# 2018 in badminton
## International badminton events (Grade 1)

* May 20 – 27: 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup (Grade 1) in Bangkok
** Thomas Cup winners: China
** Uber Cup winners: Japan
* July 30 – August 5: 2018 BWF World Championships (Grade 1) in Nanjing
** Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
** Doubles: China (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) / Japan (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f)
** Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
* October 15 – 21: 2018 World University Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur
* November 5 – 18: 2018 BWF World Junior Championships (Individual & Team; Grade 1) in Markham, Ontario
** Singles: Kunlavut Vitidsarn (m) / Goh Jin Wei (f)
** Doubles: China (Di Zijian & Wang Chang) (m) / China (Liu Xuanxuan & Xia Yuting) (f)
** Mixed: Indonesia (Leo Rolly Carnando & Indah Cahya Sari Jamil)
** Team: China
* December 12 – 16: HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 in Guangzhou
** Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / P. V. Sindhu (f)
** Doubles: China (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) / Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
** Mixed: China (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping)

## Continental badminton events

* February 6 – 11: 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand
** Singles: Abhinav Manota (m) / Chen Hsuan-yu (f)
** Doubles: Australia (Matthew Chau & Sawan Serasinghe) (m) / Australia (Setyana Mapasa & Gronya Somerville) (f)
** Mixed: Australia (Sawan Serasinghe & Setyana Mapasa)
** Men's Team: Australia (Anthony Joe, Ashwant Gobinathan, Eric Vuong, Jacob Schueler, Matthew Chau, Pit Seng Low, Raymond Tam, Robin Middleton, Ross Smith, Sawan Serasinghe)
** Women's Team: Australia (Gronya Somerville, Chen Hsuan-yu, Jennifer Tam, Joy Lai, Leanne Choo, Louisa Ma, Setyana Mapasa)
* February 6 – 11: 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Alor Setar
** Men: Indonesia (Mohammad Ahsan, Jonatan Christie, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Firman Abdul Kholik, Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, Angga Pratama, Rian Agung Saputro, Hendra Setiawan, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo)
** Women: Japan (Yuki Fukushima, Sayaka Hirota, Misaki Matsutomo, Aya Ohori, Nozomi Okuhara, Sayaka Sato, Ayaka Takahashi, Shiho Tanaka, Akane Yamaguchi, Koharu Yonemoto)
* February 12 – 15: 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Algiers
** Men: Algeria (Adel Hamek, Adel Meddah, Koceila Mammeri, Majed Yacine Balahoune, Mohamed Abdelaziz Ouchefoun, Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi, Samy Khaldi, Sifeddine Larbaoui, Youcef Sabri Medel)
** Women: Mauritius (Aurelie Marie Elisa Allet, Ganesha Mungrah, Kate Foo Kune, Kobita Dookhee, Nicki Chan-Lam, Sendila Mourat)
* February 13 – 18: 2018 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Kazan
** Men: Denmark (Anders Antonsen, Mads Conrad-Petersen, Mads Pieler Kolding, Emil Holst, Kim Astrup, Mathias Christiansen, Jan Ø. Jørgensen)
** Women: Denmark (Mia Blichfeldt, Kamilla Rytter Juhl, Christinna Pedersen, Line Kjaersfeldt, Maiken Fruergaard, Sara Thygesen, Natalia Koch Rohde)
* February 15 – 18: 2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships (Team) in Tacarigua
** Men: Canada (Austin James Bauer, Paul-Antoine Dostie-Gundon, Jason Ho-shue, Jonathan Lai, Ty Alexander Lindeman, Nyl Yakura, Brian Yang, Duncan Yao)
** Women: Canada (Anne-Julie Beaulieu, Catherine Choi, Michelle Li, Talia Ng, Stéphanie Pakenham, Brittney Tam, Michelle Tong, Josephine Wu)
* April 24 – 29: 2018 Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan
** Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
** Doubles: China (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) / Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
** Mixed: China (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping)
* April 24 – 29: 2018 European Badminton Championships in Huelva
** Singles: Viktor Axelsen (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
** Doubles: Denmark (Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen) (m) / Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
** Mixed: England (Chris Adcock & Gabby Adcock)
* April 26 – 29: 2018 Pan American Badminton Championships in Guatemala City
** Singles: Ygor Coelho / Michelle Li (f)
** Doubles: Canada (Jason Ho-shue & Nyl Yakura) (m) / Canada (Rachel Honderich & Kristen Tsai) (f)
** Mixed: Canada (Ty Alexander Lindeman & Josephine Wu)
* July 14 – 22: Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2018 in Jakarta
** Singles: Lakshya Sen (m) / WANG Zhiyi (f)
** Doubles: China (DI Zijian & WANG Chang) (m) / Indonesia (Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma & Ribka Sugiarto) (f)
** Mixed: China (GUO Xinwa & LIU Xuanxuan)
** Team: China defeated Japan, 3–0 in matches played, in the final. Indonesia & Malaysia took third place.
* July 18 – 26: 2018 Pan Am Junior Badminton Championships in Salvador, Bahia
** Singles: Jonathan Matias (m) / Talia Ng (f)
** Doubles: United States (Ryan Zheng & Winston Tsai) (m) / Canada (Crystal Lai & Wendy Zhang) (f)
** Mixed: Canada (Kevin Wang & Wendy Zhang)
** Team: Canada defeated Brazil, 3–2 in matches played, in the final. United States took third place.
* September 7 – 16: 2018 European Junior Badminton Championships in Tallinn
** Singles: Arnaud Merkle (m) / Line Christopher (f)
** Doubles: France (Fabien Delrue & William Villeger) (m) / Turkey (Bengisu Ercetin & Nazlıcan Inci) (f)
** Mixed: France (Fabien Delrue & Juliette Moinard)
** Team: France defeated Denmark, 3–2 in matches played, in the final. The semifinal loser teams were Germany & Russia.

