The Arctic Open (until 2013 known as Finnish International), is an international open badminton tournament held in Finland since 1990. It was halted in 1994, 1995, and between 1997 and 2001. In 2013, it was held for the fourth time in the Energia Areena in Vantaa. In 2014, the second international tournament in Finland launched as Finnish International, then this tournament changed its title to Finnish Open. From 2023 onwards, this will be a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament, titled Arctic Open.[1]
| Official website | |
| Founded | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 24 (2024) |
| Location | Vantaa Finland |
| Venue | Energia Areena (2024) |
| Prize money | US$420,000 (2024) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Chou Tien-chen (singles) Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzudin (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3 Joachim Persson |
| Most doubles titles | 2 Kim Astrup Evgenij Isakov Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Han Yue (singles) Liu Shengshu Tan Ning (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 2 Han Yue Pernille Nedergaard |
| Most doubles titles | 4 Misato Aratama Petya Nedelcheva Marlene Thomsen Akane Watanabe |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping |
| Most titles (male) | 2 Feng Yanzhe Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
| Most titles (female) | 3 Lena Grebak |
| Super 500 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2024 Arctic Open | |
Previous winners
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- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 2 to 5 April, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 16 to 19 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.
- ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 28 September to 1 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.
Performances by nation
edit- As of the 2024 edition
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark
|
10 | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 8 | 34.5 |
| 2 |  China
|
1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
 England
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2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
 Russia
|
1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 5 |  Indonesia
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1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 |  Japan
|
2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 |  Sweden
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 6.5 | |
| 8 |  Germany
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 |  Chinese Taipei
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
 Malaysia
|
2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 11 |  Finland
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 12 |  Bulgaria
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1.5 | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| 13 |  France
|
1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Poland
|
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Scotland
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1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | |||
 Spain
|
2 | 2 | |||||
| 17 |  Belarus
|
1 | 1 | ||||
 Belgium
|
1 | 1 | |||||
 Canada
|
1 | 1 | |||||
 Estonia
|
1 | 1 | |||||
 Netherlands
|
1 | 1 | |||||
 Thailand
|
1 | 1 | |||||
 Singapore
|
1 | 1 | |||||
| 24 |  Wales
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0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 120 | |
References
edit- ^ "BWF World Tour Hosts 2023-2026 Announced". Badminton World Federation. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ 2002 winners
- ^ 2003 winners
- ^ 2004 winners
- ^ 2005 winners
- ^ 2006 winners
- ^ 2007 winners
- ^ 2008 winners
- ^ 2009 winners
- ^ 2010 winners
- ^ 2012 winners
- ^ 2013 winners
- ^ 2014 winners
- ^ 2015 winners
- ^ 2016 winners
- ^ 2017 winners
- ^ 2018 winners
- ^ 2019 winners
- ^ 2020
- ^ 2021
- ^ 2022
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