Belgian International
The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods.
Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminton Europe tournament circuit.
Venue[]
- During the period of 2005 - 2009, the tournament was organized on the Sport and Recreation Centre "De Nekker" in Mechelen
Previous winners[]
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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| 1958 |  Knud Aage Nielsen
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Tonny Holst-Christensen
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Heather Ward
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Heather Ward
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| 1960 | No competition | ||||
| 1961 |  Oon Chong Teik
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Ursula Smith
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Oon Chong Teik
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No competition | |
| 1962 1967 |
No competition | ||||
| 1968 |  Lee Kin Tat
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Lee Kin Tat Roy Díaz González
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| 1969 |  Sture Johnsson
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Imre Nielsen
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David Horton Elliot Stuart
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Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall
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Paul Whetnall Margaret Boxall
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| 1970 | Punch Gunalan
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Joke van Beusekom
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Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee
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Joke van Beusekom
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Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng
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| 1971 | Tan Aik Huang
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| 1972 |  Djauhari
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Joke van Beusekom
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Djauhari Budinan
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| 1973 | No competition | ||||
| 1974 |
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Alan Parsons
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| 1975 |
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Marjan Luesken Thatcher
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Alan Phillips
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| 1976 |
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Ray Sharp
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| 1978 | No competition | ||||
| 1979 |
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Marjan Ridder
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| 1980 | No competition | ||||
| 1981 | 
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| 1982 1983 |
No competition | ||||
| 1984 |
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Marjan Ridder
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| 1985 |  Tariq Farooq
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Sally Podger
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Sally Podger
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| 1986 | Steve Baddeley
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Eline Coene Erica van Dijck
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 Billy Gilliland Nora Perry
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| 1987 | Morten Frost
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Astrid van der Knaap
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Jens Peter Nierhoff Michael Kjeldsen
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Gillian Gowers Gillian Gilks
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Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
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| 1988 | Christine Magnusson
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 Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee
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Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark
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| 1989 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
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Tang Jiuhong
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Christine Magnusson Maria Bengtsson
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Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers
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| 1990 – 2000 |
No competition | ||||
| 2001 |  Nabil Lasmari
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Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet
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Karina Sørensen
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Wouter Claes Karina Sørensen
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| 2002 – 2004 |
No competition | ||||
| 2005 | Anders Boesen
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Xu Huaiwen
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Ingo Kindervater Kristof Hopp
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Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether
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Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier
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| 2006 | Kasper Ødum
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Petra Overzier
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 Marina Yakusheva Elena Shimko
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Vitaly Durkin Valerya Sorokina
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| 2007 | Marc Zwiebler
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 Larissa Griga
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Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater
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Natalie Munt Joanne Nicholas
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Chris Langridge Joanne Nicholas
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| 2008 |  Kenichi Tago
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Juliane Schenk
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Martyn Lewis
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Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova
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Nina Vislova Vitaly Durkin
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| 2009 | Marc Zwiebler
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Yao Jie
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Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder
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Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi
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Heather Olver Marcus Ellis
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| 2010 | Juliane Schenk
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Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schöttler
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Sandra Marinello Birgit Overzier
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Michael Fuchs Birgit Overzier
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| 2011 | Brice Leverdez
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Olga Konon
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 Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz
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Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei
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Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei
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| 2012 | Andre Kurniawan Tedjono
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Sashina Vignes Waran
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Adam Cwalina Koen Ridder
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Selena Piek Iris Tabeling
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Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White
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| 2013 | Febby Angguni
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Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Kim Astrup
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Imogen Bankier Petya Nedelcheva
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Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak
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| 2014 | Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
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 Michelle Li
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Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard
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Eefje Muskens Selena Piek
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Jacco Arends Selena Piek
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| 2015 | Anders Antonsen
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Goh Jin Wei
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 Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy
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Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen
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Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
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| 2016 | Lucas Corvée
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Sonia Cheah Su Ya
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 Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han
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Chloe Birch Lauren Smith
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Ronan Labar Audrey Fontaine
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| 2017 | Kento Momota
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 Beatriz Corrales
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Frederik Colberg Rasmus Fladberg
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Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen
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Jacco Arends Selena Piek
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| 2018 | Toby Penty
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Jacco Arends Ruben Jille
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Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo
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| 2019 | Lakshya Sen
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Line Christophersen
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Ben Lane Sean Vendy
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Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva
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Ben Lane Jessica Pugh
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| 2020 | Cancelled[note 1] | ||||
| 2021 | Ng Tze Yong
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Riko Gunji
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Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan
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Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi
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- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 9 to 12 September, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
Performances by nation[]
Updated after the 2021 edition.
| Top Nations | |||||||||
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| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | ||
| 1 | Netherlands
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1 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 10 | 33.5 | ||
| 2 | England
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3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8.5 | 25.5 | ||
| 3 | Denmark
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8 | 3 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 21.5 | ||
| 4 | Germany
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5 | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 2 | 18.5 | ||
| 5 | Malaysia
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4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 9.5 | ||
| 6 | South Africa
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 | 8.5 | ||
| 7 | Indonesia
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3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | ||
| 8 | France
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3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Japan
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2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 10 | China
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0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Russia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Sweden
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1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Singapore
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1 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | ||
| 14 | Belgium
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | ||
| Poland
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0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| 16 | Chinese Taipei
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0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Czechoslovakia
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| India
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 19 | Bulgaria
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | ||
| Scotland
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0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||
| Wales
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1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | |||
| 22 | Austria
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Canada
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| South Korea
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Spain
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ukraine
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 27 | Mexico
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0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| Total | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 173 | |||
External links[]
Categories:
- Badminton tournaments in Belgium
- International sports competitions hosted by Belgium
- Recurring sporting events established in 1958
- 1958 establishments in Belgium