Chinanews.com, Hangzhou, November 11 -- On November 28, the press conference of the 28 BWF World Tour Finals was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. The BWF Deputy Director General Selman has announced the list of athletes who have qualified for the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals, and the National Badminton Legion has secured a full 2023 quota places.
On November 11, the press conference of the 28 BWF World Tour Finals was held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. The BWF Deputy Director General Selman has announced the list of athletes who have qualified for the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals, and the National Badminton Legion has secured a full 2023 quota places. Photo courtesy of the Organizing Committee
A total of 63 athletes qualified for the competition, including Denmark's Viktor Axelsen and South Korea's An Se Ying, who are ranked No. <> in the world in men's and women's singles, and other top badminton players who participated in the competition, but also the national badminton team successfully locked in the full quota of ten places, becoming the only team to participate in the full quota. Chen Yufei, who won the championship at the China Badminton Masters not long ago, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong's "IELTS Combination", and Liang Weihang/Wang Chang's "Liang Wang Combination" will all gather in Hangzhou.
In addition, the welcome dinner of the event will be held on December 12 at the Huanglong Hotel in Hangzhou. During the dinner, the BWF annual award ceremony and the draw ceremony for the finals will also be held, and all 11 players in 5 sports will be judged at the dinner.
At the press conference, the event and box office information were also announced. December 12-13 is the group stage, with two sessions every day at 15:10 and 00:17; The semi-finals will be held on December 00 and the final will be held on December 12. The event adopts a real-name ticket purchase method, and each ticket can be transferred once (the transfer function is closed 16 hours before the start of each match). On November 12 at 17 p.m., tickets for all performances and all price points will go on sale simultaneously.
From 2023 to 2026, the BWF World Tour Finals will be held in Hangzhou for four consecutive years. In the first year of this year, the total prize money was raised to US$250.<> million, setting a new record for the total prize money of the BWF Year-end Finals and becoming one of the highest prize money tournaments in recent years. (ENDS)