2020 BWF Continental Circuit

Badminton tournament

Tournament details

Dates

7 January – 13 December

Edition

14th

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The 2020 BWF Continental Circuit was the fourteenth season of the BWF Continental Circuit of badminton, a circuit of 14 tournaments.^[1] The 14 tournaments are divided into three levels:

International Challenge (2 tournaments)
International Series (6 tournaments)
Future Series (6 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	Sheng Xiaodong	Crystal Pan	Soroush Eskandari Vatannejad Amir Jabbari	Nasim Safaei Hananeh Yaghobzadeh	—
Austrian International	Max Weißkirchen	Yukino Nakai	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	Tsukiko Yasaki Erika Yokoyama	Jeppe Bay Sara Lundgaard
Polish Open	Cancelled ^{[note 1]}
Canadian International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Osaka International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Finnish Open	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Denmark International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Mongolia International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Lagos International	Cancelled ^{[note 3]}
Azerbaijan International	Cancelled ^{[note 4]}
Belgian International	Cancelled ^{[note 5]}
Maldives International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Spanish International	Cancelled
Myanmar International	Cancelled ^{[note 1]}
Czech International	Cancelled ^{[note 5]}
Indonesia International	Cancelled ^{[note 1]}
Vietnam International	Cancelled ^{[note 6]}
Hungarian International	Cancelled ^{[note 7]}
Malaysia International	Cancelled ^{[note 7]}
India International	Cancelled ^{[note 8]}
Scottish Open	Cancelled ^{[note 9]}
Bangladesh International	Cancelled ^{[note 8]}
White Nights	Cancelled ^{[note 10]}
Italian International	Cancelled ^{[note 11]}

International Series

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Estonian International	Hashiru Shimono	Natsuki Nidaira	Chiang Chien-wei Ye Hong-wei	Rena Miyaura Saori Ozaki	Yujiro Nishikawa Saori Ozaki
Swedish Open	Victor Svendsen	Natsuki Nidaira	Chiang Chien-wei Ye Hong-wei	Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow	Yujiro Nishikawa Saori Ozaki
Lao International	Cancelled
Uganda International	Gergely Krausz	Thet Htar Thuzar	Tarun Kona Shivam Sharma	Meghana Jakkampudi Poorvisha S. Ram	Tarun Kona Meghana Jakkampudi
Jamaica International	Takuma Obayashi	Momoka Kimura	Aníbal Marroquín Jonathan Solís	Sayaka Hobara Rena Miyaura	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto Soto
KaBaL International Karviná	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Waikato International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Dutch International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Peru International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Slovenian International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Malaysia International Series	Cancelled ^{[note 1]}
Bulgarian International	Cancelled ^{[note 5]}
Kharkiv International	Cancelled ^{[note 1]}
Bendigo International	Cancelled ^{[note 12]}
Polish International	Cancelled ^{[note 1]}
Guatemala International	Cancelled ^{[note 10]}
Bahrain International	Cancelled ^{[note 13]}
Cameroon International	Cancelled ^{[note 9]}
Brazil International	Cancelled ^{[note 14]}
Santo Domingo Open	Cancelled ^{[note 15]}
Kazakhstan International	Cancelled ^{[note 13]}
Norwegian International	Cancelled ^{[note 7]}
Portugal International	Brice Leverdez	Sabrina Jaquet	Lucas Corvée Brice Leverdez	Lauren Middleton Holly Newall	Christopher Grimley Eleanor O'Donnell
Suriname International	Cancelled
Irish Open	Cancelled ^{[note 3]}
International Mexicano	Job Castillo	Sabrina Solis	Job Castillo Sebastián Martínez	Jessica Bautista Vanessa Villalobos	Andrés López Sabrina Solis
Welsh International	Cancelled ^{[note 10]}
Vietnam International Series	Cancelled ^{[note 9]}
Bangabandhu International Series	Cancelled ^{[note 16]}
Turkey Open	Cancelled ^{[note 16]}

