BWF Super Series
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The BWF Super Series is a badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 tournament introduced by Badminton World Federation (BWF) in order to improve the quality of the sport. It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007
2007 in badminton
-BWF events:*Sudirman Cup **Final: China beat Indonesia, 3–0***Mixed doubles: Zheng Bo & Gao Ling beat Flandy Limpele & Vita Marissa, 19–21, 21–17, 21–19...

. The second-tiered badminton tournament is played in eleven countries (China hosts two events), with successful players invited to the Super Series final held at the year end.

Prize money

All Super Series tournaments will offer a minimum prize of USD$200,000. The Super Series will offer the prize money regardless of the round from which a player is ousted, unless they go out in the qualification round. This is a new concept in badminton tournaments, and already implemented at the first Super Series
2007 Malaysia Super Series
-Seeds:# Zhang Ning# Xie Xingfang# Xu Huaiwen# Wang Chen# Lu Lan# Zhu Lin# Pi Hongyan# Yao Jie-Results:-Seeds:# Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun# Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen# Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae# Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah...

 held in Malaysia.

Specifically, the prize money is distributed via the following formula:


Round Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
Champion 8% 6.9% 7.2% 6.1% 5.8%
Runner-up 3.2% 2.76% 2.88% 2.44% 2.2%
Semi-finalist 1.28% 1.1% 1.15% 0.975% 0.875%
Quarter-finalist 0.5% 0.44% 0.5% 0.5 0.5
Last 16 0.3% 0.25% 0.4% 0.4% 0.35%
Last 32 0.15% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.25%


Starting with the 2008 season
2008 BWF Super Series
The 2008 BWF Super Series is the second season of the BWF Super Series. The season spanned between the continental of Asia and Europe and was starting with Malaysia Open from January 15 and will be end with Hong Kong Open on November 30, 2008...

, the women's winners will receive the equal prize money amount as men's winners. As announced, all the single winners will receive 7.5 percent while all the double winners will receive 6.9 percent of total prize money. Starting 2011 season
2011 BWF Super Series
The 2011 BWF Super Series will be the fifth season of BWF Super Series. This season marked the beginning of second-three year cycle of the event since the first one from 2007 to 2010. Few changes announced by Badminton World Federation , as India promoted as one stage while Swiss was dropped off as...

, a winner can enjoy as high as USD$90,000 following the introduction of Premier series.

World Ranking points

To standardize all the badminton tournaments, BWF also implemented a new World Ranking in 2007. Points will be calculated based on the results or the round a player reaches, including the qualification round. This ranking points also use as Super Series Ranking to determine the players for Super Series final.
Classification 1 2 3–4 5–8 9–16 17–32 33–64 65–128 129–256 257–512 513–1024
Super Series 9,200 7,800 6,420 5,040 3,600 2,220 880 430 170 80 40
Super Series Premier 11,000 9,350 7,700 6,050 4,320 2,660 1,060 520

Nationality separation

Starting in 2007, players from the same nation are not separated in the main draw of the tournaments. All but the top two seeds will not be divided into two draws as they were before. The top Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....

 player Lin Dan
Lin Dan
Lin Dan is a professional badminton player from China. He is a four-time world champion and the reigning Olympic champion. Widely considered to be the greatest badminton player of all time, by the age of 27 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won all major titles in world badminton:...

 has criticized the rule change. 2010 onwards saw rules altered with nationality separation in the first round.

Entries

Only 32 players/pair will be played in the main round, as oppose to the minimum 64 players/pair in the past tournaments. Among the 32 players/pair, only 8 players/pair will be seeded in each category. Each category will have 28 players/pair going through automatically regarded by world ranking. While the another 4 spots will be decided in the qualification round with at least 64 players/pair participate.

Each Super Series tournament will be held in six days, with the main round in five days. However, qualification round players/pair have to play four rounds before proceeding to the main round.

Start September 2008, each tournament will only allow 16 players/pairs to play in the qualifying rounds, instead of 32 players/pairs in the past tournament to avoid a big strain between the qualifiers.

Umpires

Starting with the 2008
2008 BWF Super Series
The 2008 BWF Super Series is the second season of the BWF Super Series. The season spanned between the continental of Asia and Europe and was starting with Malaysia Open from January 15 and will be end with Hong Kong Open on November 30, 2008...

, each Super Series tournaments must present eight international certificated and accredited umpires, as opposed to the 2007 where each tournaments can present local umpires, after the outcry of several players during the 2007 tournaments
2007 BWF Super Series
The 2007 BWF Super Series is the inaugural season of the BWF Super Series. It was held from January 16 with Malaysia Open and end on December 2, 2007...

.

Tournaments

Each year, the Badminton World Federation arranges twelve tournaments throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, with China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 traditionally holding two tournaments each season, the sole country to do so as permitted by the BWF.

Starting in the 2011 season, five of the twelve Super Series tournament are to be promoted as the Premier series, with a minimum prize fund of between USD$350,000 and USD$400,000 in the 2012 season.. The five Premier tournaments will be the All England Open, China Open, Denmark Open, Indonesia Open and Korea Open. The Swiss Open
Swiss Open (badminton)
The Swiss Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Switzerland since 1955 and become one of the BWF Super Series tournament began 2007. 2011 the tournament was dropped down to a Grand Prix Gold event.-Previous winners:-Performances by nation:...

is to be dropped from the Super Series line up, and the India Open added in its place.

Super Series Masters Finals

Super Series final is a season ending badminton tournament which will be held in nearly end of the year in one of the fixed venue in the world. It includes the world's best players by the Super Series ranking. Only top eight players in the Super Series ranking will be participating, but it will offer USD $500,000 in prizes, more than two times the prize money awarded in Super Series tournaments.

If two or more players are tie in ranking, the selection of players will based on the following criteria:
  • The players which participated in the most Super Series tournaments;
  • The players which collected the most points in Super Series tournaments starting July 1.


The 2007 final, however, was cancelled.
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