Belgian International

The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods.

Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminton Europe tournament circuit.

Previous winners edit

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1958	Knud Aage Nielsen	Tonny Holst-Christensen	Hugh Findlay Ronald Lockwood	Heather Ward Barbara Carpenter	Hugh T. Findlay Heather Ward
1959– 1960	No competition
1961	Oon Chong Teik	Ursula Smith	Oon Chong Teik Ole Mertz	No competition
1962– 1967	No competition
1968	Lee Kin Tat	Tonny Pannemans	Lee Kin Tat Roy Díaz González	June Jacques Gerda Cairns	Leo Kountul Tony Pannemans
1969	Sture Johnsson	Imre Nielsen	David Horton Elliot Stuart	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Paul Whetnall Margaret Boxall
1970	Punch Gunalan	Joke van Beusekom	Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee	Joke van Beusekom Felice do Nooyer	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng
1971	Tan Aik Huang	Tonny Pannemans	Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee	Tony Pannemans Lore Hawig	Clemens Wortel Tony Pannemans
1972	Djauhari	Joke van Beusekom	Djauhari Budinan	Barbara Lord Dorte Tyghe	Kenneth Parsons Dorte Tyghe
1973	No competition
1974	William Kerr	Alena Poborakova	William Kerr Kenneth Parsons	Alena Poboraková Tatjana Pravdová	Kenneth Parsons Alan Parsons
1975	Rob Ridder	Gussie Botes	John Abrahams Gordon McMillan	Marjan Luesken Thatcher	Alan Phillips Marianne van der Walt
1976	Karl-Heinz Zwiebler	Hanke de Kort	Ray Sharp Ray Rolfe	Hanke de Kort Marja Ravelli	Clemens Wortel Hanke de Kort
1977– 1978	No competition
1979	Ulrich Rost	Marja Ridder	Rob Ridder Piet Ridder	Hanke de Kort Marja Ridder	Rob Ridder Marjan Ridder
1980	No competition
1981	Barry Burns	Carol Liem	Ivan Kristanto Frank van Dongen	Paula Kloet Grace Kakiay	Bas von Barnau-Sijthoff Jeanette van Driel
1982– 1983	No competition
1984	Glen Milton	Wendy Massam	Peter Buch Niels Hansen	Wendy Massam Lisa Chapman	Rob Ridder Marjan Ridder
1985	Tariq Farooq	Sally Podger	Michael Fischedick Mathias Klein	Sally Podger Lena Staxler	Dennis Tjin Asjoe Jeanette van Driel
1986	Steve Baddeley	Xiao Jie	He Xiangyang Tang Hai	Eline Coene Erica van Dijck	Billy Gilliland Nora Perry
1987	Morten Frost	Astrid van der Knaap	Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Kjeldsen	Gillian Gowers Gillian Gilks	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1988	Morten Frost	Christine Magnusson	Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Kjeldsen	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark
1989	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Tang Jiuhong	Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan	Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers
1990– 2000	No competition
2001	Nabil Lasmari	Hanny Setiani	Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet	Harriet Johnson Karina Sørensen	Wouter Claes Karina Sørensen
2002– 2004	No competition
2005^[1]	Anders Boesen	Xu Huaiwen	Ingo Kindervater Kristof Hopp	Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier
2006^[2]	Kasper Ødum	Petra Overzier	Imanuel Hirschfeldt Imam Sodikin	Marina Yakusheva Elena Shimko	Vitaly Durkin Valerya Sorokina
2007^[3]	Marc Zwiebler	Larissa Griga	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	Natalie Munt Joanne Nicholas	Chris Langridge Joanne Nicholas
2008^[4]	Kenichi Tago	Juliane Schenk	Andrew Bowman Martyn Lewis	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Nina Vislova Vitaly Durkin
2009^[5]	Marc Zwiebler	Yao Jie	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Heather Olver Marcus Ellis
2010^[6]	Marc Zwiebler	Juliane Schenk	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schöttler	Sandra Marinello Birgit Overzier	Michael Fuchs Birgit Overzier
2011^[7]	Brice Leverdez	Olga Konon	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei
2012^[8]	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Sashina Vignes Waran	Adam Cwalina Koen Ridder	Selena Piek Iris Tabeling	Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White
2013^[9]	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Febby Angguni	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Kim Astrup	Imogen Bankier Petya Nedelcheva	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak
2014^[10]	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	Michelle Li	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	Jacco Arends Selena Piek
2015^[11]	Anders Antonsen	Goh Jin Wei	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
2016^[12]	Lucas Corvée	Sonia Cheah Su Ya	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	Ronan Labar Audrey Fontaine
2017^[13]	Kento Momota	Beatriz Corrales	Frederik Colberg Rasmus Fladberg	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	Jacco Arends Selena Piek
2018^[14]	Toby Penty	Lin Ying-chun	Jacco Arends Ruben Jille	Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo	Jacco Arends Selena Piek
2019^[15]	Lakshya Sen	Line Christophersen	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Ben Lane Jessica Pugh
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021^[16]	Ng Tze Yong	Riko Gunji	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito
2022^[17]	Lin Chun-yi	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	Chang Ko-chi Po Li-wei	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito
2023^[18]	Lucas Claerbout	Neslihan Arın	Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft	Maiko Kawazoe Haruna Konishi	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 9 to 12 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

Performances by nation edit

As of the finals of the 2023 edition

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Netherlands	1	9	4.5	9	10	33.5
2	England	3	3	4	7	9.5	26.5
3	Denmark	8	3	7.5	1.5	2.5	22.5
4	Germany	5	5	4	2.5	2	18.5
5	Malaysia	4	2	2.5	0	1	9.5
6	Japan	2	1	0	4	2	9
7	South Africa	1	1	2	1.5	3	8.5
8	Indonesia	3	2	2.5	0	0	7.5
9	France	4	1	0	1	1	7
10	China	0	2	2	0	0	4
	Chinese Taipei	1	1	2	0	0	4
	Russia	0	0	0	2	2	4
	Sweden	1	1	0.5	1.5	0	4
14	Singapore	1	0	0.5	1	1	3.5
15	Belgium	0	0	1	1	0.5	2.5
15	Poland	0	0	1.5	0	1	2.5
17	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1	0	2
17	India	1	0	1	0	0	2
19	Bulgaria	0	0	0	1.5	0	1.5
	Scotland	0	0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5
	Wales	1	0	0.5	0	0	1.5
22	Austria	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Canada	0	1	0	0	0	1
	South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Vietnam	0	1	0	0	0	1
29	Mexico	0	0	0.5	0	0	0.5
Total		37	37	37	36	36	183

References edit

External links edit

Official website

[16] This tournament, originally to be played from 9 to 12 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

[1] 2005 winners

[2] 2006 winners

[3] 2007 winners

[4] 2008 winners

[5] 2009 winners

[6] 2010 winners

[7] 2011 winners

[8] 2012 winners

[9] 2013 winners

[10] 2014 winners

[11] 2015 winners

[12] 2016 winners

[13] 2017 winners

[14] 2018 winners

[15] 2019 winners

[17] 2021 winners

[18] 2022 winners

[19] YONEX Belgian International 2023 winners

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