BWF World Tour Finals
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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 | 7 (2024) |
| Location | Hangzhou (2024) China |
| Venue | Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo Center (2024) |
| Prize money | US$2,500,000 (2024) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 8S / 8D |
| Current champions | Shi Yuqi (singles) Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3, Viktor Axelsen |
| Most doubles titles | 2, Liu Yuchen |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 8S / 8D |
| Current champions | Wang Zhiyi (singles) Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 2, Tai Tzu-ying |
| Most doubles titles | 3 Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 8 |
| Current champions | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong |
| Most titles (male) | 4, Zheng Siwei |
| Most titles (female) | 4, Huang Yaqiong |
| Last completed | |
| 2024 BWF World Tour Finals | |
Features
Summarize
Perspective
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 2024 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 table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Finals event.[3]
| Winner(s) | Runner(s)-up | Semi-finalists | 3rd in group | 4th in group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,000 | 12,000 | 10,000 | 8,900 | 7,800 |
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]
Only the top 14 results from the BWF World Tour tournaments during the year and a maximum of 3 results from Super 100 will count towards the ranking for BWF World Tour Final [5]
If two or more players are tied 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
- This tournament, originally due to be held for the third year in a row at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, 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.[14]
Performances by nation
- As of the 2024 edition
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 |  Denmark |
4 | 1 | 5 | |||
 South Korea |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 4 |  Japan |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei |
2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 6 |  Thailand |
2 | 2 | ||||
| 7 |  India |
1 | 1 | ||||
 Indonesia |
1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 | |
See also
References
External links
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