The Ethiopia International is an international
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
tournament established in 2011, held in
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
,
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
, and rated as
BWF Future Series
The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...
event. The 2011 tournament points used as a qualification for the players to compete at the
London Olympic Games.
In 2014, the tournament level-up to
International Series, with total prize money US$ 5.000 The tournament is aimed at evaluating and improving the stage and performance of players; and also to show the image of Ethiopia.
Previous winners
References
External links
BWF CalendarAfrica Badminton
Badminton tournaments in Ethiopia
Sports competitions in Ethiopia
Recurring sporting events established in 2011
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