Future Series

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Iceland International	Fathurrahman Fauzi	Rachel Sugden	Anton Monnberg Jesper Paul	Asmita Chaudhari Pamela Reyes	Alex Green Annie Lado
Slovak International	Jan Louda	Lin Jhih-yun	Lin Shang-kai Tseng Min-hao	Lee Chia-hsin Lin Jhih-yun	Lu Ming-che Wu Ti-jung
Kenya International	Chirag Sen	Aakarshi Kashyap	Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan Santhosh Gajendran	Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
Peru Future Series	Yushi Tanaka	Momoka Kimura	Rubén Castellanos Christopher Martínez	Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura	Daniel la Torre Regal Paula la Torre Regal
Giraldilla International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
North Harbour International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Lithuanian International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
German International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Styrian International	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Latvia International	Mihkel Laanes	Catlyn Kruus	Mikk Järveoja Mihkel Laanes	Kati-Kreet Marran Helina Rüütel	Mihkel Laanes Helina Rüütel
Kathmandu International	Cancelled ^{[note 17]}
Sydney International	Cancelled ^{[note 12]}
Maldives Future Series	Cancelled ^{[note 2]}
Benin International	Cancelled ^{[note 3]}
Croatian International	Cancelled ^{[note 10]}
Bulgarian International	Luka Ban	Linda Zetchiri	Daniel Nikolov Ivan Rusev	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Iliyan Stoynov Hristomira Popovska
Myanmar Future Series	Cancelled ^{[note 1]}
Bahrain Future Series	Cancelled ^{[note 13]}
Cyprus International	Cancelled ^{[note 8]}
Chile International	Cancelled ^{[note 14]}
Egypt International	Cancelled ^{[note 18]}
Israel International	Cancelled
Algeria International	Cancelled ^{[note 3]}
Guatemala Future Series	Cancelled ^{[note 10]}
Slovenia Future Series	Cancelled ^{[note 19]}
Costa Rica Future Series	Cancelled ^{[note 13]}
Botswana International	Cancelled ^{[note 9]}
Zambia International	Cancelled ^{[note 14]}
South Africa International	Cancelled ^{[note 14]}
El Salvador International	Cancelled ^{[note 20]}

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Update on Tournaments Grade 2, 3 and Junior cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q BWF announces a revamped 2020 tournament calendar due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Updates 18 September 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 16 to 19 July, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]
^ ^a ^b ^c Tournament update 3 European tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 24 to 29 March, was later postponed^[9] to 2–7 June due to COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam before getting another schedule. It was officially cancelled on 10 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Updates 11 September 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]
^ ^a ^b ^c Updates 8 September 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Updates 7 August 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Updates 25 August 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[13]
^ Updates 2 October 2020, tournaments cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[14]
^ ^a ^b Two Australian tournaments cancelled in September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[15]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Updates 10 July 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[16]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Updates 24 July 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[17]
^ Two Pan Am Tournaments Cancelled in October due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic.^[18]
^ ^a ^b Updates 14 November 2020, tournaments cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[19]
^ Update on tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[20]
^ Tournament updates 7 July 2020.^[21]
^ Updates 27 October 2020, tournaments cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[22]
^ Updates 5 November 2020, tournaments cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[23]

Statistics

Performance by countries

Below are the 2020 BWF Continental Circuit performances by country. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

International Challenge

Rank	Team	IRI	AUT	Total
1	Iran	2		2
1	Japan		2	2
3	Canada	1		1
	Denmark		1	1
	Germany		1	1
	Scotland		1	1
	United States	1		1

International Series

Rank	Team	EST	SWE	UGA	JAM	POR	MEX	Total
1	Japan	4	2		3			9
2	Mexico						5	5
3	India			3				3
4	Chinese Taipei	1	1					2
	Denmark		2					2
	France					2		2
	Guatemala				2			2
	Scotland					2		2
9	Hungary			1				1
	Myanmar			1				1
	Switzerland					1		1

Future Series

Rank	Team	ISL	SVK	KEN	PER	LAT	BUL	Total
1	Estonia					5		5
2	Bulgaria						4	4
2	Chinese Taipei		4					4
4	India			3				3
5	Egypt			2				2
	England	2						2
	Japan				2			2
	Peru				2			2
9	Croatia						1	1
	Czech Republic		1					1
	Finland	1						1
	Guatemala				1			1
	Indonesia	1						1
	Scotland	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 the XD (5/5) of International Mexicano.

