The New Zealand Open in badminton is an international tournament held in New Zealand. In 2011, the New Zealand International was originally scheduled to be a Grand Prix event, but was downgraded to International Challenge level due to lack of funding. This tournament has been a part of BWF World Tour since 2018.[1]
| Official website | |
| Founded | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 26 (2019) |
| Location | Auckland (2019) New Zealand |
| Venue | Eventfinda Stadium (2019) |
| Prize money | US$150,000 (2019) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Jonatan Christie (singles) Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3 Geoff Bellingham |
| Most doubles titles | 4 Dean Galt |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | An Se-young (singles) Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3 Li Feng |
| Most doubles titles | 7 Rhona Robertson |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying |
| Most titles (male) | 3 Peter Blackburn |
| Most titles (female) | 2 Rhonda Cator Goh Liu Ying Tammy Jenkins Sara Petersen Annisa Saufika Tung Chau Man |
| Super 300 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2019 New Zealand Open | |
On 6 March 2023, the Badminton World Federation announced that Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its rights to host the tournament until 2026.[2][3]
Previous winners
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- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 20 to 25 October, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 9 May, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 22 to 27 November, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played on 8–13 August, was later cancelled because Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its hosting rights of the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 New Zealand Open for the next four years.[2]
Performances by countries
edit| Winning countries | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Country | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | ||
| 1 |  New Zealand
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7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 38 | ||
| 2 |  Australia
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5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 3 |  Japan
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3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 4 |  Indonesia
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2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Hong Kong
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4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 6 |  Chinese Taipei
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2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 7 |  China
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
 Malaysia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 9 |  South Korea
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1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 10 |  Singapore
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1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 11 |  Germany
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 12 |  England
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1 | 1 | ||||||
 India
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1 | 1 | |||||||
 Thailand
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1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 130 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Annual Report: 2011". www.oceaniabadminton.org. Badminton Oceania. p. 27. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Tournament Update – Cancellations". Badminton World Federation. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (6 March 2023). "Badminton's New Zealand Open cancelled for next four years as "no longer feasible"". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ NZ Open 2004
- ^ NZ Open 2005
- ^ 2006 New Zealand Open
- ^ NZ Open 2007
- ^ NZ Open 2008
- ^ NZ Open 2009