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The World Badminton Tournament Structure has
Four Levels:
Team Events
Individual Events
Thomas and Uber
Cup
Thomas Cup
• Men’s team event
• First staged in 1948-49
• Held every 2 years
• Most titles – Indonesia
(13)
• Next championship –
New Delhi 2014
Uber Cup
• Women’s team event
• First staged in 1956-57
• Held every 2 years
• Most titles – China (12)
• Next championship –
New Delhi 2014
Grand Prix Events
World Badminton Team
Championships
• Founded in 1989 – held
in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Held every 2 years
• Attracts more than 50
national teams
• No prize money for the
event
• Valuable BWF ranking
points earned
• Most titles – China (9)
•Next championship –
Dongguan, China 2015
• Introduced in 2007
• 12 tournaments held
globally
• 5 tournaments are
elevated to prestigious
Premier status (more
prize money and ranking
points)
• Successful players
invited to Super Series
Master Finals at end of
the year
• Two Levels – Grand
Prix Gold and Grand Prix
• Level 3 events
• Highest level Grand
Prix ggold
• Grand Prix Gold – Prize
pool minimum $120,000
• Grand Prix – Prize pool
minimum $50,000
• All events offer ranking
points
Superseries Premier
The Superseries Premier events offer higher ranking points and prize money.
Only 5 of the 12 tournaments are elevated to Premier status. The winners receive
11000 ranking points, the runners up receive 9350 ranking points.
Maybank
Malaysia Open
14 – 19
January 2014
Kuala Lumpur
Prize money:
USD 500,000
Yonex All
England
Badminton
Championships
4 – 9 March
2014
Birmingham:
National Indoor
Arena
Prize money:
USD 500,000
Indonesia Open
Denmark Open
China Open
17-22 June
2014
14 – 19 October
2014
11—16
November 2014
Guangzhou
Jakarta
Odense
Prize money:
Prize money:
USD 750,000
Prize money:
USD 500,000
USD 700,000
BWF World Superseries Final
10 – 14 December 2014
The BWF World Superseries Finals is the finale for the OSIM BWF World
Superseries.
Only top eight players or pairs in the Super Series rankings after the final
Super Series tournament, as announced by Badminton World Federation
will be eligible to participate,
It is limited to two entries per member association. In the tournament, eight
players or pairs will be divide into two pools of four, with the top two players
or pairs will advancing into semi-finals.
10 – 14 December 2014
Prize money: USD 500,000
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries is a 12-tournament series, 5 tournaments are
elevated to Premier status. The winners receive 9200 ranking points,
the runners up receive 7800 ranking points.
Korea Open – 7-12 January 2014, Seoul, prize money: $250,000
Yonex-Sunrise India Open - 1-6 April 2014, New Delhi, prize money: $250,000
Singapore Open - 8-13 April 2014, Singapore City, prize money: $300,000
Yonex Open Japan – 10-15 June 2014,Tokyo, prize money: $250,000
Australian Open – 24-29 June 2014,Sydney, prize money: $750,000
French Open – 21-26 October 2014, Paris, prize money: $250,000
Hong Kong Open -18-23 November 2014, Kowloon, prize money: $250,000
Grand Prix Gold
The World Grand Prix Series is split into two categories: The Grand Prix Gold
and the Grand Prix. The Grand Prix Gold winners receive 7000 ranking points, the
runners up receive 5950.
Indian Grand
Prix Gold
21-26 Jan 14
Yonex German
Open
25 Feb-02 Mar 14
Badminton
Swiss Open
YonexSunrise
Malaysia
GPG
11-16 Mar 14
15-20 Apr 14
China
Masters GPG
15-20 Apr 14
Thailand
Open
03-08 Jun 14
US Open
GPG
08-13 Jul 14
Chinese
Tapei Open
15-20 Jul 14
Yonex Sunrise
Indonesia Open
09-14 Sep 14
London Grand Prix
Bitburger
Saarloxlux Open
(Germany)
30 Sep-05 Oct 14
28 Oct-02 Nov 14
Korea Open
Grand Prix
Kumpoo
Macau Open
04-09 Nov14
25-30 Nov 14
Grand Prix
The Grand Prix winners receive 5000 ranking points, the runners up receive 4250
Ranking points.
New Zealand
Open
Canada
Open
Russian
Open
Dutch Open
23-28 Sep 14
07-12 Oct 14
15-19 Apr 14
01-06 Jul 14
Scottish
Open Grand
Prix
19-23 Nov 14
Vietnam
Open
Brazil GP
02-07 Sep 14
05-10 Aug 14
2016
Olympics Rio
2014 World
Championships
Copenhagen
Glasgow
Commonwealth
Games 2014
Thomas and
Uber Cups 2014
Sudirman Cup
2015
Superseries Premier
Maybank
Malaysia
Open
Yonex All
England
Indonesia
Open
Denmark
Open
China Open
Superseries
Superseries
Korea Open
Yonex -Sunrise
Indian Open
Singapore
Open
Yonex Open
Japan
Australian
Open
French Open
Hong Kong
Open
Grand
Prix
Grand
Prix
Gold
Gold
Indian Grand
Prix Gold
US Open
GPG
Yonex
German Open
Chinese
Tapei Open
Badminton
Swiss Open
Yonex
Indonesia
Yonex-Sunrise
Malaysia GPG
London
Grand Prix
China Master
GPG
Thailand
Open
Bitburger
Open
Korea Open
GP
Kumpoo
Macau Open
Scottish
Open GP
Vietnam
Open
Brazil GP
Grand Prix
New Zealand
Open
Canada Open
Russian Open
Dutch Open