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.

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1959	Knud Aage Nielsen	Tonny Holst-Christensen	Hugh Findlay Ronald Lockwood	Heather Ward Barbara Carpenter	Hugh T. Findlay Heather Ward
1960– 1961	No competition
1962	Oon Chong Teik	Ursula Smith	Oon Chong Teik Ole Mertz	Karin Jørgensen Ulla Rasmussen	Finn Kobberø Ulla Rasmussen
1963– 1968	No competition
1969	Lee Kin Tat	Tonny Pannemans	Lee Kin Tat Roy Díaz González	June Jacques Gerda Cairns	Leo Kountul Tony Pannemans
1970	Kurt Johnsson	Imre Nielsen	David Horton Elliot Stuart	Margaret Boxall Susan Whetnall	Paul Whetnall Margaret Boxall
1971	Punch Gunalan	Joke van Beusekom	Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee	Joke van Beusekom Felice do Nooyer	Ng Boon Bee Sylvia Ng
1972	Tan Aik Huang	Tonny Pannemans	Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee	Tony Pannemans Lore Hawig	Clemens Wortel Tony Pannemans
1973	Atik Jauhari	Joke van Beusekom	Atik Jauhari Budinan	Barbara Lord Dorte Tyghe	Kenneth Parsons Dorte Tyghe
1974	No competition
1975	William Kerr	Alena Poboráková	William Kerr Kenneth Parsons	Alena Poboráková Taťána Pravdová	Kenneth Parsons Alan Parsons
1976	Rob Ridder	Gussie Botes	John Abrahams Gordon McMillan	Marjan Luesken Gaylene Thatcher	Alan Phillips Marianne van der Walt
1977	Karl-Heinz Zwiebler	Hanke de Kort	Ray Sharp Ray Rolfe	Hanke de Kort Marja Ravelli	Clemens Wortel Hanke de Kort
1978– 1979	No competition
1980^[1]	Ulrich Rost	Marjan Ridder	Rob Ridder Piet Ridder	Hanke de Kort Marjan Ridder	Rob Ridder Marjan Ridder
1981	Barry Burns	Carol Liem	Ivan Kristanto Frank van Dongen	Paula Kloet Grace Kakiay	Bas von Barnau-Sijthoff Jeanette van Driel
1982– 1984	No competition 1982-1984: Poona Open
1985	Tariq Farooq	Sally Podger	Michael Fischedick Mathias Klein	Sally Podger Lena Staxler	Dennis Tjin Asjoe Jeanette van Driel
1986– 2000	No competition 1986-1989: Poona Open
2001	Nabil Lasmari	Hanny Setiani	Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet	Harriet Johnson Karina Sørensen	Wouter Claes Karina Sørensen
2002– 2004	No competition
2005^[2]	Anders Boesen	Xu Huaiwen	Ingo Kindervater Kristof Hopp	Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier
2006^[3]	Kasper Ødum	Petra Overzier	Imanuel Hirschfeldt Imam Sodikin	Marina Yakusheva Elena Shimko	Vitalij Durkin Valeria Sorokina
2007^[4]	Marc Zwiebler	Larissa Griga	Kristof Hopp Ingo Kindervater	Natalie Munt Joanne Nicholas	Chris Langridge Joanne Nicholas
2008^[5]	Kenichi Tago	Juliane Schenk	Andrew Bowman Martyn Lewis	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova
2009^[6]	Marc Zwiebler	Yao Jie	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Heather Olver Marcus Ellis
2010^[7]	Marc Zwiebler	Juliane Schenk	Ingo Kindervater Johannes Schöttler	Sandra Marinello Birgit Overzier	Michael Fuchs Birgit Overzier
2011^[8]	Brice Leverdez	Olga Konon	Adam Cwalina Michał Łogosz	Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	Chayut Triyachart Yao Lei
2012^[9]	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Sashina Vignes Waran	Adam Cwalina Koen Ridder	Selena Piek Iris Tabeling	Marcus Ellis Gabrielle White
2013^[10]	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	Febby Angguni	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Imogen Bankier Petya Nedelcheva	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Lena Grebak
2014^[11]	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	Michelle Li	Mathias Christiansen David Daugaard	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	Jacco Arends Selena Piek
2015^[12]	Anders Antonsen	Goh Jin Wei	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
2016^[13]	Lucas Corvée	Soniia Cheah	Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	Ronan Labar Audrey Fontaine
2017^[14]	Kento Momota	Beatriz Corrales	Frederik Colberg Rasmus Fladberg	Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen	Jacco Arends Selena Piek
2018^[15]	Toby Penty	Lin Ying-chun	Jacco Arends Ruben Jille	Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo	Jacco Arends Selena Piek
2019^[16]	Lakshya Sen	Line Christophersen	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Ben Lane Jessica Pugh
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021^[17]	Ng Tze Yong	Riko Gunji	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito
2022^[18]	Lin Chun-yi	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	Chang Ko-chi Po Li-wei	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito
2023^[19]	Lucas Claerbout	Neslihan Arın	Andreas Søndergaard Jesper Toft	Maiko Kawazoe Haruna Konishi	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith
2024^[20]	Julien Carraggi	Anmol Kharb	Ties van der Lecq Brian Wassink	Julie MacPherson Ciara Torrance	Rasmus Espersen Amalie Cecilie Kudsk

