2011 BWF season
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 5 January 2011 – 29 December 2011 |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |  Lee Chong Wei (Male) Wang Xiaoli & Yu Yang (Female)[1] |
← 2010 2012 → | |
The 2011 BWF Season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2011 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promotes the sport of badminton through an extensive worldwide programme of events in four structure levels. They were the individual tournaments called Super Series, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge and International Series. Besides the individual tournaments, team events such as Thomas & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhadinata Cup are held every other year.[2]
The 2011 BWF season calendar comprised the World Championships tournaments, the Sudirman Cup, the BWF Super Series (Superseries, Superseries Premier, Superseries Finals), the Grand Prix (Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix), the International Series (International Series and International Challenge), and Future Series.[3]
Schedule[edit]
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2011 calendar, with the champions and runners-up documented.
- Key
| World Championships |
| Super Series Finals |
| Super Series Premier |
| Super Series |
| Grand Prix Gold |
| Grand Prix |
| International Challenge |
| International Series |
| Future Series |
| Team events |
January[edit]
February[edit]
| Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 14 | |||
| European Mixed Team Badminton Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands Continental Championships 32 Team |  Denmark 3-1 |  Germany | |
| Iran Fajr International Tehran, Iran International Challenge $15,000 – 32MS/64WS/32MD/32WD |  Tommy Sugiarto21-17, 18-21, 21-11 |  Derek Wong Zi Liang | |
 Nicole Grether21-12, 24-22 |  Dhanya Nair | ||
| Mohd Razif Abdul Rahman Mohd Razif Abdul Latif Walkover | Yeoh Kay Bin Yogendran Khrishnan | ||
 Achini Nimeshika Ratnasari Upuli Samanthika Weerasinghe21-17, 22-20 | Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid | ||
| February 21 | Austrian International Vienna, Austria International Challenge $15,000 – 32MS/32WS/32MD/32WD/32XD |  Hsu Jen-hao21-15, 21-12 |  Dmytro Zavadsky |
 Nozomi Okuhara21-6, 21-16 | Mayu Sekiya | ||
 Anthony Clark Chris Langridge21-15, 21-16 | Hiroyuki Saeki Ryota Taohata | ||
| Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto 26-24, 21-15 | Line Damkjaer Kruse Marie Roepke | ||
 Wong Wai Hong Chau Hoi Wah21-17, 21-11 | Mads Pieler Kolding Julie Houmann |
