Guatemala International

Guatemala International
Sport	Badminton
Founded	1997
Founder	Federación Nacional de Bádminton Guatemala
Country	Guatemala

The Guatemala International is an open badminton tournament held in Guatemala. The tournament has been an International Series level in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, then in 2009 categorized as Future Series level, and in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 categorized as International Challenge by the Badminton World Federation. The tournament is sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation, so the players can improved their point in world ranking.^[1]

In 2013, the tournament was an International Series level, with the official participation of athletes from 8 countries.^[2] In 2014, the Huawei sponsored tournament gathered 120 athletes from 15 countries.^[3] In 2015 and 2016, the tournament was held at the Olympic City Sports Coliseum, and sponsored by Herbalife.^[1]^[4] The 2015 season was a part of the 2016 Rio Olympics qualification, and have a total pursue $15,000, which attracted 97 players from 33 countries, and for the 2016, 63 players from 12 countries competes.^[1]^[5] In 2017, the national federation host two level 4 badminton tournament, the Future and International Series.^[6]

Previous Winners[]

Guatemala International[]

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1997 IS	Kenneth Erichsen	Nigella Saunders	Kenneth Erichsen	Alya Lewis Nigella Saunders	Nigella Saunders
1998 IS	Kevin Han	Jody Patrick	Howard Bach	Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage	Brent Olynyk Robbyn Hermitage
1999 IS	Kevin Han	Denyse Julien	Howard Bach	Denyse Julien Charmaine Reid	José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco
2000– 2002	not held
2003 IS	Richard Vaughan	Miho Tanaka	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien
2004– 2008	not held
2009 FS	Kevin Cordón		Kevin Cordón Rodolfo Ramírez	no competition	Rodolfo Ramírez
2010 IC	Kevin Cordón	Nicole Grether	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	Toby Ng Grace Gao
2011 IC	Ivan Sozonov	Michelle Li	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	Grace Gao Joycelyn Ko	Toby Ng Grace Gao
2012 IS	Kevin Cordón	Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Rodolfo Ramírez	Ana Lucia de León Nikté Sotomayor	Anibal Marroquin Nikté Sotomayor
2013 IS	Rodolfo Ramírez	Berónica Vivieca	Jonathan Solís Rodolfo Ramírez	Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Nikté Sotomayor
2014 IC	Pablo Abián	Jeanine Cicognini	Laurent Constantin Matthieu Lo Ying Ping	Eva Lee Paula Obanana	Howard Shu Eva Lee
2015 IC	Kevin Cordón	Rong Schafer	Michael Fuchs Johannes Schöttler	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels
2016 IS	Osleni Guerrero	Lohaynny Vicente	Alwin Francis Tarun Kona	Mariana Paiz Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Nikté Sotomayor
2017 IS	Kevin Cordón	Daniela Macías	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	Leodannis Martinez Tahimara Oropeza
2018 IS			Rubén Castellanos Aníbal Marroquín	Josephine Wu	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu
2019 IS		Ghaida Nurul Ghaniyu		Jaqueline Lima Sâmia Lima	Jaqueline Lima
2020 IS	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021 IS	Kevin Cordón	Jennie Gai	Ty Alexander Lindeman	Francesca Corbett	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 23 to 27 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala.

Guatemala Future Series[]

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2017		Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Rodolfo Ramírez	Mariana Paiz	Jonathan Solís Nikté Sotomayor
2018	not held
2019	Job Castillo		Jonathan Solís Aníbal Marroquín
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021	Rubén Castellanos			Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 8 November, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala.

Performances by nation[]

Guatemala International[]

Updated after the 2021 edition.

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Guatemala	10	1	5	3	3.5	22.5
2	Canada	0	4	2	4.5	6	16.5
3	United States	2	2	3	2	1	10
4	Germany	0	1	1	1.5	1	4.5
5	Brazil	0	1	1	1	1	4
6	Jamaica	0	1	0	1	1	3
	Japan	0	1	1	1	0	3
	Spain	1	1	0	0	1	3
9	Peru	0	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
10	Cuba	1	0	0	0	1	2
10	Russia	1	0	1	0	0	2
12	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	0	0	1
	France	0	0	1	0	0	1
	India	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Indonesia	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Wales	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Total	16	16	16	15	16	79

Guatemala Future Series[]

Updated after 2021 edition.

	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Guatemala	1	2	2	3	3	11
2	United States	0	1	1	0	0	2
3	India	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	Mexico	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Total	3	3	3	3	3	15

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Qué comience la acción en el Herbalife Internacional Series" (in Spanish). deguate.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Iniciará el Guatemala International Series de Badminton" (in Spanish). Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Brasil conquista quatro medalhas no Huawei Guatemala Internacional" (in Portuguese). Ministério do Esporte. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Comienza el Challenge" (in Spanish). deguate.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Se abre la cancha para el Herbalife Challenge Guatemala 2015" (in Spanish). deguate.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ "Future Series Guatemala de Bádminton" (in Spanish). Guatemala.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

External links[]

Federación Nacional de Bádminton Guatemala

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[7] This tournament, originally to be played from 23 to 27 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala.

[8] This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 8 November, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala.

[deguate-1] "Qué comience la acción en el Herbalife Internacional Series" (in Spanish). deguate.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[2] "Iniciará el Guatemala International Series de Badminton" (in Spanish). Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[3] "Brasil conquista quatro medalhas no Huawei Guatemala Internacional" (in Portuguese). Ministério do Esporte. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[4] "Comienza el Challenge" (in Spanish). deguate.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[5] "Se abre la cancha para el Herbalife Challenge Guatemala 2015" (in Spanish). deguate.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[6] "Future Series Guatemala de Bádminton" (in Spanish). Guatemala.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

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