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The 2023 BWF season is the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2023 badminton season. The world badminton tournament in 2023 consists of: 1. BWF tournaments (Grade 1; Major Events) BWF World Mixed Team Championships (Sudirman Cup) BWF World Championships; 2. BWF World Tour (Grade 2)
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .
It still acts as an important part of the pathway and entry point for players into the BWF World Tour tournaments. BWF announced that there will be nine tournaments for the BWF Tour Super 100 in 2023. [2] When the nine Level 6 grade tournaments of the BWF Tour Super 100 were included, the complete tour consisted of 40 tournaments.
The 2023 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 in Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark. [1] Copenhagen hosted the BWF World Championships for the fifth time.
The 2023 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2023 BWF World Tour. It was held from 13 to 17 December 2023 in Hangzhou , China [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and had a total prize of $2,500,000.
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Honolulu was originally awarded the event in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025. [1] In March 2023, it was announced by BWF and USA Badminton that the championships would be held in Spokane, Washington. [2] [3]
The women's singles tournament of the 2023 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen. Akane Yamaguchi was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Carolina Marin in the semi-finals.