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BWF Tournament Levels

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 )