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 9 to 12 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

Poona Open

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1980	Jan de Mulder	Karin Duijvestijn
1981	Michael Schnaase	Paula Kloet
1982	Philip Sutton	Karen Beckman
1983	Kevin Jolly	Marjan Ridder	Thomas Künstler Stefan Frey	Marja Ravelli Marjan Ridder	No competition
1984	Glen Milton	Wendy Massam	Peter Buch Niels Hansen	Lisa Chapman Wendy Massam	Rob Ridder Marjan Ridder
1985	Kim Brodersen	Wendy Poulton	Peter Buch Niels Hansen	Wendy Poulton June Shipman	Richard Outterside Wendy Poulton
1986	Steve Baddeley	Xiao Jie	He Xiangyang Tang Hui	Eline Coene Erica van Dijck	Billy Gilliland Nora Perry
1987	Morten Frost	Astrid van der Knaap	Michael Kjeldsen Jens Peter Nierhoff	Gillian Gilks Gillian Gowers	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1988	Morten Frost	Christine Magnusson	Michael Kjeldsen Jens Peter Nierhoff	Kim Yun-ja Yoo Sang-hee	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark
1989	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Tang Jiuhong	Zhang Qiang Zhou Jincan	Maria Bengtsson Christine Magnusson	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers

Performances by nation

As of the 2024 edition

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Netherlands	1	9	5.5	9	10	34.5
2	England	3	3	4	7	9.5	26.5
3	Denmark	8	3	7.5	1.5	3.5	23.5
4	Germany	5	5	4	2.5	2	18.5
5	Malaysia	4	2	2.5	0	1	9.5
6	Japan	2	1	0	4	2	9
7	South Africa	1	1	2	1.5	3	8.5
8	Indonesia	3	2	2.5	0	0	7.5
9	France	4	1	0	1	1	7
10	China	0	2	2	0	0	4
	Chinese Taipei	1	1	2	0	0	4
	Russia	0	0	0	2	2	4
	Sweden	1	1	0.5	1.5	0	4
14	Belgium	1	0	1	1	0.5	3.5
14	Singapore	1	0	0.5	1	1	3.5
16	India	1	1	1	0	0	3
17	Poland	0	0	1.5	0	1	2.5
17	Scotland	0	0	0.5	1.5	0.5	2.5
19	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1	0	2
20	Bulgaria	0	0	0	1.5	0	1.5
20	Wales	1	0	0.5	0	0	1.5
22	Austria	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Canada	0	1	0	0	0	1
	South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Vietnam	0	1	0	0	0	1
29	Mexico	0	0	0.5	0	0	0.5
Total		38	38	38	37	37	188

References

^ "Badmintonsucces in Antwerpen". IJmuider Courant (in Dutch). 27 February 1980. p. 25. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
^ 2005 winners
^ 2006 winners
^ 2007 winners
^ 2008 winners
^ 2009 winners
^ 2010 winners
^ 2011 winners
^ 2012 winners
^ 2013 winners
^ 2014 winners
^ 2015 winners
^ 2016 winners
^ 2017 winners
^ 2018 winners
^ 2019 winners
^ 2021 winners
^ 2022 winners
^ YONEX Belgian International 2023 winners
^ YONEX Belgian International 2024 winners

External links

Official website

[17] This tournament, originally to be played from 9 to 12 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

[1] "Badmintonsucces in Antwerpen". IJmuider Courant (in Dutch). 27 February 1980. p. 25. Retrieved 28 March 2025.

[2] 2005 winners

[3] 2006 winners

[4] 2007 winners

[5] 2008 winners

[6] 2009 winners

[7] 2010 winners

[8] 2011 winners

[9] 2012 winners

[10] 2013 winners

[11] 2014 winners

[12] 2015 winners

[13] 2016 winners

[14] 2017 winners

[15] 2018 winners

[16] 2019 winners

[18] 2021 winners

[19] 2022 winners

[20] YONEX Belgian International 2023 winners

[21] YONEX Belgian International 2024 winners

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