BWF Super Series

The BWF Super Series is the highest ranking tournament series in badminton.

History

After the change of leadership in the Badminton World Federation ( BWF) made ​​in the Badminton World Federation a number of innovations. Among other things, a new series, the BWF Super Series was introduced. For this series, special conditions apply and it is to distribute a prize money of at least $ 200,000. Compares this tournament series is the Grand Slam tournaments in tennis. The number of tournaments is currently set to 12 plus a Final Tournament, which is, however, failed in 2007. On 16 May 2008, the BWF decided that to be made at the tournaments from September 2008, changes in the organization:

  • The field of qualifiers will be reduced from 32 to 16.
  • The tournament must be invited with BWF qualification at least 8 referee.

Tournaments

Since the 2007/2008 season are part of the series, the All England, China Open, China Masters, Denmark Open, French Open, Hong Kong Open, Indonesia Open, Japan Open, Korea Open, Malaysian Open, Singapore Open and the Swiss Open. The next lower category of badminton events is the BWF Grand Prix. For 2011, there were several changes: the India Open were instead the Swiss Open Super Series tournament for. Additionally an overall series, the premier Super Series founded. The Premier Super Series tournaments stand out among others by the fact that the total prize money for the 2011 season at least $ 350,000 and for the 2012 season must be at least $ 400,000. Since 2011, see the following tournaments as Premier Super Series held:

  • All England Open
  • China Open
  • Denmark Open
  • Indonesia Open
  • Korea Open
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