Team Competition: The World Men's Badminton Team Championship, referred to as Thomas Cup, was founded in 1948. The World Women's Badminton Team Championship, or Uber Cup for short, was held in 1956. Since 1986, Thomas Cup and Uber Cup are held every two years, and both events are held at the same time and place. The World Badminton Mixed Team Championship, or Sudirman Cup for short, was held every two years from 65438 to 0989.
Individual event: World Badminton Championship. Following the Tang You Cup, it is a badminton championship with a single event, which was established to meet the needs of the world badminton development. 1977, 1985 every two years, not every Olympic year.
In addition, according to age, the World Youth Badminton Team Championship, referred to as Suhandanta Cup, and the World Youth Badminton Championship, referred to as the World Youth Championship. At the same level, there are the World Badminton Championships for the Elderly and the World Badminton Championships for the Disabled.
Level 2: World Badminton Super Series
In 2006, the International Badminton Federation (IBF) was officially renamed the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The first action of the new Federation is to set up the 12 badminton super series in 2007, and the finals of the super series will be held at the end of the season.
Every year, there will be five first Super Series, seven Super Series and 1 year-end finals. The minimum prize money for the first super-tournament of 5 stops: 500,000 USD in 2065,438+05, 550,000 USD in 2065,438+06 and 600,000 USD in 2065,438+07; The minimum prize money for seven super tournaments: 275,000 USD in 2065,438+05, 300,000 USD in 2065,438+06 and 325,000 USD in 2065,438+07; Minimum prize for the finals: 500,000 USD (the organizer Dubai actually provided 6,543,800 USD per year from 2065,438+05 to 2065,438+07).
The 5-stop premier super series on 20 16, also known as top-level events, includes the All England Badminton Championship, Malaysian Badminton Open, Indonesian Badminton Open, Danish Badminton Open and China Badminton Open. The seven super series competitions include: India Badminton Open, Singapore Badminton Open, Australia Badminton Open, Korea Badminton Open, Japan Badminton Open, France Badminton Open and Hong Kong Badminton Open.
The Super Series Finals is a badminton competition at the end of the season, which is held at the place designated by the World Badminton Federation at the end of the year. According to the ranking of super series, the best athletes in the world are gathered. Only the top eight players in the Super Series can participate. Each member country can only send two (pairs) players to participate in each event. Each game is divided into two groups, and the top two in each group enter the semi-finals. From 20 14 to 20 17, the competition will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates every year from 12.
Level 3: World Badminton Federation Grand Prix
All members of BWF affiliated associations can participate in the Grand Prix, and participants can get world ranking points through the competition. According to the prize money, this competition is divided into two levels, namely, the World BWF Golden Grand Prix with a prize money of not less than $654.38+200,000, and the World BWF Grand Prix with a prize money of at least $50,000.
20 16 world badminton grand prix is the first season of the world badminton grand prix. * * * 2 1 station, of which 14 is the Golden Grand Prix, and the just-concluded Chinese Taipei Open belongs to this level, with a prize of 200,000 US dollars, which is the highest prize at the Grand Prix level. The prize of Changzhou China Masters is150,000 USD, and the rest is 654,380+0.2 million USD.
Level 4: Intercontinental Badminton Tour
This level mainly includes challenges. Starting from 20 14, the international challenge held in Lingshui, Hainan, China belongs to this level, with a minimum prize of 17500 USD. This level also includes Youth Challenge, International Competition, Youth International Competition, Future Competition and Youth Future Competition.
Special note: Intercontinental competitions of Olympic Games, Asian Games, Asian Championships and other comprehensive sports events will also be divided according to their importance and fierce competition. Badminton competition of Olympic Games/Youth Olympic Games is equivalent to the first-class competition; Badminton events in Asian Championship/Asian Games are equivalent to super championships; The European Championship/European Games badminton match is equivalent to the golden match; Oceania/Pan-American Championship and Pan-American Games badminton match are equivalent to grand prix; Badminton competition in Africa Championship/All-Africa Games is equal to challenge.