2020 BWF Continental Circuit explained

2020 BWF Continental Circuit
Dates:	7 January – 13 December
Number Edition:	14th
Previous:	2019 IC 2019 IS 2019 FS
Next:	2021

The 2020 BWF Continental Circuit was the fourteenth season of the BWF Continental Circuit of badminton, a circuit of 14 tournaments.^[1] The 14 tournaments are divided into three levels:

• International Challenge (2 tournaments)
• International Series (6 tournaments)
• Future Series (6 tournaments).

Each of these tournaments offers different ranking points and prize money.

Points distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Continental Circuit events.^[2]

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256
International Challenge	4,000	3,400	2,800	2,200	1,520	920	360	170	70
International Series	2,500	2,130	1,750	1,370	920	550	210	100	40
Future Series	1,700	1,420	1,170	920	600	350	130	60	20

Results

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:^[3]

Winners

International Challenge

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Iran Fajr International	Sheng Xiaodong	Crystal Pan	Soroush Eskandari Vatannejad Amir Jabbari	Nasim Safaei Hananeh Yaghobzadeh
Austrian International	Max Weißkirchen		Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	Tsukiko Yasaki Erika Yokoyama	Jeppe Bay Sara Lundgaard
Polish Open	Cancelled
Canadian International	Cancelled
Osaka International	Cancelled
Finnish Open	Cancelled
Denmark International	Cancelled
Mongolia International	Cancelled
Lagos International	Cancelled
Azerbaijan International	Cancelled
Belgian International	Cancelled
Maldives International	Cancelled
Spanish International	Cancelled
Myanmar International	Cancelled
Czech International	Cancelled
Indonesia International	Cancelled
Vietnam International	Cancelled
Hungarian International	Cancelled
Malaysia International	Cancelled
India International	Cancelled
Scottish Open	Cancelled
Bangladesh International	Cancelled
White Nights	Cancelled
Italian International	Cancelled

International Series

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Estonian International	Hashiru Shimono	Natsuki Nidaira	Chiang Chien-wei Ye Hong-wei	Rena Miyaura Saori Ozaki
Swedish Open	Victor Svendsen			Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow
Lao International	Cancelled
Uganda International	Gergely Krausz	Thet Htar Thuzar	Tarun Kona Shivam Sharma	Meghana Jakkampudi Poorvisha S. Ram	Tarun Kona Meghana Jakkampudi
Jamaica International	Takuma Obayashi	Momoka Kimura	Aníbal Marroquín Jonathan Solís	Sayaka Hobara Rena Miyaura	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto Soto
KaBaL International Karviná	Cancelled
Waikato International	Cancelled
Dutch International	Cancelled
Peru International	Cancelled
Slovenian International	Cancelled
Malaysia International Series	Cancelled
Bulgarian International	Cancelled
Kharkiv International	Cancelled
Bendigo International	Cancelled
Polish International	Cancelled
Guatemala International	Cancelled
Bahrain International	Cancelled
Cameroon International	Cancelled
Brazil International	Cancelled
Santo Domingo Open	Cancelled
Kazakhstan International	Cancelled
Norwegian International	Cancelled
Portugal International	Brice Leverdez	Sabrina Jaquet	Lucas Corvée Brice Leverdez	Lauren Middleton Holly Newall	Christopher Grimley Eleanor O'Donnell
Suriname International	Cancelled
Irish Open	Cancelled
International Mexicano	Job Castillo	Sabrina Solis	Job Castillo Sebastián Martínez	Jessica Bautista Vanessa Villalobos	Andrés López Sabrina Solis
Welsh International	Cancelled
Vietnam International Series	Cancelled
Bangabandhu International Series	Cancelled
Turkey Open	Cancelled

Future Series

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Iceland International	Fathurrahman Fauzi	Rachel Sugden	Anton Monnberg Jesper Paul	Asmita Chaudhari Pamela Reyes	Alex Green Annie Lado
Slovak International	Jan Louda	Lin Jhih-yun	Lin Shang-kai Tseng Min-hao	Lee Chia-hsin Lin Jhih-yun	Lu Ming-che Wu Ti-jung
Kenya International	Chirag Sen	Aakarshi Kashyap	Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan Santhosh Gajendran	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
Peru Future Series	Yushi Tanaka	Momoka Kimura	Rubén Castellanos Christopher Martínez	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	Daniel la Torre Regal Paula la Torre Regal
Giraldilla International	Cancelled
North Harbour International	Cancelled
Lithuanian International	Cancelled
German International	Cancelled
Styrian International	Cancelled
Latvia International	Mihkel Laanes	Catlyn Kruus	Mikk Järveoja Mihkel Laanes	Kati-Kreet Marran Helina Rüütel	Mihkel Laanes Helina Rüütel
Kathmandu International	Cancelled
Sydney International	Cancelled
Maldives Future Series	Cancelled
Benin International	Cancelled
Croatian International	Cancelled
Bulgarian International	Luka Ban	Linda Zetchiri	Daniel Nikolov Ivan Rusev		Iliyan Stoynov Hristomira Popovska
Myanmar Future Series	Cancelled
Bahrain Future Series	Cancelled
Cyprus International	Cancelled
Chile International	Cancelled
Egypt International	Cancelled
Israel International	Cancelled
Algeria International	Cancelled
Guatemala Future Series	Cancelled
Slovenia Future Series	Cancelled
Costa Rica Future Series	Cancelled
Botswana International	Cancelled
Zambia International	Cancelled
South Africa International	Cancelled
El Salvador International	Cancelled

Statistics

Performance by countries

Below are the 2020 BWF Continental Circuit performances by country. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

