# 2020 BWF Continental Circuit

The 2020 BWF Continental Circuit was the fourteenth season of the BWF Continental Circuit of badminton, a circuit of 14 tournaments. The 14 tournaments are divided into three levels:
* International Challenge (2 tournaments)
* International Series (6 tournaments)
* Future Series (6 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.
| 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:

### Winners
#### International Challenge

| Tour | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| Iran Fajr International | Sheng Xiaodong | Crystal Pan | Soroush Eskandari Vatannejad Amir Jabbari | Nasim Safaei Hananeh Yaghobzadeh | — |
| Austrian International | Max Weißkirchen | Yukino Nakai | Alexander Dunn Adam Hall | Tsukiko Yasaki Erika Yokoyama | Jeppe Bay Sara Lundgaard |
| Polish Open | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Canadian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Osaka International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Finnish Open | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Denmark International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Mongolia International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Lagos International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Azerbaijan International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Belgian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Maldives International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Spanish International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Myanmar International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Czech International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Indonesia International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Vietnam International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Hungarian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Malaysia International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| India International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Scottish Open | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bangladesh International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| White Nights | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Italian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

#### International Series

| Tour | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| Estonian International | Hashiru Shimono | Natsuki Nidaira | Chiang Chien-wei Ye Hong-wei | Rena Miyaura Saori Ozaki | Yujiro Nishikawa Saori Ozaki |
| Swedish Open | Victor Svendsen | Natsuki Nidaira | Chiang Chien-wei Ye Hong-wei | Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow | Yujiro Nishikawa Saori Ozaki |
| Lao International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Uganda International | Gergely Krausz | Thet Htar Thuzar | Tarun Kona Shivam Sharma | Meghana Jakkampudi Poorvisha S. Ram | Tarun Kona Meghana Jakkampudi |
| Jamaica International | Takuma Obayashi | Momoka Kimura | Aníbal Marroquín Jonathan Solís | Sayaka Hobara Rena Miyaura | Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto |
| KaBaL International Karviná | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Waikato International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Dutch International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Peru International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Slovenian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Malaysia International Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bulgarian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Kharkiv International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bendigo International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Polish International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Guatemala International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bahrain International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Cameroon International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Brazil International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Santo Domingo Open | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Kazakhstan International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Norwegian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Portugal International | Brice Leverdez | Sabrina Jaquet | Lucas Corvée Brice Leverdez | Lauren Middleton Holly Newall | Christopher Grimley Eleanor O'Donnell |
| Suriname International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Irish Open | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| International Mexicano | Job Castillo | Sabrina Solís | Job Castillo Sebastián Martínez | Jessica Bautista Vanessa Villalobos | Andrés López Sabrina Solis |
| Welsh International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Vietnam International Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bangabandhu International Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Turkey Open | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

#### Future Series

| Tour | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| Iceland International | Fathurrahman Fauzi | Rachel Sugden | Anton Monnberg Jesper Paul | Asmita Chaudhari Pamela Reyes | Alex Green Annie Lado |
| Slovak International | Jan Louda | Lin Jhih-yun | Lin Shang-kai Tseng Min-hao | Lee Chia-hsin Lin Jhih-yun | Lu Ming-che Wu Ti-jung |
| Kenya International | Chirag Sen | Aakarshi Kashyap | Kathiravun Concheepuran Manivannan Santhosh Gajendran | Doha Hany Hadia Hosny | Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany |
| Peru Future Series | Yushi Tanaka | Momoka Kimura | Rubén Castellanos Christopher Martínez | Daniela Macías Dánica Nishimura | Daniel la Torre Paula la Torre |
| Giraldilla International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| North Harbour International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Lithuanian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| German International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Styrian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Latvia International | Mihkel Laanes | Catlyn Kruus | Mikk Järveoja Mihkel Laanes | Kati-Kreet Marran Helina Rüütel | Mihkel Laanes Helina Rüütel |
| Kathmandu International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Sydney International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Maldives Future Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Benin International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Croatian International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bulgarian International | Luka Ban | Linda Zetchiri | Daniel Nikolov Ivan Rusev | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Iliyan Stoynov Hristomira Popovska |
| Myanmar Future Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bahrain Future Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Cyprus International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Chile International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Egypt International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Israel International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Algeria International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Guatemala Future Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Slovenia Future Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Costa Rica Future Series | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Botswana International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Zambia International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| South Africa International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| El Salvador International | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Update on Tournaments Grade 2, 3 and Junior cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 BWF announces a revamped 2020 tournament calendar due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 4 Updates 18 September 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 16 to 19 July, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 Tournament update 3 European tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 24 to 29 March, was later postponed to 2–7 June due to COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam before getting another schedule. It was officially cancelled on 10 July 2020.
* 1 2 3 Updates 11 September 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 Updates 8 September 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 4 Updates 7 August 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Updates 25 August 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ Updates 2 October 2020, tournaments cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 Two Australian tournaments cancelled in September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 4 Updates 10 July 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 4 Updates 24 July 2020, tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ Two Pan Am Tournaments Cancelled in October due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic.
* 1 2 Updates 14 November 2020, tournaments cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ Update on tournaments cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ Tournament updates 7 July 2020.
* ↑ Updates 27 October 2020, tournaments cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ Updates 5 November 2020, tournaments cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

## Statistics
### Performance by countries

Below are the 2020 BWF Continental Circuit performances by country. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

#### International Challenge

| Rank | Team | IRI | AUT | Total |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | | 2 |
| 1 | Japan | | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | | 1 |
| 3 | Denmark | | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Germany | | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Scotland | | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | | 1 |

#### International Series

| Rank | Team | EST | SWE | UGA | JAM | POR | MEX | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 2 | | 3 | | | 9 |
| 2 | Mexico | | | | | | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | India | | | 3 | | | | 3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| 4 | Denmark | | 2 | | | | | 2 |
| 4 | France | | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| 4 | Guatemala | | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| 4 | Scotland | | | | | 2 | | 2 |
| 9 | Hungary | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 9 | Myanmar | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| 9 | Switzerland | | | | | 1 | | 1 |

#### Future Series

| Rank | Team | ISL | SVK | KEN | PER | LAT | BUL | Total |
| 1 | Estonia | | | | | 5 | | 5 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | | | | | | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | | 4 | | | | | 4 |
| 4 | India | | | 3 | | | | 3 |
| 5 | Egypt | | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| 5 | England | 2 | | | | | | 2 |
| 5 | Japan | | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| 5 | Peru | | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| 9 | Croatia | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| 9 | Finland | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| 9 | Guatemala | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| 9 | Scotland | 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 the XD (5/5) of International Mexicano.