Kenya International

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).

Kenya International

Sport	Badminton
Founder	Kenya Badminton Association
Country	Kenya

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	Ozge Bayrak	Manu Attri Jishnu Sanyal	Neslihan Yigit Ozge Bayrak	Le Ha Anh Le Thu Huyen
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]

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

1. "The Kenya Gazette". Nairobi: Authority of the Republic of Kenya. 1966. p. 23.
2. Brahms, Bernd-Volker (2014). Badminton Handbook: Training, Tactics, Competition. Meyer & Meyer Verlag. p. 148. ISBN 978-178-255-042-6.
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