2021 BWF Continental Circuit explained

2021 BWF Continental Circuit
Dates:	12 January – 19 December
Number Edition:	15th
Previous:	2020
Next:	2022

The 2021 BWF Continental Circuit was the fifteenth season of the BWF Continental Circuit of badminton, a circuit of 40 tournaments.^[1] The 40 tournaments are divided into three levels:

International Challenge (12 tournaments)
International Series (16 tournaments)
Future Series (11 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	Cancelled
Canadian International	Cancelled
Austrian Open	Cancelled
Maldives International	Cancelled
Polish Open	Ng Tze Yong	Kristin Kuuba	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	Bengisu Erçetin Nazlıcan İnci	Choong Hon Jian Toh Ee Wei
Osaka International	Cancelled
Spanish International	Pablo Abián	Kisona Selvaduray	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	Alyssa Tirtosentono Imke van der Aar	Tee Kai Wun Teoh Mei Xing
Vietnam International	Cancelled
White Nights	Cancelled
Denmark Masters	Brian Yang	Line Christophersen	Daniel Lundgaard Mathias Thyrri	Amalie Magelund Freja Ravn	Jeppe Bay Sara Lundgaard
Mexican International	Luís Enrique Peñalver	Beatriz Corrales	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	Clara Azurmendi Beatriz Corrales	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai
Bendigo International	Cancelled
Mongolia International	Cancelled
Dutch Open	Loh Kean Yew	Kristin Kuuba	Terry Hee Loh Kean Hean	Johanna Magnusson Clara Nistad	Mikkel Mikkelsen Rikke Søby
India International Challenge	Priyanshu Rajawat	Anupama Upadhyaya	Krishna Prasad Garaga Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala	Treesa Jolly Gayathri Gopichand	Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto
Belgian International	Ng Tze Yong	Riko Gunji	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	Hiroki Midorikawa Natsu Saito
Lagos International	Cancelled
Malaysia International	Cancelled
Irish Open	Yeoh Seng Zoe	Hsu Wen-chi	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	Debora Jille Cheryl Seinen
Bahrain International Challenge	Ikhsan Rumbay	Lauren Lam	Raymond Indra Daniel Edgar Marvino		Law Cheuk Him Yeung Nga Ting
Scottish Open	Ng Tze Yong	Hsu Wen-chi	Christopher Grimley Matthew Grimley	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai
Welsh International	Arnaud Merklé	Hsu Wen-chi	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	William Villeger Anne Tran
Bangladesh International	Abhishek Saini	Putri Kusuma Wardani	Sachin Dias Buwaneka Goonethilleka	Mehreen Riza Arathi Sara Sunil	Sachin Dias Kavidi Sirimannage
Indonesia International	Cancelled

