Results
Below is the schedule released by the Badminton World Federation: [2]
Key
| World Tour Finals |
| Super 1000 |
| Super 750 |
| Super 500 |
| Super 300 |
| Super 100 |
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 9 January – 16 December | ||
| Edition | 1st | ||
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The 2018 BWF World Tour, officially known as the 2018 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. [1] It replaced the BWF Super Series and BWF Grand Prix, which was held from 2007 to 2017.
It had 27 tournaments, which were divided into five levels: Level 1 was the said World Tour Finals, Level 2 called Super 1000 (three tournaments), Level 3 called Super 750 (five tournaments), Level 4 called Super 500 (seven tournaments), and Level 5 called Super 300 (11 tournaments). Each of these tournaments offered different ranking points and prize money. The highest points and prize pool were offered at the Super 1000 level (including the World Tour Finals).
One other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 (level 6), also offered BWF World Tour ranking points. BWF Tour Super 100 was an important part of the pathway and entry point for players into the BWF World Tour tournaments. When the 11 Level 6 grade tournaments of the BWF Tour Super 100 were included, the complete tour consisted of 38 tournaments.
Below is the schedule released by the Badminton World Federation: [2]
| World Tour Finals |
| Super 1000 |
| Super 750 |
| Super 500 |
| Super 300 |
| Super 100 |
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20–25 February |
|  Sameer Verma |  Jan Ø. Jørgensen |
| Score: 21–15, 21–13 | |||
 Sayaka Takahashi | Natsuki Nidaira | ||
| Score: 21–12, 21–18 | |||
| Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |  Tinn Isriyanet Kittisak Namdash | ||
| Score: 21–15, 21–11 | |||
| Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata |  Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | ||
| Score: 19–21, 21–15, 21–18 | |||
 Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Herttrich |  Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith | ||
| Score: 22–20, 21–19 | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10–15 April |  Lin Yu-hsien |  Lu Guangzu | |
| Score: 12–21, 21–12, 21–14 | |||
| Li Xuerui |  Kim Ga-eun | ||
| Score: 16–21, 21–16, 21–18 | |||
| Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong | Di Zijian Wang Chang | ||
| Score: 19–21, 21–17, 21–16 | |||
| Du Yue Li Yinhui | Huang Dongping Li Wenmei | ||
| Score: 21–16, 21–18 | |||
| Guo Xinwa Liu Xuanxuan |  Ronald Alexander Annisa Saufika | ||
| Score: 21–17, 7–21, 21–19 | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–6 May |
| Lin Dan | Jonatan Christie |
| Score: 21–14, 21–19 | |||
| Sayaka Takahashi | Zhang Yiman | ||
| Score: 21–13, 21–14 | |||
| Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin | Berry Angriawan Hardianto | ||
| Score: 21–17, 21–17 | |||
| Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata | Cao Tongwei Zheng Yu | ||
| Score: 21–9, 21–19 | |||
| Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung | ||
| Score: 21–19, 14–21, 21–19 | |||
| 8–13 May |
| Lu Guangzu | Zhou Zeqi |
| Score: 21–8, 23–21 | |||
| Cai Yanyan | Ayumi Mine | ||
| Score: 21–14, 21–13 | |||
| Berry Angriawan Hardianto | Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira Ade Yusuf Santoso | ||
| Score: 21–9, 9–21, 21–15 | |||
| Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata | Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim | ||
| Score: 23–21, 21–18 | |||
| Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung |  Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying | ||
| Score: 21–12, 23–21 | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12–16 December | Shi Yuqi | Kento Momota | |
| Score: 21–12, 21–11 | |||
| P. V. Sindhu | Nozomi Okuhara | ||
| Score: 21–19, 21–17 | |||
| Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe | ||
| Score: 21–15, 21–11 | |||
| Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | ||
| Score: 21–12, 22–20 | |||
| Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | ||
| Score: 23–21, 16–21, 21–18 | |||
Below are the 2018 BWF World Tour performances by countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:
| No | Team | THA | MAS | INA | IND | SUI | GER | ENG | NZL | AUS | USA | MAS | INA | THA | SGP | ESP | JPN | CHN | KOR | TPE | DEN | FRA | MAC | CHN | HKG | IND | KOR | BWTF | Total |
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| 1 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | |||||||
| 2 | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | India | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Canada | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 United States | 1 | 1 |
| No | Team | FRA | CHN | CAN | JPN | RUS | VIE | IND | INA | NED | GER | SCO | Total |
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| 1 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| 2 | China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| 3 | England | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 4 | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 5 | India | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 6 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 7 | South Korea | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | ||||||||
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Germany | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Netherlands | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Scotland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Singapore | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 17 |  Russia | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Finalists in six or more World Tour tournamentsUpdated after 2018 BWF World Tour Finals .
| Titles in four or more World Tour tournamentsUpdated after 2018 BWF World Tour Finals .
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The points were calculated from the following levels:
Men's singles
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