Badminton World Federation secretary general Thomas Lund believes the
upcoming cluster of tournaments in Bangkok can serve as a blueprint
for staging events amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Badminton in 2020: Smashing start derailed by Covid-19 Fabian Peter
By and large, 2020 has been a tough year for sports.
Badminton players, especially, were left on the sidelines for most of the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
And to make things worse, the coronavirus continues to be a major concern, threatening to postpone and cancel more events next year.
But it was not all gloom and doom from the kickoff.
The year got off to a reasonably good start for several Malaysian shuttlers, who could have gone on to impress further if not for the tournament calendar coming to an abrupt halt in March.
BWF announces calendar for 1st half of 2021, India Open to be held from May 11
New Delhi : The India Open Super 500 will be held from May 11 to 16 and will serve as the last qualification event for the Tokyo Olympics, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed in its new calendar for the upcoming year.
The Olympic Qualifying period for Tokyo will restart next year and the first qualifying tournament will be the Swiss Open from March 2 to 7 followed by German Open from March 9-14.
The USD 400,000 India Open will be the last of the 17 events to earn points towards sealing berths for the Tokyo Olympics.
Qualification for Tokyo Olympics to end with India Open: BWF
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Kaula Lumpur, Dec 22 : The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced the tournament calendar for the first half of 2021, which includes 17 tournaments that will serve as qualification tournaments for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The new-look BWF tournament calendar sees a number of tournaments postponed from Q1 and Q2, and a handful of Grade 2 tournaments cancelled.
The season will start with the Yonex Thailand Open 2020 from January 17-21 and will conclude with the Russia Open on July 25.
The Olympic Qualifying period for the Race to Tokyo will restart in 2021 and the first tournament counting for qualification will be the Yonex Swiss Open 2021 to be held from March 2-7.
Datuk Kenny Goh
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Open and Malaysian Masters are set to be staged back-to-back next April as the Badminton World Federation (BWF) unveiled their revised tournament calendar which adopts a cluster system where possible.
The Malaysian Open will take place from March 31-April 4, followed by the Malaysian Masters from April 6-11.
The “Malaysia bubble” is one of three clusters confirmed together with the ones in Indonesia and Denmark.
The “Indonesia bubble” will be the Indonesian Masters (June 1-6) and Indonesian Open (June 8-13) while the Denmark Open (Oct 12-17) and Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals form the ‘Denmark bubble’.