BWF Super Series Finals

The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series competed for total prize money of at least US$ 1,000,000. It was replaced by BWF World Tour Finals in 2018.

History

The Super Series Finals were cancelled in 2007 due to the lack of sponsorship for this tournament. The 2008 tournament – known at the time as the BWF Super Series Masters Finals 2008 – was the first edition and it was held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on December 18 to December 21, 2008.[1][2][3]

Only the top eight players or pairs in the Super Series rankings after the final Super Series tournament, as announced by the Badminton World Federation, were eligible to participate; however it was limited to two entries per member association. In the tournament, eight players or pairs would be divided into two groups of four, with the top two players or pairs advanced to the semi-finals.[4]

For the 2010 edition finals, the competition was held in January 2011.[5] In 2014, the total prize money doubled to US$1 million.[6] Dubai, United Arab Emirates was the venue for the Super Series Finals until 2017 as the result of Badminton World Federation partnership.[7]

Winners
Year Host city Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Ref
2007 Cancelled
2008 Kota Kinabalu Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Hong Kong Zhou Mi Malaysia Koo Kien Keat
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong		 Malaysia Chin Eei Hui
Malaysia Wong Pei Tty		 Denmark Thomas Laybourn
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 [8]
2009 Johor Bahru Malaysia Wong Mew Choo South Korea Jung Jae-sung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae		 Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark Christinna Pedersen		 [9]
2010 New Taipei China Wang Shixian Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen		 China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang		 China Zhang Nan
China Zhao Yunlei		 [10]
2011 Liuzhou China Lin Dan China Wang Yihan [11]
2012 Shenzhen China Chen Long China Li Xuerui Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark Christinna Pedersen		 [12]
2013 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan		 Denmark Christinna Pedersen
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 [13]
2014 Dubai China Chen Long Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong		 Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi		 China Zhang Nan
China Zhao Yunlei		 [14]
2015 Japan Kento Momota Japan Nozomi Okuhara Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan		 China Luo Ying
China Luo Yu		 England Chris Adcock
England Gabby Adcock		 [15]
2016 Denmark Viktor Axelsen Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong		 China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan		 China Zheng Siwei
China Chen Qingchen		 [16]
2017 Japan Akane Yamaguchi Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo		 Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto		 [17]

Performances by nation
Top Nations
Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1 China 3405517
2 Denmark 2031410
3 Malaysia 412209
4 Japan 120205
5 Indonesia 003003
6 South Korea 002002
 Chinese Taipei 020002
7 Hong Kong 010001
 England 000011
Total 101010101050

See also

References
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  2. Gilmour, Rod (2008-11-04). "Badminton Super Series Finals set for Malaysia after 2007 cancellation". London: Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  3. "Super Series Finals - The Eighth on the Eighth". Badzine. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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  5. "2010 VICTOR - BWF Super Series Finals". BWF. Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  6. "BWF Destination Dubai World Super Series Finals - Countdown to Million-Dollar Jackpot". BWF. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
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  9. "Yonex-Sunrise BWF World Super Series 2009 - Malaysia sweep three titles, again". Badminton World Federation. 6 December 2009. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  10. Hearn, Don (9 January 2011). "SS Finals 2010 Day 5 – Another Happy New Year!". Badzine. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  11. Regala, Emzi (19 December 2011). "SS Finals 2011 – A come-from-behind victory for Wang Yihan". Badzine. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  12. Chan, Kin-wa (17 December 2012). "Li Xuerui beats Wang Shixian in final to win World Super Series title". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  13. Regala, Emzi (15 December 2013). "Pedersen saves the best for last with three records". The Star. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  14. "World champion Chen wins Superseries title". AFP. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2022 – via Yahoo!.
  15. Paul, Rajes (13 December 2015). "Double joy for Japan in badminton Superseries Finals". The Star. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  16. "Badminton: Viktor, Tai reign supreme in Dubai BWF World Superseries Finals". Khaleej Times. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  17. Hearn, Don (17 December 2017). "SS Finals 2017 – Gideon/Sukamuljo make their 1st title a 7th". Badzine. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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