BWF Super Series
The BWF Super Series is the top-ranking tournament series in badminton .
history
After the change in leadership in the Badminton World Federation (BWF), a number of innovations took place in the Badminton World Federation. Among other things, a new series, the BWF Super Series, was introduced. Special terms and conditions apply to this series and a prize pool of at least $ 275,000 for 2015 must be paid out. Until 2017 inclusive, the minimum prize money will increase by $ 25,000 annually. This tournament series is comparable to the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis . The number of tournaments is currently set at 12 plus one final tournament , which was canceled in 2007. On May 16, 2008, the BWF decided that changes in the organization of the tournaments will be made from September 2008:
- The field of qualifiers will be reduced from 32 to 16.
- At least 8 referees with BWF qualifications must be invited per tournament.
Tournaments
Since the 2007/2008 season, the series has included the All England , China Open , China Masters , Denmark Open , French Open , Hong Kong Open , Indonesia Open , Japan Open , Korea Open , Malaysia Open , Singapore Open and the Swiss Open . The next lower category of badminton events is the BWF Grand Prix . There were several changes for 2011: The India Open became a Super Series tournament instead of the Swiss Open . From then on, the Swiss Open was run as a Grand Prix Gold. In addition, a superordinate series, the BWF Super Series Premier , was founded. One of the distinguishing features of the Premier Super Series tournaments is that the total prize money for the 2015 season must be at least 500,000 US dollars and will increase by 50,000 US dollars annually up to and including 2017. In 2014, the Australian Open replaced the China Masters as a Super Series tournament. The China Masters were henceforth listed as Grand Prix Gold. Since 2015, the participants of the Asian Championships have received the points of a Super Series tournament.
The following tournaments have been taking place as Super Series Premier since 2011 :
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All of England
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China Open
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Denmark Open
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Indonesia Open
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Malaysia Open (since 2014, before that Super Series)
formerly:
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Korea Open (2011-2013, then Super Series)
The following tournaments have been taking place as a Super Series since 2007 :
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Korea Open (2007-2010, since 2014)
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French Open
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Hong Kong Open
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Japan Open
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Singapore Open
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India Open (since 2011, before that Grand Prix Gold )
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Australian Open (since 2014, before that Grand Prix Gold)
- Asian Championships (since 2015 corresponding point allocation, before that Grand Prix Gold)
formerly:
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All England (2007-2010, then Super Series Premier)
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China Open (2007-2010, then Super Series Premier)
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Denmark Open (2007-2010, then Super Series Premier)
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Indonesia Open (2007-2010, then Super Series Premier)
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Swiss Open (2007–2010, then Grand Prix Gold)
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Malaysia Open (2007-2013, then Super Series Premier)
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China Masters (2007-2013, then Grand Prix Gold)
Minimum prize money requirement
| year | Super Series | premier |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | $ 200,000 | - |
| 2008 | $ 200,000 | - |
| 2009 | $ 200,000 | - |
| 2010 | $ 200,000 | - |
| 2011 | $ 200,000 | $ 350,000 |
| 2012 | $ 200,000 | $ 400,000 |
| 2013 | $ 200,000 | $ 400,000 |
| 2014 | $ 250,000 | $ 500,000 |
| 2015 | $ 275,000 | $ 500,000 |
| 2016 | $ 300,000 | $ 550,000 |
| 2017 | $ 325,000 | $ 600,000 |
Scoring for the world rankings
The financial differences go hand in hand with the different allocation of world ranking points. These are awarded as follows:
| space | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3-4 | 5-8 | 9-16 | 17-32 | 33-64 | 65-128 | 129-256 | 257-512 | 513-1024 |
| Super Series Premier and Final | ||||||||||
| 11000 | 9350 | 7700 | 6050 | 4320 | 2660 | 1060 | 520 | - | - | - |
| Super Series | ||||||||||
| 9200 | 7800 | 6420 | 5040 | 3600 | 2220 | 880 | 430 | 170 | 80 | 40 |