2018 BWF International Challenge

The 2018 BWF International Challenge was the twelfth season of the BWF International Challenge.

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:^[1]

Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Date		Prize money USD	Prospectus	Report
				Start	Finish
1	The 27th Iran Fajr International Challenge 2018	Enghelab Sport Complex	Zanjan	February 5	February 8	25,000	[2]	Report
2	Austrian Open 2018	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna	February 21	February 24	25,000	[3]	Report
3	33rd Brazil International Badminton Cup 2018	Costa Cavalcante	Foz do Iguaçu	March 7	March 11	25,000	[4]	Report
4	CIPUTRA HANOI - YONEX SUNRISE Vietnam International Challenge 2018	Tay Ho District Stadium	Hanoi	March 20	March 25	25,000	[5]	Report
5	Polish Open 2018	TBC	TBC	March 22	March 25	TBC		Report
6	YONEX Osaka International Challenge Badminton Championships 2018	Moriguchi City Gymnasium	Moriguchi, Osaka	April 4	April 8	25,000	[6]	Report
7	Finnish Open 2018	Energia Areena	Vantaa	April 5	April 8	25,000	[7]	Report
8	CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia International Challenge 2018	Juara Stadium	Kuala Lumpur	April 17	April 22	25,000		Report
9	IBERDROLA Spanish International Villa de Madrid 2018	Polideportivo Municipal	Madrid	June 14	June 17	25,000	[8]	Report
10	White Nights 2018	Sports Hall Arena	Gatchina	July 4	July 8	25,000	[9]	Report
11	Lagos International 2018	Okoya Thomas Hall Teslim Balogun Stadium	Surulere	July 18	July 21	20,000	[10]	Report
12	RSL Kharkiv International 2018	Lokomotiv Sports Palace	Kharkiv	August 29	September 2	25,000	[11]	Report
13	YONEX Belgian International 2018	Sportoase	Leuven	September 12	September 15	25,000	[12]	Report
14	South Australia International 2018	TBC	Adelaide	September 13	September 16	25,000	[13]	Report
15	LI NING Czech Open 2018	TBC	Brno	September 27	September 30	25,000	[14]	Report
16	Indonesia International Challenge 2018	TBC	TBC	October 23	October 28	25,000		Report
17	43rd YONEX Hungarian International Championships 2018	Budaörs Sportshall	Budaörs	November 1	November 4	25,000	[15]	Report
18	Dubai International Challenge 2018	TBC	Dubai	November 14	November 18	25,000		Report
19	Tata Open India International Challenge 2018	TBC	Mumbai	November 27	December 2	25,000		Report
20	YONEX - SUNRISE Bangladesh International Challenge 2018	TBC	Dhaka	December 11	December 16	25,000		Report
21	YONEX Italian International 2018	TBC	Milan	December 13	December 16	25,000		Report
22	2018 YONEX/K&D GRAPHICS International Challenge	TBC	Orange County	December 18	December 22	25,000		Report

Results

Winners

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Iran	Phạm Cao Cường	Thinaah Muralitharan	Alwin Francis Nandagopal Kidambi	Setayesh Abdolkarimi Haleh Hamedanchi	—
Austria	Kashyap Parupalli	Anna Thea Madsen	Lu Chen Ye Hong-wei	Chisato Hoshi Kie Nakanishi	Evgenij Dremin Evgenia Dimova
Brazil	Ygor Coelho de Oliveira	Rachel Honderich	Jason Ho-shue Nyl Yakura	Rachel Honderich Jamie Subandhi	Evgenij Dremin Evgenia Dimova
Vietnam	Kento Momota	Dinar Dyah Ayustine	Maneepong Jongjit Nanthakarn Yordphaisong	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	Đỗ Tuấn Đức Phạm Như Thảo
Poland	cancelled
Japan	Yu Igarashi	Ayumi Mine	Hirokatsu Hashimoto Hiroyuki Saeki	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	Kim Won-ho Lee Yu-rim
Finland	Leong Jun Hao	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	Akbar Bintang Cahyono Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	Asumi Kugo Megumi Yokoyama	Alfian Eko Prasetya Marsheilla Gischa Islami
Malaysia	Hsueh Hsuan-yi	Wang Zhiyi	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Soong Fie Cho Tee Jing Yi	Chen Tang Jie Peck Yen Wei
Spain	Toma Junior Popov	Michelle Skødstrup	Frederik Colberg Joachim Fischer Nielsen	Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo	Evgenij Dremin Evgenia Dimova
Russia	Pablo Abián	Deng Xuan	Bjarne Geiss Jan Colin Völker	Akane Araki Riko Imai	Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova
Nigeria	Misha Zilberman	Ksenia Polikarpova	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	Kuhoo Garg Riya Mookerjee	Manu Attri K. Maneesha
Ukraine	Jan Louda	Özge Bayrak	Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila	Amanda Högström Clara Nistad	Saurabh Sharma Anoushka Parikh
Belgium	Toby Penty	Lin Ying-chun	Jacco Arends Ruben Jille	Delphine Delrue Léa Palermo	Jacco Arends Selena Piek
Australia	Yu Igarashi	Natsuki Oie	Akira Koga Taichi Saito	Erina Honda Nozomi Shimizu	Terry Hee Yong Kai Citra Putri Sari Dewi
Czech Republic	Toma Junior Popov	Yvonne Li	Thom Gicquel Ronan Labar	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	Ronan Labar Audrey Mittelheisser
Indonesia	Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo	Shiori Saito	Sabar Karyaman Gutama Frenky Wijaya Putra	Tania Oktaviani Kusumah Vania Arianti Sukoco	Kohei Gondo Ayane Kurihara
Hungary	Rasmus Messerschmidt	Neslihan Yiğit	David Daugaard Frederik Søgaard	Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova	Joel Eipe Mette Poulsen
United Arab Emirates	Vladimir Malkov	Ashmita Chaliha	Kim Sang-soo Yoo Yeon-seong	Go Ah-ra Yoo Chae-ran	Yoo Yeon-seong Park So-young
India	Lakshya Sen	Ashmita Chaliha	Arjun M.R. B. Sumeeth Reddy	Ng Wing Yung Yeung Nga Ting	Nipitphon Phuangphupet Savitree Amitrapai
Bangladesh	Soo Teck Zhi	Nguyễn Thùy Linh	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Yap Cheng Wen	Leo Rolly Carnando Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
Italy	Victor Svendsen	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	Mathias Bay-Smidt Lasse Mølhede	Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova	Rodion Alimov Alina Davletova
United States	Koki Watanabe	Aya Ohori	Lu Chia-hung Lu Chia-pin	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai	Kohei Gondo Ayane Kurihara

