Giraldilla International

The Giraldilla International is the name of an international badminton tournament, which is organized as an open championship of Cuba. The competition is held annually since 2000 and is now a young supraregional Badminton Championship. The organizer was the Cuban Badminton Association (Federación Cubana de Badminton) in cooperation with the Badminton Pan Am continental federation.

At 2013, the tournament was classified as "Future Series" by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), since the fifteenth event in March 2014 Giraldilla classified as "International Series" level, which held on to win the tournament before $1,700 now $2,500 points for the world ranking will be credited.^{[citation needed]}

The tournament is named after the unofficial symbol of the city of Havana, "La Giraldilla" is a bronze weathervane in female figure on the oldest fortress of the city, the Castillo de la Real Fuerza. Until 2012, it was held in Pinar del Río, Havana is the host city of the tournament.

The 16th edition was held in March 2015 at Havana. Registration of participants is carried out in each case solely on the WBF. On the players who reach at least the semi-finals, a staggered by ranking prize pool of currently $5,000 will be paid.^[1]

Previous winners[edit]

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2000	Richard Vaughan	Takako Ida	Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Satomi Igawa Hiroko Nagamine	Norio Imai Chikako Nakayama
2001	Shōji Satō	Dayanis Álvarez	Shōji Satō Sho Sasaki	Isaura Medina Yudielis Lazo	Oscar Pérez Yudielis Lazo
2002	Li Yong Ying	Dayanis Álvarez	Christian Bernhard Cristiano Bevilacqua	Dunia Bencomo Yudielis Lazo	Lázaro Yonier Jerez Dayanis Álvarez
2003^[2]	Sho Sasaki	Xu Huaiwen	Wouter Claes Frédéric Mawet	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	Takanori Aoki Miyuki Tai
2004^[3]	Yuichi Ikeda	Isaura Medina	Yunier Álvarez Alexander Hernández	Leydi E. Mora Isaura Medina	Ilian Perez Solángel Guzmán
2005^[4]	Toby Honey	Agnese Allegrini	José Antonio Crespo Nicolás Escartín	Helen Nichol Charmaine Reid	José Antonio Crespo Yoana Martínez
2006	Pablo Abián		Ilian Perez Lázaro Yonier	Solángel Guzmán Isuara Medina	Yunier Álvarez Isuara Medina
2007^[5]	Pablo Abián		Lenaic Luong Nabil Lasmari	Solángel Guzmán Leydi Edith Mora	Klaus Raffeiner Agnese Allegrini
2008^[6]	Yuhan Tan	Solángel Guzmán	Alexander Hernández Osleni Guerrero	Solángel Guzmán Lisandra Suárez	Osleni Guerrero Lisandra Suárez
2009^[7]	Ari Trisnanto	Solángel Guzmán	Rizki Yanu Kresnayandi Albert Saputra	Solángel Guzmán Lisandra Suárez	Alexander Hernández María L. Hernández
2010^[8]	Osleni Guerrero	Siti Anida Lestari Qoryatin	Berry Angriawan Muhammad Ulinnuha	Ni Made Claudia Aurien Hudiono	Berry Angriawan Ni Made Claudia
2011^[9]	Arief Gifar Ramadhan	Putri Muthia Restu Pangersa	Berry Angriawan Christopher Rusdianto	Dwi Agustiawati Ayu Rahmasari	Christopher Rusdianto Dwi Agustiawati
2012^[10]	Osleni Guerrero	Cristina Aicardi	Ernesto Reyes Ronald Toledo	Daniela Macías Luz María Zornoza	Luis Camacho Johanny Quintero
2013	Osleni Guerrero	Camila García	Jan Fröhlich Zdeněk Sváta	Camila García Dánica Nishimura	Lino Muñoz Cynthia González
2014^[11]	Jan Fröhlich	Jeanine Cicognini	Rodolfo Ramírez Jonathan Solís	Dánica Nishimura Luz María Zornoza	Osleni Guerrero Tahimara Oropeza
2015^[12]	Osleni Guerrero	Ebru Tunalı	Giovanni Greco Rosario Maddaloni	Cemre Fere Ebru Yazgan	Mario Cuba Katherine Winder
2016^[13]		Elisabeth Baldauf	Leodannis Martínez Ernesto Reyes	Daniela Macías Luz María Zornoza	David Obernosterer Elisabeth Baldauf
2017^[14]		Laura Sárosi	Osleni Guerrero Leodannis Martínez	Laura Sárosi Mariana Ugalde	Leodannis Martínez Tahimara Oropeza
2018^[15]	Xiaodong Sheng	Crystal Pan	Osleni Guerrero Leodannis Martínez	Thalia Mengana Marrero Tahimara Oropeza	Osleni Guerrero Adriana Artiz
2019^[16]	Job Castillo	Jordan Hart	José Guevara Daniel la Torre Regal	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	Mario Cuba Daniela Macías
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021	Cancelled^{[note 2]}
2022	Cancelled^{[note 3]}
2023^[17]	Muhammad Halim As Sidiq	Hristomira Popovska	Kelvin Ho Samuel Ricketts	Taymara Oropesa Yeily Ortiz	Iliyan Stoynov Hristomira Popovska
2024^[18]	Samuel Ricketts	Taymara Oropesa	Yeison del Cid Christopher Martínez	Diana Corleto Mariana Paiz	Christopher Martínez Mariana Paiz

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 18 to 22 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 17 to 21 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 16 to 20 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.

Performances by nation[edit]

As of the 2024 edition

Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Cuba	6	6	7	9	9	37
2	Indonesia	3	2	3	2	2	12
3	Japan	3	1	2	2	2	10
3	Peru		2	1	5	2	10
5	Italy	1	4	2		1	8
6	Guatemala			2	1	1	4
6	Spain	2		1		1	4
8	Mexico	1			0.5	1	2.5
9	Austria		1			1	2
	Belgium	1		1			2
	Bulgaria		1			1	2
	Canada	1			1		2
	Czech Republic	1		1			2
	Turkey		1		1		2
	Wales	1	1				2
16	England	1		0.5			1.5
	Hungary		1		0.5		1.5
	Jamaica	1		0.5			1.5
19	France			1			1
	Germany		1				1
	United States		1				1
	Venezuela					1	1
Total		22	22	22	22	22	110

References[edit]

External links[edit]

BWF Fansite

[17] This tournament, originally to be played from 18 to 22 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba

[18] This tournament, originally to be played from 17 to 21 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.

[19] This tournament, originally to be played from 16 to 20 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.

[1] "XVI Giraldilla 2015". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

[2] 2003 winners

[3] 2004 winners

[4] 2005 winners

[5] 2007 winners

[6] 2008 winners

[7] 2009 winners

[8] 2010 winners

[9] 2011 winners

[10] 2012 winners

[11] 2014 winners

[12] 2015 winners

[13] 2016 winners

[14] 2017 winners

[15] 2018 winners

[16] 2019 winners

[20] XXI Torneo Internacional de Badminton Giraldilla de La Habana 2023 winners

[21] XXII Torneo Internacional de Badminton Giraldilla 2024

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