List of players who qualified to HSBC BWF World Tour Final in Guangzhou Players who qualified after winning BWF World Championship MS - JPN - Kento Momota WS - IND - Pusarla Venkata Sindhu MD - INA - Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan WD - JPN - Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara XD - CHN - Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong Players who qualified after French Open MD - JPN - Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda WD - KOR - Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong XD - INA - Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti Players who qualified after Macau Open XD - THA - Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai Players who qualified after Fuzhou China Open MS - INA - Jonatan Christie MS - TPE - Chou Tien Chen WS - THA - Ratchanok Intanon WS - CHN - Chen Yu Fei WS - TPE - Tai Tzu Ying XD - MAS - Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying XD - CHN - Wang Yi Lyu / Huang Dong Ping MD - INA - Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo MD - CHN - Li Jun Hui / Liu Yu Chen WD - INA - Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu WS - JPN - Nozomi Okuhara MD - TPE - Lee Yang / Wang Chi Lin WD - CHN - Chen Qing Chen / Jia Yi Fan WD - JPN - Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota XD - JPN - Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino XD - INA - Hafiz Faizal / Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja Players who qualified after Hongkong Open MS - CHN - Chen Long MS - DEN - Viktor Axelsen WS - JPN - Akane Yamaguchi MD - JPN - Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe WD - THA - Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai WD - CHN - Du Yue / Li Yin Hui MS - INA - Anthony Sinisuka Ginting MS - DEN - Anders Antonsen WS - CHN - He Bing Jiao WD - KOR - Lee So Hee / Shin Seung Chan XD - KOR - Seo Seung Jae / Chae Yujung Players who qualified after Gwangju Korea Masters WS - Busanan Ongbamrungphan MD - Lu Ching Yao / Yang Po Han MS - Wang Tzu Wei MD - Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik I will update this post every week if there are other players qualify to World Tour Final. My source for this largely comes from Badmintalk. The admin of Badmintalk will update the ranking points for this World Tour Final in this remaining tournaments. Any post of it related to World Tour Final is encouraged. You can discuss about the players' possibility to World Tour Final along with some calculations.
Yeah, thanks. But, I don't regularly open this link. I rely more on tournamentsoftware than this link. I also calculate the player's points on my own too.
i'm too lazy to do the calculations anymore. it started to feel like i was wasting my time doing something the bwf folks are being paid to do anyway. i'd rather figure out stuff other people aren't thinking about or bothering with... creating additional information.
JC and CTC are the closest one to secure the spots to WTF. They can seal their spots in Fuzhou China Open.
Some players in this top 16 participate in Macau Open. Many of these top 16 are also scheduled to play in Korea Masters. RI may confirm her spot in Fuzhou China Open.
Kamura/Sonoda have sealed their spot. One more spot has been sealed by an INA pair other than Ahsan/Hendra. Minions are safe within the top 9. But, Fajar/Rian can still catch up to them. If minions can produce better result than Fajar/Rian in Fuzhou China Open, the spot that has been reserved for INA belongs to them.
Kim/Kong have sealed their spot in WTF. JPN WD will have 2 reps in WTF. One spot has been sealed by the World Champion Matsumoto/Nagahara. The other spot will be contested by FukuHiro and TakaMatsu. It is highly likely that their spot will be determined at the end of the race.
Following Praveen/Melati's victory in Denmark and France, they sealed their spot. Some of the pairs may confirm their spot in Fuzhou China Open.
I have just made the spreadsheet about the remaining tournaments for the players. Players who are confirmed to not be able to qualify to WTF will have their name removed from the spreadsheet. Green -> The player participates in the given tournament Yellow -> Qualified to WTF
Nishimoto is not going to take part in HSBC World Tour Final. The best chance is last year. This year is done.
The next player after the top 8 list is Lee Zii Jia. He is slated to participate in Fuzhou China Open, Hongkong Open and Korea Masters. The maximum amount of points earned in these 3 tournaments are 27020 (11000 + 9200 + 7000). Thus, the maximum points that LZJ can possibly earn is 90040 (63020 + 27020). There are 2 players that can confirm their spot in Fuzhou China Open, regardless of the other players' result. Jonatan Christie : 81970 Reaching Final : 81970 + 9350 = 91320 Chou Tien Chen : 81390 Reaching Final : 81390 + 9350 = 90740 Any less result than the above scenarios will be depending on the other players' result or else they have to wait for Hongkong Open.
The number 8th, Michelle Li, isn't in the safe zone because the World Champion PVS, who is outside the top 8, has secured her spot. Michelle Li only has 2 tournaments to participate, Fuzhou China Open and Hongkong Open. On the other hand, SJH will be participating in all of the remaining 3 tournaments, including Gwangju Korea Masters. The maximum points that SJH can possibly earn is 93030 (66010 + 27020). 3 players can confirm their spots in Fuzhou China Open. Ratchanok Intanon Current point : 90210 Result needed to secure the spot : At least R2 (90210 + 4320 = 94530) Chen Yu Fei Current point : 86560 Result needed to secure the spot : At least SF (86560 + 7700 = 94260) Tai Tzu Ying Current point : 85210 Result needed to secure the spot : At least Final (85210 + 9350 = 94560) These scenarios are without taking account of other players' result in Fuzhou China Open. They may even confirm their spots earlier.
