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$ 2,500,000.

Features

Prize money

The tournament offers minimum total prize money of USD$2,500,000.[1] The prize money is distributed via the following formula:[2]

The prize money distribution (as of 2023 editions) are:

Round Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
Winner US$200,000 US$200,000 US$210,000 US$210,000 US$210,000
Runner-up US$100,000 US$100,000 US$100,000 US$100,000 US$100,000
Semi-finalist US$50,000 US$50,000 US$50,000 US$50,000 US$50,000
3rd in Group US$27,500 US$27,500 US$32,500 US$32,500 US$32,500
4th in Group US$15,000 US$15,000 US$17,500 US$17,500 US$17,500

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
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
1st 2018 China Guangzhou China Shi Yuqi India P. V. Sindhu China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen		 Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Japan Ayaka Takahashi		 China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping
2nd 2019 Japan Kento Momota China Chen Yufei Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan		 China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan		 China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong
3rd 2020 Thailand Bangkok[lower-alpha 1] Denmark Anders Antonsen Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin		 South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan		 Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai
4th 2021 Indonesia Bali[lower-alpha 2] Denmark Viktor Axelsen South Korea An Se-young Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi		 South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong
5th 2022 Thailand Bangkok[lower-alpha 3] Japan Akane Yamaguchi China Liu Yuchen
China Ou Xuanyi		 China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan		 China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong
6th 2023 China Hangzhou[6]


7th 2024


8th 2025


9th 2026


  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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
1  China 1 1 2 2 3 9
2  Japan 1 1 1 1 4
3  Denmark 3 3
 South Korea 1 2 3
5  Chinese Taipei 1 1 2
 Thailand 2 2
7  India 1 1
 Indonesia 1 1
Total 5 5 5 5 5 25

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Distribution of Prize Money (All Levels)" (PDF). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "BWF World Tour Regulations" (PDF). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 Relocated to Bangkok". Badminton World Federation. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "HSBC World Tour Finals finds home in Hangzhou". BWF. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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