Iceland International

The Iceland International in badminton is an international open held in Iceland since 1986. The tournament belongs to the European Badminton Circuit. In 2008, the event had to be cancelled due to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis.

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
1986	Wang Junjie	Elinor Allen	Alastair Baker Ross Glawin	Þórdís Edwald Kristín Magnúsdóttir	Alastair Baker Elinor Allen	[1]
1987	Broddi Kristjánsson	Þórdís Edwald	Broddi Kristjánsson Þorsteinn Páll Hængsson	Þórdís Edwald Elisabet Þórðardóttir	Broddi Kristjánsson Kristín Magnúsdóttir	[2]
1988	Chris Jogis	Guðrún Júlíusdóttir	John Britton Chris Jogis	Linda French Pam Owens	John Britton Pam Owens	[3]
1989	Broddi Kristjánsson	Þórdís Edwald	Broddi Kristjánsson Þorsteinn Páll Hængsson	Guðrún Júlíusdóttir Kristín Magnúsdóttir	Broddi Kristjánsson Þórdís Edwald	[4]
1990		Guðrún Júlíusdóttir		Inga Kjartansdóttir Paula Rip	Þorsteinn Páll Hængsson Inga Kjartansdóttir
1991	Matthew Smith	Lim Xiaoqing	Ármann Þorvaldsson Þorsteinn Páll Hængsson	Lim Xiaoqing Kristín Magnúsdóttir	Broddi Kristjánsson Lim Xiaoqing	[5]
1992	Mike Brown	Jennifer Allen	Simon Archer Julia Robertson	Elinor Allen Jennifer Allen	Kenny Middlemiss Elinor Allen	[6]
1993	Steve Butler	Elsa Nielsen	Julian Robertson Dave Wright	Kerry McKittrick Lorraine Thomas	Dave Wright Lorraine Thomas	[7]
1994	Broddi Kristjánsson		Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Broddi Kristjánsson	Guðrún Júlíusdóttir Birna Petersen	Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Gudrun Juliusdottir	[8]
1995				Vigdís Ásgeirsdóttir Elsa Nielsen		[9]
1996	Rasmus Wengberg				Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Vigdís Ásgeirsdóttir	[10]
1997	Niels Christian Kaldau	Christina Sørensen	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Niels Christian Kaldau	Jane F. Bramsen Christina Sørensen	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Jane F. Bramsen	[11]
1998	Steffan Pandya	Jill Pittard	Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Broddi Kristjánsson	Lorraine Cole Tracy Dineen	Tómas Viborg Emma Gustafsson	[12]
1999	Rasmus Wengberg	Karolina Ericsson	Henrik Andersson Fredrik Bergström	Vigdís Ásgeirsdóttir Drífa Harðardóttir	Fredrik Bergström Jenny Karlsson	[13]
2000	Colin Haughton	Rebecca Pantaney	Peter Jeffrey David Lindley	Natalie Munt Liza Parker	David Lindley Emma Chaffin	[14]
2001	Matthew Shuker	Elizabeth Cann	Jochen Cassel Ingo Kindervater	Vigdís Ásgeirsdóttir Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	Thomas Laybourn Karina Sørensen	[15]
2002	Bobby Milroy	Petya Nedelcheva	Dennis Jensen Peter Steffensen	Kirsteen McEwan Yuan Wemyss	Peter Steffensen Karina Sørensen	[16]
2003	Joachim Fischer Nielsen		Joachim Fischer Nielsen Jesper Larsen	Petya Nedelcheva Neli Boteva	Simon Archer Donna Kellogg	[17]
2004	Bobby Milroy	Susan Hughes	Paul Trueman Ian Palethorpe	Liza Parker Suzanne Rayappan	Peter Jeffrey Hayley Connor	[18]
2005	Jens-Kristian Leth	Sara Persson	Anders Kristiansen Simon Mollyhus	Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson	Henri Hurskainen Johanna Persson	[19]
2006	Magnus Sahlberg	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	Christoffer Bruun Jensen Morten Kronborg	Imogen Bankier Emma Mason	Henri Hurskainen Emma Wengberg	[20]
