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  • BWF Revamps Player of the Year Awards for 2024

    BWF Revamps Player of the Year Awards for 2024

    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.

  • Zheng Siwei to Reduce Participation in International Competitions, Will Only Compete in the World Tour Finals This Year

    Zheng Siwei to Reduce Participation in International Competitions, Will Only Compete in the World Tour Finals This Year

    After “clocking out” at the Paris Olympics, Zheng Siwei and Wang Chang’s self-made MV “Confession to Badminton” went viral on social media. Zheng Siwei’s activities outside of badminton have also garnered significant attention.

    Netizens jokingly commented on his singing and badminton skills. Zheng Siwei laughed, acknowledging his badminton skills but saying his singing is just for fun. It is known that Zheng Siwei has a good relationship with Hong Kong singer Hacken Lee, and they often interact online. After he finished as a runner-up in the Tokyo Olympics, Hacken Lee even traveled to Hangzhou to comfort the “Zheng-Huang” duo. On August 29, Zheng Siwei visited Hong Kong with the Mainland Chinese Olympic delegation from the Paris Olympics.

    Zheng Siwei is the first Paris Olympic champion to return to Wenzhou. He remarked that while Wenzhou athletes won two silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics, this time they took home three golds, two silvers, and one bronze, saying, “Wenzhou athletes are incredibly impressive!”

    Discussing the future goals of the “Zheng-Huang” duo after achieving the Grand Slam, Zheng Siwei told reporters that his next major competition will be the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou at the end of this year. He also confirmed participation in next year’s National Games, saying, “That’s all I can reveal for now.” As for the Los Angeles Olympics, it remains uncertain.

    Zheng Siwei also discussed his future career path, revealing plans to gradually reduce his participation in international competitions, with the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals being the only event he will compete in this year.