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Duration | 9 January – 22 December |
Tournaments | 136 |
Categories | Grade 1: 2 (Individuals, Teams) Grade 2 – BWF World Tour Finals: 1 Grade 2 – Super 1000: 3 Grade 2 – Super 750: 5 Grade 2 – Super 500: 7 Grade 2 – Super 300: 11 Grade 2 – Super 100: 11 Grade 3 – International Challenge: 22 Grade 3 – International Series: 37 Grade 3 – Future Series: 27 Continental Championships: 10 |
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Player of the year | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Male) Huang Yaqiong (Female) |
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The 2018 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2018 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. The world badminton tournament in 2018 consisted of:
1. BWF Tournaments (Grade 1; Major Events)
2. BWF World Tour (Grade 2)
3. Continental Circuit (Grade 3) BWF Open Tournaments: BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series.
The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup were teams events. The others – Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100, 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. [1]
The 2018 BWF season calendar comprised these six levels of BWF tournaments.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2018 calendar, [2] with the Champions and Runners-up documented.
World Championships |
World Tour Finals |
Super 1000 |
Super 750 |
Super 500 |
Super 300 |
Super 100 |
International Challenge |
International Series |
Future Series |
Team events |
The followings are the nominees and the winners of the 2018 BWF Gala Awards Night. [3] Winners are marked in bold. [4]
Player of the Year | |
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Male Player of the Year | Female player of the Year |
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Most Promising Player of the Year | |
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Most Improved Player of the Year | |
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Para-badminton Player of the Year | |
Male Para-badminton Player of the Year | Female Para-badminton Player of the Year |
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