2018 BWF World Tour
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| Dates | 9 January – 16 December | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
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The 2018 BWF World Tour, officially known as the 2018 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament.[1] It replaced the BWF Super Series and BWF Grand Prix, which was held from 2007 to 2017.
The tour included 27 tournaments, divided into five levels: Level 1 was the World Tour Finals, Level 2 was Super 1000 (three tournaments), Level 3 was Super 750 (five tournaments), Level 4 was Super 500 (seven tournaments), and Level 5 was Super 300 (11 tournaments). Each tournament offered different ranking points and prize money. The highest points and the largest prize pool were offered at the Super 1000 level, including the World Tour Finals.
One other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 (level 6), also offered BWF World Tour ranking points. BWF Tour Super 100 was an important part of the pathway and entry point for players into the BWF World Tour tournaments. When the 11 Level 6 grade tournaments of the BWF Tour Super 100 were included, the complete tour consisted of 38 tournaments.
Results
[edit]Below is the schedule released by the Badminton World Federation:[2]
Key
[edit]| World Tour Finals | 
| Super 1000 | 
| Super 750 | 
| Super 500 | 
| Super 300 | 
| Super 100 | 
Winners
[edit]Finals
[edit]January
[edit]February
[edit]| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 20–25 February | 
 |  Sameer Verma |  Jan Ø. Jørgensen | 
| Score: 21–15, 21–13 | |||
|  Sayaka Takahashi |  Natsuki Nidaira | ||
| Score: 21–12, 21–18 | |||
|  Mathias Boe  Carsten Mogensen |  Tinn Isriyanet  Kittisak Namdash | ||
| Score: 21–15, 21–11 | |||
|  Ayako Sakuramoto  Yukiko Takahata |  Gabriela Stoeva  Stefani Stoeva | ||
| Score: 19–21, 21–15, 21–18 | |||
|  Mark Lamsfuß  Isabel Herttrich |  Marcus Ellis  Lauren Smith | ||
| Score: 22–20, 21–19 | |||
March
[edit]April
[edit]| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | 
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| 10–15 April |  Lin Yu-hsien |  Lu Guangzu | |
| Score: 12–21, 21–12, 21–14 | |||
|  Li Xuerui |  Kim Ga-eun | ||
| Score: 16–21, 21–16, 21–18 | |||
|  Han Chengkai  Zhou Haodong |  Di Zijian  Wang Chang | ||
| Score: 19–21, 21–17, 21–16 | |||
|  Du Yue  Li Yinhui |  Huang Dongping  Li Wenmei | ||
| Score: 21–16, 21–18 | |||
|  Guo Xinwa  Liu Xuanxuan |  Ronald Alexander  Annisa Saufika | ||
| Score: 21–17, 7–21, 21–19 | |||
May
[edit]| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–6 May | 
 |  Lin Dan |  Jonatan Christie | 
| Score: 21–14, 21–19 | |||
|  Sayaka Takahashi |  Zhang Yiman | ||
| Score: 21–13, 21–14 | |||
|  Chen Hung-ling  Wang Chi-lin |  Berry Angriawan  Hardianto | ||
| Score: 21–17, 21–17 | |||
|  Ayako Sakuramoto  Yukiko Takahata |  Cao Tongwei  Zheng Yu | ||
| Score: 21–9, 21–19 | |||
|  Wang Chi-lin  Lee Chia-hsin |  Seo Seung-jae  Chae Yoo-jung | ||
| Score: 21–19, 14–21, 21–19 | |||
| 8–13 May | 
 |  Lu Guangzu |  Zhou Zeqi | 
| Score: 21–8, 23–21 | |||
|  Cai Yanyan |  Ayumi Mine | ||
| Score: 21–14, 21–13 | |||
|  Berry Angriawan  Hardianto |  Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira  Ade Yusuf Santoso | ||
| Score: 21–9, 9–21, 21–15 | |||
|  Ayako Sakuramoto  Yukiko Takahata |  Baek Ha-na  Lee Yu-rim | ||
| Score: 23–21, 21–18 | |||
|  Seo Seung-jae  Chae Yoo-jung |  Chan Peng Soon  Goh Liu Ying | ||
| Score: 21–12, 23–21 | |||
June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]December
[edit]| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 12–16 December |  Shi Yuqi |  Kento Momota | |
| Score: 21–12, 21–11 | |||
|  P. V. Sindhu |  Nozomi Okuhara | ||
| Score: 21–19, 21–17 | |||
|  Li Junhui  Liu Yuchen |  Hiroyuki Endo  Yuta Watanabe | ||
| Score: 21–15, 21–11 | |||
|  Misaki Matsutomo  Ayaka Takahashi |  Lee So-hee  Shin Seung-chan | ||
| Score: 21–12, 22–20 | |||
|  Wang Yilyu  Huang Dongping |  Zheng Siwei  Huang Yaqiong | ||
| Score: 23–21, 16–21, 21–18 | |||
Statistics
[edit]Performance by countries
[edit]Below are the 2018 BWF World Tour performances by countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:
BWF World Tour
[edit]| No | Team | THA | MAS | INA | IND | SUI | GER | ENG | NZL | AUS | USA | MAS | INA | THA | SGP | ESP | JPN | CHN | KOR | TPE | DEN | FRA | MAC | CHN | HKG | IND | KOR | BWTF | Total | 
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| 1 |  Japan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | |||||||
| 2 |  China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|  Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Thailand | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  India | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|  Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|  Germany | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|  United States | 1 | 1 | 
BWF Tour Super 100
[edit]| No | Team | FRA | CHN | CAN | JPN | RUS | VIE | IND | INA | NED | GER | SCO | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 2 |  China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| 3 |  England | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 4 |  Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 5 |  India | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 6 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 7 |  South Korea | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | ||||||||
| 8 |  Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
|  Denmark | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
|  Malaysia | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
|  Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12 |  Germany | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
|  Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
|  Netherlands | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
|  Scotland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
|  Singapore | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 17 |  Russia | 0.5 | 0.5 | 
World Tour Finals rankings
[edit]The points were calculated from the following levels:
- BWF World Tour Super 1000,
- BWF World Tour Super 750,
- BWF World Tour Super 500,
- BWF World Tour Super 300 (except Korea Masters),
- BWF Tour Super 100.
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References
[edit]- ^ "BWF World Tour". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Tournament Calendar – 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "BWF World Tour Finals Rankings - BWF – Men's Singles". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation.
- ^ "BWF World Tour Finals Rankings - BWF – Women's Singles". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation.
- ^ "BWF World Tour Finals Rankings - BWF – Men's Doubles". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation.
- ^ "BWF World Tour Finals Rankings - BWF – Women's Doubles". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation.
- ^ "BWF World Tour Finals Rankings - BWF – Mixed Doubles". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation.
 
	


