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Summer Olympics[]

• July 25 – August 3 Postponed: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
  • Men's singles:
    • Viktor Axelsen
    • Chen Long
    • Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
  • Women's singles:
    • Chen Yufei
    • Tai Tzu-ying
    • P.V.Sindhu
  • Men's doubles:
    • (Lee Yang & Wang Chi-lin)
    • (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen)
    • (Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik)
  • Women's doubles:
    • (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu)
    • (Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan)
    • (Kim So-yeong & Kong Hee-yong)
  • Mixed doubles:
    • (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping)
    • (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
    • (Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino)

Summer Paralympics[]

• September 2 – 6 Postponed: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics (debut event) in Tokyo
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International badminton events (Grade 1)[]

• August 15 – 23: 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup in Aarhus^[1]
  • Thomas Cup winners: Indonesia
  • Uber Cup winners: China

• September 28 – October 11: 2020 BWF World Junior Championships in Auckland^[2][3]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )
  • Team:

Continental badminton events[]

• February 10 – 15: 2020 Oceania Badminton Championships (Senior & Teams) in  Australia Ballarat^[4][5]
  • Singles: Abhinav Manota (m) / Chen Hsuan-yu (f)
  • Doubles:  New Zealand (Oliver Leydon-Davis & Abhinav Manota) (m) /  Australia (Setyana Mapasa & Gronya Somerville) (f)
  • Mixed:  Australia (Simon Leung & Gronya Somerville)
  • Men's team:  Australia (Anthony Joe, , , , Matthew Chau, , Sawan Serasinghe, Simon Leung)
  • Women's team:  Australia (, Chen Hsuan-yu, Gronya Somerville, , Louisa Ma, Setyana Mapasa, Sylvina Kurniawan, Tiffany Ho)

• February 10 – 13: 2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Cairo^[6]
  • Men's team:  Algeria (Adel Hamek, Koceila Mammeri, Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi, Youcef Sabri Medel)
  • Women's team:  Egypt (Doha Hany, Hadia Hosny, , , , )

• February 10 – 13: 2020 African Badminton Championships in Cairo^[7]
  • Singles: Georges Paul (m) / Kate Foo Kune (f)
  • Doubles:  Algeria (Koceila Mammeri & Youcef Sabri Medel) (m) /  Egypt (Doha Hany & Hadia Hosny) (f)
  • Mixed:  Egypt (Adham Hatem Elgamal & Doha Hany)

• February 11 – 16: 2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Liévin^[8]
  • Men's team:  Denmark (Anders Antonsen, Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, Carsten Mogensen, Frederik Søgaard, Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, Jan Ø. Jørgensen, Kim Astrup, Mads Conrad-Petersen, Mathias Boe, Viktor Axelsen)
  • Women's team:  Denmark (Alexandra Bøje, Amalie Magelund, Freja Ravn, Julie Dawall Jakobsen, Line Christophersen, Line Kjærsfeldt, Maiken Fruergaard, Mette Poulsen, Mia Blichfeldt, Sara Thygesen)

• February 11 – 16: 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships in  Philippines Manila^[9]
  • Men's team:  Indonesia (Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Fajar Alfian, Firman Abdul Kholik, Hendra Setiawan, Jonatan Christie, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Mohammad Ahsan, Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Shesar Hiren Rhustavito)
  • Women's team:  Japan (Akane Yamaguchi, Aya Ohori, Chiharu Shida, Mayu Matsumoto, Nami Matsuyama, Riko Gunji, Sayaka Hirota, Sayaka Takahashi, Wakana Nagahara, Yuki Fukushima)

• February 13 – 16: 2020 Pan Am Badminton Team Championships in Salvador^[10]
  • Men's team:  Canada (, Brian Yang, Jason Ho-shue, Joshua Hurlburt-Yu, , Nyl Yakura, )
  • Women's team:  Canada (Brittney Tam, , , , Kristen Tsai, Michelle Li, Rachel Honderich, )

• April 21 – 26: 2020 European Badminton Championships in  Ukraine Kyiv^[11]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• April 21 – 26: in Manila^[12]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• April 23 – 26: 2020 Pan Am Badminton Championships in Guatemala City^[13]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• July 11 – 19: in Suzhou^[14][15]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )
  • Team:

• July 9 – 17: in Acapulco^[16][17]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )
  • Team:

• September 25 – 27: in Cotonou^[18]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• October 30 – November 8: in Gliwice^[19][20]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )
  • Team:

• August 3 – 7: in Colombo^[21]
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  • Men's doubles:
    • 35+: ( & )
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  • Women's doubles:
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  • Mixed doubles:
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2020 BWF season (Grade 2)[]

• January 7 – December 13: 2020 BWF World Tour

Level 1 (World Tour Finals)[]

• December 9 – 13: 2020 BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou^[22]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

Level 2 (Super 1000)[]

