Uganda International

The Uganda International is an international badminton tournament held in Uganda organised by Uganda Badminton Association. In 2008, this tournament have been sanctioned by Badminton World Federation as International Series rated event with total prize money US$5000. For the badminton players, this tournament become a landmark for Uganda, because they can improved their point in world ranking and also in certain years, the points will be the Olympic Games qualification.[1][2] Another tournament, Kampala International is a Future Series level since 2023.

Previous winners

Uganda International Challenge

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Ref
1995 Christopher Musaazi Helen Luziika Naveen
Frank Nsubuga 		Helen Luziika
Annet Nakamya 		Naveen
Annet Nakamya 		[3][4]
1996–
2007 		No competition
2008 Kestutis Navickas Agnese Allegrini Niluka Karunaratne
Dinuka Karunaratne 		No competition [5]
2009 Ali Shahosseini Karen Foo Kune Shaban Nkutu
Ali Shahosseini 		Shamim Bangi
Margaret Nankabirwa 		Abraham Wogute
Rita Namusisi 		[6]
2010 Jinkan Ifraimu Carolina Marín Dorian James
Wiaan Viljoen 		Michelle Edwards
Annari Viljoen 		Dorian James
Michelle Edwards 		[7]
2011 Jan Fröhlich Telma Santos Giovanni Greco
Daniel Messersi 		Özge Bayrak
Öznur Caliskan 		Ivan Mayega
Norah Nassimbwa 		[8]
2012 Niluka Karunaratne Jeanine Cicognini Dorian Lance James
Willem Viljoen 		Michelle Claire Edwards
Annari Viljoen 		Willem Viljoen
Annari Viljoen 		[9]
2013 Dinuka Karunaratne Saili Rane Giovanni Greco
Daniel Messersi 		Shama Aboobakar
Grace Gabriel 		Mahmoud El Sayad
Nadine Ashraf 		[10]
2014 Trupti Murgunde Chun Quan Chong
Yeoh Seng Zoe 		Tosin Damilola Atolagbe
Fatima Azeez 		Ola Fagbemi
Dorcas Adesokan 		[11]
2015 Jacob Maliekal Ebru Yazgan Pavel Florián
Ondřej Kopřiva 		N. Sikki Reddy
Poorvisha S. Ram 		Tarun Kona
N. Sikki Reddy 		[12]
2016 Niluka Karunaratne Telma Santos Dinuka Karunaratne
Niluka Karunaratne 		Cemre Fere
Ebru Yazgan 		Abdelrahman Kashkal
Hadia Hosny 		[13]
2017 Julien Paul Shamim Bangi Alwin Francis
Tarun Kona 		Doha Hany
Hadia Hosny 		Bahaedeen Alshannik
Domou Amro 		[14]
2018 Pierrick Cajot Kate Foo Kune Artur Niyazov
Dmitriy Panarin 		Jonathan Persson
Kate Foo Kune 		[15]
2019 B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj Thet Htar Thuzar Godwin Olofua
Anuoluwapo Opeyori 		Howard Shu
Paula Lynn Obañana 		[16]
2020 Gergely Krausz Tarun Kona
Shivam Sharma 		Meghana Jakkampudi
Poorvisha S. Ram 		Tarun Kona
Meghana Jakkampudi 		[17]
2021 Varun Kapur Malvika Bansod No competition Husina Kobugabe
Mable Namakoye 		Brian Kasirye
Husina Kobugabe 		[18]
2022 Arnaud Merklé Talia Ng Boon Xin Yuan
Wong Tien Ci 		Kasturi Radhakrishnan
Venosha Radhakrishnan 		Koceila Mammeri
Tanina Mammeri 		[19]
2023 Justin Hoh Letshanaa Karupathevan Pongsakorn Thongkham
Wongsatorn Thongkham 		Trisha Hegde
Khushi Thakkar 		Andy Kwek
Crystal Wong 		[20]
2024 Lê Đức Phát Aakarshi Kashyap Arjun M. R.
Dhruv Kapila 		Paula Lynn Cao Hok
Lauren Lam 		Sathish Karunakaran
Aadya Variyath 		[21][22]
2025 Manraj Singh Ishika Jaiswal Mohammad Amaan
Dingku Konthoujam 		Lauren Lam
Allison Lee 		Ishaan Bhatnagar
Srinidhi Narayanan 		[23]
2026 Karono Anupama Upadhyaya Bhargav Arigela
Vishwatej Gobburu 		Ishaan Bhatnagar
Shruti Mishra 		[24]

Uganda International Series

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Ref
2023 Luis Ramón Garrido Meghana Reddy Brian Kasirye
Muzafaru Lubega 		Rutaparna Panda
Swetaparna Panda 		Koceila Mammeri
Tanina Mammeri 		[25][26]
2024 B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj Loh Zhi Wei Nithin H. V.
Harsha Veeramreddy 		Gayatri Rawat
Mansa Rawat 		Ashraf Zakaria
Lim Xuan 		[27]
2025 Hein Htut Rujula Ramu Ashraf Zakaria
Ariffin Zakaria 		Jenjira Stadelmann
Leila Zarrouk 		Chong Zi Xiang
Joanne Ng 		[28]

Kampala International

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Ref
2023 Brian Kasirye Romane Cloteaux-Foucault Brian Kasirye
Muzafaru Lubega 		Rutaparna Panda
Swetaparna Panda 		Kuswanto
Sreeyuktha Sreejith Parol 		[29]
2024 Manraj Singh Shreya Lele Ashraf Zakaria
Ariffin Zakaria 		Gayatri Rawat
Mansa Rawat 		Ashraf Zakaria
Lim Xuan 		[30][31]
2025 Harsheel Dani Rujula Ramu Jenjira Stadelmann
Leila Zarrouk 		[32]

Performances by nation

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