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 players competes.[1][5] In 2017, the national federation host two level 4 badminton tournament, the Future and International Series.[6]

Previous Winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1997	Kenneth Erichsen	Nigella Saunders	Christian Erichsen Kenneth Erichsen	Alya Lewis Nigella Saunders	Robert Richards Nigella Saunders
1998	Kevin Han	Jody Patrick	Howard Bach Mark Manha	Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage	Brent Olynyk Robbyn Hermitage
1999	Kevin Han	Denyse Julien	Howard Bach Mark Manha	Denyse Julien Charmaine Reid	José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco
2003	Richard Vaughan	Miho Tanaka	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien
2009	Kevin Cordón	Sandra Chirlaque	Kevin Cordón Rodolfo Ramírez	no competition	Rodolfo Ramírez Lorena Duany
2010	Kevin Cordón	Nicole Grether	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	Toby Ng Grace Gao
2011	Ivan Sozonov	Michelle Li	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	Grace Gao Joycelyn Ko	Toby Ng Grace Gao
2012	Kevin Cordón	Nikte Sotomayor	Jonathan Solis Rodolfo Ramírez	Ana Lucia de Leon Nikte Sotomayor	Anibal Marroquin Nikte Sotomayor
2013	Rodolfo Ramírez	Berónica Vivieca	Jonathan Solis Rodolfo Ramírez	Krisley Nohemi Lopez Nikte Sotomayor	Jonathan Solis Nikte Sotomayor
2014	Pablo Abián	Jeanine Cicognini	Laurent Constantin Matthieu Lo Ying Ping	Eva Lee Paula Obanana	Howard Shu Eva Lee
2015	Kevin Cordon	Rong Schafer	Michael Fuchs Johannes Schoettler	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels
2016	Osleni Guerrero	Lohaynny Vicente	Alwin Francis Tarun Kona	Mariana Isabel Paiz Quan Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Nikté Sotomayor
2017 FS	Karan Rajan Rajarajan	Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Rodolfo Ramírez	Diana Corleto Soto Mariana Isabel Paiz Quan	Jonathan Solís Nikté Sotomayor
2017 IS	Kevin Cordon	Daniela Macias	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	Daniela Macias Danica Nishimura	Leodannis Martinez Tahimara Oropeza
2018		Talia Ng	Rubén Castellanos Aníbal Marroquín	Talia Ng Josephine Wu	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu
2019 IS		Ghaida Nurul Ghaniyu	Fabricio Farias Francielton Farias	Jaqueline Lima Sâmia Lima	Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima
2019 FS	Job Castillo	Diana Corleto Soto	Jonathan Solís Aníbal Marroquín	Ana Lucia Albanes Cordon Sara Michele Barrios Chiong	Brandon Alavardo Alejandra Jose Paiz Quan
2020 IS	Cancelled[note 1]
2020 FS	Cancelled[note 2]

This tournament, originally to be played from 23 to 27 September, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala.
This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 8 November, was later postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala.

Performances by nation

Pos	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Guatemala	9	3	7	5	5.5	29.5
2	Canada	0	4	1	4.5	5	14.5
3	United States	2	1	3	1	1	8
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
	India	1	0	1	0	0	2
	Russia	1	0	1	0	0	2
13	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	0	0	1
	France	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Indonesia	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Mexico	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Wales	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Total	17	17	17	16	17	84

References

"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.