2025 BWF season explained

2025 BWF season
Duration:	7 January – 14 December
Edition:	19th
Tournaments:	133
Categories:	Grade 1 – Teams: 2 Grade 2 – BWF World Tour Finals: 1 Grade 2 – Super 1000: 4 Grade 2 – Super 750: 6 Grade 2 – Super 500: 9 Grade 2 – Super 300: 11 Grade 2 – Super 100: 9 Grade 3 – International Challenge: 33 Grade 3 – International Series: 26 Grade 3 – Future Series: 19 Continental Championships: 12
Player Of The Year:	TBD
Most Promising Player Of The Year:	TBD
Previous:	2024
Next:	2026

The 2025 BWF season is the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2025 badminton season. The world badminton tournament in 2025 consists of:
1. BWF tournaments (Grade 1; Major Events)

• BWF World Team Championships (Sudirman Cup)

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 Sudirman Cup is teams 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 2025 BWF season calendar comprises these six levels of BWF tournaments.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2025 calendar,^[1] with the champions and runners-up documented.

Key

Olympics
World Tour Finals
Super 1000
Super 750
Super 500
Super 300
Super 100
International Challenge
International Series
Future Series
Continental events/Team Events

January

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6 January	Malaysia Open (Draw) Dates: 7 January – 12 January Host: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Venue: Axiata Arena Level: Super 1000 Prize: $1,450,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD
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	Estonian International Dates: 9 January – 12 January Host: Tallinn, Estonia Venue: Kalevi Spordihall Level: International Series Prize: $5,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD
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13 January	India Open (Draw) Dates: 14 January – 19 January Host: New Delhi, India Venue: K. D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium Level: Super 750 Prize: $950,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD
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	Swedish Open Dates: 16 January – 19 January Host: Uppsala, Sweden Venue: Level: International Series Prize: $10,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD
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20 January	Indonesia Masters (Draw) Dates: 21 January – 26 January Host: Jakarta, Indonesia Venue: Istora Gelora Bung Karno Level: Super 500 Prize: $475,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD
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	Iceland International Dates: 23 January – 26 January Host: Reykjavík, Iceland Venue: Level: Future Series Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD
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27 January	Thailand Masters (Draw) Dates: 28 January – 2 February Host: Bangkok, Thailand Venue: Nimibutr Stadium Level: Super 300 Prize: $240,000 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD
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	Iran Fajr International Dates: 28 January – 2 February Host: Semnan, Iran Venue: Alghadir Sports Hall Level: International Challenge Prize: $17,500 Format: 64MS/64WS/32MD/32WD/16XD
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February

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10 February	Oceania Championships (Draw) Dates: 13 February – 16 February Host: Auckland, New Zealand Venue: Harcourts Cooper & Co Badminton North Harbour Centre Level: Continental Individual Championships Format: 128MS/64WS/64MD/32WD/64XD
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17 February	Uganda International Dates: 19 February – 23 February Host: Kampala, Uganda Venue: Lugogo Stadium Level: International Challenge Prize: $17,500 Format: 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD
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Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of the main tour title, and/or part of the BWF Rankings top 100 for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional badminton, during the 2025 season:

External links

• Badminton World Federation (BWF) at bwfbadminton.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: BWF Tournament Calendar – 2025. Badminton World Federation.