BWF World Tour Finals

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.

BWF World Tour Finals
Official website
Founded2018 (2018)
Editions6 (2023)
LocationHangzhou (2023)
China
VenueHangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center (2023)
Prize moneyUSD2,500,000 (2023)
Men's
Draw8S / 8D
Current championsViktor Axelsen (singles)
Kang Min-hyuk &
Seo Seung-jae (doubles)
Most singles titlesViktor Axelsen (3)
Most doubles titlesLiu Yuchen (2)
Women's
Draw8S / 8D
Current championsTai Tzu-ying (singles)
Chen Qingchen &
Jia Yifan (doubles)
Most singles titlesTai Tzu-ying (2)
Most doubles titlesChen Qingchen (3),
Jia Yifan (3)
Mixed doubles
Draw8
Current championsZheng Siwei &
Huang Yaqiong
Most titles (male)Zheng Siwei (3)
Most titles (female)Huang Yaqiong (3)
Last completed
2023 BWF World Tour Finals

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
Main article: BWF World Ranking

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
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
Year Host city Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Ref
2018 Guangzhou Shi Yuqi P. V. Sindhu Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen		 Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping		 [5]
2019 Kento Momota Chen Yufei Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan		 Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong		 [6]
2020 London[lower-alpha 1] Anders Antonsen Tai Tzu-ying Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin		 Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan		 Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong		 [7]
2021 Bali[lower-alpha 2] Viktor Axelsen An Se-young Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi		 Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong		 [8]
2022 Seoul[lower-alpha 3] Akane Yamaguchi Liu Yuchen
Ou Xuanyi		 Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan		 Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong		 [10]
2023 Hangzhou[11] Tai Tzu-ying Kang Min-hyuk
Seo Seung-jae		 [12]
2024


2025


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.[9]

Performances by nation
As of the 2023 edition
Pos Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1  China 1 1 2 3 6 13
2  Denmark 4 4
 Japan 1 1 1 1 4
 South Korea 1 1 2 4
3  Chinese Taipei 2 1 3
4  India 1 1
 Indonesia 1 1
Total 6 6 6 6 6 30

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. "BWF World Tour Regulations" (PDF). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. "Shi Yuqi, Sindhu crowned at 2018 BWF World Tour Finals". Xinhua. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via China Daily.
  6. "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.
  7. Anil, Nicolas (31 January 2021). "BWF World Tour Finals: Antonsen ends Axelsen winning streak". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  8. "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.
  9. "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 Relocated to Bangkok". Badminton World Federation. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  10. "Axelsen, Yamaguchi win badminton World Tour Finals". The Jakarta Post. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  11. "HSBC World Tour Finals finds home in Hangzhou". BWF. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  12. "Tai, Axelsen crowned at BWF World Tour Finals". Xinhua. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via China.org.cn.
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