The Hylo Open, formerly known as the BMW Badminton Cup, BMW Open International, Bitburger Masters, Bitburger Open and SaarLorLux Open, is an international

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tournament held at the

Saarlandhalle Saarlandhalle is a 5,500-capacity multi-purpose indoor arena located in Saarbrücken, Germany. Originally opened in 1967 with funds from Saarland Sporttoto for sports competitions, it was later converted to multi-purpose indoor arena. The Ludwigs ...

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, since 1988. It was sponsored by the German automobile company

BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th ...

and German pilsner

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brewery

Bitburger Bitburger Brewery (Bitburger Brauerei Th. Simon GmbH) is a large German brewery in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate. Founded in 1817 by Johann Wallenborn, its Pilsner is the third best-selling in Germany, and the nation's top-selling draught beer ...

; since 2021, it is sponsored by Saarbrücken-based eye lubrication company Hylo. In 2018, this event was selected as part of the

BWF Tour Super 100 The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). The compet ...

. In 2021, the tournament was upgraded to Super 500 category tournament and was renamed Hylo Open, before got downgraded to Super 300 the next year.

Previous winners

Performances by nation

References

External links

Official website in English
{{Badminton competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1988 Badminton tournaments in Germany 1988 establishments in West Germany