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BWF World Tour


The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men’s and women’s) and doubles (men’s, women’s and mixed). The competition was announced on March 19, 2017 and came into effect starting from 2018, replacing the BWF Super Series, which was held from 2007 to 2017.

The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, and Super 300 in order (part of the HSBC World Tour). One other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 level, also offers ranking points.

This table shows minimum total prize money for each level of BWF World Tour tournament. All values are in United States dollar.

The prize money is distributed via the following formula:

World Tour Finals

Super 1000 and Super 750

Super 500, Super 300, and Super 100

Each tournament will be held in six days, with the main round in five days.

Top fifteen singles players and top ten doubles pairs in the World Ranking will be required to play in all Super 1000, Super 750 and 4 out of 7 Super 500 tournaments occurring in the full calendar year. A fine and above the normal withdrawal fees will be imposed upon players/pairs who fail to play. Exemption from penalty will be considered by BWF on receipt of a valid medical certificate or strong evidence that prove players unfit to participate. However, suspended or retired are not subject to these regulations.


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