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 Challenge

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1997[7]	Kenneth Erichsen	Nigella Saunders	Christian Erichsen Kenneth Erichsen	Alya Lewis Nigella Saunders	Robert Richards Nigella Saunders
1998[8]	Kevin Han	Jody Patrick	Howard Bach Mark Manha	Milaine Cloutier Robbyn Hermitage	Brent Olynyk Robbyn Hermitage
1999[9]		Denyse Julien		Denyse Julien Charmaine Reid	José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco
2000– 2002	not held
2003[10]	Richard Vaughan	Miho Tanaka	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	Philippe Bourret Denyse Julien
2004– 2008	not held
2009[11]	Kevin Cordón	Sandra Chirlaque	Kevin Cordón Rodolfo Ramírez	no competition	Rodolfo Ramírez Lorena Duany
2010[12]		Nicole Grether	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	Toby Ng Grace Gao
2011[13]	Ivan Sozonov	Michelle Li	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	Grace Gao Joycelyn Ko
2012[14]	Kevin Cordón	Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Rodolfo Ramírez	Ana Lucia de León Nikté Sotomayor	Anibal Marroquin Nikté Sotomayor
2013[15]	Rodolfo Ramírez	Berónica Vibieca		Krisley Nohemi López Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Nikté Sotomayor
2014[16]	Pablo Abián	Jeanine Cicognini	Laurent Constantin Matthieu Lo Ying Ping	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana	Howard Shu Eva Lee
2015[17]	Kevin Cordón	Rong Schafer	Michael Fuchs Johannes Schöttler	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels
2016[18]	Osleni Guerrero	Lohaynny Vicente	Alwin Francis Tarun Kona	Mariana Paiz Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Nikté Sotomayor
2017[19]	Kevin Cordón	Daniela Macías	Phillip Chew Ryan Chew	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	Leodannis Martinez Tahimara Oropeza
2018[20]		Talia Ng	Rubén Castellanos Aníbal Marroquín	Talia Ng Josephine Wu	Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu
2019[21]		Ghaida Nurul Ghaniyu	Fabrício Farias Francielton Farias	Jaqueline Lima Sâmia Lima	Fabrício Farias Jaqueline Lima
2020[22]	Cancelled[note 1]
2021[23]	Kevin Cordón	Jennie Gai	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	Francesca Corbett Allison Lee	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu
2022[24]	Giovanni Toti	Hristomira Popovska	Jonathan Solís Aníbal Marroquín	Sharon Au Jeslyn Chow	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto
2023[25]	Ygor Coelho	Samiya Imad Farooqui	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	Catherine Choi Josephine Wu	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu

1. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 23 to 27 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala.

Guatemala International Series

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2023[26]	Kevin Cordón	Ishika Jaiswal	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	Diana Corleto Nikté Sotomayor	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri

Guatemala Future Series

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2017[27]	Karan Rajan Rajarajan	Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Rodolfo Ramírez	Diana Corleto Mariana Paiz	Jonathan Solís Nikté Sotomayor
2018	not held
2019[28]	Job Castillo	Diana Corleto	Jonathan Solís Aníbal Marroquín	Lucía Albanes Michele Barrios	Brandon Alavardo Alejandra Paiz
2020[29]	Cancelled[note 1]
2021[30]	Rubén Castellanos	Lauren Lam	Enrico Asuncion Don Henley Averia	Diana Corleto Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto
2022[31]	Yuta Kikuchi	Malya Hoareau	José Luis Granados Morales Antonio Emanuel Ortíz	Alejandra Paiz Mariana Paiz	Tino Daoudal Malya Hoareau
2023[32]	Muhammad Sultan	Tomoka Miyazaki	Muhammad Halim As Sidiq Muhammad Sultan	Mei Sudo Nao Yamakita	Daigo Tanioka Maya Taguchi

1. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 8 November, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala.

Performances by nation

Guatemala International Challenge As of the 2023 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  Guatemala 10 1 6 3 4.5 24.5 2  Canada 0 4 3 6.5 7 20.5 3  United States 2 2 3 2 1 10 4  Brazil 1 1 1 1 1 5 5  Germany 0 1 1 1.5 1 4.5 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 0 1 1 0 0 2  Italy 1 1 0 0 0 2  Russia 1 0 1 0 0 2 14  Bulgaria 0 1 0 0 0 1  Dominican Republic 0 1 0 0 0 1  France 0 0 1 0 0 1  Indonesia 0 1 0 0 0 1  Wales 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 18 18 18 17 18 89

Guatemala International Series As of the 2023 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  Guatemala 1 0 0 1 0 2 2  Algeria 0 0 0 0 1 1  Mexico 0 0 1 0 0 1  United States 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 1 1 1 1 1 5 Guatemala Future Series As of the 2023 edition Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1  Guatemala 1 2 3 4 3 13 2  Japan 1 1 0 1 1 4 3  France 0 1 0 0 1 2  Indonesia 1 0 1 0 0 2  United States 0 1 1 0 0 2 6  India 1 0 0 0 0 1  Mexico 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 5 5 5 5 5 25

References

External links

• Federación Nacional de Bádminton Guatemala