BWF Super Series Masters Finals

The BWF Super Series Finals is an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series compete for total prize money of at least US$ 500,000.

History

The Super Series Finals were cancelled in 2007 due to the lack of sponsorship for this tournament. The 2008 tournament – known at the time as the BWF Super Series Masters Finals 2008 – was the first edition and it was held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on December 18 to December 21, 2008.^[1][2][3]

Only the top eight players or pairs in the Super Series rankings after the final Super Series tournament, as announced by the Badminton World Federation, are eligible to participate; however it is limited to two entries per member association. In the tournament, eight players or pairs will be divided into two pools of four, with the top two players or pairs advancing to the semi-finals.^[4]

For the 2010 edition finals, the competition was held in January 2011.^[5] In 2014, the total prize money doubled to US$1 million.^[6] Dubai, United Arab Emirates will be the venue for the Super Series Finals until the 2017 edition as the result of Badminton World Federation partnership.^[7]

Past winners

Year	Host city	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
2016	Dubai
2015	Dubai	Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Luo Ying Luo Yu	Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock
2014	Dubai	Chen Long	Tai Tzu-ying	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2013	Kuala Lumpur	Lee Chong Wei	Li Xuerui	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2012	Shenzhen	Chen Long	Li Xuerui	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2011	Liuzhou	Lin Dan	Wang Yihan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2010	Taipei	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Shixian	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2009[8]	Johor Bahru	Lee Chong Wei	Wong Mew Choo	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
2008	Kota Kinabalu	Lee Chong Wei	Zhou Mi	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2007	Cancelled

Performances by nation

Top Nations
Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	China	3	4	0	4	3	14
2	Denmark	0	0	3	1	4	8
	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	0	8
3	Japan	1	1	0	1	0	3
4	South Korea	0	0	2	0	0	2
	Indonesia	0	0	2	0	0	2
5	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Hong Kong	0	1	0	0	0	1
	England	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Total	8	8	8	8	8	40

References

1. "BWF SUPER SERIES MASTERS FINALS 2008 - It's on!". BWF. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
2. Gilmour, Rod (2008-11-04). "Badminton Super Series Finals set for Malaysia after 2007 cancellation". London: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
3. "Super Series Finals - The Eighth on the Eighth". Badzine. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
4. "Rules and Regulations". BWF. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
5. "2010 VICTOR - BWF Super Series Finals". BWF. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
6. "BWF Destination Dubai World Super Series Finals - Countdown to Million-Dollar Jackpot". BWF. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
7. Osborne, Paul. Series-finals-in-dubai "Countdown on for start of Badminton World Super Series Finals in Dubai" Check |url= value (help). Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
8. "YONEX-SUNRISE BWF WORLD SUPER SERIES MASTERS FINALS 2009". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-12-16.