International Series

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Estonian International	Cancelled
Swedish Open	Cancelled
Uganda International	Varun Kapur	Malvika Bansod		Husina Kobugabe Mable Namakoye	Israel Wanagalya Betty Apio
Santo Domingo Open	Rubén Castellanos	Nikté Sotomayor	Aníbal Marroquín Jonathan Solís	Diana Corleto Nikté Sotomayor	Luis Montoya Vanessa Villalobos
Dutch International	Cancelled
Peru International	Brian Yang	Laura Sárosi	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Diana Corleto Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto
Portugal International	Ditlev Jaeger Holm	Laura Sárosi	Mads Pieler Kolding Frederik Søgaard	Christine Busch Amalie Schulz	Callum Hemming Jessica Pugh
Slovenian International	Arnaud Merklé	Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari	Putra Erwiansyah Patra Harapan Rindorindo	Low Yeen Yuan Valeree Siow	Choong Hon Jian Toh Ee Wei
Austrian Open	Panji Ahmad Maulana	Clara Azurmendi	Junaidi Arif Muhammad Haikal	Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani Serena Kani	Choong Hon Jian Toh Ee Wei
Malaysia International	Cancelled
Bulgarian Open	Cancelled
Kathmandu International	Cancelled
Ukraine International	Priyanshu Rajawat	Polina Buhrova	Junaidi Arif Muhammad Haikal	Stine Küspert Emma Moszczynski	Yap Roy King Valeree Siow
Brazil International	Jonathan Matias	Juliana Viana Vieira	Fabrício Farias Francielton Farias	Jaqueline Lima Sâmia Lima	Fabrício Farias Jaqueline Lima
Finnish Open	Cancelled
Sydney International	Cancelled
Polish International	Kiran George	Jaslyn Hooi	Ishaan Bhatnagar K. Sai Pratheek	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	William Villeger Anne Tran
Guatemala International	Kevin Cordón	Jennie Gai	Kevin Lee Ty Alexander Lindeman	Francesca Corbett Allison Lee	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu
Maldives International	Cancelled
Czech Open	Jan Louda	Putri Kusuma Wardani	Terry Hee Loh Kean Hean	Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing	Terry Hee Tan Wei Han
Hungarian International	Daniel Nikolov	Hsu Wen-chi	Emil Lauritzen Mads Vestergaard	Ornnicha Jongsathapornparn Phataimas Muenwong	Rory Easton Annie Lado
Norwegian International	Cancelled
Cameroon International	Cancelled
Bahrain International Series	Bobby Setiabudi	Aisyah Sativa Fatetani	Amri Syahnawi Christopher David Wijaya	Yeung Nga Ting Yeung Pui Lam	Lee Chun Hei Ng Tsz Yau
Vietnam International Series	Cancelled
Internacional Mexicano	Danylo Bosniuk	Lauren Lam	Adam Dong Nyl Yakura	Srivedya Gurazada Ishika Jaiswal	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai
El Salvador International	Uriel Canjura	Ishika Jaiswal	Jonathan Matias Artur Silva Pomoceno	Sania Lima Tamires Santos	Christopher Martínez Mariana Paiz
Italian International	Alex Lanier	Edith Urell	Kristian Kræmer Marcus Rindshøj	Stine Küspert Emma Moszczyński	Jesper Toft Clara Graversen

Future Series

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Iceland International	Cancelled
Slovak Open	Cancelled
Kenya International	Cancelled
Giraldilla International	Cancelled
Lithuanian International	Alex Lanier	Malvika Bansod	Emil Lauritzen Mads Vestergaard	Téa Margueritte Anna Tatranova	Mads Vestergaard Clara Løber
German International	Cancelled
Benin International	Farogh Sanjay Aman	Johanita Scholtz	Gideon Babalola Habeeb Temitope Bello	Demi Botha Deidre Laurens Jordaan	Jarred Elliott Deidre Laurens Jordaan
Latvia International	Meiraba Luwang Maisnam	Polina Buhrova	Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman Yap Roy King	Low Yeen Yuan Valeree Siow	Yap Roy King Valeree Siow
Hellas International	Lee Shun Yang	Abigail Holden	Junaidi Arif Muhammad Haikal	Low Yeen Yuan Valeree Siow	Yap Roy King Valeree Siow
Croatian International	Cancelled
Maldives International	Cancelled
Chile Future Series	Cancelled
Bulgarian International	Meiraba Luwang Maisnam	Samiya Imad Farooqui	Avinash Gupta Brandon Yap	Amalie Cecilie Kudsk Signe Schulz	Kristian Kræmer Amalie Cecilie Kudsk
Cyprus International	Dmitriy Panarin	Hristomira Popovska	Georgii Lebedev Gleb Stepakov	Katharina Fink Yasmine Hamza	Mihajlo Tomić Anđela Vitman
Egypt International	Cancelled
Algeria International	Cancelled
Israel Open	Cancelled
Dominican Open	Jonathan Matias	Juliana Viana Vieira	Fabricio Farias Francielton Farias	Jaqueline Lima Sâmia Lima	Fabricio Farias Jaqueline Lima
Guatemala Future Series	Rubén Castellanos	Lauren Lam	Enrico Asuncion Don Henley Averia	Diana Corleto Nikté Sotomayor	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto
Slovenia Future Series	Andi Fadel Muhammad	Simona Pilgaard	William Kryger Boe Christian Faust Kjær	Viktoriia Kozyreva Mariia Sukhova
Botswana International	Farogh Sanjay Aman	Revati Devasthale	Jarred Elliott Robert Summers	Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz	Dmitriy Panarin Kamila Smagulova
South Africa International	Farogh Sanjay Aman	Johanita Scholtz	Jarred Elliott Robert Summers	Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz	Robert White Deidre Laurens Jordaan

Statistics

Performance by countries

Below are the 2021 BWF Continental Circuit performances by country. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

