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.
Viktor Axelsen and Tai Tzu-ying are the reigning champions in the men’ singles and women’s singles, respectively. However, Viktor Axelsen withdrew before the tournament started due to injury and Tai Tzu-ying did not qualify this year.
Date | December 11-15 |
Edition | 7th |
Category | World Tour Finals |
Draw | 8MS/8WS/8MD/8WD/8XD |
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 |
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 |
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:
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 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:
2. Eligible Tournaments:
3. Tiebreakers:
If two or more players are tied in the rankings, the following tiebreakers are applied in order:
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.
Rank | Players | Points |
1 | 🇩🇰 Anders Antonsen | 95,970 |
2 | 🇨🇳 Shi Yuqi | 87,640 |
3 | 🇹🇼 Chou Tien-chen | 85,060 |
4 | 🇯🇵 Kodai Naraoka | 83,590 |
5 | 🇹🇠Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 81,400 |
6 | 🇲🇾 Lee Zii Jia | 74,940 |
7 | 🇮🇩 Jonatan Christie | 73,670 |
8 | 🇨🇳 Li Shifeng | 73,100 |
Rank | Players | Points |
1 | 🇨🇳 Wang Zhiyi | 101,830 |
2 | 🇨🇳 Han Yue | 82,650 |
3 | 🇮🇩 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | 80,990 |
4 | 🇰🇷 An Se-young | 79,000 |
5 | 🇯🇵 Aya Ohori | 75,950 |
6 | 🇹🇠Busanan Ongbamrungphan | 75,900 |
7 | 🇹🇠Supanida Katethong | 74,350 |
8 | 🇯🇵 Akane Yamaguchi | 73,760 |
Rank | Players | Points |
1 | 🇩🇰 Kim Astrup 🇩🇰 Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
96,280 |
2 | 🇨🇳 He Jiting 🇨🇳 Ren Xiangyu |
93,330 |
3 | 🇮🇩 Fajar Alfian 🇮🇩 Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
90,910 |
4 | 🇲🇾 Goh Sze Fei 🇲🇾 Nur Izzuddin |
82,170 |
5 | 🇹🇼 Lee Jhe-huei 🇹🇼 Yang Po-hsuan |
75,330 |
6 | 🇮🇩 Sabar Karyaman Gutama 🇮🇩 Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani |
74,900 |
7 | 🇲🇾 Aaron Chia 🇲🇾 Soh Wooi Yik |
72,740 |
8 | 🇹🇼 Lee Yang 🇹🇼 Wang Chi-lin |
35,900 |
Rank | Players | Points |
1 | 🇨🇳 Liu Shengshu 🇨🇳 Tan Ning |
117,410 |
2 | 🇯🇵 Rin Iwanaga 🇯🇵 Kie Nakanishi |
96,630 |
3 | 🇰🇷 Baek Ha-na 🇰🇷 Lee So-hee |
87,760 |
4 | 🇲🇾 Pearly Tan 🇲🇾 Thinaah Muralitharan |
80,890 |
5 | 🇯🇵 Nami Matsuyama 🇯🇵 Chiharu Shida |
77,940 |
6 | 🇮🇩 Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma 🇮🇩 Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi |
68,760 |
7 | 🇮🇳 Treesa Jolly 🇮🇳 Gayatri Gopichand |
62,560 |
8 | 🇨🇳 Chen Qingchen 🇨🇳 Jia Yifan |
43,600Â |
Rank | Players | Points |
1 | 🇨🇳 Jiang Zhenbang 🇨🇳 Wei Yaxin |
110,410 |
2 | 🇲🇾 Goh Soon Huat 🇲🇾 Shevon Jemie Lai |
81,040 |
3 | 🇲🇾 Chen Tang Jie 🇲🇾 Toh Ee Wei |
80,980 |
4 | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Tang Chun Man ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Tse Ying Sueta |
78,520 |
5 | 🇮🇩 Dejan Ferdinansyah 🇮🇩 Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja |
78,050 |
6 | 🇹🇼 Yang Po-hsuan 🇹🇼 Hu Ling-fang |
71,040 |
7 | 🇯🇵 Hiroki Midorikawa 🇯🇵 Natsu Saito |
68,960 |
8 | 🇨🇳 Zheng Siwei 🇨🇳 Huang Yaqiong |
55,050 |
The group stage draw for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals was conducted on Saturday, December 7, 2024 and the knock out stage draw will be conducted immediately after the conclusion of the group stages.
Group A | Group B |
Playoff |
Group A | Group B |
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Group A | Group B |
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Group A | Group B |
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Group A | Group B |
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Below is the competition schedule for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals. All times and dates are local, China Standard Time (UTC+8). Click the date to see the match schedule.
Day 1: Wednesday, December 11; Group Stages; All Events; Televised (Court 1 & 2)
Session | Start Time | Court |
Session 1 (5 Matches / 5 Matches) | 09:30 | 2 |
Session 2 (5 Matches / 5 Matches) | 17:00 | 2 |
Day 2: Thursday, December 12; Group Stages; All Events; Televised (Court 1 & 2)
Session | Start Time | Court |
Session 1 (5 Matches / 5 Matches) | 09:30 | 2 |
Session 2 (5 Matches / 5 Matches) | 17:00 | 2 |
Day 3: Friday, December 13; Group Stages; All Events; Televised (Court 1 & 2)
Session | Start Time | Court |
Session 1 (5 Matches / 5 Matches) | 09:30 | 2 |
Session 2 (5 Matches / 5 Matches) | 17:00 | 2 |
Day 4: Saturday, December 14; Semi-finals; All Events; Televised
Session | Start Time | Court |
Session 1 (5 Matches) | 09:30 | 1 |
Session 2 (5 Matches) | 17:00 | 1 |
Day 5: Sunday, December 15; Finals; All Events; Televised
Session | Start Time | Court |
Session 1 (5 Matches) | 14:00 | 1 |
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 |