International badminton events (Grade 1) May 20 – 27: 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup (Grade 1) in BangkokBWF's 2018 Total BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Page Thomas Cup winners: Uber Cup winners: July 30 – August 5: 2018 BWF World Championships (Grade 1) in NanjingBWF's 2018 World Championships Page Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Carolina Marín (f) Doubles: (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) / (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f) Mixed: (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong) October 15 – 21: 2018 World University Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur November 5 – 18: 2018 BWF World Junior Championships (Individual & Team; Grade 1) in Markham, OntarioBWF's Li NING BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships 2018 PageBWF's LI NING BWF World Junior Championship 2018 Page Singles: Kunlavut Vitidsarn (m) / Goh Jin Wei (f) Doubles: (Di Zijian & Wang Chang) (m) / (Liu Xuanxuan & Xia Yuting) (f) Mixed: (Leo Rolly Carnando & Indah Cahya Sari Jamil) Team: December 12 – 16: HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 in GuangzhouBWF's HSBC World Tour Finals 2018 Page Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / P. V. Sindhu (f) Doubles: (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) / (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f) Mixed: (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping)
Continental badminton events February 6 – 11: 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships in Hamilton, New ZealandBWF's 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships (Individual) PageBWF's 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships (Team) Page Singles: Abhinav Manota (m) / Chen Hsuan-yu (f) Doubles: (Matthew Chau & Sawan Serasinghe) (m) / (Setyana Mapasa & Gronya Somerville) (f) Mixed: (Sawan Serasinghe & Setyana Mapasa) Men's Team: (Anthony Joe, Ashwant Gobinathan, Eric Vuong, Jacob Schueler, Matthew Chau, Pit Seng Low, Raymond Tam, Robin Middleton, Ross Smith, Sawan Serasinghe) Women's Team: (Gronya Somerville, Chen Hsuan-yu, Jennifer Tam, Joy Lai, Leanne Choo, Louisa Ma, Setyana Mapasa) February 6 – 11: 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Alor SetarBWF's 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships Page Men: (Mohammad Ahsan, Jonatan Christie, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Firman Abdul Kholik, Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, Angga Pratama, Rian Agung Saputro, Hendra Setiawan, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) Women: (Yuki Fukushima, Sayaka Hirota, Misaki Matsutomo, Aya Ohori, Nozomi Okuhara, Sayaka Sato, Ayaka Takahashi, Shiho Tanaka, Akane Yamaguchi, Koharu Yonemoto) February 12 – 15: 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in AlgiersBWF's 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships Page Men: (Adel Hamek, Adel Meddah, Koceila Mammeri, Majed Yacine Balahoune, Mohamed Abdelaziz Ouchefoun, Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi, Samy Khaldi, Sifeddine Larbaoui, Youcef Sabri Medel) Women: (Aurelie Marie Elisa Allet, Ganesha Mungrah, Kate Foo Kune, Kobita Dookhee, Nicki Chan-Lam, Sendila Mourat) February 13 – 18: 2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in KazanBWF's 2018 European Men's & Women's Team Badminton Championships Page Men: (Anders Antonsen, Mads Conrad-Petersen, Mads Pieler Kolding, Emil Holst, Kim Astrup, Mathias Christiansen, Jan Ø. Jørgensen) Women: (Mia Blichfeldt, Kamilla Rytter Juhl, Christinna Pedersen, Line Kjaersfeldt, Maiken Fruergaard, Sara Thygesen, Natalia Koch Rohde) February 15 – 18: 2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships (Team) in TacariguaBWF's 2018 Pan American Men's & Women's Team Badminton Championships Page Men: (Austin James Bauer, Paul-Antoine Dostie-Gundon, Jason Ho-shue, Jonathan Lai, Ty Alexander Lindeman, Nyl Yakura, Brian Yang, Duncan Yao) Women: (Anne-Julie Beaulieu, Catherine Choi, Michelle Li, Talia Ng, Stéphanie Pakenham, Brittney Tam, Michelle Tong, Josephine Wu) April 24 – 29: 2018 Badminton Asia Championships in WuhanBWF's 2018 Badminton Asia Championships Page Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f) Doubles: (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) / (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f) Mixed: (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping) April 24 – 29: 2018 European Badminton Championships in HuelvaBWF's 2018 European Badminton Championships Page Singles: Viktor Axelsen (m) / Carolina Marín (f) Doubles: (Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen) (m) / (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f) Mixed: (Chris Adcock & Gabby Adcock) April 26 – 29: 2018 Pan American Badminton Championships in Guatemala CityBWF's 2018 Pan American Badminton Championships Page Singles: Ygor Coelho / Michelle Li (f) Doubles: (Jason Ho-shue & Nyl Yakura) (m) / (Rachel Honderich & Kristen Tsai) (f) Mixed: (Ty Alexander Lindeman & Josephine Wu) July 14 – 22: Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2018 in JakartaBWF's Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2018 (Team Event) Results PageBWF's Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2018 (Individual Event) Results Page Singles: Lakshya Sen (m) / WANG Zhiyi (f) Doubles: (DI Zijian & WANG Chang) (m) / (Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma & Ribka Sugiarto) (f) Mixed: (GUO Xinwa & LIU Xuanxuan) Team: defeated , 3–0 in matches played, in the final. & took third place. July 18 – 26: 2018 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships in Salvador, BahiaBWF's 2018 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships (Team Event) Results PageBWF's 2018 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships (Individual Event) Results Page Singles: Jonathan Matias (m) / Talia Ng (f) Doubles: (Ryan Zheng & Winston Tsai) (m) / (Crystal Lai & Wendy Zhang) (f) Mixed: (Kevin Wang & Wendy Zhang) Team: defeated , 3–2 in matches played, in the final. took third place. September 7 – 16: 2018 European Junior Badminton Championships in TallinnBWF's 2018 European Junior Badminton Team Championships PageBWF's 2018 European Junior (Individual) Badminton Championships Page Singles: Arnaud Merkle (m) / Line Christopher (f) Doubles: (Fabien Delrue & William Villeger) (m) / (Bengisu Ercetin & Nazlıcan Inci) (f) Mixed: (Fabien Delrue & Juliette Moinard) Team: defeated , 3–2 in matches played, in the final. The semifinal loser teams were & .
