The 2026 All England Open, officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2026 for sponsorship reasons, was a badminton tournament that took place at the Utilita Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England, from 3 to 8 March and had a total prize of US$1,450,000.
Tournament The 2026 All England Open is the sixth tournament of the 2026 BWF World Tour and is part of the All England Open championships, which have been held since 1899. This tournament is organized by the Badminton England with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This tournament has been held at the Utilita Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.
Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 12,000 10,200 8,400 6,600 4,800 3,000
Prize pool The total prize money is US$1,450,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Last 32 Singles $101,500 $49,300 $20,300 $7,975 $4,350 $1,450 Doubles $107,300 $50,750 $20,300 $9,062.50 $4,712.50 $1,450
Men's singles Seeds
Shi Yuqi (first round) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (semi-finals) Anders Antonsen (first round) Jonatan Christie (second round) Christo Popov (quarter-finals) Li Shifeng (quarter-finals) Chou Tien-chen (second round) Alex Lanier (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
An Se-young (final) Wang Zhiyi (champion) Chen Yufei (semi-finals) Akane Yamaguchi (semi-finals) Han Yue (first round) Putri Kusuma Wardani (quarter-finals) Ratchanok Intanon (first round) Pornpawee Chochuwong (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae (champions) Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (final) Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (quarter-finals) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (first round) Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (second round) Man Wei Chong / Tee Kai Wun (quarter-finals) Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (first round) Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (champions) Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (semi-finals) Jia Yifan / Zhang Shuxian (semi-finals) Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (final) Yuki Fukushima / Mayu Matsumoto (quarter-finals) Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi (second round) Li Yijing / Luo Xumin (first round) Hsieh Pei-shan / Hung En-tzu (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (second round) Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (quarter-finals) Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Supissara Paewsampran (withdrew) Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei (first round) Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (final) Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui (semi-finals) Tang Chun Man / Tse Ying Suet (semi-finals) Mathias Christiansen / Alexandra Bøje (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament link at bwfbadminton.com Official website
All England Official on YouTube