BWF announces revamped tournament Calendar for 2020

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced a revamped tournament calendar for the remainder of 2020 following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) plans to resume the World Tour with the Taipei Open Super 300 meet on September 1.

The BWF has also announced new dates for five of the nine tournaments which were suspended following the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Notable Changes

• The HSBC BWF World Tour is scheduled for a return with the YONEX Taipei Open 2020 (Super 300) from 1-6 September.
• The BARFOOT & THOMPSON New Zealand Open 2020 (Super 300); BLIBLI Indonesia Open 2020 (Super 1000), CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2020 (Super 750); TOYOTA Thailand Open 2020 (Super 500); and YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2020 (Super 500) have all found new homes on the calendar.
• The season-ending HSBC BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China has been pushed back a week and will now conclude on 20 December 2020.
• As previously announced, the TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 in Aarhus, Denmark will take place on the rescheduled dates of 3-11 October 2020.

Four tournaments remain suspended.

Suspended Tournaments

• YONEX German Open 2020 (3-8 March)
• YONEX Swiss Open 2020 (17-22 March)
• 2020 European Championships (21-26 April)
• CROWN GROUP Australian Open 2020 (2-7 June)

Suitable replacement dates are still being finalised for the suspended tournaments. A number of tournaments have been cancelled for the year.

Cancelled Tournaments

• Orleans Masters 2020 (24-29 March)
• Singapore Open (7-12 April)
• Badminton Asia Championships 2020 (21-26 April)
• XXIV Pan Am Individual Championships 2020 (23-26 April)
• YONEX US Open 2020 (23-28 June)
• YONEX Canada Open 2020 (30 June-5 July)
• Russian Open (7-12 July)
• YONEX Akita Masters 2020 (18-23 August)
• Vietnam Open 2020 (25-30 August)
• Indonesia Masters 2020 Super 100 (29 September-4 October)