Hungarian International

The Hungarian International in badminton is an international open held in Hungary since 1974. In the first years it was held every two years, and since 1978 it is held annually. The competition is typically held in autumn, and it belongs to the EBU Circuit. The Hungarian National Badminton Championships started in 1960.

Previous winners

Hungarian International

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
1974	Hermann Fröhlich	Monika Cassens	Gregor Berden Stane Koprivsek	Monika Cassens Christine Zierath	Joachim Schimpke Monika Cassens	^[1]
1975	No competition
1976	Erfried Michalowsky	Monika Cassens	Erfried Michalowsky Roland Riese	Monika Cassens Angela Michalowski	Edgar Michalowski Monika Cassens	^[2]
1977	No competition
1978	Rolf Heyer	Monika Cassens	Rolf Heyer Olaf Rosenow	Monika Cassens Angela Michalowski	Edgar Michalowski Monika Cassens
1979	Nick Yates	Paula Kilvington	Nick Yates Duncan Bridge	Monika Cassens Angela Michalowski	Herman Leidelmeijer Hanke de Kort	^[3]
1980	Michal Malý	Helen Troke	Dipak Tailor Duncan Bridge	Monika Cassens Ilona Michalowsky	Edgar Michalowski Monika Cassens	^[4]
1981	Dipak Tailor	Gillian Gowers	Dipak Tailor Chris Dobson	Catharina Troke Gillian Gowers	Dipak Tailor Gillian Gowers
1982	Michal Malý	Monika Cassens	Joe Ford Glen Milton	Jill Pringle Fiona Elliott	Edgar Michalowski Monika Cassens
1983	Johan Ratheyser	Heidemarie Krickhaus	Edgar Michalowski Erfried Michalowsky	Monika Cassens Petra Michalowsky	Erfried Michalowsky Petra Michalowsky	^[5]
1984	Thomas Künstler	Monika Cassens	Peter Skole Ch. Norberg	Erica van Dijck Monique Hoogland	Bas von Barnau-Sijthoff Erica van Dijck	^[6]
1985	Peter Skole	Elena Rybkina	Klaus Fischer Heinz Fischer	Elena Rybkina Ludmila Galyamova	Nikolay Kalinskij Elena Rybkina
1986	Klaus Fischer	Svetlana Belyasova	Klaus Fischer Heinz Fischer	Svetlana Belyasova Vlada Belyutina	Vitaliy Shmakov Svetlana Belyasova	^[7]
1987	Klaus Fischer	Bożena Siemieniec	Jerzy Dołhan Grzegorz Olchowik	Bożena Haracz Bożena Siemieniec	Jerzy Dołhan Bożena Haracz	^[8]
1988	Andrey Antropov	Bożena Siemieniec	Andrey Antropov Sergey Melnikov	Monika Cassens Petra Michalowsky	Jerzy Dołhan Marzena Masiuk	^[9]
1989	Andrey Antropov	Chun Sung-suk	Shung Han-kook Shon Jin-hwan	Chun Sung-suk Lee Jung-mi	Shung Han-kook Chung Myung-hee	^[10]
1990	Ahn Jae-chang	Kang Bok-seung	Lee Sang-bok Shon Jin-hwan	Hwang Hye-young Yoon Sook-jung	Lee Sang-bok Hwang Hye-young	^[11]^[12]
1991	Lee Yong-sun	Park Soo-yun	Kim Young-gil Lee Dong-soo	Park Soo-yun Kim Shin-young	Kim Young-gil Park Soo-yun	^[13]
1992	Peter Bush	Alison Humby	Björn Siegmund Kai Mitteldorf	Tanya Groves Joanne Davies	Heinz Fischer Irina Serova	^[14]
1993	Hans Sperre Jr.	Yoo Eun-young	Kai Mitteldorf Uwe Ossenbrink	Kim Kyung-ran Chung Jae-hee	Valerij Strelcov Elena Nozdran	^[15]
1994	T. Lundgaard Hansen	Anne Sondergaard	Damian Pławecki Robert Mateusiak	Sara Hardaker Rebeca Pantaney	Ian Pearson Sara Hardaker	^[16]
1995	Anders Boesen	Michelle Rasmussen	Julian Robertson Nathan Robertson	Tanya Groves Alison Humby	Jürgen Koch Irina Serova	^[17]
1996	Peter Janum	Tracey Hallam	Jonas Rasmussen Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Johanna Holgersson Astrid Crabo	Jonas Rasmussen Ann-Lou Jorgensen	^[18]
1997	Chris Bruil	Elena Nozdran	Michail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov	Lotte Jonathans Ginny Severien	Norbert van Barneveld Lotte Jonathans	^[19]
1998	Ruud Kuijten	Christina Sorensen	Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak	Rikke Broen Sara Runesten	Martin Bruun Sara Runesten	^[20]
1999	Hwang Sun-ho	Kim Ji-hyun	Kim Yong-hyun Yim Bang-eun	Lee Hyo-jung Yim Kyung-jin	Kim Yong-hyun Yim Kyung-jin	^[21]