International Challenge

Rank	Team	POL	ESP	DEN	MEX	NED	IND	BEL	IRL	BHR	SCO	WAL	BAN	Total
1	<	-- POL-->	3	3					1	2		1			10
2	<	-- POL-->						5<	-- BEL-->						2	7
3	<	-- POL-->			4<	-- MEX-->		1								5
4<	-- NOC-->	<	-- POL-->							1		2			1	4
4<	<	-- POL-->		1<	-- DEN-->		3									4
6<	-- NOC-->	<	-- POL-->											3		3
	<	-- POL-->							3						3
	<	-- POL-->		1			<	-- IND-->			2					3
	<	-- POL-->								1		1	1		3
10<	-- NOC-->	<	-- POL-->	1				1								2
	<	-- POL-->			1							1			2
	<	-- POL-->									2				2
	<	-- POL-->					2								2
	<	-- POL-->												2	2
	<	-- POL-->				1					1				2
16<	-- NOC-->	<	-- POL-->										1			1
	<	-- POL-->				1<	-- NED-->									1
	<	-- POL-->					1								1
	<	-- POL-->										1<	-- WAL-->			1
	<	-- POL-->											1		1
	<	-- POL-->	1												1

International Series

Rank	Team	UGA	DOM	PER	POR	SVN	AUT	UKR	BRA	POL	GUA	CZE	HUN	BHR	MEX	ESA	ITA	Total
1<	-- NOC-->	<	-- UGA-->		4	2							1<	-- CZE-->					1		8
1<	<	-- UGA-->					2	2					1		3				8
3<	-- NOC-->	<	-- UGA-->								5<	-- POL-->							2		7
3<	<	-- UGA-->					2	2	2				1						7
5	<	-- UGA-->				3								1				2	6
6<	-- NOC-->	<	-- UGA-->	2						1		2					0.5			5.5
6<	<	-- UGA-->										2				2.5	1		5.5
8<	-- NOC-->	<	-- UGA-->			1							2				1			4
8<	<	-- UGA-->					1				2							1	4
10	<	-- UGA-->									1		2						3
11<	-- NOC-->	<	-- UGA-->				1								1					2
	<	-- UGA-->							1									1	2
	<	-- UGA-->													2				2
	<	-- UGA-->			1	1								<	-- BHR-->					2
	<	-- UGA-->	2<	-- DOM-->																2
	<	-- UGA-->							1 <	-- BRA-->							1			2
17<	-- NOC-->	<	-- UGA-->			1														1
	<	-- UGA-->												1					1
	<	-- UGA-->												1					1
	<	-- UGA-->											1 <	-- HUN-->						1
	<	-- UGA-->		1													1<	-- ITA-->		1
	<	-- UGA-->		1												<	-- ESA-->			1
	<	-- UGA-->						1											1
	<	-- UGA-->																1	1
	<	-- UGA-->												1					1

Future Series

Rank	Team	LTU	BEN	LAT	GRE	BUL	CYP	DOM	GUA	SVN	BOT	RSA	Total
1	<	-- LTU-->		3								2	4<	--Total-->	9
2	<	-- LTU-->	1	1	1		2					2	1	8
3<	-- NOC-->	<	-- LTU-->	2				2				3			7
3<	<	-- LTU-->			3	4								7
5	<	-- LTU-->							5					5
6	<	-- LTU-->								3<	-- SVN-->				3
7<	-- NOC-->	<	-- LTU-->				1	1							2
	<	-- LTU-->	2											2
	<	-- LTU-->						1				1		2
	<	-- LTU-->						1			1			2
	<	-- LTU-->								2				2
12<	-- NOC-->	<	-- LTU-->					<	-- CYP-->	1						1
	<	-- LTU-->									1			1
	<	-- LTU-->						1						1
	<	-- LTU-->		1										1
	<	-- LTU-->						1						1
	<	-- LTU-->			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 Italian International.

