2022 BWF Continental Circuit

2022 BWF Continental Circuit
Tournament details
Dates	11 January – 18 December
Edition	16th
← 2021	→

The 2022 is the sixteenth season of the BWF Continental Circuit of badminton, a circuit of 58 tournaments.^[1] The 29 tournaments are divided into three levels:

International Challenge (21 tournaments)
International Series (19 tournaments)
Future Series (18 tournaments).

Each of these tournaments offers different ranking points and prize money.

Points distribution[]

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Continental Circuit events.^[2]

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256
International Challenge	4,000	3,400	2,800	2,200	1,520	920	360	170	70
International Series	2,500	2,130	1,750	1,370	920	550	210	100	40
Future Series	1,700	1,420	1,170	920	600	350	130	60	20

Results[]

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:^[3]

Winners[]

International Challenge[]

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Ukraine Open	Christo Popov	Aliye Demirbağ	Low Hang Yee		Jones Ralfy Jansen Linda Efler
Iran Fajr International				Ekaterina Malkova	N/A
Uganda International	Arnaud Merklé				Koceila Mammeri
Polish Open
Vietnam International	Cancelled ^[a]
Osaka International	Cancelled
Mexican International Challenge
Italian International
Denmark Masters
Spanish International

White Nights	Cancelled ^[b]

Mongolia International
Belgian International
Finnish Open
Indonesia International
Bendigo International
Dutch Open
Maldives International
North Harbour International
Pakistan International
Irish Open
Canadian International

^ This tournament, originally to be played on 22–27 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.^[4]
^ This tournament, originally to be played on 6–10 July, was later cancelled due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[5]

International Series[]

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Mixed doubles
Estonian International		Kristin Kuuba
Swedish Open	Kok Jing Hong		Danny Bawa Chrisnanta	Anton Kaisti Alžběta Bášová
Portugal International			Su Ching-heng	Lee Chia-hsin
Dutch International

Slovenian International
Austrian Open
Santo Domingo Open	Postponed
Ukraine International
Brazil International
Polish International
Guatemala International
Sydney International
Egypt International
Pakistan International
Hungarian International
Norwegian International
Peru International Series
Mexican International
El Salvador International

Future Series[]

Tour	Men's singles	Women's doubles
Iceland International	Cancelled ^[a]
Slovak Open		Lee Chia-hsin
Giraldilla International	Postponed
	Postponed
Lithuanian International
German International
Croatia Open

Latvia International
Mexico Future Series
Benin International
Croatian International
Bulgarian International Championship
Venezuela Future Series
Cyprus International
Peru Future Series
Dominican Open
Israel Open
Guatemala Future Series
Slovenia Future Series

^ This tournament, originally to be played on 27–30 January, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.^[6]

Statistics[]

Performance by countries[]

Below are the 2022 BWF Continental Circuit performances by country. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

International Challenge[]

Rank	Team	UKR	IRN	UGA	Total
1	Malaysia	1		2	3
2	France	1		1	2
	Germany	2			2
	India		2		2
5	Algeria			1	1
	Canada			1	1
	Indonesia		1		1
	Russia		1		1
	Turkey	1			1

International Series[]

Rank	Team	EST	SWE	POR	Total
1	Thailand	3	2		5
2	Chinese Taipei			3	3
3	Estonia	1			1
	France	1			1
	Hong Kong			1	1
	Indonesia			1	1
	Malaysia		1		1
	Singapore		1		1
9	Czech Republic		0.5		0.5
9	Finland		0.5		0.5

Future Series[]

Rank	Team	SVK	Total
1	Chinese Taipei	1	1
	Hong Kong	1	1
	India	1	1
	Japan	1	1
	Malaysia	1	1

Performance by categories[]

To avoid confusion and double counting, information in this table shall only be updated once a tournament has concluded. These tables were calculated after Portugal International.

Men's singles[]

Rank	Player	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Arnaud Merklé	1			1
	Christo Popov	1			1
		1			1
4			1		1
			1		1
	Kok Jing Hong		1		1
7				1	1

Women's singles[]

Rank	Player	IC	IS	FS	Total
1		1			1
		1			1
	Aliye Demirbağ	1			1
4			1		1
	Kristin Kuuba		1		1
			1		1
7				1	1

Men's doubles[]

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1		1		1	2
1		1		1	2
3		1			1
		1			1
		1			1
	Low Hang Yee	1			1
7	Su Ching-heng		1		1
			1		1
			1		1
	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta		1		1
			1		1
			1		1

Women's doubles[]

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1			2		2
1			2		2
3		1			1
		1			1
		1			1
		1			1
	Ekaterina Malkova	1			1
		1			1
9			1		1
9			1		1
11	Lee Chia-hsin			1	1
11				1	1

Mixed doubles[]

Rank	Players	IC	IS	FS	Total
1	Koceila Mammeri	1			1
		1			1
	Jones Ralfy Jansen	1			1
	Linda Efler	1			1
5			1		1
	Lee Chia-hsin		1		1
	Alžběta Bášová		1		1
	Anton Kaisti		1		1
			1		1
			1		1
11				1	1
11				1	1

References[]

^ "Events". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Tournament Calendar – 2022". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Tournament update on 7 January 2022". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Tournament update on 4 March 2022". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "Tournament update on 13 January 2022". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[5] This tournament, originally to be played on 22–27 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.^[4]

[7] This tournament, originally to be played on 6–10 July, was later cancelled due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[5]

[9] This tournament, originally to be played on 27–30 January, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland.^[6]

[1] "Events". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[2] "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Tournament Calendar – 2022". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[4] "Tournament update on 7 January 2022". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[6] "Tournament update on 4 March 2022". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[8] "Tournament update on 13 January 2022". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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