1. The World Badminton Tournament Structure has Four Levels: Team Events Individual Events Thomas and Uber Cup Grand Prix Events Thomas Cup Men’s team event First staged in 1948-49 Held every 2 years Most titles – Indonesia (13) Next championship – New Delhi 2014 Uber Cup Women’s team event First staged in 1956-57 Held every 2 years Most titles – China (12) Next championship – New Delhi 2014 World Badminton Team Championships Founded in 1989 – held in Jakarta, Indonesia Held every 2 years Attracts more than 50 national teams No prize money for the event Valuable BWF ranking points earned Most titles – China (9) Next championship – Dongguan, China 2015 Introduced in 2007 12 tournaments held globally 5 tournaments are elevated to prestigious Premier status (more prize money and ranking points) Successful players invited to Super Series Master Finals at end of the year Two Levels – Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix Level 3 events Highest level Grand Prix ggold Grand Prix Gold – Prize pool minimum $120,000 Grand Prix – Prize pool minimum $50,000 All events offer ranking points

2. The Superseries Premier events offer higher ranking points and prize money. Only 5 of the 12 tournaments are elevated to Premier status. The winners receive 11000 ranking points, the runners up receive 9350 ranking points. Maybank Malaysia Open 14 – 19 January 2014 Kuala Lumpur Prize money: USD 500,000 Yonex All England Badminton Championships 4 – 9 March 2014 Birmingham: National Indoor Arena Prize money: USD 500,000 Indonesia Open 17-22 June 2014 Jakarta Prize money: USD 750,000 Denmark Open 14 – 19 October 2014 Odense Prize money: USD 500,000 Superseries Premier China Open 11—16 November 2014 Guangzhou Prize money: USD 700,000

3. BWF World Superseries Final 10 – 14 December 2014 The BWF World Superseries Finals is the finale for the OSIM BWF World Superseries. Only top eight players or pairs in the Super Series rankings after the final Super Series tournament, as announced by Badminton World Federation will be eligible to participate, It is limited to two entries per member association. In the tournament, eight players or pairs will be divide into two pools of four, with the top two players or pairs will advancing into semi-finals. 10 – 14 December 2014 Prize money: USD 500,000

4. BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries is a 12-tournament series, 5 tournaments are elevated to Premier status. The winners receive 9200 ranking points, the runners up receive 7800 ranking points. Korea Open – 7-12 January 2014, Seoul, prize money: $250,000 Yonex-Sunrise India Open - 1-6 April 2014, New Delhi, prize money: $250,000 Singapore Open - 8-13 April 2014, Singapore City, prize money: $300,000 Yonex Open Japan – 10-15 June 2014,Tokyo, prize money: $250,000

5. Australian Open – 24-29 June 2014,Sydney, prize money: $750,000 French Open – 21-26 October 2014, Paris, prize money: $250,000 Hong Kong Open -18-23 November 2014, Kowloon, prize money: $250,000

6. Grand Prix Gold The World Grand Prix Series is split into two categories: The Grand Prix Gold and the Grand Prix. The Grand Prix Gold winners receive 7000 ranking points, the runners up receive 5950. Indian Grand Prix Gold 21-26 Jan 14 Yonex German Open 25 Feb-02 Mar 14 Badminton Swiss Open 11-16 Mar 14 Yonex- Sunrise Malaysia GPG China Masters GPG 15-20 Apr 14 Thailand Open 03-08 Jun 14 US Open GPG 08-13 Jul 14 Chinese Tapei Open 15-20 Jul 14

7. Yonex Sunrise Indonesia Open 09-14 Sep 14 London Grand Prix 30 Sep-05 Oct 14 Bitburger Saarloxlux Open (Germany) 28 Oct-02 Nov 14 Korea Open Grand Prix 04-09 Nov14 Kumpoo Macau Open 25-30 Nov 14

8. Grand Prix The Grand Prix winners receive 5000 ranking points, the runners up receive 4250 Ranking points. Scottish Open Grand Prix 19-23 Nov 14 Vietnam Open 02-07 Sep 14 New Zealand Open 15-19 Apr 14 Canada Open 01-06 Jul 14 Brazil GP 05-10 Aug 14 Russian Open 23-28 Sep 14 Dutch Open 07-12 Oct 14

9. 2016 Olympics Rio Maybank Malaysia Open Yonex All England Indonesia Open Denmark Open China Open 2014 World Championships Copenhagen Thomas and Uber Cups 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 Sudirman Cup 2015 Superseries Premier Superseries Korea Open Yonex -Sunrise Indian Open Singapore Open Yonex Open Japan Australian Open French Open Hong Kong Open

10. Grand Prix Gold Indian Grand Prix Gold Yonex German Open Badminton Swiss Open Yonex-Sunrise Malaysia GPG China Master GPG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold US Open GPG Chinese Tapei Open Yonex Indonesia London Grand Prix Bitburger Open Korea Open GP Kumpoo Macau Open Grand Prix New Zealand Open Canada OpenRussian OpenDutch Open Scottish Open GP Vietnam Open Brazil GP