BWF Super Series Finals explained

The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series competed for total prize money of at least US$ 1,000,000. It was replaced by BWF World Tour Finals in 2018.

History

The Super Series Finals were cancelled in 2007 due to the lack of sponsorship for this tournament. The 2008 tournament – known at the time as the BWF Super Series Masters Finals 2008 – was the first edition and it was held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on December 18 to December 21, 2008.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Only the top eight players or pairs in the Super Series rankings after the final Super Series tournament, as announced by the Badminton World Federation, were eligible to participate; however it was limited to two entries per member association. In the tournament, eight players or pairs would be divided into two groups of four, with the top two players or pairs advanced to the semi-finals.^[4]

For the 2010 edition finals, the competition was held in January 2011.^[5] In 2014, the total prize money doubled to US$1 million.^[6] Dubai, United Arab Emirates was the venue for the Super Series Finals until 2017 as the result of Badminton World Federation partnership.^[7]

Winners

Year	Host city	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles	Ref
2007	Cancelled
2008	Kota Kinabalu	Lee Chong Wei	Zhou Mi	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	^[8]
2009	Johor Bahru		Wong Mew Choo	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae		Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	^[9]
2010	New Taipei		Wang Shixian	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	^[10]
2011	Liuzhou	Lin Dan	Wang Yihan				^[11]
2012	Shenzhen		Li Xuerui			Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	^[12]
2013	Kuala Lumpur	Lee Chong Wei		Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl		^[13]
2014	Dubai	Chen Long	Tai Tzu-ying	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	^[14]
2015		Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Luo Ying Luo Yu	Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	^[15]
2016		Viktor Axelsen	Tai Tzu-ying	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	^[16]
2017			Akane Yamaguchi	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto		^[17]

Performances by nation

Top Nations
Rank	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1		3	4	0	5	5	17
2		2	0	3	1	4	10
3		4	1	2	2	0	9
4		1	2	0	2	0	5
5		0	0	3	0	0	3
6		0	0	2	0	0	2
		0	2	0	0	0	2
7		0	1	0	0	0	1
		0	0	0	0	1	1
	Total	10	10	10	10	10	50

See also

• World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
• BWF World Tour Finals

Notes and References

1. Web site: BWF SUPER SERIES MASTERS FINALS 2008 - It's on!. BWF. 2015-02-03. 2015-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203093313/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=38350. dead.
2. News: Badminton Super Series Finals set for Malaysia after 2007 cancellation. https://web.archive.org/web/20090312234308/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/badminton/3379621/Badminton-Super-Series-Finals-set-for-Malaysia-after-2007-cancellation-Badminton.html. dead. 2009-03-12. 2008-11-04. Telegraph.co.uk. 2008-11-23 . London . Rod . Gilmour.
3. News: Super Series Finals - The Eighth on the Eighth. Badzine. 2008-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006180429/http://www.badzine.net/features/super-series-finals-the-eight-on-the-eighth/1428/. 2015-10-06. dead.
4. Web site: Rules and Regulations. BWF. 2011-06-09. 2015-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221531/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/file_download.aspx?id=24322. dead.
5. Web site: 2010 VICTOR - BWF Super Series Finals. BWF. 2015-02-03. 2010-12-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20101213013712/http://bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=15710. dead.
6. Web site: BWF Destination Dubai World Super Series Finals - Countdown to Million-Dollar Jackpot. BWF. 2015-02-03. 2015-09-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923222107/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=88154. dead.
7. Web site: Osborne. Paul. Countdown on for start of Badminton World Super Series Finals in Dubai. Inside the Games. 24 September 2014 . 22 November 2015.
8. Web site: Malaysia reign supreme in Yonex Sunrise BWF World Super Series Masters Finals with three titles . Badminton World Federation . 21 December 2008 . 23 June 2022 . 24 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081224025101/http://www.worldsuperseriesmasters.com/news_51.htm . dead.
9. Web site: Yonex-Sunrise BWF World Super Series 2009 - Malaysia sweep three titles, again . Badminton World Federation . 6 December 2009 . 23 June 2022 . 11 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100111065328/http://www.internationalbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=28568 . dead.
10. Web site: Hearn . Don . SS Finals 2010 Day 5 – Another Happy New Year! . Badzine . 9 January 2011 . 23 June 2022 . 19 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180119195648/http://www.badzine.net/2011/01/ss-finals-day-5-another-happy-new-year/ . live.
11. Web site: Regala . Emzi . SS Finals 2011 – A come-from-behind victory for Wang Yihan . Badzine . 19 December 2011 . 23 June 2022 . 23 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220623104231/https://www.badzine.net/2011/12/ss-finals-a-come-from-behind-victory-for-wang-yihan/ . live.
12. Web site: Chan . Kin-wa . Li Xuerui beats Wang Shixian in final to win World Super Series title . South China Morning Post . 17 December 2012 . 23 June 2022 . subscription.
13. Web site: Regala . Emzi . Pedersen saves the best for last with three records . The Star . 15 December 2013 . 23 June 2022 . subscription.
14. Web site: World champion Chen wins Superseries title . AFP . Yahoo! . 22 December 2014 . 23 June 2022.
15. Web site: Rajes. Paul. Double joy for Japan in badminton Superseries Finals. The Star. 13 December 2015. 3 June 2020.
16. Web site: Badminton: Viktor, Tai reign supreme in Dubai BWF World Superseries Finals . Khaleej Times . 18 December 2016 . 23 June 2022.
17. Web site: Don . Hearn . SS Finals 2017 – Gideon/Sukamuljo make their 1st title a 7th . Badzine . 17 December 2017 . 2 April 2020.