job Castillo Lino Munoz	Haramara Gaitan Sabrina Solis	David Obernosterer Elisabeth Baldauf
2016	Dino Delmastro	Barbara Maria Berruezo	Javier De Paepe Martin Trejo	No competition	Mateo Delmastro Micaela Suarez
2017	No competition
2018	Fabricio Farias	Jaqueline Lima	Enrico Baroni Giovanni Toti	Florencia Bernatene Bárbara María Berruezo	Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima
2019– 2022	No competition
2023^[5]	Cancelled^[a]

^ This tournament, originally to be played on 2–6 August, was later cancelled.^[6]

Performances by nation edit

Top Nations
Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Brazil	1	2	2	2	2	9
2	Mexico	1	1	2	2	2	8
3	Peru	1	1	1	3	1	7
4	Argentina	1	1	1	1	1	5
5	Chile		1		1	1	3
6	Austria		1			1	2
	Guatemala	1		1			2
	Hong Kong	1		1			2
	United States	1	1				2
10	Canada		1				1
	England		1				1
	France	1					1
	Italy			1			1
	Malaysia			1			1
	New Zealand	1					1
	Portugal					1	1
	Wales	1					1
18	Hungary					0.5	0.5
18	Suriname					0.5	0.5
Total		10	10	10	9	10	49