2026 BWF season
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| Duration | 6 January – 13 December |
| Edition | 20th |
| Tournaments | TBD |
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| Player of the year | TBD |
← 2025 2027 → | |
The 2026 BWF season is the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2026 badminton season. The world badminton tournament in 2026 consists of:
1. BWF tournaments (Grade 1; Major Events)
- BWF World Team Championships (Thomas & Uber Cup)
- BWF World Championships
2. BWF World Tour (Grade 2)
- Level 1 (BWF World Tour Finals)
- Level 2 (BWF World Tour Super 1000)
- Level 3 (BWF World Tour Super 750)
- Level 4 (BWF World Tour Super 500)
- Level 5 (BWF World Tour Super 300)
- Level 6 (BWF Tour Super 100)
3. Continental Circuit (Grade 3) BWF Open Tournaments: BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series.
The Thomas & Uber Cup is a team event. The others – Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.
The 2026 BWF season calendar comprises these six levels of BWF tournaments.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2026 calendar,[1] with the champions and runners-up documented.
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| World Tour Finals |
| Super 1000 |
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| Super 100 |
| International Challenge |
| International Series |
| Future Series |
| Continental events/Team Events |
January
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| 12 January |
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| 19 January |
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| 26 January |
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| 11 February |
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References
External links
- Badminton World Federation (BWF) at bwfbadminton.com