22-May-2010:
Yonex All England Championships wins promotion to the Premier
league
BADMINTON England Chief Executive Adrian Christy today
expressed his delight at the Yonex All England Championships'
elevation to a Premier Series event on the BWF's Super
Series circuit.
He said: "We are thrilled that the Yonex All England
Championships is among the top five Premier Series tournaments.
"This is excellent news coming just 10 weeks after we celebrated
the 100th All England."
The BWF announcement of Super Series plans for 2011-2013 was
made overnight from Kuala Lumpur and for the first saw included
the Indian Open among the 12 Super Series events, at the expense
of the Swiss Open.
Christy added: "To be among the Premier five events reflects our
tournament's prestigious position in the eyes of the badminton
world and we can now look forward to another exciting year for
English badminton with the 2011 Yonex All England Championships
next March being followed by the BWF World Championships five
months later.
"It will give UK badminton a real impetus in the countdown to
the Olympic Games in London in 2012."
The BWF announcement read:
In a major boost for badminton and the players involved in the
sport, the Badminton World Federation today announced the hosts
for the 2011-2013 Super Series seaon with the first ever million
dollar prize money in a single tournament next year.
Expressing his delight with the development, BWF President Dr
Kang Young Joong also announced that the Super Series circuit
next year will offer combined total prize money of USD
4.7million, a substantial increase from the USD 3.3m total prize
money on offer for the 2010 season.
"There is more money in the sport, we have our first ever
million dollar prize money tournament, and above all, the BWF
received a strong interest from our Members to be a part of
the Super Series circuit," said Dr Kang after chairing a Council
meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
"These are positives for the sport and I firmly believe we are
heading in the right direction in terms of developing and
promoting the sport. The future is bright."
The 12 hosts of the Super Series circuit for the 2011-2013
seasons are Denmark, England, France, Hong Kong, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and China hosting
two legs.
From the 12 Super Series events, five have been selected as
Premier Series events, with the Korea Open offering USD 1.2m
prize money followed by Indonesia on USD 600,000. the other
three Premier Series events - Denmark Open, All England
Championships and China Open - offer a minimum total prize money
of USD 350,000 for each event.
The BWF introduced the Super Series format in 2007 to showcase
badminton at a higher level of presentation and competitiveness,
to increase television coverage for the sport and to increase
the star quality and popularity of the top players in the world
through increased television coverage.
Following a review of its events in 2009 the BWF decided to
introduce a two-tier Super Series circuit - the Premier Series
and Super Series. The Super Series circuit offers a minimum
total prize money of USD 200,000 for each tournament.
A total of 17 applications were received from Member
Associations to be included as a Super Series event with another
eight applications received for the Premier Series.
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