Badminton World Federation (BWF) has confirmed the qualifiers for the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals to take place 27-31 January in Bangkok, Thailand.
Only a maximum of two (2) players or pairs per Member Association are permitted to participate. Qualifiers 1-4 in each category are seeded.
Here are the qualifiers with their points scored.
Men’s Singles
1 - Viktor Axelsen (DEN) 57220
2 - Anders Antonsen (DEN) 40820
3 - Chou Tien Chen (TPE) 40520
4 - Rasmus Gemke (DEN) 37020- Not Eligible
5 - Wang Tzu Wei (TPE) 35240
6 - Ng Ka Long (HKG) 35020
7 - Kidambi Srikanth (IND) 31360
8 - Lee Zii Jia (MAS) 29390
9 - Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA) 27620
Women’s Singles
1 - Carolina Marin (ESP) 73820
2 - Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) 40200
3 - Ratchanok Intanon (THA) 38250
4 - An Se Young (KOR) 37140
5 - Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA) 33860
6 - Michelle Li (CAN) 28940
7 - Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) 28040 - Not Eligible
8 - Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA) 27870 - Not Eligible
9 - Evgeniya Kosetskaya (RUS) 26750
10 - Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND) 24840
Men’s Doubles
1 - Lee/Wang (TPE) 51180
2 - Chia/Soh (MAS) 36390
3 - Ahsan/Setiawan (INA) 35820
4 - Ong/Teo (MAS) 35080
5 - Ivanov/Sozonov (RUS) 33710
6 - Ellis/Langridge (ENG) 33270
7 - Lane/Vendy (ENG) 32040
8 - Choi/Seo (KOR) 29640
Women’s Doubles
1 - Polii/Rahayu (INA) 46020
2 - Kim/Kong (KOR) 43360
3 - Lee/Shi (KOR) 40930
4 - Chang/Kim (KOR) 37130 - Not Eligible
5 - Birch/Smith (ENG) 34170
6 - Kititharakul/Prajongjai (THA) 33690
7 - Fukushima/Hirota (JPN) 30200 - Not Eligible
8 - Efler/Herttrich (GER) 29980
9 - Chow/Lee (MAS) 29340
10 - Hoo/Yap (MAS) 26160
Mixed Doubles
1 - Ellis/Smith (ENG) 46100
2 - Lamsfuss/Herttrich (GER) 42040
3 - Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai (THA) 41400
4 - Gicquel/Delrue (FRA) 38870
5 - Jordan/Oktavianti (INA) 32460
6 - Seo/Chae (KOR) 31440
7 - Faizal/Widjaja (INA) 30790
8 - Goh/Lai (MAS) 29990
It was mandatory for players to enter both the YONEX Thailand Open and TOYOTA Thailand Open in order to be eligible to qualify for the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals.
The HSBC BWF World Tour Finals in Bangkok concludes the 2020 World Tour season. The qualifying tournaments were:
ECOGREEN Syed Modi International Badminton Championships 2019
PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2020
DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2020
Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters 2020
Barcelona Spain Masters 2020
YONEX All England Open 2020
DANISA Denmark Open 2020
YONEX Thailand Open 2021
TOYOTA Thailand Open 2021
The draw for the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals is scheduled for 10am Bangkok time on Tuesday 26 January 2021. It will be LIVE STREAMED on BWF Facebook and YouTube channels.