The BWF World Tour Finals, officially HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, which succeeds BWF Super Series Finals, is an annual season finale badminton tournament which is held every December of a year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's events of the BWF World Tour compete for total prize money of at least US$ 2,500,000.
Features Prize money The tournament offers total prize money of US$3,000,000. The prize money is distributed via the following formula:
The prize money distribution (as of 2025 editions) are:
RoundMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesWinnerUS$240,000US$240,000US$252,000US$252,000US$252,000Runner-upUS$120,000US$120,000US$120,000US$120,000US$120,000Semi-finalistUS$60,000US$60,000US$60,000US$60,000US$60,0003rd in GroupUS$33,000US$33,000US$39,000US$39,000US$39,0004th in GroupUS$18,000US$18,000US$21,000US$21,000US$21,000
World ranking points
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Finals event.
Winner(s) Runner(s)-up Semi-finalists 3rd in group 4th in group 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,900 7,800
Eligibility
At the end of the BWF World Tour circuit, top eight players/pairs in the BWF World Tour standing of each discipline, with the maximum of two players/pairs from the same member association, are required to play in a final tournament known as the BWF World Tour Finals.
Only the top 14 results from the BWF World Tour tournaments during the year and a maximum of 3 results from Super 100 will count towards the ranking for BWF World Tour Final Qualification
If two or more players are tied in ranking, the selection of players will based on the following criteria:
The players who participated in the most BWF World Tour tournaments; The players who collected the most points in BWF World Tour tournaments starting on 1 July that year.
Results YearHost cityMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesRef2018Guangzhou Shi Yuqi P. V. Sindhu Li Junhui Liu Yuchen Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping2019 Kento Momota Chen Yufei Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong2020Bangkok Anders Antonsen Tai Tzu-ying Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai2021Bali Viktor Axelsen An Se-young Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong2022Bangkok Akane Yamaguchi Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong2023Hangzhou Tai Tzu-ying Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae2024 Shi Yuqi Wang Zhiyi Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee 2025 Christo Popov An Se-young Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping2026
Performance by nations
No Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total 1 2 2 2 3 6 15 2 2 2 4 8 3 4 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 3 6 2 2 711 1 1 1 1 Total 8 8 8 8 8 40
Records and statistics
Most titles Only players who have won at least two BWF World Tour Finals titles are listed. In doubles events, titles are counted individually for each player.
Overall Rank Player Event Titles Years 1 Huang Yaqiong Mixed doubles 4 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Zheng Siwei Mixed doubles 4 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 3 Chen Qingchen Women's doubles 3 2019, 2022, 2023 Jia Yifan Women's doubles 3 2019, 2022, 2023 Viktor Axelsen Men's singles 3 2021, 2022, 2023 Lee So-hee Women's doubles 3 2020, 2024, 2025 7 Huang Dongping Mixed doubles 2 2018, 2025 Liu Yuchen Men's doubles 2 2018, 2022 Shi Yuqi Men's singles 2 2018, 2024 Tai Tzu-ying Women's singles 2 2020, 2023 An Se-young Women's singles 2 2021, 2025 Baek Ha-na Women's doubles 2 2024, 2025 Seo Seung-jae Men's doubles 2 2023, 2025 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Mixed doubles 2 2020, 2021 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Mixed doubles 2 2020, 2021
Men's singles Rank Player Titles Years 1 Viktor Axelsen 3 2021, 2022, 2023 2 Shi Yuqi 2 2018, 2024
Women's singles Rank Player Titles Years 1 Tai Tzu-ying 2 2020, 2023 An Se-young 2 2021, 2025
Men's doubles Rank Player Titles Years 1 Liu Yuchen 2 2018, 2022 Seo Seung-jae 2 2023, 2025
Women's doubles Rank Player Titles Years 1 Chen Qingchen 3 2019, 2022, 2023 Jia Yifan 3 2019, 2022, 2023 Lee So-hee 3 2020, 2024, 2025 4 Baek Ha-na 2 2024, 2025
Mixed doubles Rank Player Titles Years 1 Huang Yaqiong 4 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Zheng Siwei 4 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 3 Huang Dongping 2 2018, 2025 Dechapol Puavaranukroh 2 2020, 2021 Sapsiree Taerattanachai 2 2020, 2021
Consecutive titles Only players or pairs who have won titles in at least two consecutive editions are listed.
Rank Player(s) Event Consecutive titles Years 1 Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong Mixed doubles 3 2022–2024 Viktor Axelsen Men's singles 3 2021–2023 3 Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan Women's doubles 2 2022–2023 Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee Women's doubles 2 2024–2025 Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai Mixed doubles 2 2020–2021
Youngest champions The five youngest players to win a BWF World Tour Finals title are listed. Ages are calculated as of the date of the final. In doubles events, players are counted individually.
Rank Player Event Age Edition 1 An Se-young Women's singles 2021 2 Chen Yufei Women's singles 2019 3 Jia Yifan Women's doubles 2019 4 Chen Qingchen Women's doubles 2019 5 Shi Yuqi Men's singles 2018
Oldest champions The five oldest players to win a BWF World Tour Finals title are listed. Ages are calculated as of the date of the final. In doubles events, players are counted individually.
Rank Player Event Age Edition 1 Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Men's doubles 2024 2 Hendra Setiawan Men's doubles 2019 3 Kim Astrup Men's doubles 2024 4 Mohammad Ahsan Men's doubles 2019 5 Lee So-hee Women's doubles 2025
Most finals Only players who have reached at least three BWF World Tour Finals finals are listed. In doubles events, final appearances are counted individually for each player.
Rank Player Event Finals Titles Runners-up Years 1 Huang Yaqiong Mixed doubles 5 4 1 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Zheng Siwei Mixed doubles 5 4 1 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 Lee So-hee Women's doubles 5 3 2 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 4 Huang Dongping Mixed doubles 4 2 2 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025 Shi Yuqi Men's singles 4 2 2 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025 Tai Tzu-ying Women's singles 4 2 2 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Viktor Axelsen Men's singles 4 3 1 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 8 Chen Qingchen Women's doubles 3 3 0 2019, 2022, 2023 Jia Yifan Women's doubles 3 3 0 2019, 2022, 2023 Hendra Setiawan Men's doubles 3 1 2 2019, 2020, 2022 Mohammad Ahsan Men's doubles 3 1 2 2019, 2020, 2022 Yuta Watanabe Men's doubles / Mixed doubles 3 0 3 2018, 2019, 2021 Baek Ha-na Women's doubles 3 2 1 2023, 2024, 2025 Seo Seung-jae Men's doubles / Mixed doubles 3 2 1 2020, 2023, 2025 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Mixed doubles 3 2 1 2020, 2021, 2022 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Mixed doubles 3 2 1 2020, 2021, 2022
See also BWF Super Series Finals World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
References
External links BWF World Tour Finals official website BWF World Tour official website