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Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Monday introduced the calendar for the primary half of 2021, as much as the Tokyo Olympics which incorporates 17 tournaments that shall be a part of the Olympic qualification. The new-look BWF match calendar 2021 sees a lot of tournaments postponed from Q1 and Q2, and a handful of Grade 2 tournaments cancelled.
The 2021 season kicks-off on January 12 with the Thailand Open and wraps up with the conclusion of the Russia Open on July 25 after which the quadrennial occasion will take the limelight.
The BWF World Rankings will reopen following the BWF Indian Open 2020 being hosted in week 4, 2021. The calculation of the following BWF World Rankings listing shall be introduced on February 2, 2021.
As beforehand introduced, the Olympic Qualifying interval for the Race to Tokyo will restart in 2021 and the primary match counting for qualification would be the Swiss Open 2021 in week 9.
The qualification interval shall be prolonged till week 19 with the Indian Open 2021 being the final match within the qualification interval. The qualification shall be decided from the Race to Tokyo Rankings revealed on May 18, 2021. BWF Council determined that this can even be used for seedings within the Tokyo Olympic Games.
BWF is working with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to replace the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualification system whereby the ultimate up to date regulation shall be shared mid-January following formal approval by the IOC.
BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund mentioned: “These deadlines have been set due to the uncertain nature of COVID-19 and the extra time needed to conduct tournaments with the COVID-19 safety protocols required.”
BWF additionally confirmed that Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 postponed earlier this yr will now happen in Aarhus in week 41 of the season and varieties a part of a match cluster in Denmark alongside the Denmark Open 2021 in Odense throughout week 42.
“Regarding the BWF Sudirman Cup 2021, BWF is in close consultation with the Chinese Badminton Association and the host city of Suzhou to identify a suitable window within the BWF Tournament Calendar 2021. BWF will at the soonest possible opportunity announce further dates for the Mixed Team World Championships when we publish the tournament calendar for the rest of 2021. This will detail the schedule of tournaments following to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,” the governing physique mentioned in an announcement.
BWF additionally introduced a COVID-19 assist bundle for match hosts that gives monetary help and particulars value relieving initiatives to make sure tournaments can proceed to be a part of the BWF World Tour and BWF Tour in 2021.
These choices had been ratified on the current BWF Council Session, with quite a few Member Association hosts consulted throughout the affirmation course of.
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Lund mentioned: “The focus has been to establish cluster tournaments where possible similar to what is planned for the Asian Leg in January in Thailand and we expect to stage a number of tournaments this way to ensure a more feasible tournament programme in 2021.
“The Covid-19 scenario continues to supply a difficult atmosphere during which to run worldwide tournaments, and though the hope is that the COVID-19 vaccine could in time create a world with much less restrictions, BWF expects that the pandemic will nonetheless affect match internet hosting all through the entire of 2021,” he added.
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