2008 BWF Super Series

The 2008 BWF Super Series is the second season of the BWF Super Series. The season spanned between the continental of Asia and Europe and was starting with Malaysia Open from January 15 and ended with Hong Kong Open on November 30, 2008. The top eight ranked players competed in the Masters Finals in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from December 18 to December 21, 2008.[1]

2008 BWF Super Series
Tournament details
Dates15 January – 21 December 2008
Edition2nd
← 2007 2009 →

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:[2]

Tour Official title Venue City Date Prize money
USD		 Report
Start Finish
1 Malaysia Open Super Series Putra Indoor Stadium Kuala Lumpur January 15 January 20 200,000 Report
2 Korea Open Super Series Jangchung Gymnasium Seoul January 22 January 27 300,000 Report
3 All England Super Series National Indoor Arena Birmingham March 4 March 9 200,000 Report
4 Swiss Open Super Series St. Jakobshalle Basel March 11 March 16 200,000 Report
5 Singapore Super Series Singapore Indoor Stadium Singapore June 10 June 15 200,000 Report
6 Indonesia Super Series Bung Karno Stadium Jakarta June 17 June 22 250,000 Report
7 Japan Super Series Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Tokyo September 16 September 21 200,000 Report
8 China Masters Super Series Changzhou Olympic Sports Center Changzhou September 23 September 28 200,000 Report
9 Denmark Super Series Arena Fyn Odense October 21 October 26 200,000 Report
10 French Super Series Stade Pierre de Coubertin Paris October 28 November 2 200,000 Report
11 China Open Super Series Yuanshen Sports Development Center Pudong, Shanghai November 18 November 23 250,000 Report
12 Hong Kong Super Series Queen Elizabeth Stadium Wan Chai, Hong Kong November 25 November 30 200,000 Report
13 Super Series Masters Finals Likas Indoor Stadium Kota Kinabalu, Sabah December 18 December 21 500,000 Report

Results

Winners
Tour Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Tine Rasmussen Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		 Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		 He Hanbin
Yu Yang
Korea Lee Hyun-il Zhou Mi Fu Haifeng
Cai Yun		 Du Jing
Yu Yang		 Lee Yong-dae
Lee Hyo-jung
England Chen Jin Tine Rasmussen Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae		 Lee Hyo-jung
Lee Kyung-won		 Zheng Bo
Gao Ling
Swiss Lin Dan Xie Xingfang Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae		 Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		 He Hanbin
Yu Yang
Singapore Lee Chong Wei Tine Rasmussen Zakry Abdul Latif
Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari		 Du Jing
Yu Yang		 Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir
Indonesia Sony Dwi Kuncoro Zhu Lin Zakry Abdul Latif
Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari		 Vita Marissa
Lilyana Natsir		 Zheng Bo
Gao Ling
Japan Sony Dwi Kuncoro Wang Yihan Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen		 Cheng Shu
Zhao Yunlei		 Muhammad Rijal
Vita Marissa
China Masters Sony Dwi Kuncoro Zhou Mi Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		 Cheng Shu
Zhao Yunlei		 Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen
Denmark Peter Gade Wang Lin Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		 Wong Pei Tty
Chin Eei Hui		 Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen
French Peter Gade Wang Lin Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		 Du Jing
Yu Yang		 He Hanbin
Yu Yang
China Open Lin Dan Jiang Yanjiao Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae		 Zhang Yawen
Zhao Tingting		 Lee Yong-dae
Lee Hyo-jung
Hong Kong Chen Jin Wang Chen Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae		 Zhang Yawen
Zhao Tingting		 Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen
Masters Finals Lee Chong Wei Zhou Mi Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		 Chin Eei Hui
Wong Pei Tty		 Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Performances by countries

Tabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

Team MAS KOR ENG SUI SIN INA JPN CHN DEN FRA CHN HKG SSF Total
 China 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 27
 Indonesia 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 10
 Malaysia 1 2 1 1 3 8
 Denmark 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 8
 Korea 2 2 1 2 1 8
 Hong Kong 1 1 1 1 4