Men's singles

Rank	Player	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Ng Tze Yong	3			3
2	Farogh Sanjay Aman			3	3
3	Arnaud Merklé	1	1		2
	Brian Yang	1	1		2
	Priyanshu Rajawat	1	1		2
6	Jonathan Matias		1	1	2
	Alex Lanier		1	1	2
	Rubén Castellanos		1	1	2
9	Meiraba Luwang Maisnam			2	2
10	Abhishek Saini	1			1
	Ikhsan Rumbay	1			1
	Yeoh Seng Zoe	1			1
	Loh Kean Yew	1			1
	Pablo Abián	1			1
	Luís Enrique Peñalver	1			1
16	Daniel Nikolov		1		1
	Jan Louda		1		1
	Ditlev Jaeger Holm		1		1
	Uriel Canjura		1		1
	Kevin Cordón		1		1
	Kiran George		1		1
	Varun Kapur		1		1
	Panji Ahmad Maulana		1		1
	Bobby Setiabudi		1		1
	Danylo Bosniuk		1		1
26	Andi Fadel Muhammad			1	1
	Dmitriy Panarin			1	1
	Lee Shun Yang			1	1

Women's singles

Rank	Player	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Hsu Wen-chi	3	1		4
2	Lauren Lam	1	1	1	3
3	Kristin Kuuba	2			2
4	Putri Kusuma Wardani	1	1		2
5	Laura Sárosi		2		2
6	Juliana Viana Vieira		1	1	2
	Malvika Bansod		1	1	2
	Polina Buhrova		1	1	2
9	Johanita Scholtz			2	2
10	Line Christophersen	1			1
	Anupama Upadhyaya	1			1
	Riko Gunji	1			1
	Kisona Selvaduray	1			1
	Beatriz Corrales	1			1
15	Nikté Sotomayor		1		1
	Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari		1		1
	Aisyah Sativa Fatetani		1		1
	Jaslyn Hooi		1		1
	Clara Azurmendi		1		1
	Edith Urell		1		1
	Jennie Gai		1		1
	Ishika Jaiswal		1		1
23	Hristomira Popovska			1	1
	Simona Pilgaard			1	1
	Abigail Holden			1	1
	Samiya Imad Farooqui			1	1
	Revati Devasthale			1	1

Men's doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Man Wei Chong	3			3
1	Tee Kai Wun	3			3
3	Junaidi Arif		2	1	3
3	Muhammad Haikal		2	1	3
5	Terry Hee	1	1		2
5	Loh Kean Hean	1	1		2
7	Fabrício Farias		1	1	2
	Francielton Farias		1	1	2
	Emil Lauritzen		1	1	2
	Mads Vestergaard		1	1	2
11	Jarred Elliott			2	2
11	Robert Summers			2	2
13	Daniel Lundgaard	1			1
	Mathias Thyrri	1			1
	Krishna Prasad Garaga	1			1
	Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala	1			1
	Pramudya Kusumawardana	1			1
	Yeremia Rambitan	1			1
	Raymond Indra	1			1
	Daniel Edgar Marvino	1			1
	Job Castillo	1			1
	Luis Montoya	1			1
	Christopher Grimley	1			1
	Matthew Grimley	1			1
	Kim Gi-jung	1			1
	Kim Sa-rang	1			1
	Sachin Dias	1			1
	Buwaneka Goonethilleka	1			1
29	Koceila Mammeri		1		1
	Youcef Sabri Medel		1		1
	Jonathan Matias		1		1
	Artur Silva Pomoceno		1		1
	Kevin Lee		1		1
	Ty Alexander Lindeman		1		1
	Adam Dong		1		1
	Nyl Yakura		1		1
	Mads Pieler Kolding		1		1
	Frederik Søgaard		1		1
	Kristian Kræmer		1		1
	Marcus Rindshøj		1		1
	Aníbal Marroquín		1		1
	Jonathan Solís		1		1
	Ishaan Bhatnagar		1		1
	K. Sai Pratheek		1		1
	Putra Erwiansyah		1		1
	Patra Harapan Rindorindo		1		1
	Amri Syahnawi		1		1
	Christopher David Wijaya		1		1
49	William Kryger Boe			1	1
	Christian Faust Kjær			1	1
	Avinash Gupta			1	1
	Brandon Yap			1	1
	Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman			1	1
	Yap Roy King			1	1
	Gideon Babalola			1	1
	Habeeb Temitope Bello			1	1
	Georgii Lebedev			1	1
	Gleb Stepakov			1	1
	Enrico Asuncion			1	1
	Don Henley Averia			1	1

