The BWF World Tour Finals, officially HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, which succeeds BWF Super Series Finals, is an annual season finale 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.
| Official website | |
| Founded | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Editions | 6 (2023) |
| Location | Hangzhou (2023) China |
| Venue | Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center (2023) |
| Prize money | USD2,500,000 (2023) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 8S / 8D |
| Current champions | Viktor Axelsen (singles) Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | Viktor Axelsen (3) |
| Most doubles titles | Liu Yuchen (2) |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 8S / 8D |
| Current champions | Tai Tzu-ying (singles) Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | Tai Tzu-ying (2) |
| Most doubles titles | Chen Qingchen (3), Jia Yifan (3) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 8 |
| Current champions | Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong |
| Most titles (male) | Zheng Siwei (3) |
| Most titles (female) | Huang Yaqiong (3) |
| Last completed | |
| 2023 BWF World Tour Finals | |
Features
editPrize money
editThe 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
editBelow 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) | Runner(s)-up | Semi-finalists | 3rd in group stage | 4th in group stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12,000 | 10,200 | 8,400 | 7,500 | 6,600 |
Eligibility
editAt 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
edit| Year | Host city | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Guangzhou | [5] | |||||
| 2019 | [6] | ||||||
| 2020 | Bangkok[a] | [7] | |||||
| 2021 | Bali[b] | [8] | |||||
| 2022 | Bangkok[c] | [10] | |||||
| 2023 | Hangzhou[11] | [12] | |||||
| 2024 | |||||||
| 2025 | |||||||
| 2026 |
- ^ 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.[9]
Performances by nation
edit- As of the 2023 edition
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "BWF World Tour Regulations" (PDF). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Shi Yuqi, Sindhu crowned at 2018 BWF World Tour Finals". Xinhua. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via China Daily.
- ^ "Badminton: Momota claims record 11th title at World Tour Finals but wants more; China capture three crowns". The Straits Times. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Anil, Nicolas (31 January 2021). "BWF World Tour Finals: Antonsen ends Axelsen winning streak". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Badminton: South Korea's An and Great Dane Axelsen win at season finale in Bali". The Straits Times. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 Relocated to Bangkok". Badminton World Federation. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Axelsen, Yamaguchi win badminton World Tour Finals". The Jakarta Post. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "HSBC World Tour Finals finds home in Hangzhou". BWF. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Tai, Axelsen crowned at BWF World Tour Finals". Xinhua. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via China.org.cn.