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The BWF Player of the Year Awards 2024 will be revealed on Monday, 9 December, during the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals Gala Dinner. This year brings significant changes in the awards structure and voting process, enhancing the transparency and recognition of players’ accomplishments.
The key awards include categories for men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, with a new voting system. This involves world ranking points accumulated during the eligibility period, along with votes from experts after major tournaments like the Super 750 and Super 1000 series, plus the World Tour Finals and Paris 2024 Olympics. The eligibility period runs from 1 December to 30 November, concluding with the LI-NING China Masters 2024.
Additionally, two player-voted awards — Players’ Player of the Year (Men and Women) — replace the previous Most Improved Award. The Eddy Choong Most Promising Award is now the Eddy Choong Rising Star Award, honoring emerging talents, with the winners selected by the BWF Awards Commission.
The awards panel consists of respected badminton individuals, including former players, coaches, commentators, and media professionals. The revamped structure aims to add prestige to the awards and increase stakeholder engagement.
Nominees will be announced on 2 December.
New Award Categories:
- Men’s Singles Player of the Year
- Women’s Singles Player of the Year
- Men’s Doubles Pair of the Year
- Women’s Doubles Pair of the Year
- Mixed Doubles Pair of the Year
- Players’ Player of the Year (Men and Women)
- Eddy Choong Rising Star Award
- Men’s Para-Badminton Player of the Year
- Women’s Para-Badminton Player of the Year
- Para-Badminton Pair of the Year
- Future BWF Hall of Fame Inductees
The BWF Player of the Year Awards aims to foster greater recognition and transparency while engaging players and fans alike.
