Claim: Mercosul International is an open international badminton tournament in Brazil established in 2013 for a racquet sport that was mostly played as a casual outdoor activity in the 1800's.
Evidence: The Mercosur International or Mercosur Internacional is an open international badminton tournament in Brazil.The tournament established since June, 2013. The tournament has been an International Series level since 2013, then in 2015 categorized as International Challenge by the Badminton World Federation. Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach; formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. The game may have originally developed among expatriate officers in British India, where it was very popular by the 1870s.