The 2022 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2022 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. The world badminton tournament in 2022 consisted of: BWF Major Events Tournaments (Grade 1) BWF World Men's and Women's Team Championships (Thomas & Uber Cup) BWF World Championships BWF World Tour (Grade 2) BWF World Tour Finals (Level 1) BWF World Tour Super 1000 (Level 2) BWF World Tour Super 750 (Level 3) BWF World Tour Super 500 (Level 4) BWF World Tour Super 300 (Level 5) BWF Tour Super 100 (Level 6) BWF Continental Circuit (Grade 3) BWF International Challenge (Level 1) BWF International Series (Level 2) BWF Future Series (Level 3)
The Thomas & Uber Cup were team 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.
The 2022 BWF season calendar comprised these six levels of BWF tournaments.
Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2022 calendar, with the champions and runners-up documented. Key World Championships World Tour Finals Super 1000 Super 750 Super 500 Super 300 Super 100 International Challenge International Series Future Series Continental events/Team Events
January Week commencing Tournament Champions Runners-up 10 JanuaryIndia Open (Draw) Host: New Delhi, India Venue: K. D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium Level: Super 500 Prize: $400,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lakshya Sen Loh Kean Yew Score: 24–22, 21–17 Busanan Ongbamrungphan Supanida Katethong Score: 22–20, 19–21, 21–13 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Score: 21–16, 26–24 Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard Anastasiia Akchurina Olga Morozova Score: 21–13, 21–5 Terry Hee Tan Wei Han Chen Tang Jie Peck Yen Wei Score: 21–15, 21–18 Estonian International Host: Tallinn, Estonia Venue: Kalevi Spordihall Level: International Series Prize: $5,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Alex Lanier Kok Jing Hong Score: 22–20, 21–15 Kristin Kuuba Thamonwan Nithiittikrai Score: 19–21, 23–21, 21–15 Ruttanapak Oupthong Sirawit Sothon Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Andy Kwek Score: 21–17, 17–21, 21–16 Chasinee Korepap Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat Viktoriia Kozyreva Mariia Sukhova Score: 21–14, 21–15 Ratchapol Makkasasithorn Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat Ruttanapak Oupthong Chasinee Korepap Score: 21–15, 21–14 17 January Syed Modi International (Draw) Host: Lucknow, India Venue: Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium Level: Super 300 Prize: $150,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Lucas Claerbout Arnaud Merklé Score: Withdrew, not awarded P. V. Sindhu Malvika Bansod Score: 21–13, 21–16 Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun Krishna Prasad Garaga Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala Score: 21–18, 21–15 Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing Gayatri Gopichand Treesa Jolly Score: 21–12, 21–13 Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto T. Hema Nagendra Babu Srivedya Gurazada Score: 21–16, 21–12 Swedish Open Host: Uppsala, Sweden Venue: IFU Arena Level: International Series Prize: $5,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Kok Jing Hong Yeoh Seng Zoe Score: Walkover Pitchamon Opatniput Pornpicha Choeikeewong Score: 16–21, 21–9, 21–16 Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Andy Kwek Chia Wei Jie Low Hang Yee Score: 21–13, 23–21 Chasinee Korepap Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat Johanna Magnusson Clara Nistad Score: 21–16, 23–21 Anton Kaisti Alžběta Bášová Kristian Kræmer Amalie Cecilie Kudsk Score: 21–19, 21–16 24 January Odisha Open (Draw) Host: Cuttack, India Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium Level: Super 100 Prize: $75,000 Format: 48MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Kiran George Priyanshu Rajawat Score: 21–15, 14–21, 21–18 Unnati Hooda Smit Toshniwal Score: 21–18, 21–11 Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Lim Khim Wah P. S. Ravikrishna Sankar Prasad Udayakumar Score: 18–21, 21–14, 21–16 Gayatri Gopichand Treesa Jolly Sanyogita Ghorpade Shruti Mishra Score: 21–12, 21–10 Sachin Dias Thilini