## 2018 BWF Season (Grade 2)

* January 9 – December 2: 2018 BWF Season

### Level Two (Super 1000)

* March 14 – 18: 2018 All England Open in Birmingham
** Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / Denmark (Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen) (f)
** Mixed: Japan (Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino)
* July 3 – 8: 2018 Indonesia Open in Jakarta
** Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
** Mixed: Indonesia (Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir)
* September 18 – 23: 2018 China Open (final) in Changzhou
** Singles: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
** Doubles: Denmark (Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen) (m) / Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
** Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)

### Level Three (Super 750)

* June 26 – July 1: Malaysia Open 2018 in Kuala Lumpur
** Singles: Lee Chong Wei (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
** Doubles: Japan (Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda) (m) / Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
** Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
* September 11 – 16: Japan Open 2018 in Tokyo
** Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
** Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
* October 16 – 21: Denmark Open 2018 in Odense
** Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
** Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
* October 23 – 28: French Open 2018 in Paris
** Singles: Chen Long (m) / Akane Yamaguchi (f)
** Doubles: China (Han Chengkai & Zhou Haodong) (m) / Japan (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f)
** Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
* November 6 – 11: China Masters 2018 (final) in Fuzhou
** Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Chen Yufei (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / South Korea (Lee So-hee & Shin Seung-chan) (f)
** Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)

