Kenya International
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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).
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.{{cite news |title=The Kenya Gazette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-l3pqKrNLzkC|publisher=Authority of the Republic of Kenya|year=1966|location=Nairobi|page=23}} 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.{{cite book |last=Brahms |first=Bernd-Volker |title=Badminton Handbook: Training, Tactics, Competition |publisher=Meyer & Meyer Verlag|year=2014|page=148|isbn=978-178-255-042-6}}{{cite news|title=About Punch Gunalan |url=http://www.sports-chest.com/punchgunalan/about-achievements.html |publisher=Sports-chest.com |access-date=27 July 2017}} In 2006, the tournament was a Future Series event, and since 2009 upgrading to International Series with the total prize money $5,000.{{cite web|title=Kenya (Ken) |url=http://www.africa-badminton.com/A%20PAGES%20INFOS%20PAYS%20AFRICA/KENYA%20Infos.htm |publisher=africa-badminton.com |access-date=27 July 2017|language=fr}} In 2008, the tournament was held at the Premier Club in Nairobi, with players from ten countries compete.{{cite news|title=Kenya: Badminton - Championship Starts On Friday |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200803261112.html |publisher=AllAfrica |access-date=27 July 2017}} In 2009, it was held at the Moi Sports Centre, Kasarani, in the same time with African Badminton Championships.{{cite news|title=Badminton: African Championship and Kenya International-Seychelles lose team event title |url=http://www.nation.sc/article.html?id=222887 |publisher=Nation |access-date=27 July 2017}}{{cite news|title=Kenya to Host Badminton Championships |url=http://english.cri.cn/6966/2009/04/16/1261s475046.htm |publisher=China Radio International |access-date=27 July 2017}}{{dead link|date=February 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Moi Sports Centre continues to host the tournament,{{cite news|title=Kenyans fall to rivals at badminton championship |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2000087075/kenyans-fall-to-rivals-at-badminton-championship |publisher=The Standard |access-date=27 July 2017}}{{cite news|title=Kenya: Nation's International Championships Attracts 20 Countries |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201106240162.html |publisher=AllAfrica |access-date=27 July 2017}} and in 2014, was moved to Safaricom Stadium Kasarani.{{cite news|title=Kenya International Badminton event to serve as build up for Scotland |url=http://sportsnewsarena.com/kenya-international-badminton-event-to-serve-as-build-up-for-scotland- |publisher=Sports News Arena |access-date=27 July 2017}}
Tournament winners
| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
!Year !Men's singles !Women's singles !Men's doubles !Women's doubles !Mixed doubles |
| 1985
|{{flagicon|KEN}} Peter Netu |{{flagicon|KEN}} Salma Ali |{{flagicon|KEN}} Vijai Maini |{{flagicon|KEN}} Janetta Keenan |{{flagicon|KEN}} Amjid Rasul |
| 1986
|{{flagicon|IND}} T. R. Rajan |{{flagicon|KEN}} Christine Joshi |{{flagicon|IND}} T. R. Rajan |{{flagicon|KEN}} Christine Joshi |{{flagicon|KEN}} N. K. Shah |
| 1987– 1988 |colspan=5 align=center|No competition |
| 1989
|{{flagicon|KEN}} Satish Narasimhan |{{flagicon|KEN}} Christine Joshi |{{flagicon|KEN}} Vijai Maini | {{flagicon|KEN}} Christine Joshi | {{flagicon|KEN}} C. N. Waweru |
| 1990
|{{flagicon|MRI}} Geenesh Dussain |{{flagicon|MRI}} Vandanah Seesurun |{{flagicon|MRI}} Geenesh Dussain |{{flagicon|MRI}} Vandanah Seesurun |{{flagicon|MRI}} Geenesh Dussain |
| 1991
|{{flagicon|NGR}} Agarawu Tunde |{{flagicon|MRI}} Martine de Souza |{{flagicon|NGR}} Danjuma Fatauchi |{{flagicon|NGR}} Obiageli Olorunsola |{{flagicon|NGR}} Sesan Gbajobi |
| 1992
|{{flagicon|KEN}} Simon Kihara |{{flagicon|KEN}} Anna Nganga |{{flagicon|KEN}} Simon Kihara |{{flagicon|KEN}} Christine Joshi |{{flagicon|KEN}} Tom Manda |
| 1993
|colspan=5 align=center|No competition |
| 1994
|{{flagicon|TAN}} Mehul Joshi |rowspan=2|{{flagicon|UGA}} Annet Nakamya |{{flagicon|KEN}} Abraham Wogute |{{flagicon|KEN}} Anna Nganga |rowspan=2|{{flagicon|UGA}} Frank Nsubuga |
| 1995
|{{flagicon|UGA}} Frank Nsubuga |{{flagicon|UGA}} Frank Nsubuga |rowspan=2|{{flagicon|UGA}} Annet Nakamya |
| 1996
|{{flagicon|KEN}} Abraham Wogute |{{flagicon|UGA}} Helen Luziika |{{flagicon|KEN}} Abraham Wogute |{{flagicon|KEN}} Abraham Wogute |
| 1997
|colspan=5 align=center|No competition |
| 1998
|{{flagicon|KEN}} Abraham Wogute |{{flagicon|SEY}} Sandra Moses |{{flagicon|KEN}} Abraham Wogute |{{flagicon|UGA}} Annet Nakamya |{{flagicon|KEN}} Abraham Wogute |
| 1999
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Bertrand Gallet |{{flagicon|SEY}} Juliette Ah-Wan |{{flagicon|FRA}} Bertrand Gallet |align=center| no data |{{flagicon|SEY}} Georgie Cupidon |
| 2000
|colspan=5 align=center|No competition |
| 2001{{cite news|title=Top seeded Frenchman wins badminton event |url=https://www.nation.co.ke/sports/1090-341278-wd1pou/index.html |publisher=Daily Nation |date=15 May 2001 |access-date=6 September 2019}}
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Sydney Lengagne |{{flagicon|KEN}} Ann Maina |{{flagicon|KEN}} ? |colspan=2 align=center|no data |
| 2002
