The Kenya International is an annual open international badminton tournament held in Kenya. This tournament is organized by the Kenya Badminton Association, with the sanctioned by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) and Badminton World Federation (BWF).
| Sport | Badminton |
|---|---|
| Founder | Kenya Badminton Association |
| Country | Kenya |
History edit
In 1965, badminton is already played by the Kenyan people, when the Kenya Gazette implied the change of the name of Nairobi Badminton Association to Kenya Badminton Association.[1] This tournament is one of the oldest badminton tournament in Africa, and established before the BCA was founded in 1977, which the former All England Open champion, Punch Gunalan of Malaysia, won the men's doubles title in 1972.[2][3] In 2006, the tournament was a Future Series event, and since 2009 upgrading to International Series with the total prize money $5,000.[4] In 2008, the tournament was held at the Premier Club in Nairobi, with players from ten countries compete.[5] In 2009, it was held at the Moi Sports Centre, Kasarani, in the same time with African Badminton Championships.[6][7] The Moi Sports Centre continues to host the tournament,[8][9] and in 2014, was moved to Safaricom Stadium Kasarani.[10]
Tournament winners edit
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 – 7 March, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya.
Performances by nation edit
| Top Nations | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | ||
| 1 |  Kenya
|
4 | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 18.5 | ||
| 2 |  Nigeria
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 12.5 | ||
| 3 |  Uganda
|
1 | 3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 4 |  India
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
 Mauritius
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 6 |  South Africa
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 |  Iran
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
 Seychelles
|
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 9 |  Zambia
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 10 |  Egypt
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11 |  France
|
2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | ||
| 12 |  Turkey
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13 |  Tanzania
|
1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | ||
| 14 |  Algeria
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
 Czech Republic
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Greece
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Italy
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Jordan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Lithuania
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Myanmar
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Portugal
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Russia
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 United States
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
 Vietnam
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
 Wales
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 26 |  Morocco
|
0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 104 | |||
References edit
- ^ "The Kenya Gazette". Nairobi: Authority of the Republic of Kenya. 1966. p. 23.
- ^ Brahms, Bernd-Volker (2014). Badminton Handbook: Training, Tactics, Competition. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. p. 148. ISBN 978-178-255-042-6.
- ^ "About Punch Gunalan". Sports-chest.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Kenya (Ken)" (in French). africa-badminton.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Kenya: Badminton - Championship Starts On Friday". AllAfrica. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Badminton: African Championship and Kenya International-Seychelles lose team event title". Nation. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Kenya to Host Badminton Championships". China Radio International. Retrieved 27 July 2017.[dead link]
- ^ "Kenyans fall to rivals at badminton championship". The Standard. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Kenya: Nation's International Championships Attracts 20 Countries". AllAfrica. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Kenya International Badminton event to serve as build up for Scotland". Sports News Arena. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Top seeded Frenchman wins badminton event". Daily Nation. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Wogute lifts Uganda". New Vision. 20 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2019.