BWF Super Series

[3] A Super Series tournament offered a minimum total prize money of USD200,000; a Super Series Premier tournament offered minimum total prize money of USD350,000; Super Series Finals offered minimum total prize money of USD500,000.

Super Series tournaments offered minimum total prize money of USD250,000, with an increment of USD25,000 each year up to 2017.

[8] Starting in 2007, players from the same nation were not separated in the main draw of the tournaments.

The top Chinese player Lin Dan has criticized the rule change.

Since then, only up to 16 players/pairs were allowed to participate in qualifying rounds, where four highest-ranked players/pairs in World Ranking would be seeded.

[13] Starting in 2011, top ten players/pairs of each discipline in the World Ranking were required to play in all Super Series Premier tournaments and a minimum of four Super Series tournaments occurring in the full calendar year.

Players who qualified for Super Series Finals were obliged to play.

Exemption from penalty would be considered by BWF on receipt of a valid medical certificate or strong evidence that prove players unfit to participate.

China was the sole country to host the series twice in a season from the year of 2007–2013.

Starting in 2014 season, Australia hosted a Super Series tournament.