|{{flagicon|NGR}} Ola Fagbemi |{{flagicon|NGR}} Grace Daniel |{{flagicon|MRI}} Stephan Beeharry |{{flagicon|MRI}} Karen Foo Kune |{{flagicon|MRI}} Stephan Beeharry |
| 2003– 2004 |colspan=5 align=center|No competition |
| 2005
|{{flagicon|IND}} Abhinn Shyam Gupta |{{flagicon|IND}} Trupti Murgunde |{{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Fröhlich |{{flagicon|MRI}} Shama Aboobakar |{{flagicon|MRI}} Eddy Clarisse |
| 2006{{cite news|title=Wogute lifts Uganda |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1142587/wogute-lifts-uganda |publisher=New Vision |date=20 August 2006 |access-date=6 September 2019}}
|{{flagicon|WAL}} Richard Vaughan |{{flagicon|ZAM}} Ogar Siamupangila |{{flagicon|UGA}} Abraham Wogute |align=center| no data |{{flagicon|UGA}} Abraham Wogute |
| 2007
|{{flagicon|NGR}} Greg Okuonghae |{{flagicon|USA}} Shannon Pohl |{{flagicon|NGR}} Abraham Otagada |{{flagicon|ZAM}} Delphine Nakanyika |{{flagicon|NGR}} Greg Okuonghae |
| 2008
|{{flagicon|IND}} Chetan Anand |{{flagicon|POR}} Ana Moura |{{flagicon|SEY}} Georgie Cupidon |{{flagicon|RSA}} Michelle Edwards |{{flagicon|NGR}} Greg Okuonghae |
| 2009
|{{flagicon|Iran}} Ali Shahhosseini |{{flagicon|Egypt}} Dina Nagy |{{flagicon|RSA}} Dorian James |{{flagicon|IND}} Dhanya Nair |{{flagicon|RSA}} Chris Dednam |
| 2010
|{{flagicon|IND}} Oscar Bansal |{{flagicon|GRE}} Anne Hald Jensen |{{flagicon|RSA}} Dorian James |{{flagicon|RSA}} Anna Viljoen |{{flagicon|RSA}} Wiaan Viljoen |
| 2011
|{{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Malkov |{{flagicon|TUR}} Özge Bayrak |{{flagicon|IND}} Manu Attri |{{flagicon|TUR}} Özge Bayrak |{{flagicon|VIE}} Lê Hà Anh |
| 2012
|colspan=5 align=center|No competition |
| 2013
|{{flagicon|IND}} Subhankar Dey |{{flagicon|NGA}} Grace Gabriel |{{flagicon|NGA}} Enejoh Abah |{{flagicon|NGA}} Grace Gabriel |{{flagicon|KEN}} Patrick Kinyua |
| 2014
|{{flagicon|IRI}} Farzin Khanjani |{{flagicon|ITA}} Jeanine Cicognini |{{flagicon|IRI}} Soroush Eskandari |{{flagicon|IRI}} Negin Amiripour |{{flagicon|ZAM}} Donald Mabo |
| 2015– 2018 |colspan=5 align=center|No competition |
| [https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=5A56305A-841C-48AD-88D3-553D311F10A1 2019]
|{{flagicon|IND}} B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj |{{flagicon|MYA}} Thet Htar Thuzar |{{flagicon|ALG}} Koceila Mammeri |{{flagicon|LTU}} Vytaute Fomkinaite |{{flagicon|JOR}} Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik |
| [https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=9CAB388C-F79F-4020-BCDF-848A2BA2F67C 2020]
|{{flagicon|IND}} Chirag Sen |{{flagicon|IND}} Aakarshi Kashyap |{{flagicon|IND}} Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan |{{flagicon|EGY}} Doha Hany |{{flagicon|EGY}} Adham Hatem Elgamal |
| [https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/BA6083CE-85BA-4BF7-AD0A-F41FD7711F41 2021]
|colspan="5" align="center" |Cancelled{{refn|group="note"|This tournament, originally to be played from 4 – 7 March, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya.}} |
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Performances by nation
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| colspan="10" | Top Nations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos
! Nation ! MS ! WS ! MD ! WD ! XD ! Total | |||||
| 1
| align="left" | {{KEN}} |4 | 3 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 18.5 |
| 2
| align="left" | {{NGR}} |3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 12.5 |
| 3
| align="left" | {{UGA}} |1 | 3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 12 |
| rowspan=2 | 4
| align="left" | {{IND}} |6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| align="left" | {{MRI}}
|1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 6
| align="left" | {{RSA}} |0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| rowspan=2 | 7
| align="left" | {{IRN}} |2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| align="left" | {{SEY}}
|0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9
| align="left" | {{ZAM}} |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 10
| align="left" | {{EGY}} |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11
| align="left" | {{FRA}} |2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 12
| align="left" | {{TUR}} |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13
| align="left" | {{TAN}} |1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| rowspan=12 | 14
| align="left" | {{ALG}} |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{CZE}}
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{GRE}}
|0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{ITA}}
|0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{JOR}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{LIT}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{MYA}}
|0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{POR}}
|0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{RUS}}
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{USA}}
|0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{VIE}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align="left" | {{WAL}}
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26
| align="left" | {{MOR}} |0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| colspan="2" | Total
! 22 ! 22 ! 22 ! 18 ! 20 ! 104 |