Hendahewa Arjun M. R. Treesa Jolly Score: 21–16, 22–20 Ukraine Open Host: Kyiv, Ukraine Venue: Palace of Sports "VENETO Sport" Level: International Challenge Prize: $15,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/16WD/32XD Christo Popov Ong Ken Yon Score: 21–14, 22–20 Aliye Demirbağ Wen Yu Zhang Score: 21–13, 21–16 Chia Wei Jie Low Hang Yee Emil Lauritzen Mads Vestergaard Score: 19–21, 22–20, 23–21 Stine Küspert Emma Moszczynski Mariia Stoliarenko Yelyzaveta Zharka Score: 21–18, 21–12 Jones Ralfy Jansen Linda Efler Jan Colin Völker Stine Küspert Score: 21–12, 21–11 Iceland International (cancelled) Host: Reykjavík, Iceland Venue: Tennis- og Badmintonfélag Reykjavíkur Level: Future Series Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/8WD/32XD Score: Score: Score: Score: Score:
February Week commencing Tournament Champions Runners-up 7 February Iran Fajr International Host: Shiraz, Iran Venue: Shahid Dastgheib Sport Complex Level: International Challenge Prize: $25,000 Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/16WD Meiraba Luwang Maisnam Danylo Bosniuk Score: 18–21, 21–13, 21–19 Tasnim Mir Yulia Yosephine Susanto Score: 21–11, 11–21, 21–7 Abiyyu Fauzan Majid Ferdian Mahardika Ranialdy Amir Jabbari Mehran Shahbazi Score: 21–15, 21–12 Ekaterina Malkova Anastasiia Shapovalova Hajar Kabiri Saghar Rafei Score: 21–3, 21–13 14 FebruaryBadminton Asia Team Championships (Draw) Host: Selangor, Malaysia Venue: Setia City Convention Centre Level: Team Event Format: 8 MT / 7 WT Lee Zii JiaChico Aura Dwi Wardoyo Aaron ChiaSoh Wooi YikLeo Rolly CarnandoDaniel Marthin Ng Tze YongIkhsan Rumbay Goh Sze FeiNur IzzuddinMuhammad Shohibul FikriBagas Maulana Leong Jun HaoChristian Adinata Score: 3–0 Gregoria Mariska TunjungSim Yu-jin Febriana Dwipuji KusumaAmalia Cahaya PratiwiBaek Ha-naSeong Seung-yeon Putri Kusuma WardaniLee Se-yeon Nita Violina MarwahLanny Tria Mayasari Kim Min-jiPark Min-jeong Stephanie WidjajaLee Seo-jin Score: 3–1 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships (Draw) (cancelled) Host: Lahti, Finland Venue: Lahti Energia Arena Level: Team Event Format: TBD Score: Score: Pan Am Badminton Team Championships (Draw) Host: Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico Venue: Mundo Imperial Level: Team Event Format: 6 MT / 6 WT Brian Yang Ygor CoelhoB. R. Sankeerth Jonathan MatiasVictor Lai Donnians OliveiraNyl Yakura / Brian Yang Fabricio Farias / Francielton FariasKevin Lee / Ty Alexander Lindeman Jonathan Matias / Artur Silva PomocenoScore: 3–2Lauren Lam Wen Yu ZhangJennie Gai Camille LeblancNatalie Chi Eliana ZhangFrancesca Corbett / Allison Lee Catherine Choi / Crystal LaiJennie Gai / Sanchita Pandey Josephine Wu / Eliana ZhangScore: 3–0Oceania Men's & Women's Team Badminton Championships (Draw) (cancelled) Host: Auckland, New Zealand Venue: Badminton North Harbour Centre Level: Continental Team Championships Format: TBD Teams (Round robin)Score: All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships (Draw) Host: Kampala, Uganda Venue: MTN Arena Level: Team Event Format: 10 MT / 7 WTYoucef Sabri Medel Adham Hatem ElgamalMohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Ahmed SalahAdel Hamek Mohamed Mostafa KamelKoceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel Kareem Mahmoud Ahmed / Adham Hatem ElgamalMohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek Abdelrahman Abdelhakim / Ahmed SalahScore: 3–0Doha Hany Fadilah Mohamed RafiNour Ahmed Youssri Tracy NaluwoozaJana Abdelkader Husina KobugabeDoha Hany / Jana Abdelkader Brenda Awor / Tracy NaluwoozaNour Ahmed Youssri / Hana Tarek Husina Kobugabe / Fadilah Mohamed RafiScore: 3–1 African Badminton Championships (Draw) Host: Kampala, Uganda Venue: MTN Arena Level: Continental Championships Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/16WD/32XD Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Brian Kasirye Score: 21–14, 23–21 Nour Ahmed Youssri Doha Hany Score: 21–16, 21–16 Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah Score: 21–23, 21–19, 21–18 Lorna Bodha Kobita Dookhee Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens Jordaan Score: 21–18, 22–20 Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri Jarred Elliott Amy Ackerman Score: 21–13, 21–14 21 February Uganda International Host: Kampala, Uganda Venue: MTN Arena Level: International Challenge Prize: $15,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Arnaud Merklé Harshit Aggarwal Score: 21–15, 18–21, 21–16 Talia Ng Mansi Singh Score: 21–10, 21–12 Boon Xin Yuan Wong Tien Ci Jones Ralfy Jansen Jan Colin Völker Score: 21–15, 21–14 Kasturi Radhakrishnan Venosha Radhakrishnan Martina Corsini Judith Mair Score: 21–18, 21–19 Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri Senthil Vel Govindarasu Venosha Radhakrishnan Score: 19–21, 21–18, 22–20 28 FebruarySpain Masters (Draw) (cancelled) Host: Huelva, Spain Venue: Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín Level: Super 300 Prize: $180,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Score: Score: Score: Score: Score: Slovak Open Host: Trenčín, Slovakia Venue: Športové centrum M-Šport Level: Future Series Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Riku Hatano Chi Yu-jen Score: 21–17, 21–15 Aditi Bhatt Hsu Wen-chi Score: 19–21, 21–10, 25–23 Boon Xin Yuan Wong Tien Ci Law Cheuk Him Lee Chun Hei Score: 21–18, 14–21, 21–19 Lee Chia-hsin Teng Chun-hsun No competitors Score: Walkover Yeung Ming Nok Yeung Pui Lam Wiktor Trecki Magdalena Świerczyńska Score: 21–16, 21–12
March Week commencing Tournament Champions Runners-up 7 March German Open (Draw) Host: Mülheim, Germany Venue: Westenergie Sporthalle Level: Super 300 Prize: $180,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Kunlavut Vitidsarn Lakshya Sen Score: 21–18, 21–15 He Bingjiao Chen Yufei Score: 21–14, 27–25 Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi Score: 23–21, 16–21, 21–14 Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva Score: 21–16, 29–30, 21–19 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai Ou Xuanyi Huang Yaqiong Score: 21–11, 21–9 Portugal International Host: Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Venue: Badminton High Performance Sports Centre Level: International Series Prize: $10,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Andi Fadel Muhammad Karan Rajan Rajarajan Score: 21–11, 21–18 Hsu Wen-chi Yeung Sum Yee Score: 21–13, 21–17 Su Ching-heng Ye Hong-wei Wei Chun-wei Wu Guan-xun Score: 21–13, 21–14 Yeung Nga Ting Yeung Pui Lam Sharone Bauer Vimala Hériau Score: 21–14, 21–8 Ye Hong-wei Lee Chia-hsin Jan Colin Völker Stine Küspert Score: 21–10, 19–21, 21–9 16 March All England Open (Draw) Host: Birmingham, England Venue: Utilita Arena Birmingham Level: Super 1000 Prize: $1,000,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Viktor Axelsen Lakshya Sen Score: 21–10, 21–15 Akane Yamaguchi An Se-young Score: 21–15, 21–15 Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Score: 21–19, 21–13 Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu Score: 21–13, 21–9 Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping Score: 21–19, 21–19 Giraldilla International (Cancelled) Host: Havana, Cuba Venue: Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva Level: Future Series Format: 32MS/16WS/8MD/8WD/16XD Score: Score: Score: Score: Score: 21 March Swiss Open (Draw) Host: Basel, Switzerland Venue: St. Jakobshalle Level: Super 300 Prize: $180,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Jonatan Christie Prannoy H. S. Score: 21–12, 21–18 P. V. Sindhu Busanan Ongbamrungphan Score: 21–16, 21–8 Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin Score: 21–18, 21–19 Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva Linda Efler Isabel Lohau Score: 21–14, 21–12 Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau Goh Soon Huat Shevon Jemie Lai Score: 12–21, 21–18, 21–17 Polish Open Host: Arłamów, Poland Venue: Sport & Entertainment Hall at Arłamów Hotel Level: International Challenge Prize: $15,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD Kiran George Lee Chia-hao Score: 21–15, 21–14 Anupama Upadhyaya Aditi Bhatt Score: 17–21, 21–14, 21–17 Rasmus Kjær Frederik Søgaard Su Ching-heng Ye Hong-wei Score: 21–16, 17–21, 21–19 Yeung Nga Ting Yeung Pui Lam Lee Chia-hsin Teng Chun-hsun Score: 21–9, 21–18 Ye Hong-wei Lee Chia-hsin Paweł Śmiłowski Wiktoria Adamek Score: 22–20, 21–17