• March 11 – 15: 2020 All England Open in Birmingham^[23]
  • Singles: Viktor Axelsen (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
  • Doubles:  Japan (Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe) (m) /  Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
  • Mixed:  Indonesia (Praveen Jordan & Melati Daeva Oktavianti)

• June 16 – 21: 2020 Indonesia Open in Jakarta^[24]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• September 15 – 20: 2020 China Open in Changzhou^[25]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

Level 3 (Super 750)[]

• March 31 – April 5 Postponed: 2020 Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur^[26]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• September 22 – 27: in Tokyo^[27]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• October 13 – 18: 2020 Denmark Open in Odense^[28]
  • Singles: Anders Antonsen (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f)
  • Doubles: (Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge) (m) / (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
  • Mixed: (Mark Lamsfuß & Isabel Herttrich)

• October 20 – 25: 2020 French Open in Paris
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• November 3 – 8: 2020 Fuzhou China Open in Fuzhou^[29]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

Level 4 (Super 500)[]

• January 7 – 12: 2020 Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur^[30]
  • Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Chen Yufei (f)
  • Doubles:  South Korea (Kim Gi-jung & Lee Yong-dae) (m) /  China (Li Wenmei & Zheng Yu) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)

• January 14 – 21: 2020 Indonesia Masters in Jakarta^[31]
  • Singles: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (m) / Ratchanok Intanon (f)
  • Doubles:  Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) /  Indonesia (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (f)
  • Mixed:  China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)

• March 24 – 29 Postponed: 2020 India Open in New Delhi^[32]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• April 7 – 12 Postponed: 2020 Singapore Open in Singapore^[33]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• June 9 – 14: 2020 Thailand Open in Bangkok^[34]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• September 8 – 13: 2020 Korea Open in Seoul^[35]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• November 10 – 15: 2020 Hong Kong Open in Hong Kong^[36]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

Level 5 (Super 300)[]

• January 21 – 26: 2020 Thailand Masters in Bangkok^[37]
  • Singles: Ng Ka Long (m) / Akane Yamaguchi (f)
  • Doubles:  Malaysia (Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi) (m) /  China (Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan) (f)
  • Mixed:  England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)

• February 18 – 23: 2020 Spain Masters in Barcelona^[38]
  • Singles: Viktor Axelsen (m) / Pornpawee Chochuwong (f)
  • Doubles:  Denmark (Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen) (m) /  Indonesia (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (f)
  • Mixed:  South Korea (Kim Sa-rang & Kim Ha-na)

• March 3 – 8 Postponed: 2020 German Open in Mülheim^[39]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• March 17 – 22 Postponed: 2020 Swiss Open in Basel^[40]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• April 28 – May 3 Postponed: 2020 New Zealand Open in Auckland^[41]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• June 2 – 7: 2020 Australian Open in Sydney^[42]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• June 23 – 28: 2020 U.S. Open in California^[43]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• September 1 – 6: in Taipei^[44]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• October 27 – November 1: 2020 Macau Open in Macau^[45]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• November 17 – 22: 2020 Syed Modi International in Lucknow^[46]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• November 24 – 29: 2020 Korea Masters in Gwangju^[47]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

Level 6 (Super 100)[]

• February 25 – March 1 Postponed: 2020 Lingshui China Masters in Lingshui^[48]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• March 24 – 29 Postponed: 2020 Orléans Masters in Orléans^[49]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• June 30 – July 5: 2020 Canada Open in Calgary^[50]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• July 7 – 12: 2020 Russian Open in Vladivostok^[51]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• July 28 – August 2: 2020 Hyderabad Open in Hyderabad^[52]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• August 18 – 23: 2020 Akita Masters in Akita^[53]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• August 25 – 30: 2020 Vietnam Open in Da Nang^[54]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• September 29 – October 4: 2020 Indonesia Masters Super 100 in (location TBC)^[55]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• October 6 – 11: 2020 Dutch Open in Almere^[56]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )

• October 27 – November 1: 2020 SaarLorLux Open in Saarbrücken^[57]
  • Singles: Toma Junior Popov (m) / Kirsty Gilmour (f)
  • Doubles: (Jeppe Bay & Lasse Mølhede) (m) / (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
  • Mixed: (Mathias Christiansen & Alexandra Bøje)

Leagues[]

• January 20 – February 9: 2020 Premier Badminton League in  India^[58]
  • The Bengaluru Raptors defeated the Northeastern Warriors, 4–2, to win their second Premier Badminton League title.
    • Player of the League: Tai Tzu-ying of Bengaluru Raptors
    • Indian Player of the League: N. Sikki Reddy of Hyderabad Hunters
    • Emerging Player of the League: of Hyderabad Hunters

World University Championships[]

• November 16 – 22: in Bangkok^[59]
  • Singles: (m) / (f)
  • Doubles: ( & ) (m) / ( & ) (f)
  • Mixed: ( & )
  • Team:

References[]