| Sport | Badminton |
|---|---|
| Founder | Kenya Badminton Association |
| Country | Kenya |
The Kenya International is an annual open international badminton tournament held in Kenya. This tournament organized by the Kenya Badminton Association, with the sanctioned by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) and Badminton World Federation (BWF).
History
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
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  Satish Narasimhan |
Christine Joshi |
Vijai Maini Adelhafid Sedk |
no data | |
| 1990 |  Geenesh Dussain |
Vandanah Seesurun |
Geenesh Dussain Jean-Michel Duverge |
Vandanah Seesurun ? |
Geenesh Dussain Vandanah Seesurun |
| 1991 |  Agarawu Tunde |
Martine de Souza |
Danjuma Fatauchi Sesan Gbajobi |
Obiageli Olorunsola Dayo Oyewusi |
Sesan Gbajobi Obiageli Olorunsola |
| 1992 | Simon Kihara |
Anna Nganga |
Simon Kihara Tom Manda |
Christine Joshi Fatma Juma |
Tom Manda Jasmin Nzambu |
| 1994 |  Mehul Joshi |
 Annet Nakamya |
Abraham Wogute Fred Gituku |
Anna Nganga Edith Wamalwa |
Frank Nsubuga Edith Wamalwa |
| 1995 | Frank Nsubuga |
Frank Nsubuga Mehul Joshi |
Annet Nakamya Helen Luziika | ||
| 1996 | Abraham Wogute |
Helen Luziika |
Abraham Wogute Fred Gituku |
Abraham Wogute Monica Githii | |
| 1998 |  Sandra Moses | ||||
| 1999 |  Bertrand Gallet |
Juliette Ah-Wan |
Bertrand Gallet Robert Mbugua |
no data | Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan |
| 2001[11] | Sydney Lengagne |
Ann Maina |
? ? |
no data | |
| 2002 | Ola Fagbemi |
Grace Daniel |
Stephan Beeharry Hyder Aboobakar |
Karen Foo Kune Anusha Dajee |
Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar |
| 2005 |  Abhinn Shyam Gupta |
Trupti Murgunde |
 Jan Fröhlich Jan Vondra |
Shama Aboobakar Amrita Sawaram |
Eddy Clarisse Amrita Sawaram |
| 2006[12] |  Richard Vaughan |
 Ogar Siamupangila |
Abraham Wogute Edwin Ekiring |
no data | Abraham Wogute Rita Namusisi |
| 2007 | Greg Okuonghae |
 Shannon Pohl |
Abraham Otagada Ocholi Edicha |
Delphine Nakanyika Ogar Siamupangila |
Greg Okuonghae Ogar Siamupangila |
| 2008 | Chetan Anand |
 Ana Moura |
Georgie Cupidon Steve Malcouzane |
 Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts |
Greg Okuonghae Grace Daniel |
| 2009 |  Ali Shahhosseini |
 Dina Nagy |
Dorian James Chris Dednam |
Dhanya Nair Anita Ohlan |
Chris Dednam Michelle Edwards |
| 2010 | Oscar Bansal |
 Anne Hald Jensen |
Dorian James Wiaan Viljoen |
Anna Viljoen Michelle Edwards |
Wiaan Viljoen Anna Viljoen |
| 2011 |  Vladimir Malkov |
 Özge Bayrak |
Manu Attri Jishnu Sanyal |
Özge Bayrak Neslihan Yiğit |
 Lê Hà Anh Lê Thu Huyền |
| 2013 | Subhankar Dey |
Grace Gabriel |
Enejoh Abah Victor Makanju |
Grace Gabriel Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan |
Patrick Kinyua Mercy Joseph |
| 2014 | Farzin Khanjani |
 Jeanine Cicognini |
Vatannejad-Soroush Eskandari Hasan Motaghi |
Negin Amiripour Pegah Kamrani |
Donald Mabo Ogar Siamupangila |
| 2019 | B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj |
 Thet Htar Thuzar |
 Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel |
 Vytaute Fomkinaite Gerda Voitechovskaja |
 Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik Domou Amro |
| 2020 | Chirag Sen |
Aakarshi Kashyap |
Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan Santhosh Gajendran |
Doha Hany Hadia Hosny |
Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany |
| 2021 | Cancelled[note 1] | ||||
- ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 – 7 March, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya.
Performances by nation
| 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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.