Women's doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Diana Corleto		2	1	3
1	Nikté Sotomayor		2	1	3
3	Low Yeen Yuan		1	2	3
3	Valeree Siow		1	2	3
5	Margot Lambert	1	1		2
	Anne Tran	1	1		2
	Yeung Nga Ting	1	1		2
	Yeung Pui Lam	1	1		2
9	Stine Küspert		2		2
9	Emma Moszczynski		2		2
11	Jaqueline Lima		1	1	2
11	Sâmia Lima		1	1	2
13	Amy Ackerman			2	2
13	Johanita Scholtz			2	2
15	Rachel Honderich	1			1
	Kristen Tsai	1			1
	Amalie Magelund	1			1
	Freja Ravn	1			1
	Treesa Jolly	1			1
	Gayathri Gopichand	1			1
	Mehreen Riza	1			1
	Arathi Sara Sunil	1			1
	Rin Iwanaga	1			1
	Kie Nakanishi	1			1
	Alyssa Tirtosentono	1			1
	Imke van der Aar	1			1
	Debora Jille	1			1
	Cheryl Seinen	1			1
	Clara Azurmendi	1			1
	Beatriz Corrales	1			1
	Johanna Magnusson	1			1
	Clara Nistad	1			1
	Bengisu Erçetin	1			1
	Nazlıcan İnci	1			1
35	Sania Lima		1		1
	Tamires Santos		1		1
	Christine Busch		1		1
	Amalie Schulz		1		1
	Srivedya Gurazada		1		1
	Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani		1		1
	Serena Kani		1		1
	Anna Cheong		1		1
	Teoh Mei Xing		1		1
	Ornnicha Jongsathapornparn		1		1
	Phataimas Muenwong		1		1
	Husina Kobugabe		1		1
	Mable Namakoye		1		1
	Francesca Corbett		1		1
	Allison Lee		1		1
	Ishika Jaiswal		1		1
51	Amalie Cecilie Kudsk			1	1
	Signe Schulz			1	1
	Téa Margueritte			1	1
	Anna Tatranova			1	1
	Katharina Fink			1	1
	Yasmine Hamza			1	1
	Viktoriia Kozyreva			1	1
	Mariia Sukhova			1	1
	Demi Botha			1	1
	Deidre Laurens Jordaan			1	1

Mixed doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Choong Hon Jian	1	2		3
1	Toh Ee Wei	1	2		3
3	Yap Roy King		1	2	3
3	Valeree Siow		1	2	3
5	Callum Hemming	1	1		2
	Jessica Pugh	1	1		2
	William Villeger	1	1		2
	Anne Tran	1	1		2
	Vinson Chiu	1	1		2
	Jennie Gai	1	1		2
11	Fabrício Farias		1	1	2
	Jaqueline Lima		1	1	2
	Jonathan Solís		1	1	2
	Diana Corleto		1	1	2
15	Clara Løber			2	2
15	Deidre Laurens Jordaan			2	2
17	Jeppe Bay	1			1
	Sara Lundgaard	1			1
	Mikkel Mikkelsen	1			1
	Rikke Søby	1			1
	Law Cheuk Him	1			1
	Yeung Nga Ting	1			1
	Ishaan Bhatnagar	1			1
	Tanisha Crasto	1			1
	Hiroki Midorikawa	1			1
	Natsu Saito	1			1
	Tee Kai Wun	1			1
	Teoh Mei Xing	1			1
	Robin Tabeling	1			1
	Selena Piek	1			1
	Sachin Dias	1			1
	Kavidi Sirimannage	1			1
33	Ty Alexander Lindeman		1		1
	Josephine Wu		1		1
	Jesper Toft		1		1
	Clara Graversen		1		1
	Rory Easton		1		1
	Annie Lado		1		1
	Christopher Martínez		1		1
	Mariana Paiz		1		1
	Lee Chun Hei		1		1
	Ng Tsz Yau		1		1
	Luis Montoya		1		1
	Vanessa Villalobos		1		1
	Terry Hee		1		1
	Tan Wei Han		1		1
	Israel Wanagalya		1		1
	Betty Apio		1		1
49	Mads Vestergaard			1	1
	Kristian Kræmer			1	1
	Amalie Cecilie Kudsk			1	1
	Mads Muurholm			1	1
	Dmitriy Panarin			1	1
	Kamila Smagulova			1	1
	Mihajlo Tomić			1	1
	Anđela Vitman			1	1
	Jarred Elliott			1	1
	Robert White			1	1

Notes and References

Web site: Events. Badminton World Federation. 23 December 2020.
Web site: World Ranking System . . 29 November 2019 .
Web site: Tournament Calendar – 2021. Badminton World Federation. 28 December 2020.