2018 BWF Season (Grade 2) January 9 – December 2: 2018 BWF Season
Level Two (Super 1000) March 14 – 18: 2018 All England Open in BirminghamBWF's YONEX All England Open 2018 Page Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f) Doubles: (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / (Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen) (f) Mixed: (Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino) July 3 – 8: 2018 Indonesia Open in JakartaBWF's BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2018 Page Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f) Doubles: (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f) Mixed: (Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir) September 18 – 23: 2018 China Open (final) in ChangzhouBWF's VICTOR China Open 2018 Page Singles: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (m) / Carolina Marín (f) Doubles: (Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen) (m) / (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f) Mixed: (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
Level Three (Super 750) June 26 – July 1: Malaysia Open 2018 in Kuala LumpurBWF's CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2018 Page Singles: Lee Chong Wei (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f) Doubles: (Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda) (m) / (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f) Mixed: (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong) September 11 – 16: Japan Open 2018 in TokyoBWF's DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2018 Page Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Carolina Marín (f) Doubles: (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f) Mixed: (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong) October 16 – 21: Denmark Open 2018 in OdenseBWF's DANISA Denmark Open 2018 Page Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f) Doubles: (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f) Mixed: (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong) October 23 – 28: French Open 2018 in ParisBWF's YONEX French Open 2018 Page Singles: Chen Long (m) / Akane Yamaguchi (f) Doubles: (Han Chengkai & Zhou Haodong) (m) / (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f) Mixed: (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong) November 6 – 11: China Masters 2018 (final) in FuzhouBWF's Fuzhou China Open 2018 Page Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Chen Yufei (f) Doubles: (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / (Lee So-hee & Shin Seung-chan) (f) Mixed: (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
Level Four (Super 500) January 16 – 21: 2018 Malaysia Masters in Kuala LumpurBWF's Perodua Malaysia Masters 2018 Page Singles: Viktor Axelsen (m) / Ratchanok Intanon (f) Doubles: (Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto) (m) / (Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen) (f) Mixed: (Tang Chun Man & Tse Ying Suet) January 23 – 28: 2018 Indonesia Masters in JakartaBWF's Daihatsu Indonesia Masters 2018 Page Singles: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f) Doubles: (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f) Mixed: (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong) January 30 – February 4: 2018 India Open in New DelhiBWF's Yonex-Sunrise Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta India Open 2018 Page Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / Zhang Beiwen (f) Doubles: (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (f) Mixed: (Mathias Christiansen & Christinna Pedersen) July 10 – 15: 2018 Thailand Open in BangkokBWF's TOYOTA Thailand Open 2018 Page Singles: Kanta Tsuneyama (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f) Doubles: (Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda) (m) / (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (f) Mixed: (Hafiz Faizal & Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja) July 17 – 22: 2018 Singapore Open in BWF's Singapore Open 2018 Page Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f) Doubles: (Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan) (m) / (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f) Mixed: (Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai) September 25 – 30: 2018 Korea Open in SeoulBWF's VICTOR Korea Open 2018 Page Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f) Doubles: (Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe) (m) / (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f) Mixed: (He Jiting & Du Yue) November 13 – 18: 2018 Hong Kong Open (final) in BWF's YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018 Page Singles: Son Wan-ho (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f) Doubles: (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f) Mixed: (Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino)
Level Five (Super 300) January 9 – 14: 2018 Thailand Masters in BangkokBWF's Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters 2018 Page Singles: Tommy Sugiarto (m) / Nichaon Jindapon (f) Doubles: (Tinn Isriyanet & Kittisak Namdash) (m) / (Jongkolphan Kititharakul & Rawinda Prajongjai) (f) Mixed: (Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying) February 20 – 25: 2018 Swiss Open in BaselBWF's Yonex Swiss Open 2018 Page Singles: Sameer Verma (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f) Doubles: (Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen) (m) / (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f) Mixed: (Mark Lamsfuß & Isabel Herttrich) March 6 – 11: 2018 German Open in MülheimBWF's YONEX German Open 2018 Page Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Akane Yamaguchi (f) Doubles: (Takuto Inoue & Yuki Kaneko) (m) / (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f) Mixed: (Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai) May 1 – 6: 2018 New Zealand Open in AucklandBWF's BARFOOT & THOMPSON New Zealand Open 2018 Page Singles: Lin Dan (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f) Doubles: (Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin) (m) / (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f) Mixed: (Wang Chi-lin & Lee Chia-hsin) May 8 – 13: 2018 Australian Open in SydneyBWF's CROWN GROUP Australian Open 2018 Page Singles: LU Guangzu (m) / Cai Yanyan (f) Doubles: (Berry Angriawan & Hardianto) (m) / (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f) Mixed: (Seo Seung-jae & Chae Yoo-jung) June 12 – 17: 2018 U.S. Open in FullertonBWF's 2018 YONEX US Open Page Singles: Lee Dong-keun (m) / Li Xuerui (f) Doubles: (OU Xuanyi & REN Xiangyu) (m) / (Tang Jinhua & Yu Xiaohan) (f) Mixed: (Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying) August 28 – September 2: 2018 Spanish Open in BarcelonaBWF's Spain Masters 2018 Page Singles: Rasmus Gemke (m) / Minatsu Mitani (f)