BWF Awards

BWF Awards
SportBadminton
Awarded forExcellence in Badminton
Sponsored byBadminton World Federation
History
First award1998
Editions26
First winnerPeter Gade Denmark
Most winsLee Chong Wei Malaysia
Huang Yaqiong China
Leani Ratri Oktila Indonesia
Most recentSeo Seung-jae
An Se-young South Korea

BWF Awards are awards given by the Badminton World Federation to players during a given season.

Players of the Year

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From 1998 to 2007, this award was named Eddy Choong Player of the Year.

Year Men's category Women's category Nationality Ref
1998 Peter Gade  Denmark [1]
1999 Camilla Martin  Denmark
2000 Candra Wijaya  Indonesia
2001 Gao Ling  China
2002 Kim Dong-moon  South Korea
2003 Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min  South Korea
2004 Taufik Hidayat  Indonesia
2005 Taufik Hidayat  Indonesia
2006 Lin Dan  China
2007 Lin Dan  China
2008 Lin Dan Zhou Mi  China
 Hong Kong
2009 Lee Chong Wei Wang Yihan  Malaysia
 China
2010 Lee Chong Wei Wang Xin  Malaysia
 China
2011 Lee Chong Wei Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang  Malaysia
 China
[2]
2012 Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng Wang Yihan  Malaysia
 China
2013 Lee Chong Wei Li Xuerui  Malaysia
 China
[3]
2014 Chen Long Zhao Yunlei  China [4]
2015 Chen Long Carolina Marín  China
 Spain
2016 Lee Chong Wei Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi  Malaysia
 Japan
2017 Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo Chen Qingchen  Indonesia
 China
2018 Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo Huang Yaqiong  Indonesia
 China
2019 Kento Momota Huang Yaqiong  Japan
 China
[5]
2020–2021 Viktor Axelsen Tai Tzu-ying  Denmark
 Chinese Taipei
[6]
2022 Viktor Axelsen Akane Yamaguchi  Denmark
 Japan
[7]
2023 Seo Seung-jae An Se-young  South Korea [8]

Pairs of the Year

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Year Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles Ref
2020–2021 Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu Indonesia
2022 Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong China [7]
2023 Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan  China [8]

Players' Player of the Year

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Year Male Player Female Player Nationality Ref
2024 TBA TBA TBA

Rising Star of the Year

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This was awarded from 2008 to 2023 as the Most Promising Player of the Year. In 2024, it was renamed Rising Star of the Year.

Year Player(s) Nationality Ref
2008 Saina Nehwal  India [9]
2009 Ratchanok Intanon  Thailand [1]
2010 Viktor Axelsen  Denmark
2011 Zulfadli Zulkiffli  Malaysia
2012 Kento Momota  Japan
2013 Akane Yamaguchi  Japan
2014 Akane Yamaguchi  Japan
2015 Zheng Siwei  China
2016 Chen Qingchen  China
2017 Chen Yufei  China
2018 Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong  China
2019 An Se-young  South Korea
2020–2021 Kunlavut Vitidsarn  Thailand
2022 Kodai Naraoka  Japan [7]
2023 Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning  China [8]

Para-players of the Year

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This award was first presented in 2015.[10]

Year Men's singles Women's singles Nationality Ref
2015 Lee Sam-seop Helle Sofie Sagøy  South Korea
 Norway
[5]
2016 Lucas Mazur Karin Suter-Erath  France
 Switzerland
2017 Kim Jung-jun Amnouy Wetwithan  South Korea
 Thailand
2018 Jack Shephard Leani Ratri Oktila  England
 Indonesia
2019 Qu Zimo Leani Ratri Oktila  China
 Indonesia
2020–2021 Qu Zimo Leani Ratri Oktila  China
 Indonesia
2022 Daiki Kajiwara Manisha Ramadass  Japan
 India
[7]
2023 Daiki Kajiwara Rina Marlina  Japan
 Indonesia

Para-pair of the Year

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Year Pair Nationality Ref
2020–2021 Lucas Mazur and Faustine Noël  France
2022 Thomas Wandschneider and Rick Cornell Hellman  Germany
2023 Hikmat Ramdani and Leani Ratri Oktila  Indonesia

Defunct categories

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In 2024, BWF announced a brand-new structure for the awards. This led to a few categories becoming defunct.[11]

Most Improved Player of the Year

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Year Player(s) Nationality
2016 P. V. Sindhu  India
2017 Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota  Japan
2018 Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara  Japan
2019 Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong  South Korea
2020–2021 Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin  Chinese Taipei
2022 Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto  Indonesia
2023 Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin  China

Best-dressed Player of the Year

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This award is given to the best-dressed player at the Gala held prior to the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and its predecessor, the BWF Super Series Finals.

Year Male Player Female Player Nationality Ref
2013 Ko Sung-hyun Tai Tzu-ying  South Korea
 Chinese Taipei
[12]
2015 Chou Tien-chen Ratchanok Intanon  Chinese Taipei
 Thailand
[10]
2016 Viktor Axelsen Woon Khe Wei  Denmark
 Malaysia
[13]
2017 Srikanth Kidambi Tai Tzu-ying  India
 Chinese Taipei
[14]
2018 Shi Yuqi P. V. Sindhu  China
 India
[15]
2019 Viktor Axelsen Ratchanok Intanon  Denmark
 Thailand
[16]
2022 Prannoy H. S. Busanan Ongbamrungphan  India
 Thailand
[7]
2023 Chen Tang Jie Jongkolphan Kititharakul  Malaysia
 Thailand
[8]

References

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  3. ^ "WINNERS SAVOUR BWF AWARDS". bwfbadminton.com. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Badminton: Chen, Zhao, Yamaguchi honoured with BWF awards". sport-asia.com. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Awards". corporate.bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  6. ^ "BWF Player of the Year Award Winners 2020/2021". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  7. ^ a b c d e "AXELSEN, ZHENG AND HUANG REWARDED FOR STELLAR SEASONS". bwfbadminton.com. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d "YEAR-END HONOURS FOR SEO SEUNG JAE, AN SE YOUNG". bwfbadminton.com. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Saina named 'The most promising player of the year'". The Times of India. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  10. ^ a b Sukumar, Dev (8 December 2015). "CHEN, MARIN CROWNED BWF PLAYERS OF THE YEAR". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  11. ^ "New structure for BWF Awards from 2024". BWF.
  12. ^ Leung, Edwin (19 May 2013). "CHINESE PLAYERS IN SPOTLIGHT ON BWF AWARDS NIGHT". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  13. ^ "CHONG WEI CREATES HISTORY AS ASIAN SHUTTLERS SWEEP BWF AWARDS". badmintonasia.org. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  14. ^ Banerjee, Sudeshna (12 December 2017). "Srikanth Kidambi wins 'Best Dressed Player' award at BWF Gala". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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  16. ^ "'It's not easy,' says Thai ace on Finals eve". Bangkok Post. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.