How to Understand BWF Super Series



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The BWF began holding the Super Series tournament series in 2007; 11 badminton associations hold the 12 BWF level 2 tournaments (BWF Tournament Levels). After these 12 tournaments are played, the eight players with the most points in each disciple are invited to take part in the year’s finals at the end of every year.



The Biggest Prize Money in the Super Series

From 2013, the BWF has stipulated that the total prize money for a Super Series tournament has to be over US$200,000 and US$400,000 for a Super Series Premier tournament. The largest amount of prize is offered by the Korea Open Super Series Premier, US$1 million in 2013.

The BWF hopes to attract the world’s best players to take part in the Super Series events by offering a large amount of prize money thus making them more exciting and making more badminton fans pay attention to international badminton tournaments.

It has been reported that 2014-2017 the BWF will increase the amount of prize money on offer at Super Series tournaments once again, with the five Premier tournaments set to offer US$500,000 in prize money in 2015 and 2016, US$550,000 in 2016 and US$600,000 in 2017, while the prize money for the seven Super Series tournaments will go up by US$25,000 a year. If all goes well, by 2017 every Super Series tournaments will offer at least US$350,000 in prize money.


Distribution of Super Series Prize Money

The prize money for Super Series tournaments is distrusted according to fixed percentages to the top 16 players/pairs. This percentage differs for singles and doubles and player/pair final placing. (the stage of the tournament reached)

For details of prize money distribution percentages, refer to the comparison table issued by the BWF, shown below.






Tournament Points and World Ranking

The BWF implemented a new world ranking system in 2007. Any player who achieves a certain level of result in a BWF tournament above level 3 receives corresponding points and these points affect the world ranking of the player in each discipline.

Principle of winning points:

1. The higher the level of the tournament the greater the number of points won (example:the number of points won by the winner of the men’s singles at the Korea Open Super Series Premier will be more than those won by the winner at the Malaysia Open Super Series)

2. The higher a player finishes in a tournament the greater the number of points they win (example: the men’s singles winner at the Korea Open Super Series wins more points than the runner-up)