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
SportBadminton
FounderKenya Badminton Association
CountryKenya

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 4361.5418.5
2  Nigeria 32322.512.5
3  Uganda 131.53.5312
4  India 6221011
 Mauritius 1223311
6  South Africa 002226
7  Iran 201104
 Seychelles 021014
9  Zambia 01011.53.5
10  Egypt 010113
11  France 200.5002.5
12  Turkey 010102
13  Tanzania 100.5001.5
14  Algeria 001001
 Czech Republic 001001
 Greece 010001
 Italy 010001
 Jordan 000011
 Lithuania 000101
 Myanmar 010001
 Portugal 010001
 Russia 100001
 United States 010001
 Vietnam 000011
 Wales 100001
26  Morocco 000.5000.5
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.
  3. "About Punch Gunalan". Sports-chest.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. "Kenya (Ken)" (in French). africa-badminton.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. "Kenya: Badminton - Championship Starts On Friday". AllAfrica. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. "Badminton: African Championship and Kenya International-Seychelles lose team event title". Nation. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. "Kenya to Host Badminton Championships". China Radio International. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. "Kenyans fall to rivals at badminton championship". The Standard. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  9. "Kenya: Nation's International Championships Attracts 20 Countries". AllAfrica. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  10. "Kenya International Badminton event to serve as build up for Scotland". Sports News Arena. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  11. "Top seeded Frenchman wins badminton event". Daily Nation. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  12. "Wogute lifts Uganda". New Vision. 20 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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