The Scottish Open Badminton Championships 2025 will be held from Thursday, November 20 to Sunday, November 23, 2025. The competition will be held at Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.
Part of the European badminton circuit, the Scottish Open 2025 is a BWF International Challenge level tournament.
The Scottish Open in badminton is an open international championships held in Scotland since 1907 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during the two World Wars.
Scottish Open 2025: Schedule
All times are local Glasgow time.
| Date | Time (Local) | Events |
| Thursday, November 20 | 09:00 – 22:00 | Qualifying Rounds (All Events) |
| Friday, November 21 | 09:00 – 21:30 | Rounds 1 & 2 (Main Draw) |
| Saturday, November 22 | 09:30 – 14:30 | Quarter-finals (All Events) |
| 15:30 – 18:30 | Semi-finals (All Events) | |
| Sunday, November 23 | 12:00 – 17:00 | Finals (All Events) |
Scottish Open 2025: Points Distribution
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has a standard World Ranking points distribution for all tournaments at the International Challenge level. This breakdown is consistent for all five events (Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles).
Here is the BWF World Ranking points distribution for the International Challenge (Grade 3 – Level 1) tournament, which the Scottish Open 2025 falls under:
| Round Reached | Singles Points | Doubles Points |
| Winner | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Runner-up | 3,400 | 3,400 |
| Semi-finalists | 2,800 | 2,800 |
| Quarter-finalists | 2,200 | 2,200 |
| Round of 16 | 1,520 | 1,520 |
| Round of 32 | 920 | 920 |
| Round of 64 | 360 | 360 |
| Round of 128 | 170 | 170 |
| Round of 256 | 70 | 70 |
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Scottish Open 2025: Prize Money
The tournament carries a total prize pool of USD $17,500. The prize money is distributed among the top players in the tournament, usually from the Quarter-Finals onwards.
Since this is a standard BWF International Challenge event, the total prize money is distributed across all five events (Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles) according to a fixed percentage breakdown.
The prize money for the doubles events is awarded per pair and is typically split equally between the five categories (MS, WS, MD, WD, XD) before being distributed by round.
Players who exit in the Round of 32 or earlier typically do not receive prize money at this level of tournament.
The breakdown is based on the general structure for a US $17,500 International Challenge event.
Here is the typical distribution based on the minimum prize money guidelines for an International Challenge tournament, with the prize money converted to USD:
Singles (MS/WS)
| Position | Prize Money (USD) |
| Winner | $1,400 |
| Runner-up | $840 |
| Semi-finalist | $350 |
| Quarter-finalist | $140 |
Doubles (MD/WD/XD)
| Position | Prize Money (USD) |
| Winner | $1,400 |
| Runner-up | $840 |
| Semi-finalist | $350 |
| Quarter-finalist | $140 |
