The 2022 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2022 badminton season to publish and promote the sport.
The world badminton tournament in 2022 consisted of: The Thomas & Uber Cup were team events.
The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2022 calendar,[1] with the champions and runners-up documented.
India Open (Draw) Estonian International Syed Modi International (Draw) Swedish Open Odisha Open (Draw) Ukraine Open Iceland International (cancelled)[a] Iran Fajr International Badminton Asia Team Championships (Draw) European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships (Draw) (cancelled)[a] Pan Am Badminton Team Championships (Draw) Oceania Men's & Women's Team Badminton Championships (Draw) (cancelled)[b] All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships (Draw) African Badminton Championships (Draw) Uganda International Spain Masters (Draw) (cancelled)[c] Slovak Open German Open (Draw) Portugal International All England Open (Draw) Giraldilla International (Cancelled)[a] Swiss Open (Draw) Polish Open Vietnam International Challenge (cancelled)[b] Orléans Masters (Draw) Korea Open (Draw) Osaka International (cancelled) Dnipro Future Series (postponed) Korea Masters (Draw) Mexican International Challenge Dutch International Badminton Asia Championships (Draw) European Badminton Championships (Draw) Pan American Badminton Championships (Draw) Oceania Badminton Championships (Draw) Luxembourg Open Thomas Cup (Draw) Uber Cup (Draw) Thailand Open (Draw) Slovenian International 2021 Southeast Asian Games – Men's team (Draw) 2021 Southeast Asian Games – Women's team (Draw) 2021 Southeast Asian Games – Individual event (Draw) Austrian Open Italian International Indonesia Masters (Draw) Denmark Masters Santo Domingo Open Lithuanian International Indonesia Open (Draw) Bonn International Nantes International Croatia Open Pacific Mini Games Mixed Team (Draw) Pacific Mini Games Individual Events (Draw) Malaysia Open (Draw) Malaysia Masters (Draw) White Nights (cancelled)[a] Singapore Open (Draw) Réunion Open Taipei Open (Draw) Commonwealth Games Mixed Team (Draw) Akita Masters (Draw) (cancelled)[b] Commonwealth Games (Draw) Mongolia International World Championships (Draw) Cameroon International Future Series Nouvelle-Aquitaine Japan Open (Draw) Lagos International (cancelled) Latvia International Mexico Future Series Ukraine International (postponed) Benin International 2022 Asian Games (Draw) (postponed) India Maharashtra International Challenge Belgian International Brazil International Series Spanish International 2022 Asian Games (Draw) (postponed) India Chhattisgarh International Challenge Indonesia International Series Polish International Venezuela Future Series (cancelled)[a] Vietnam Open (Draw) Canada Open (Draw) Yogyakarta Indonesia International Challenge Finnish Open (cancelled)[b] Guatemala International Series Croatian International U.S. Open (Draw) (cancelled)[a] Sydney International Bulgarian International Championship Bendigo International Malang Indonesia International Challenge India International Challenge Dutch Open Egypt International Cyprus International (cancelled)[b] Denmark Open (Draw) Indonesia Masters Super 100 (Draw) North Harbour International Maldives International Czech Open Peru International Series French Open (Draw) Pakistan International Series (cancelled)[c] Israel Open Dominican Open (cancelled)[d] Hylo Open (Draw) Macau Open (Draw) (cancelled)[e] Pakistan International Challenge (cancelled)[f] Vietnam International Series Hungarian International Hong Kong Open (Draw) (cancelled)[a] Malaysia International Series Norwegian International Guatemala Future Series Australian Open (Draw) Jakarta Indonesia International Challenge (cancelled)[b] Irish Open Peru Challenge Zambia International New Zealand Open (Draw) (cancelled)[c] Bahrain International Series Mexican International Slovenia Future Series Botswana International China Open (Draw) (cancelled)[d] Bahrain International Challenge Welsh International Manawatu International (cancelled)[e] El Salvador International South Africa International BWF World Tour Finals (Draw) Fuzhou China Open (Draw) (cancelled)[b] Bangladesh International Canadian International Malta International Malaysia International Challenge Turkey Open (cancelled)[c] Following is a list of notable players (winners of the main tour title, and/or part of the BWF Rankings top 100 for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional badminton, during the 2022 season: