The 2026 Korea Masters was a badminton tournament that took place at the Yi Sun-sin Gymnasium in Asan, South Korea, from 4 to 9 August 2026 and had a total prize pool of $240,000.
Tournament The 2026 Korea Masters was the twenty-second tournament of the 2026 BWF World Tour and also part of the Korea Masters championships, which have been held since 2007. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Korea Association with sanction from the BWF.
Venue This tournament was held at the Yi Sun-sin Gymnasium in Asan, South Korea.
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 300 event.
WinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/1287,0005,9504,9003,8502,7501,670660320
Prize pool The total prize money was US$240,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finals Quarter-finals Last 16 Singles $18,000 $9,120 $3,480 $1,440 $840 Doubles $18,960 $9,120 $3,360 $1,740 $900
Men's singles Seeds
Yudai Okimoto (semi-finals) Jason Teh (first round) Srikanth Kidambi (first round) Jeon Hyeok-jin (second round) Jason Gunawan (quarter-finals) Hu Zhe'an (quarter-finals) Su Li-yang (quarter-finals) Wang Po-wei (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Hina Akechi (quarter-finals) Nguyễn Thùy Linh (first round) Tanvi Sharma (quarter-finals) Han Qianxi (final) Isharani Baruah (second round) Yeo Jia Min (withdrew) Malvika Bansod (withdrew) Anmol Kharb (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Hu Keyuan / Lin Xiangyi (second round) Choi Sol-gyu / Goh V Shem (second round) He Zhi-wei / Huang Jui-hsuan (quarter-finals) Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn / Worrapol Thongsa-nga (first round) Hiroki Okamura / Kyohei Yamashita (withdrew) Shuntaro Mezaki / Yuta Oku (quarter-finals) Oliver Butler / Samuel Jones (first round) Lai Po-yu / Tsai Fu-cheng (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles Seeds
Lauren Lam / Allison Lee (quarter-finals) Ririna Hiramoto / Kokona Ishikawa (second round) Luo Yi / Wang Tingge (champions) Hathaithip Mijad / Napapakorn Tungkasatan (first round) Bao Lijing / Cao Zihan (second round) Benyapa Aimsaard / Nuntakarn Aimsaard (final) Sumire Nakade / Miyu Takahashi (quarter-finals) Lin Chih-chun / Yang Chu-yun (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles Seeds
Yuta Watanabe / Maya Taguchi (champions) Kim Jae-hyeon / Jang Ha-jeong (final) Gao Jiaxuan / Wu Mengying (semi-finals) Wu Hsuan-yi / Yang Chu-yun (second round) Jimmy Wong / Cheng Su Yin (quarter-finals) Ishaan Bhatnagar / Shruti Mishra (second round) Dhruv Rawat / K. Maneesha (first round) Cho Song-hyun / Jeong Na-eun (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
References
External links Tournament link