2024 BWF season

The 2024 BWF season is the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2024 badminton season. The world badminton tournament in 2024 consists of: 1. BWF tournaments (Grade 1; Major Events)
 * BWF World Team Championships (Thomas & Uber Cup)
 * Olympics

2. BWF World Tour (Grade 2)
 * Level 1 (BWF World Tour Finals)
 * Level 2 (BWF World Tour Super 1000)
 * Level 3 (BWF World Tour Super 750)
 * Level 4 (BWF World Tour Super 500)
 * Level 5 (BWF World Tour Super 300)
 * Level 6 (BWF Tour Super 100)

3. Continental Circuit (Grade 3) BWF Open Tournaments: BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series.

The Thomas & Uber Cup is teams event. The others – Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series are all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.

The 2024 BWF season calendar comprises these six levels of BWF tournaments.

Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2024 calendar, with the champions and runners-up documented.
 * Key

Retirements
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 2024 season:
 * 🇮🇳 B. Sai Praneeth (born 10 August 1992 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India) reached a career-high ranking of no. 10 in the men's singles on 12 November 2019. He announced his retirement on 4 March 2024. The 2023 Guwahati Masters was his last tournament.
 * Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (born 9 March 1991 in Jakarta, Indonesia) reached a career-high ranking of no. 1 in the men's doubles on 16 March 2017. He announced his retirement on 9 March 2024. The 2023 Guwahati Masters was his last tournament.
 * 🇯🇵 Naru Shinoya (born 18 March 1994 in Ōbu, Aichi, Japan) reached a career-high ranking of no. 13 in the mixed doubles on 27 December 2022. She won the bronze medal at the 2021 BWF World Championships. Shinoya was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal at the mixed team event 2023 Sudirman Cup and the bronze medal at the women's team event at the 2022 Asian Games. She announced her retirement on 15 April 2024. The 2024 Badminton Asia Championships was her last tournament.
 * 🇯🇵 Kento Momota (born 1 September 1994 in Mino, Kagawa, Japan) reached a career-high ranking of no. 1 in the men's singles on 27 September 2018. He announced his retirement on 2 May 2024. The 2024 Thomas Cup was his last tournament.
 * Ribka Sugiarto (born 22 January 2000 in Karanganyar, Indonesia) reached a career-high ranking of no. 25 in the women's doubles on 10 October 2023. She announced her retirement on 10 May 2024. The 2024 Swiss Open was her last tournament.
 * Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995 in Banyuwangi, Indonesia) reached a career-high ranking of no. 1 in the men's doubles on 16 March 2017. He announced his retirement on 16 May 2024. The 2023 Japan Masters was his last tournament.