The BWF World Tour Finals is an annual season finale badminton tournament which is held every December of a year where the players with the most points from that calendar year’s events of the BWF World Tour compete. The tournament succeeds BWF Super Series Finals which was held from 2008 to 2017.
Only the top eight players/pairs in the BWF World Tour standing of each discipline at the end of the BWF World Tour circuit qualify to play in the tournament. However, the BWF allows a maximum of two players/pairs from the same member association in the tournament.
Since its inauguration (2018), China has been the most successful nation in the tournament with 14 titles overall – five in the mixed doubles, two each in the men’s singles and doubles and women’s singles, and three women’s doubles. Denmark and South Korea jointly share the second and third position with five titles each, while Japan complete the top four.
BWF World Tour Finals: List of title winners in history
Men’s Singles
BWF Super Series Finals
- 2008 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
- 2009 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
- 2010 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
- 2011 – Lin Dan (China)
- 2012 – Chen Long (China)
- 2013 – Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
- 2014 – Chen Long (China)
- 2015 – Kento Momota (Japan)
- 2016 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
- 2017 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
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- 2018 – Shi Yuqi (China)
- 2019 – Kento Momota (Japan)
- 2020 – Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
- 2021 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
- 2022 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
- 2023 – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
- 2024 – Shi Yuqi (China)
Women’s Singles
BWF Super Series Finals
- 2008 – Zhou Mi (Hong Kong)
- 2009 – Wong Mew Choo (Malaysia)
- 2010 – Wang Shixian (China)
- 2011 – Wang Yihan (China)
- 2012 – Li Xuerui (China)
- 2013 – Li Xuerui (China)
- 2014 – Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei)
- 2015 – Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
- 2016 – Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei)
- 2017 – Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
BWF World Tour Finals
- 2018 – PV Sindhu (India)
- 2019 – Chen Yufei (China)
- 2020 – Tai Tzu-Ying (Chinese Taipei)
- 2021 – An Se-Young (South Korea)
- 2022 – Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
- 2023 – Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
- 2024 – Wang Zhi Yi (China)
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Men’s Doubles
BWF Super Series Finals
- 2008 – Koo Kien Keat/ Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia)
- 2009 – Jung Jae-sung/ Lee Yong-dae (South Korea)
- 2010 – Mathias Boe/ Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)
- 2011 – Mathias Boe/ Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)
- 2012 – Mathias Boe/ Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)
- 2013 – Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
- 2014 – Lee Yong-dae/ Yoo Yeon-seong (South Korea)
- 2015 – Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
- 2016 – Goh V Shem/ Tan Wee Kiong (Malaysia)
- 2017 – Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
BWF World Tour Finals
- 2018 – Li Junhui/ Liu Yuchen (China)
- 2019 – Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
- 2020 – Lee Yang/ Wang Chi-lin (Chinese Taipei)
- 2021 – Takuro Hoki/ Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)
- 2022 – Liu Yuchen/ Ou Xuanyi (China)
- 2023 – Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae (Korea)
- 2024 – Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark)
Women’s Doubles
BWF Super Series Finals
- 2008 – Chin Eei Hui/ Wong Pei Tty (Malaysia)
- 2009 – Chin Eei Hui/ Wong Pei Tty (Malaysia)
- 2010 – Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang (China)
- 2011 – Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang (China)
- 2012 – Wang Xiaoli/ Yu Yang (China)
- 2013 – Christinna Pedersen/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark)
- 2014 – Misaki Matsutomo/ Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
- 2015 – Luo Ying/ Luo Yu (China)
- 2016 – Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)
- 2017 – Shiho Tanaka/ Koharu Yonemoto (Japan)
BWF World Tour Finals
- 2018 – Misaki Matsutomo/ Ayaka Takahashi (Japan)
- 2019 – Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)
- 2020 – Lee So-hee/ Shin Seung-chan (South Korea)
- 2021 – Kim So-yeong/ Kong Hee-yong (South Korea)
- 2022 – Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan (China)
- 2023 – Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan (China)
- 2024 – Baek Ho Na/Lee So Hee (South Korea)
Mixed Doubles
BWF Super Series Finals
- 2008 – Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark)
- 2009 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
- 2010 – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (China)
- 2011 – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (China)
- 2012 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
- 2013 – Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen (Denmark)
- 2014 – Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei (China)
- 2015 – Chris Adcock/Gabby Adcock (England)
- 2016 – Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen (China)
- 2017 – Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen (China)
BWF World Tour Finals
- 2018 – Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping (China)
- 2019 – Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China)
- 2020 – Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
- 2021 – Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
- 2022 – Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China)
- 2023 – Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong (China)
- 2024 – Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong (China)