### Level Four (Super 500)

* January 16 – 21: 2018 Malaysia Masters in Kuala Lumpur
** Singles: Viktor Axelsen (m) / Ratchanok Intanon (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto) (m) / Denmark (Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen) (f)
** Mixed: Hong Kong (Tang Chun Man & Tse Ying Suet)
* January 23 – 28: 2018 Indonesia Masters in Jakarta
** Singles: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
** Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
* January 30 – February 4: 2018 India Open in New Delhi
** Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / Zhang Beiwen (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / Indonesia (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (f)
** Mixed: Denmark (Mathias Christiansen & Christinna Pedersen)
* July 10 – 15: 2018 Thailand Open in Bangkok
** Singles: Kanta Tsuneyama (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f)
** Doubles: Japan (Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda) (m) / Indonesia (Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu) (f)
** Mixed: Indonesia (Hafiz Faizal & Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja)
* July 17 – 22: 2018 Singapore Open in Singapore
** Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan) (m) / Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
** Mixed: Malaysia (Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai)
* September 25 – 30: 2018 Korea Open in Seoul
** Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f)
** Doubles: Japan (Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe) (m) / Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
** Mixed: China (He Jiting & Du Yue)
* November 13 – 18: 2018 Hong Kong Open (final) in Hong Kong
** Singles: Son Wan-ho (m) / Nozomi Okuhara (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (m) / Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
** Mixed: Japan (Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino)

### Level Five (Super 300)

* January 9 – 14: 2018 Thailand Masters in Bangkok
** Singles: Tommy Sugiarto (m) / Nichaon Jindapon (f)
** Doubles: Thailand (Tinn Isriyanet & Kittisak Namdash) (m) / Thailand (Jongkolphan Kititharakul & Rawinda Prajongjai) (f)
** Mixed: Malaysia (Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying)
* February 20 – 25: 2018 Swiss Open in Basel
** Singles: Sameer Verma (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f)
** Doubles: Denmark (Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen) (m) / Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
** Mixed: Germany (Mark Lamsfuß & Isabel Herttrich)
* March 6 – 11: 2018 German Open in Mülheim
** Singles: Chou Tien-chen (m) / Akane Yamaguchi (f)
** Doubles: Japan (Takuto Inoue & Yuki Kaneko) (m) / Japan (Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota) (f)
** Mixed: Malaysia (Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai)
* May 1 – 6: 2018 New Zealand Open in Auckland
** Singles: Lin Dan (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f)
** Doubles: Chinese Taipei (Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin) (m) / Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
** Mixed: Chinese Taipei (Wang Chi-lin & Lee Chia-hsin)
* May 8 – 13: 2018 Australian Open in Sydney
** Singles: LU Guangzu (m) / Cai Yanyan (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Berry Angriawan & Hardianto) (m) / Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
** Mixed: South Korea (Seo Seung-jae & Chae Yoo-jung)
* June 12 – 17: 2018 U.S. Open in Fullerton
** Singles: Lee Dong-keun (m) / Li Xuerui (f)
** Doubles: China (OU Xuanyi & REN Xiangyu) (m) / China (Tang Jinhua & Yu Xiaohan) (f)
** Mixed: Malaysia (Chan Peng Soon & Goh Liu Ying)
* August 28 – September 2: 2018 Spanish Open in Barcelona
** Singles: Rasmus Gemke (m) / Minatsu Mitani (f)
** Doubles: South Korea (Kim Gi-jung & Lee Yong-dae) (m) / Japan (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f)
** Mixed: Denmark (Niclas Nøhr & Sara Thygesen)
* October 2 – 7: 2018 Chinese Taipei Open in Taipei
** Singles: Lee Zii Jia (m) / Tai Tzu-ying (f)
** Doubles: Chinese Taipei (Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin) (m) / Japan (Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida) (f)
** Mixed: Indonesia (Alfian Eko Prasetya & Marsheilla Gischa Islami)
* October 30 – November 4: 2018 Macau Open in Macau
** Singles: Lee Hyun-il (m) / Michelle Li (f)
** Doubles: South Korea (Kim Gi-jung & Lee Yong-dae) (m) / Malaysia (Vivian Hoo Kah Mun & Yap Cheng Wen) (f)
** Mixed: Hong Kong (Tang Chun Man & Tse Ying Suet)
* November 20 – 25: 2018 Syed Modi International in Lucknow
** Singles: Sameer Verma (m) / Han Yue (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto) (m) / Malaysia (Chow Mei Kuan & Lee Meng Yean) (f)
** Mixed: China (OU Xuanyi & Feng Xueying)
* November 27 – December 2: Korea Masters 2018 (final) in Gwangju
** Singles: Son Wan-ho (m) / Li Xuerui (f)
** Doubles: South Korea (Choi Sol-gyu & Seo Seung-jae) (m) / South Korea (Chang Ye-na & Jung Kyung-eun) (f)
** Mixed: South Korea (Ko Sung-hyun & Eom Hye-won)