2000	Przemysław Wacha	Maja Pohar	Valiyaveetil Diju Thomas Sanave	Mercedes Cuenca Yoana Martínez	José Antonio Crespo Dolores Marco	^[22]
2001	Jonas Lyduch	Petya Nedelcheva	Johan Holm Joakim Andersson	Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson	Andrej Pohar Maja Pohar	^[23]
2002	Stanislav Pukhov	Elena Sukhareva	Stanislav Pukhov Nikolai Zuyev	Marina Yakusheva Elena Shimko	Sergei Ivlev Natalia Gorodnicheva	^[24]
2003	Jang Young-soo	Susan Hughes	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Yakusheva	^[25]
2004	Bobby Milroy	Petya Nedelcheva	Nikolai Zuyev Sergei Ivlev	Lim Pek Siah Chor Hooi Yee	Ong Ewe Hock Lim Pek Siah	^[26]
2005	Anup Sridhar	Atu Rosalina	Jürgen Koch Peter Zauner	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	Vladimir Malkov Anastasia Russkikh	^[27]
2006	George Rimarcdi	Chie Umezu	Imanuel Hirschfeld Imam Sodikin	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	Vladimir Malkov Anastasia Russkikh	^[28]
2007	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir	Mads Pieler Kolding Peter Mørk	Line Damkjær Kruse Camilla Sørensen	Zhang Yi Cai Jiani	^[29]
2008	Anand Pawar	Petya Nedelcheva	Kasper Henriksen Christian Skovgaard	Anastasia Prokopenko Olga Golovanova	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	^[30]
2009	Dieter Domke	Jeanine Cicognini	Adam Cwalina Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	Tatjana Bibik Olga Golovanova	Wojciech Szkudlarczyk Agnieszka Wojtkowska	^[31]
2010	Ville Lång	Karin Schnaase	Peter Käsbauer Josche Zurwonne	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	Jacco Arends Selena Piek	^[32]
2011	Rasmus Fladberg	Stefani Stoeva	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling	Natalia Pocztowiak Staša Poznanović	Viki Indra Okvana Gustiani Megawati	^[33]^[34]
2012	Vladimir Malkov	Marija Ulitina	Ruud Bosch Jim Middelburg	Carola Bott Staša Poznanović	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Staša Poznanović	^[35]^[36]
2013	Ernesto Velazquez	Olga Golovanova	Viki Indra Okvana Albert Saputra	Olga Golovanova Viktoriia Vorobeva	Robin Tabeling Myke Halkema	^[37]^[38]
2014	Kasper Dinesen	Fontaine Chapman	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling	Cheah Yee See Goh Yea Ching	Ben Lane Jessica Pugh	^[39]
2015	Kalle Koljonen	Aprilia Yuswandari	Martin Campbell Patrick MacHugh	Cheah Yee See Chin Kah Mun	Chris Coles Victoria Williams	^[40]
2016	Kim Bruun	Yap Rui Chen	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Hendra Wijaya	Mariya Mitsova Petya Nedelcheva	Terry Hee Tan Wei Han	^[41]^[42]
2017	Victor Svendsen	Neslihan Yiğit	Frederik Colberg Rasmus Fladberg	Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova	Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova	^[43]^[44]
2018	Rasmus Messerschmidt		David Daugaard Frederik Søgaard	Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova	Joel Eipe Mette Poulsen	^[45]^[46]
2019	Pablo Abián		Kim Duk-young Kim Sa-rang	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	Kim Sa-rang Kim Ha-na	^[47]
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}					^[48]
2021	Daniel Nikolov	Hsu Wen-chi	Emil Lauritzen Mads Vestergaard	Ornnicha Jongsathapornparn Phataimas Muenwong	Rory Easton Annie Lado	^[49]^[50]
2022	Lee Chia-hao	Kaloyana Nalbantova	Lin Yu-chieh Su Li-wei	Abbygael Harris Annie Lado	Brian Wassink Alyssa Tirtosentono	^[51]
2023	Harry Huang	Frederikke Lund	Rasmus Espersen Marcus Rindshøj	Paula López Lucía Rodríguez	Rasmus Espersen Amalie Cecilie Kudsk	^[52]
2024	Jakob Houe	Wang Yu-si	Jonathan Lai Nyl Yakura	Abbygael Harris Lizzie Tolman	Mihajlo Tomic Andjela Vitman	^[53]^[54]^[55]
2025	Jakob Houe	Laura Fløj Thomsen	Chen Hung-ming Tsai Cheng-han	Lærke Hvid Anna Klausholm	Mads Andersson Anna Klausholm	^[56]^[57]
2026						^[58]