International Challenge

Rank	Team	IRI	AUT	Total
1 <	-- NOC-->	<	-- IRI-->	2 <	-- AUT-->		2
	<	-- IRI-->		2	2
3<	-- NOC-->	<	-- IRI-->	1		1
	<	-- IRI-->		1	1
	<	-- IRI-->		1	1
	<	-- IRI-->		1	1
	<	-- IRI-->	1		1

International Series

Rank	Team	EST	SWE	UGA	JAM	POR	MEX	Total
1	<	-- EST-->	4	2		3			9
2	<	-- EST-->						5<	--Total-->	5
3	<	-- EST-->			3				3
4<	-- NOC-->	<	-- EST-->	1	1					2
	<	-- EST-->		2					2
	<	-- EST-->					2		2
	<	-- EST-->				2			2
	<	-- EST-->					2		2
9<	-- NOC-->	<	-- EST-->			1				1
	<	-- EST-->			1				1
	<	-- EST-->					1		1

Future Series

Rank	Team	ISL	SVK	KEN	PER	LAT	BUL	Total
1	<	-- ISL-->					5		5
2<	-- NOC-->	<	-- ISL-->						4 <	--Total-->	4
	<	-- ISL-->		4					4
4	<	-- ISL-->			3				3
5<	-- NOC-->	<	-- ISL-->			2				2
	<	-- ISL-->	2						2
	<	-- ISL-->				2			2
	<	-- ISL-->				2<	-- LAT-->			2
9<	-- NOC-->	<	-- ISL-->						1	1
	<	-- ISL-->		1					1
	<	-- ISL-->	1						1
	<	-- ISL-->				1			1
	<	-- ISL-->	1						1
	<	-- ISL-->	1						1

Performance by categories

To avoid confusion and double counting, information in this table shall only be updated once a tournament has concluded. These tables were calculated after the XD (5/5) of International Mexicano.

Men's singles

Rank	Player	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Xiaodong Sheng	1			1
	Max Weißkirchen	1			1
3	Victor Svendsen		1		1
	Brice Leverdez		1		1
	Gergely Krausz		1		1
	Takuma Obayashi		1		1
	Hashiru Shimono		1		1
	Job Castillo		1		1
9	Luka Ban			1	1
	Jan Louda			1	1
	Mihkel Laanes			1	1
	Chirag Sen			1	1
				1	1
	Yushi Tanaka			1	1

Women's singles

Rank	Player	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Natsuki Nidaira		2		2
2	Momoka Kimura		1	1	2
3	Yukino Nakai	1			1
	Crystal Pan	1			1
5	Sabrina Solis		1		1
	Thet Htar Thuzar		1		1
	Sabrina Jaquet		1		1
8	Linda Zetchiri			1	1
	Lin Jhih-yun			1	1
				1	1
				1	1
	Rachel Sugden			1	1

Men's doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Chiang Chien-wei		2		2
	Ye Hong-wei		2		2
3		1			1
	Amir Jabbari	1			1
	Alexander Dunn	1			1
	Adam Hall	1			1
7	Lucas Corvée		1		1
	Brice Leverdez		1		1
	Aníbal Marroquín		1		1
	Jonathan Solís		1		1
	Tarun Kona		1		1
	Shivam Sharma		1		1
	Job Castillo		1		1
	Sebastián Martínez		1		1
15	Daniel Nikolov			1	1
	Ivan Rusev			1	1
	Lin Shang-kai			1	1
	Tseng Min-hao			1	1
	Mikk Järveoja			1	1
	Mihkel Laanes			1	1
	Anton Monnberg			1	1
	Jesper Paul			1	1
	Rubén Castellanos			1	1
	Christopher Martínez			1	1
				1	1
				1	1

Women's doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Rena Miyaura		2		2
2	Nasim Safaei	1			1
		1			1
	Tsukiko Yasaki	1			1
	Erika Yokoyama	1			1
6	Julie Finne-Ipsen		1		1
	Mai Surrow		1		1
			1		1
	Poorvisha S. Ram		1		1
	Sayaka Hobara		1		1
	Saori Ozaki		1		1
	Jessica Bautista		1		1
	Vanessa Villalobos		1		1
			1		1
	Holly Newall		1		1
16	Gabriela Stoeva			1	1
	Stefani Stoeva			1	1
	Lee Chia-hsin			1	1
	Lin Jhih-yun			1	1
	Doha Hany			1	1
	Hadia Hosny			1	1
	Asmita Chaudhari			1	1
	Pamela Reyes			1	1
	Kati-Kreet Marran			1	1
	Helina Rüütel			1	1
	Daniela Macías			1	1
	Dánica Nishimura			1	1

Mixed doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Yujiro Nishikawa		2		2
	Saori Ozaki		2		2
3	Jeppe Bay	1			1
	Sara Lundgaard	1			1
5	Jonathan Solís		1		1
			1		1
			1		1
	Tarun Kona		1		1
			1		1
	Sabrina Solis		1		1
			1		1
	Eleanor O'Donnell		1		1
13	Iliyan Stoynov			1	1
	Hristomira Popovska			1	1
	Lu Ming-che			1	1
	Wu Ti-jung			1	1
				1	1
	Doha Hany			1	1
	Alex Green			1	1
	Annie Lado			1	1
	Mihkel Laanes			1	1
	Helina Rüütel			1	1
	Daniel la Torre Regal			1	1
	Paula la Torre Regal			1	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Events. Badminton World Federation. 23 December 2019.
2. Web site: World Ranking System . . 29 November 2019 .
3. Web site: Tournament Calendar – 2020. Badminton World Federation. 23 December 2019.