2007	Petr Koukal		Jonas Glyager Jensen Peter Hasbak	Katrín Atladóttir Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	Jonas Glyager Jensen Maria Kaaberbøl Thorberg	[21]
2008	No competition
2009	Christian Lind Thomsen	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	René Lindskow Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir Snjólaug Jóhannsdóttir	Theis Christiansen Joan Christiansen	[22]
2010	Kim Bruun		Emil Holst Mikkel Mikkelsen	Katrín Atladóttir Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	Frederik Colberg Mette Poulsen	[23]
2011	Mathias Borg		Thomas Dew-Hattens Mathias Kany	Tinna Helgadóttir Snjólaug Jóhannsdóttir	Thomas Dew-Hattens Louise Hansen	[24][25]
2012	Chou Tien-chen	Chiang Mei-hui	Joe Morgan Nic Strange	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Chou Tien-chen Chiang Mei-hui	[26][27]
2013	No competition
2014	Beryno Wong	Airi Mikkelä	Martin Campbell Patrick MacHugh	Sarah Thomas Carissa Turner	Alexander Bond Ditte Søby Hansen	[28]
2015	Milan Ludík	Mette Poulsen		Lena Grebak Maria Helsbøl	Nicklas Mathiasen Cecilie Bjergen	[29]
2016	Kim Bruun	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	Chris Coles Adam Hall	Jessica Pugh Sarah Walker	Anton Kaisti Cheryl Seinen	[30]
2017	Subhankar Dey	Yang Li Lian	Paweł Prądziński Jan Rudziński	Lyddia Cheah Yi Yu Yang Li Lian	Callum Hemming Fee Teng Liew	[31]
2018	Sam Parsons	Saili Rane	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	Julie MacPherson Eleanor O'Donnell	Rohan Kapoor Kuhoo Garg	[32]
2019	Mikkel Enghøj	Ayla Huser	Bruno Carvalho Tomás Nero	Abigail Holden Sian Kelly	Kristófer Darri Finnsson Margrét Jóhannsdóttir	[33]
2020	Fathurrahman Fauzi	Rachel Sugden	Anton Monnberg Jesper Paul	Asmita Chaudhari Pamela Reyes	Alex Green Annie Lado	[34]
2021	Cancelled[note 1]					[35]
2022	Cancelled[note 2]					[36]
2023	Matthias Kicklitz	Frederikke Lund	Jonas Kudsk Jeppe Søby	Abbygael Harris Annie Lado	Brandon Yap Annie Lado	[37]
2024	Mads Juel Møller	Milena Schnider	Benjamin Illum Klindt Magnus Klinggaard	Sophia Lemming Cathrine Marie Wind	Mikkel Klinggaard Naja Abildgaard	[38]
2025	Karan Rajan Rajarajan	Rachel Sugden[39]	Andy Buijk Aymeric Tores	Kirsten de Wit Meerte Loos	Mikkel Klinggaard Nicoline Tang	[40]
2026						[41]

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 28–31 January, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.
2. This tournament, originally to be played from 27–30 January, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.

Performances by nation

As of the 2025 edition

Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Iceland	5	13	8	13	8	47
2	Denmark	9	4	11	3	11	38
3	England	7	3	4.5	8	7	29.5
4	Scotland		5	4.5	4	2	15.5
5	Sweden	4	3	1	1.5	4	13.5
6	United States	1		1	1	1	4
7	Bulgaria		2		1		3
	Chinese Taipei	1	1			1	3
	India	1	1			1	3
	Malaysia	1	1		1		3
11	Finland		1	1		0.5	2.5
	Netherlands			0.5	1.5	0.5	2.5
13	Canada	2					2
	Czech Republic	2					2
	Germany	1		1			2
	Switzerland		2				2
	Wales			1	1		2
18	China	1					1
	Indonesia	1					1
	Poland			1			1
	Portugal			1			1
	South Korea				1		1
23	France			0.5			0.5
Total		36	36	36	36	36	180

References

1. Dagblaðið Vísir, 18 March 1986, p. 17
2. Morgunblaðið, 17 March 1987, p. 10B
3. Dagblaðið Vísir, 14 March 1988, p. 27
4. Dagblaðið Vísir, 13 March 1989, p. 30
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