There are 4 levels of the badminton tournament defined by Badminton World Federation.
According to the prize money of each championship, every level can be differentiated to several series.
LEVEL | CATEGORY | PRIZE MONEY (USD) | CHAMPIONSHIP (example) |
Level 1 | BWF Events | Announced by BWF | - Olympics - Sudirman Cup - Thomas and Uber Cups - World Championships |
Level 2 | Super Series | Super Series Finals- over 500,000 Super Series Premier- over 400,000 Super Seriesover 200,000 |
- 2012 Super Series Finals - VICTOR Korea Open - India Super Series Open |
Level 3 | Grand Prix Gold | over 120,000 | - Chinese Taipei Open |
Level 3 | Grand Prix | over 50,000 | - Germany Open |
Level 4 | International Challenge | over 15,000 | - Iceland Open |
Level 4 | International Series | over 5,000 | |
Level 4 | Future Series | under 5,000 |
( Edit by VICTOR badminton )