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2024 BWF World Tour Finals

December 11 - December 15

The 2024 BWF World Tour Finals (official and sponsored title: HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2024) is an upcoming international badminton tournament that will take place at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from December 11 to December 15, 2024. It will be the season-ending event for the 8 highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2024 BWF World Tour. This will be the 7th edition of the tournament, and the second time Hangzhou hosted the BWF World Tour year-end championships. The 2024 BWF World Tour Finals offers a total prize pool of US$2,500,000.

Tournament Details

Date December 11-15
Edition 7th
Category World Tour Finals
Draw 8S/8D/8X
Prize Money $2,500,000
Location Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Venue Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Official Shuttle Victor Master Ace
Official Website www.bwfworldtourfinals.com

2023 Champions

Men’s Singles 🇩🇰 Viktor Axelsen
Women’s Singles 🇹🇼 Tai Tzu-ying
Men’s Doubles 🇰🇷 Kang Min-hyuk
🇰🇷 Seo Seung-jae
Women’s Doubles 🇨🇳 Chen Qingchen
🇨🇳 Jia Yifan
Mixed Doubles 🇨🇳 Zheng Siwei
🇨🇳 Huang Yaqiong

Format

The BWF World Tour Finals group stage has a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four and each player/team in a group playing the other three in the group. The eight seeds are determined by the BWF World Tour Rankings after the 2024 China Masters tournament on Sunday, November 24, 2024.

Placement within a group at the BWF World Tour Finals is determined by the number of matches won during the group stage.

Here’s a more detailed breakdown:

  • Round Robin Format: As stated above, the Finals feature a round-robin format where players are divided into two groups of four. Each player plays against every other player within their group.
  • Ranking within the Group: The players with the most wins after all group matches are played advance to the semi-finals.
  • Tiebreaker: If two or more players have the same number of wins, the following tiebreakers are used, in order:
    • Head-to-head record between the tied players.
    • Difference in games won and lost among the tied players.
    • Difference in points won and lost among the tied players.
    • If a tie still persists after all these criteria, a draw will be conducted to determine the ranking.

Essentially, it’s all about winning those matches!

The top two of each group will advance to semi-finals, with the winner of each group playing the runner-up of the other group. The winners of the semi-finals then will play for the title.

Qualification

Qualification for the BWF World Tour Finals is based on a player’s performance throughout the BWF World Tour season. Here’s a breakdown of the key factors:  

1. BWF World Tour Rankings:

  • Top 8: The top eight players or pairs in each category (men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles) of the BWF World Tour Rankings at the end of the season qualify for the Finals.  
  • Maximum Two per Association: A maximum of two players or pairs from the same member association can qualify in each category. This ensures diverse representation from different countries.  

2. Eligible Tournaments:

  • Only tournaments within the BWF World Tour calendar (Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and Super 100) are considered for qualification.
  • The specific tournaments that count towards the rankings may vary from year to year.

3. Tiebreakers:

If two or more players are tied in the rankings, the following tiebreakers are applied in order:

  • Number of Tournaments: The player who participated in the most BWF World Tour tournaments gets priority.
  • Points Accumulation: The player who accumulated the most points in BWF World Tour tournaments starting from a specific date will be ranked higher.  

4. Reigning World and Olympic Champion:

In addition to the top 8, the reigning world and Olympic champion in each category is also guaranteed a spot in the Finals, provided they participate in at least four World Tour tournaments during the year.

In summary, qualifying for the BWF World Tour Finals requires consistent high performance throughout the season in eligible tournaments, accumulating enough ranking points to be among the top players in the world.

Qualified players

Men’s Singles

Rank Players Points
1 🇩🇰 Viktor Axelsen
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Women’s Singles

Rank Players Points
1 🇰🇷 An Se-young
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Men’s Doubles

Rank Players Points
1 🇹🇼 Lee Yang
🇹🇼 Wang Chi-lin
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Women’s Doubles

Rank Players Points
1 🇨🇳 Chen Qingchen
🇨🇳 Jia Yifan
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Mixed Doubles

Rank Players Points
1 🇨🇳 Zheng Siwei
🇨🇳 Huang Yaqiong
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Draws

The group stage draw for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals will be conducted on Saturday, December 7, 2024 and the knock out stage draw will be conducted immediately after the conclusion of the group stages.

Schedule

Below is the competition schedule for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals. All times and dates are local, China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Prize Money

The total prize money for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals was US$2,500,000. The winner in the singles events received $200,000, while the winner in the doubles events received $210,000 per pair. The prize money was distributed and awarded as per the table below.

  Singles Doubles
Winner $200,000 $210,000
Runner-up $100,000 $100,000
Semi-finalists $50,000 $50,000
3rd in Group $27,500 $32,500
4th in Group $15,000 $17,500

References

  1. 2024 BWF World Tour Finals Tournament Prospectus

Venue

Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
No.2657 Boao Road, Xiaoshan District
Hangzhou, 310051 China

Organizer

Chinese Badminton Association
Phone
+86 01067116275
Email
cbatournament@cba.org.cn

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