Performance by nation

Rank	Nation	IRI	AUT	BRA	VIE	POL	JPN	FIN	MAS	ESP	RUS	NGR	UKR	BEL	AUS	CZE	INA	HUN	UAE	IND	BAN	ITA	USA	Total
1	Japan		1		1	—	4	1			1				4		2						3	17
2	India	1	1			—						3	2						1	3				11
3	Indonesia				1	—		3	1								3				2			10
4	Denmark		1			—				2								3				3		9
5	Russia		1	1		—				1	1							1	1			2		8
6	France					—				2				1		3								6
	Malaysia	1				—		1	2												2			6
8	South Korea				1	—	1												3					5
9	Chinese Taipei		1			—			1					1									1	4
10	Canada			2.5		—																	1	3.5
11	Vietnam	1			1	—															1			3
12	England					—								1		1								2
	Germany					—					1					1								2
	Hong Kong					—					1									1				2
	Israel					—						2												2
	Netherlands					—								2										2
	Thailand				1	—														1				2
	Turkey					—							1					1						2
19	Brazil			1		—																		1
	China					—			1															1
	Czech Republic					—							1											1
	Iran	1				—																		1
	Singapore					—									1									1
	Spain					—					1													1
	Sweden					—							1											1
26	United States			0.5		—																		0.5

Players with multiple titles

In alphabetical order.

Rank	Player	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Alina Davletova				2	2	4
2	Evgenia Dimova					3	3
	Evgenij Dremin					3	3
	Rachel Honderich		1		2		3
5	Rodion Alimov					2	2
	Jacco Arends			1		1	2
	Manu Attri			1		1	2
	Ekaterina Bolotova				2		2
	Leo Rolly Carnando			1		1	2
	Ashmita Chaliha		2				2
	Delphine Delrue				2		2
	Kohei Gondo					2	2
	Yu Igarashi	2					2
	Ayane Kurihara					2	2
	Ronan Labar			1		1	2
	Lee Yu-rim				1	1	2
	Lea Palermo				2		2
	Toma Junior Popov	2					2
	B. Sumeeth Reddy			2			2
	Yoo Yeon-seong			1		1	2

References

1. "Tournament Calendar – 2018". Badminton World Federation. bwfcorporate.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
2. Prospectus - The 27th Iran Fajr International Challenge
3. Prospectus - Austrian Open 2018
4. Prospectus - 33th Brazil International Badminton Cup 2018
5. Prospectus - CIPUTRA HANOI - YONEX SUNRISE Vietnam International Challenge 2018
6. Prospectus - YONEX Osaka International Challenge Badminton Championships 2018
7. Prospectus - Finnish Open 2018
8. Prospectus - IBERDROLA Spanish International Villa de Madrid 2018
9. Prospectus - White Night 2018
10. Prospectus - Lagos International 2018
11. Prospectus - Kharkiv International 2018
12. Prospectus - YONEX Belgian International 2018
13. Prospectus - South Australia International 2018
14. Prospectus - LI NING Czech Open 2018
15. Prospectus - 43rd YONEX Hungarian International Championships 2018