Kuala Lumpur: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) laid out an ambitious plan Friday to resume its season in the second week of August.
BWF planned to resume play with 2020 Hyderabad Open as the first tournament on the schedule, followed by Lingshui China Masters that was originally scheduled to take place from 25 February to 1 March 2020 but was postponed by BWF following the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
The 2020 Malaysia Open has been pushed back to 24-29 November while the World Tour Finals have been pushed back by a week to 16-20 December.
BWF was still finalizing new dates for four suspended tournaments below:
YONEX German Open 2020 (3-8 March)
YONEX Swiss Open 2020 (17-22 March)
2020 European Championships (21-26 April)
CROWN GROUP Australian Open 2020 (2-7 June)
Meanwhile, it has decided to cancel the following ten tournaments for the 2020 season:
Orleans Masters 2020 (24-29 March)
Singapore Open (7-12 April)
Badminton Asia Championships 2020 (21-26 April)
XXIV Pan Am Individual Championships 2020 (23-26 April)
YONEX US Open 2020 (23-28 June)
YONEX Canada Open 2020 (30 June-5 July)
Russian Open (7-12 July)
YONEX Akita Masters 2020 (18-23 August)
Vietnam Open 2020 (25-30 August)
Indonesia Masters 2020 Super 100 (29 September-4 October)
Below is the complete revamped tournament calendar provided by BWF:
BWF Tournament Calendar 2020 (Grade 1 & Grade 2)
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Tournament |
Dates |
City |
Level |
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Hyderabad Open 2020 |
11-16 Aug |
Hyderabad |
BWF Tour Super 100 |
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Lingshui China Masters 2020 * |
25-30 Aug |
Lingshui |
BWF Tour Super 100 |
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YONEX Taipei Open 2020 |
01-06 Sep |
Taipei |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 |
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Korea Open 2020 |
08-13 Sep |
Seoul |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 |
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VICTOR China Open 2020 |
15-20 Sep |
Changzhou |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000 |
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DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2020 |
22-27 Sep |
Tokyo |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 |
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TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 * |
03-11 Oct |
Aarhus |
Major Championships |
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YONEX Dutch Open 2020 |
06-11 Oct |
Almere |
BWF Tour Super 100 |
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DANISA Denmark Open 2020 |
13-18 Oct |
Odense |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 |
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YONEX French Open 2020 |
20-25 Oct |
Paris |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 |
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BARFOOT & THOMPSON New Zealand Open 2020 |
20-25 Oct |
Auckland |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 |
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Macau Open 2020 |
27-01 Nov |
Macau |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 |
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SaarLorLux Open 2020 |
27-01 Nov |
Saarbrücken |
BWF Tour Super 100 |
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Fuzhou China Open 2020 |
03-08 Nov |
Fuzhou |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 |
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YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2020 |
10-15 Nov |
Hong Kong |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 |
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BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2020 * |
17-22 Nov |
Jakarta |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000 |
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Syed Modi India International 2020 |
17-22 Nov |
Lucknow |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 |
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24-29 Nov |
Kuala Lumpur |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750 |
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GWANGJU Korea Masters 2020 |
24-29 Nov |
Gwangju |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 |
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TOYOTA Thailand Open 2020 * |
01-06 Dec |
Bangkok |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 |
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YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2020 * |
08-13 Dec |
New Delhi |
HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 |
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HSBC BWF World Tour Finals * |
16-20 Dec |
Guangzhou |
Major Championships |
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* Rescheduled from original dates
