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$ 1,500,000.
Features
Prize money
The tournament offers minimum total prize money of USD$1,500,000.[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) | Runner(s)-up | Semi-finalists | 3rd in group stage | 4th in group stage |
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12,000 | 10,200 | 8,400 | 6,600 | 4,800 |
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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2nd | 2019 | ![]() |
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3rd | 2020 | ![]() |
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4th | 2021 | ![]() |
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Performances by nation
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Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | ||
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Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
References
- "BWF Launches New Events Structure". 20 July 2018.
- "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.