Except the Indonesians, the rest of the pairs will participate in all of the 3 remaining tournaments. Minions are safe within the top 9, but Fajar/Rian can still catch up to them. However, minions are highly likely to seal the spot. There are 2 other pairs who can qualify to WTF besides minions this week. Fajar/Rian's maximum possible points : 85240 + 11000 + 9200 = 105440 Chia/Soh's maximum possible points : 69240 + 11000 + 9200 + 7000 = 96440 Liao/Su's maximum possible points : 61360 + 11000 + 9200 + 7000 = 88560 3 pairs that can seal the WTF spot in Fuzhou China Open. Minions Current point : 100950 Result needed to secure the spot : At least QF (100950 + 6050 = 107000) - surpassing Fajar/Rian Lee/Wang Current point : 90150 Result needed to secure the spot : At least SF (90150 + 7700 = 97850) - surpassing Chia/Soh Li/Liu Current point : 88180 Result needed to secure the spot : At least Final (88180 + 9350 = 97530) - surpassing Chia/Soh Just a participation in Fuzhou China Open from Li/Liu is enough to be unsurpassed by Liao/Su. Should Chia/Soh lose earlier, Lee/Wang and Li/Liu can qualify faster.
TakaMatsu, Liu/Xia and Li/Zheng are ranked above Lee/Shin, who are in the safe zone. The reason they are not in the safe zone is because their compatriots are better ranked than them. Most of the pairs, except Indonesians, will also play in Korea Masters, in addition to FCO and HKO. FukuHiro and TakaMatsu are likely to fight until the end for the WTF spot. Liu/Xia's maximum points possible : 66720 + 11000 + 9200 + 7000 = 93920 Li/Zheng's maximum points possible : 66380 + 11000 + 9200 + 7000 = 93580 Hsu/Hu's maximum possible points : 59120 + 11000 + 9200 + 7000 = 86320 Here are the possibility that the WD pairs can seal their WTF spot in Fuzhou China Open. Chen/Jia Current point : 86850 Pairs that can surpass them : Liu/Xia, Li/Zheng How they can seal the spot : At least SF (86850 + 7700 = 94550) Reaching QF and neither Liu/Xia nor Li/Zheng become FCO winner Reaching R2 and neither Liu/Xia nor Li/Zheng reach Final Lose in R1 and neither Liu/Xia nor Li/Zheng reach SF Polii/Rahayu Current point : 82720 Pairs that can surpass them : Hsu/Hu How they can seal the spot : At least R2 (82720 + 4320 = 87040) Lose in R1 and Hsu/Hu don't become the winner Kititharakul/Prajongjai Current point : 76930 Pairs that can surpass them : Hsu/Hu How they can seal the spot : Become winner (76930 + 11000 = 87930) Reaching Final and Hsu/Hu don't become the winner Reaching SF and Hsu/Hu don't reach Final Reaching QF and Hsu/Hu don't reach SF Reaching R2 and Hsu/Hu don't reach QF Lose R1 and Hsu/Hu don't reach R2
Dechapol/Sapsiree have qualified to WTF by winning Macau Open title. Some of the pairs in the top 16 will also participate in Korea Masters. Rinov/Pitha's maximum possible points : 62270 + 11000 + 9200 = 82470 Goh/Lai's maximum possible points : 60210 + 11000 + 9200 + 7000 = 87410 A simple participation in Fuzhou China Open from Hafiz/Gloria will eliminate Rinov/Pitha from qualifying to WTF. This is because INA already has one qualified pair in Praveen/Melati. Here are the possibility that the XD pairs can seal their WTF spot in Fuzhou China Open. Chan/Goh Current point : 87200 Pairs that can surpass them : Goh/Lai How they can seal the spot : Just by participating in FCO Wang/Huang Current point : 84320 Pairs that can surpass them : Goh/Lai How they can seal the spot : At least R2 (84320 + 4320 = 88640) Lose in R1 and Goh/Lai don't become the winner Hafiz/Gloria Current point : 82150 Pairs that can surpass them : Rinov/Pitha, Goh/Lai How they can seal the spot : At least QF (82150 + 6050 = 88200) Reaching R2 and Goh/Lai don't become the winner Lose R1 and Goh/Lai don't reach Final Watanabe/Higashino Current point : 78300 Pairs that can surpass them : Goh/Lai, Tan/Lai, Ellis/Smith, Nipitphon/Savitree How they can seal the spot : Reaching Final (78300 + 9350 = 87650) Other results and depending on the above pairs' result.
So Syed Modi 2019 like Gwangju Korea Masters 2018 points will be futile for Race to Guangzhou in respective years?
Yes, but, at least, the players have been notified earlier this year. It should be clear by now, unlike last year.