This tournament, originally to be played from 28 to 31 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

Hungarian Future Series

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2026	Christopher Vittoriani	Hristomira Popovska	Sebastian Mønster Andersen Birk Norman	Anne Fuglsang Laura Fløj Thomsen	Jan Colin Völker Emma Moszczynski	^[59]

Performances by nation

Hungarian International

As of the 2025 edition

Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Denmark	12	5	7	3	5	32
2	Soviet Union Russia	4	4	3	10	8	29
3	England	4	6	5	7	5	27
4	South Korea	4	5	6	5	5	25
5	East Germany	1	5	2	7	6	21
6	Poland	1	2	4	2.5	3	12.5
7	West Germany Germany	3	2	4	1.5		10.5
8	Netherlands	1		1	2	6	10
9	Austria	4		3		2	9
10	Bulgaria	1	5	1	1		8
11	Sweden	2		3	2		7
12	Chinese Taipei	1	2	2			5
	Malaysia		1		3	1	5
	Spain	2			2	1	5
15	Croatia			2	1	1	4
15	Indonesia		2	1		1	4
17	Canada	1		1	1		3
	India	2		1			3
	Turkey		3				3
	Ukraine		2			1	3
21	Czechoslovakia	2					2
	Finland	2					2
	Scotland		1	1			2
	Singapore			1		1	2
	Slovenia		1			1	2
	Yugoslavia Serbia			1		1	2
27	Belgium	1					1
	China					1	1
	Iceland		1				1
	Japan		1				1
	Norway	1					1
	Switzerland		1				1
	Thailand				1		1
Total		49	49	49	49	49	245

Hungarian Future Series

As of the 2026 edition

Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Denmark	1		1	1		3
2	Bulgaria		1				1
2	Germany					1	1
Total		1	1	1	1	1	5

References

"The Hungarian Championships" (PDF). World Badminton. January 1975. p. 9. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
"East Germans take all Hungarian titles" (PDF). World Badminton. February 1977. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
"Hungarian International Championships" (PDF). World Badminton. March 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
W. Andrew (February 1981). "Hungarian Open" (PDF). World Badminton. p. 30. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
Benes, Josef R. (March 1984). "Hungarian International" (PDF). World Badminton. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
"9th Hungarian International Championships" (PDF). World Badminton. March 1985. p. 34. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
Benes, Josef R. (March 1987). "Soviets and Austrians shares Hungarian titles" (PDF). World Badminton. p. 6. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
Benes, Josef R. (March 1988). "Poles win four Hungarian titles" (PDF). World Badminton. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
"Hungarian International" (PDF). World Badminton. March 1989. p. 41. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
Koranyi, Zsolt (March 1990). "Hungarian International" (PDF). World Badminton. p. 29. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
1990 winners
Benes, Josef (March 1991). "Korean capture all titles in Hungary" (PDF). World Badminton. p. 9. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
1991 winners
1992 winners
1993 winners
1994 winners
1995 winners
1996 winners
1997 winners
1998 winners
1999 winners
2000 winners
2001 winners
2002 winners
2003 winners
2004 winners
2005 winners
2006 winners
2007 winners
2008 winners
2009 winners
2010 winners
2011 winners
"Tollaslabda: Fladberg győzött a budaörsi tornán". Index (in Hungarian). 6 November 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
2012 winners
Røsler, Manuel (5 November 2012). "Five countries share titles". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
2013 winners
Røsler, Manuel (4 November 2013). "Four nations share titles in Budapest". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
2014 winners
2015 winners
2016 winners
"A pécsiek malajziai játékosa nyerte a 41. Yonex magyar nemzetközi tollaslabda-bajnokságo". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
2017 winners
van Daal, Mireille (5 November 2017). "Fladberg and Colberg claim victory at Hungarian International". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
2018 winners
Anastasiadou, Despoina (6 November 2018). "Danish domination in Hungary". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
2019 winners
2020
2021 winners
"Tollaslabda: Sándorházi nyolc közé jutott a nyílt bajnokságon". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 6 November 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
2022 winners
48th VICTOR FZ FORZA Hungarian International Championships 2023 winners
49th VICTOR FZ FORZA Hungarian International Championships 2024 winners
"Magyar nyílt tollaslabda-bajnokság: minden számban más nemzet képviselője győzött". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 2 November 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
Gonzalez Martinez, Sara (4 November 2024). "Hungarian International crowns new champions". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
50th VICTOR FZ FORZA Hungarian International Championships 2025 winners
Gonzalez Martinez, Sara (3 November 2025). "Reigning champion keeps his crown: Houe defends title in Hungary". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
"51th VICTOR FZ FORZA Hungarian International Championships winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
"1st Hungarian Future Series 2026 presented by VICTOR". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2026.

External links

Official website (in Hungarian)