The Surinamese National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Surinaamse Badminton Bond (SBB) the

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for the

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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 p ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the nor ...

, to crown the best

players in

. The tournament started in 1966 and is held every year, except for the years 1971, 1986, 1989, 2002 and 2007 when no National championships were held. Since the year 2000 the National Championships of Suriname is divided between Category A for elite players and Category B for recreational players. Furthermore a National Junior Championships is also organized every year. There also used to be yearly Surinamese National Badminton Club Championships for club teams held since 1964.

Past winners National Championships Category A

External links

*http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/stut004eers01_01/stut004eers01_01.pdf

References

{{Reflist National badminton championships Recurring sporting events established in 1966 Badminton tournaments in Suriname