Super Series Rankings

All the progress and points below are carry forward from the tournament for past 52 weeks as state by BWF's world ranking system.[3][4]

Leader progress

Tabulated below are the leader progress in Super Series ranking towards the Super Series Final:

Category Players MAS KOR ENG SUI SIN INA JPN CHN DEN FRA CHN HKG
Men's singles Lee Chong Wei Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Women's singles Xie Xingfang Y Y Y
Lu Lan Y Y Y Y Y
Zhou Mi Y Y Y Y
Men's doubles Fu Haifeng
Cai Yun		 Y Y Y
Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Women's doubles Zhang Yawen
Wei Yili		 Y Y Y Y Y
Du Jing
Yu Yang		 Y Y Y Y
Wong Pei Tty
Chin Eei Hui		 Y Y Y
Mixed doubles Zheng Bo
Gao Ling		 Y
Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir		 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Men's singles
Legend
1 Winner(s)
2 Runners-up
SF Semi-finalists
QF Quarter-finalists
R2 Last 16
R1 Last 32
Q Qualification
DNP Did not play
Rank Players MAS KOR ENG SUI SIN INA JPN CHN DEN FRA CHN HKG Points
1 Lee Chong Wei 1 R2 SF 2 1 DNP 2 DNP DNP SF 2 DNP 58,240
2 Chen Jin R2 QF 1 R1 DNP DNP DNP 2 QF QF QF 1 52,180
3 Sony Dwi Kuncoro R1 QF QF R1 DNP 1 1 1 R2 R2 DNP DNP 49,320
4 Joachim Persson DNP DNP QF R2 QF R2 DNP QF 2 QF R2 45,180
5 Peter Gade DNP SF DNP DNP SF R2 R1 DNP 1 1 R2 R2 44,260
6 Lin Dan DNP 2 2 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1 2 41,800
7 Taufik Hidayat R2 DNP QF QF DNP DNP QF QF DNP 2 R2 SF 41,580
8 Bao Chunlai QF QF SF SF DNP SF DNP SF DNP DNP DNP DNP 35,760
8 Kenneth Jonassen SF SF QF QF DNP DNP DNP DNP SF SF DNP DNP 35,760
10 Chan Yan Kit R1 R2 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 29,520

Women's singles
Rank Players MAS KOR ENG SUI SIN INA JPN CHN DEN FRA CHN HKG Points
1 Zhou Mi R2 1 R1 QF 2 QF 2 1 2 R2 QF SF 72,760
2 Tine Rasmussen 1 DNP 1 DNP 1 R1 SF QF SF SF R2 R2 61,320
3 Wang Chen QF QF QF QF QF QF QF R2 R1 R1 SF 1 54,740
4 Zhu Lin 2 DNP R2 QF DNP 1 R1 QF QF R1 SF SF 53,000
5 Lu Lan QF 2 2 QF DNP DNP SF QF SF SF DNP DNP 49,980
6 Wang Lin DNP DNP DNP DNP R2 DNP R2 2 1 1 SF R1 42,040
7 Pi Hongyan SF R1 QF SF R2 SF DNP DNP DNP QF R1 R1 39,600
8 Xu Huaiwen R1 QF SF SF DNP DNP R2 DNP R1 R2 R2 R2 36,720
9 Hwang Hye-young R2 R1 SF R1 QF R2 QF DNP DNP DNP R1 QF 35,400
10 Wong Mew Choo SF R1 QF R2 SF DNP R2 DNP DNP R1 R2 R1 35,340