Men's singles

Rank	Player	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Xiaodong Sheng	1			1
1	Max Weißkirchen	1			1
3	Victor Svendsen		1		1
	Brice Leverdez		1		1
	Gergely Krausz		1		1
	Takuma Obayashi		1		1
	Hashiru Shimono		1		1
	Job Castillo		1		1
9	Luka Ban			1	1
	Jan Louda			1	1
	Mihkel Laanes			1	1
	Chirag Sen			1	1
	Fathurrahman Fauzi			1	1
	Yushi Tanaka			1	1

Women's singles

Rank	Player	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Natsuki Nidaira		2		2
2	Momoka Kimura		1	1	2
3	Yukino Nakai	1			1
3	Crystal Pan	1			1
5	Sabrina Solis		1		1
	Thet Htar Thuzar		1		1
	Sabrina Jaquet		1		1
8	Linda Zetchiri			1	1
	Lin Jhih-yun			1	1
	Catlyn Kruus			1	1
	Aakarshi Kashyap			1	1
	Rachel Sugden			1	1

Men's doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Chiang Chien-wei		2		2
1	Ye Hong-wei		2		2
3	Soroush Eskandari Vatannejad	1			1
	Amir Jabbari	1			1
	Alexander Dunn	1			1
	Adam Hall	1			1
7	Lucas Corvée		1		1
	Brice Leverdez		1		1
	Aníbal Marroquín		1		1
	Jonathan Solís		1		1
	Tarun Kona		1		1
	Shivam Sharma		1		1
	Job Castillo		1		1
	Sebastián Martínez		1		1
15	Daniel Nikolov			1	1
	Ivan Rusev			1	1
	Lin Shang-kai			1	1
	Tseng Min-hao			1	1
	Mikk Järveoja			1	1
	Mihkel Laanes			1	1
	Anton Monnberg			1	1
	Jesper Paul			1	1
	Rubén Castellanos			1	1
	Christopher Martínez			1	1
	Santhosh Gajendran			1	1
	Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan			1	1

Women's doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Rena Miyaura		2		2
2	Nasim Safaei	1			1
	Hananeh Yaghobzadeh	1			1
	Tsukiko Yasaki	1			1
	Erika Yokoyama	1			1
6	Julie Finne-Ipsen		1		1
	Mai Surrow		1		1
	Meghana Jakkampudi		1		1
	Poorvisha S. Ram		1		1
	Sayaka Hobara		1		1
	Saori Ozaki		1		1
	Jessica Bautista		1		1
	Vanessa Villalobos		1		1
	Lauren Middleton		1		1
	Holly Newall		1		1
16	Gabriela Stoeva			1	1
	Stefani Stoeva			1	1
	Lee Chia-hsin			1	1
	Lin Jhih-yun			1	1
	Doha Hany			1	1
	Hadia Hosny			1	1
	Asmita Chaudhari			1	1
	Pamela Reyes			1	1
	Kati-Kreet Marran			1	1
	Helina Rüütel			1	1
	Daniela Macías			1	1
	Dánica Nishimura			1	1

Mixed doubles

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Yujiro Nishikawa		2		2
1	Saori Ozaki		2		2
3	Jeppe Bay	1			1
3	Sara Lundgaard	1			1
5	Jonathan Solís		1		1
	Diana Corleto Soto		1		1
	Meghana Jakkampudi		1		1
	Tarun Kona		1		1
	Andrés López		1		1
	Sabrina Solis		1		1
	Christopher Grimley		1		1
	Eleanor O'Donnell		1		1
13	Iliyan Stoynov			1	1
	Hristomira Popovska			1	1
	Lu Ming-che			1	1
	Wu Ti-jung			1	1
	Adham Hatem Elgamal			1	1
	Doha Hany			1	1
	Alex Green			1	1
	Annie Lado			1	1
	Mihkel Laanes			1	1
	Helina Rüütel			1	1
	Daniel la Torre Regal			1	1
	Paula la Torre Regal			1	1

References

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^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
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^ "Tournament updates 24 July 2020". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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^ "Tournament updates 5 November 2020". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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