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The BWF World Championships, aka the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation. [1] It's the most prestigious badminton competition, offering the most ranking points , along with the Summer Olympics badminton events introduced in 1992. [ 2 ]
Games employing shuttlecocks have been played for centuries across Eurasia, [a] but the modern game of badminton developed in the mid-19th century among the expatriate officers of British India as a variant of the earlier game of battledore and shuttlecock. ("Battledore" was an older term for "racquet".) [4] Its exact origin remains obscure.
The big winner at the first edition in Malmö 1977 was Denmark. The country won three golds, a silver, and a bronze, with Lene Køppen winning gold in both singles and mixed doubles event. At the second edition in Jakarta 1980, the host country sent their players to the finals round in all events.
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
The mixed doubles badminton tournament started in the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2] The Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings are used to determine the qualification of the players for the tournament. Nations can enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if both are ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota ...
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [76] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
This page lists all badminton players who have won titles in BWF Super Series, BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, and BWF World Tour events since the implementation of the circuit in 2007. This list is not provided by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), but by referring to the winners lists of the previous seasons.
14–17, 15–8, 15–8 Winner: 2000: World Grand Prix Finals Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto Halim Haryanto: 7–5, 8–6, 7–2 Winner: 2002 U.S. Open: Khan Malaythong: Howard Bach Kevin Han: 11–15, 15–7, 15–7 Winner: 2002 Puerto Rico Open: Khan Malaythong José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis: 15–6, 15–3 Winner: 2003 U.S. Open: Khan ...