### Level Six (Super 100)

* March 27 – April 1: Orleans Masters 2018 in Orléans
** Singles: Mark Caljouw (m) / Shiori Saito (f)
** Doubles: Germany (Mark Lamsfuß & Marvin Emil Seidel) (m) / Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
** Mixed: Denmark (Niclas Nøhr & Sara Thygesen)
* April 10 – 15: Lingshui China Masters in Lingshui
** Singles: Lin Yu-hsien (m) / Li Xuerui (f)
** Doubles: China (Han Chengkai & Zhou Haodong) (m) / China (Du Yue & Li Yinhui) (f)
** Mixed: China (GUO Xinwa & LIU Xuanxuan)
* June 19 – 24: Canada Open 2018 in Calgary
** Singles: LU Guangzu (m) / Li Xuerui (f)
** Doubles: England (Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge) (m) / Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
** Mixed: England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)
* July 24 – 29: Japan Masters 2018 in Akita
** Singles: Sitthikom Thammasin (m) / Sayaka Takahashi (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Akbar Bintang Cahyono & Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani) (m) / Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
** Mixed: Japan (Kohei Gondo & Ayane Kurihara)
* July 24 – 29: Russian Open 2018 in Vladivostok
** Singles: Sourabh Verma (m) / Ho Yen Mei (f)
** Doubles: Malaysia (Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif & Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub) (m) / Japan (Chisato Hoshi & Kie Nakanishi) (f)
** Mixed: Vladimir Ivanov & KIM Min-Kyung
* August 7 – 12: Vietnam Open 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City
** Singles: Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (m) / Yeo Jia Min (f)
** Doubles: South Korea (Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol) (m) / Japan (Misato Aratama & Akane Watanabe) (f)
** Mixed: Thailand (Nipitphon Phuangphuapet & Savitree Amitrapai)
* September 4 – 9: Hyderabad Open in India
** Singles: Sameer Verma (m) / Kim Ga-eun (f)
** Doubles: India (Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty) (m) / Hong Kong (Ng Tsz Yau & Yuen Sin Ying) (f)
** Mixed: Indonesia (Akbar Bintang Cahyono & Winny Oktavina Kandow)
* September 18 – 23: 2018 Bangka Belitung Indonesia Masters in Pangkal Pinang
** Singles: Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (m) / Minatsu Mitani (f)
** Doubles: Chinese Taipei (Chang Ko-chi & Lu Chia-pin) (m) / Japan (Ayako Sakuramoto & Yukiko Takahata) (f)
** Mixed: Indonesia (Rinov Rivaldy & Pitha Haningtyas Mentari)
* October 9 – 14: Dutch Open 2018 in Almere
** Singles: Sourabh Verma (m) / Mia Blichfeldt (f)
** Doubles: Indonesia (Wahyu Nayaka & Ade Yusuf) (m) / Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
** Mixed: England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)
* October 30 – November 4: SaarLorLux 2018 in Saarbrücken
** Singles: Subhankar Dey (m) / Cai Yanyan (f)
** Doubles: England (Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge) (m) / Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
** Mixed: England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)
* November 21 – 25: Scottish Open 2018 (final) in Glasgow
** Singles: LIU Haichao (m) / Kirsty Gilmour (f)
** Doubles: England (Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge) (m) / Bulgaria (Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva) (f)
** Mixed: England (Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith)

## Leagues

* December 23, 2017 – January 14, 2018: 2017-18 Premier Badminton League in India
** The Hyderabad Hunters defeated the Bengaluru Blasters, 4–3, to win their first Premier Badminton League title.