BWF World Tour Finals

BWF World Tour Finals
	Official website
Founded	2018; 7 years ago
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

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.

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]

$Total\ prize\ money\ \times {\frac {Percentage}{100}}$

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

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	^[6]^[7]
2019	Guangzhou	Kento Momota	Chen Yufei	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	^[8]^[9]
2020	Bangkok^[a]	Anders Antonsen	Tai Tzu-ying	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	^[10]^[11]
2021	Bali^[b]	Viktor Axelsen	An Se-young	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	^[12]^[13]
2022	Bangkok^[c]		Akane Yamaguchi	Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	^[15]^[16]
2023	Hangzhou^[17]		Tai Tzu-ying	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan		^[18]^[19]
2024		Shi Yuqi	Wang Zhiyi	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee		^[20]
2025							^[21]
2026

^ 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 fourth 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
2	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
7	Indonesia			1			1
Total		7	7	7	7	7	35

References

^ 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 (11/11/2023 Version 3.1)" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b "BWF World Tour Regulations" (PDF). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ Qualification
^ "Shi Yuqi, Sindhu crowned at 2018 BWF World Tour Finals". Xinhua. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via China Daily.
^ "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.
^ "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.
^ "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2019 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.
^ Anil, Nicolas (31 January 2021). "BWF World Tour Finals: Antonsen ends Axelsen winning streak". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2020 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.
^ "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 2021 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.
^ "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 BWF World Tour Finals 2022 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.
^ "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.
^ "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.
^ "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2024 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.
^ "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2025 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

External links

[10] 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.

[13] This tournament, originally due to be held for the fourth year in a row at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, was relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.

[17] 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]

[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 (11/11/2023 Version 3.1)" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

[wtr-4] "BWF World Tour Regulations" (PDF). 20 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[5] Qualification

[6] "Shi Yuqi, Sindhu crowned at 2018 BWF World Tour Finals". Xinhua. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via China Daily.

[7] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

[8] "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.

[9] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2019 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

[11] Anil, Nicolas (31 January 2021). "BWF World Tour Finals: Antonsen ends Axelsen winning streak". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[12] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2020 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

[14] "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.

[15] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2021 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

[16] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 Relocated to Bangkok". Badminton World Federation. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[18] "Axelsen, Yamaguchi win badminton World Tour Finals". The Jakarta Post. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[19] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2022 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

[20] "HSBC World Tour Finals finds home in Hangzhou". BWF. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

[21] "Tai, Axelsen crowned at BWF World Tour Finals". Xinhua. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via China.org.cn.

[22] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

[23] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2024 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

[24] "HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2025 winners". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2023 – via Tournament Software.

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