Men's doubles
Rank Players MAS KOR ENG SUI SIN INA JPN CHN DEN FRA CHN HKG Points
1 Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		 1 R2 R1 2 DNP QF QF 1 1 1 DNP QF 65,540
2 Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari		 R2 R2 R1 SF 1 1 R2 R2 QF QF QF 2 61,600
3 Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen		 2 SF QF R2 R1 DNP 1 DNP SF SF QF DNP 52,160
4 Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae		 R1 QF 1 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1 1 45,440
5 Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen		 R2 SF R2 QF DNP QF DNP DNP R2 R2 2 R1 40,920
6 Candra Wijaya
Tony Gunawan		 SF DNP R2 QF DNP 2 QF DNP DNP DNP SF R1 36,540
7 Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		 R2 DNP R1 R2 DNP DNP DNP R2 QF SF SF SF 35,940
8 Fu Haifeng
Cai Yun		 SF 1 R2 R2 DNP DNP DNP SF DNP DNP QF DNP 34,280
9 Rian Sukmawan
Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki		 DNP DNP R1 DNP R2 R1 SF QF QF QF DNP R1 31,800
10 Shuichi Sakamoto
Shintaro Ikeda		 R1 R2 SF R2 R2 R2 QF DNP DNP DNP DNP R2 31,680

Women's doubles
Rank Players MAS KOR ENG SUI SIN INA JPN CHN DEN FRA CHN HKG Points
1 Wong Pei Tty
Chin Eei Hui		 R2 QF R2 R1 R1 QF 2 QF 1 2 2 SF 64,340
2 Du Jing
Yu Yang		 SF 1 2 SF 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1 SF DNP 54,660
3 Lilyana Natsir
Vita Marissa		 R2 QF R2 R2 SF 1 SF QF DNP QF DNP QF 51,560
4 Zhao Yunlei
Cheng Shu		 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1 1 R2 SF QF 2 39,880
5 Lena Frier Kristiansen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 R2 DNP R2 R2 QF R2 DNP DNP QF QF QF QF 39,660
6 Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung		 R1 R2 R2 R2 SF QF R2 DNP DNP DNP SF SF 39,540
7 Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna		 QF R1 R1 DNP QF 2 SF DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 30,960
8 Lee Kyung-won
Lee Hyo-jung		 SF SF 1 SF DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 28,460
9 Zhang Yawen
Wei Yili		 DNP SF SF 2 DNP SF DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 27,060
10 Gao Ling
Zhao Tingting		 2 2 QF QF DN DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 25,680

Mixed doubles
Rank Players MAS KOR ENG SUI SIN INA JPN CHN DEN FRA CHN HKG Points
1 Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir		 QF R1 2 SF 1 SF 2 2 DNP SF DNP QF 64,160
2 He Hanbin
Yu Yang		 1 R1 QF 1 DNP DNP DNP SF DNP SF QF QF 51,360
3 Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 R2 QF R2 R2 R1 2 DNP DNP 2 R2 SF SF 48,720
4 Lee Yong-dae
Lee Hyo-jung		 2 1 QF SF DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1 2 45,460
5 Anthony Clark
Donna Kellogg		 DNP R2 QF 2 2 DNP DNP DNP QF 2 R1 R2 41,520
6 Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen		 DNP SF SF QF DNP DNP DNP 1 DNP DNP R2 1 39,880
7 Robert Blair
Imogen Bankier		 R2 Q QF R2 DNP QF R2 DNP SF R2 QF R2 37,210
8 Sudket Prapakamol
Saralee Thungthongkam		 SF QF R2 QF QF DNP R2 QF DNP DNP R1 R1 36,840
9 Songphon Anugritayawon
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul		 R2 R1 DNP DNP SF R2 SF R2 DNP DNP R2 R2 33,060
10 Zheng Bo
Gao Ling		 DNP DNP 1 QF QF 1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 28,480

References
  1. "BWF Super Series Masters Finals It's on!". BWF. 2008-10-31. Archived from the original on July 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  2. "BWF Calendar". BWF. Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  3. "World Ranking System" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  4. "Super Series Ranking". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
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