2016_BWF_Season

2016 BWF season

The 2016 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2017 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promoted the sport of badminton through an extensive worldwide program of events. These events had various purposes according to their level and territory in which they were held but those events owned by BWF seek to showcase the sport via the widest possible quality television broadcast and build the fanbase of the sport throughout the world.

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The world badminton tournament structure had four levels: Level 1 (BWF Major Events), Level 2 (BWF Superseries: Superseries and Superseries Premier), Level 3 (BWF Grand Prix: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold Series), and Level 4 (BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series). The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhandinata Cup are Teams Events. The others – Superseries, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series were all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.[2]

The 2016 BWF Season calendar comprised these four levels of BWF tournaments.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar,[3] with the Champions and Runners-up documented.

Key
World Championships
Superseries Finals
Superseries Premier
Superseries
Grand Prix Gold
Grand Prix
International Challenge
International Series
Future Series
Team events

January

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March

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April

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May

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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See also


References

  1. "Lee, Matsutomo/Takahashi Win Best Player Awards". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. "Overview". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  3. "Tournament Calendar - 2016". Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

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