BWF World Tour Finals
The BWF World Tour Finals, officially HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, which succeeds BWF Super Series Finals, is an annual badminton tournament which is held every December of a year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's events of the BWF World Tour compete for total prize money of at least US$ 2,000,000.
Features
Prize money
The tournament offers minimum total prize money of USD$2,000,000.[1] The prize money is distributed via the following formula:[2]
Round | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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Winner | 8.00% | 8.00% | 8.40% | 8.40% | 8.40% |
Runner-up | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00% | 4.00% |
Semi-finalist | 2.00% | 2.00% | 2.00% | 2.00% | 2.00% |
3rd in Group | 1.10% | 1.10% | 1.30% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
4th in Group | 0.60% | 0.60% | 0.70% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
World ranking points
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Final event.[3]
Winner(s)-up | Runner(s)-up | Semi-finalists | 3rd in group stage | 4th in group stage |
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12,000 | 10,200 | 8,400 | 7,500 | 6,600 |
Eligibility
At the end of the BWF World Tour circuit, top eight players/pairs in the BWF World Tour standing of each discipline, with the maximum of two players/pairs from the same member association, are required to play in a final tournament known as the BWF World Tour Finals.[4]
If two or more players are tie in ranking, the selection of players will based on the following criteria:[4]
- The players who participated in the most BWF World Tour tournaments;
- The players who collected the most points in BWF World Tour tournaments starting on 1 July that year.
Results
Edition | Year | Host city | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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1st | 2018 | ![]() |
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2nd | 2019 | ![]() |
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3rd | 2020 | ![]() |
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4th | 2021 | ![]() |
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5th | 2022 | ![]() |
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6th | 2023 | ![]() |
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7th | 2024 | ![]() |
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8th | 2025 | ![]() |
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9th | 2026 | ![]() |
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- This tournament, originally due to be held for the third year in a row at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, but was relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
- This tournament, originally due to be held for the fourth year in a row at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, but was relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
- This tournament, originally due to be held for the fifth year in a row at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, was later relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[5]
Performances by nation
- As of the 2022 edition
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
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Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
References
- Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- "Distribution of Prize Money (All Levels)" (PDF). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- "BWF World Tour Regulations" (PDF). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 Relocated to Bangkok". Badminton World Federation. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- "HSBC World Tour Finals finds home in Hangzhou". BWF. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.