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 will be end with Hong Kong Open on November 30, 2008. The top eight ranked players will compete in the Masters Finals in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from December 18 to December 21, 2008.

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:

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 Super Series	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang
Korea Open Super Series	Lee Hyun-il	Zhou Mi	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	Du Jing Yu Yang	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
All England Super Series	Chen Jin	Tine Rasmussen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
Swiss Open Super Series	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang
Singapore Super Series	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Zakry Abdul Latif Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	Du Jing Yu Yang	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir
Indonesia Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Zhu Lin	Zakry Abdul Latif Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	Vita Marissa Lilyana Natsir	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
Japan Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wang Yihan	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Muhammad Rizal Vita Marissa
China Masters Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Zhou Mi	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
Denmark Super Series	Peter Gade	Wang Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
French Super Series	Peter Gade	Wang Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Du Jing Yu Yang	He Hanbin Yu Yang
China Open Super Series	Lin Dan	Jiang Yanjiao	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung

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			24
Indonesia	1				1	2	2	2	1	1				10
Denmark	1		1		1		1		2	1				7
Korea		2	2	1							2			7
Malaysia	1				2	1			1					5
Hong Kong		1						1						2

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.

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
Women's singles	Xie Xingfang	Y	Y		Y
	Lu Lan			Y		Y	Y	Y	Y
	Zhou Mi									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
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
Mixed doubles	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	Y
	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir		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		58240
2	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	R1	QF	QF	R1	DNP	1	1	1	R2	R2	DNP		49,320
3	Joachim Persson	DNP	DNP	QF	R2	QF	R2	DNP	QF	2	QF	R2		45,180
4	Chen Jin	R2	QF	1	R1	DNP	DNP	DNP	2	QF	QF	QF		42,980
5	Peter Gade	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	SF	R2	R1	DNP	1	1	R2		40,660
6	Kenneth Jonassen	SF	SF	QF	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	SF	SF	DNP		35,760
6	Bao Chunlai	QF	QF	SF	SF	DNP	SF	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP		35,760
8	Taufik Hidayat	R2	DNP	QF	QF	DNP	DNP	QF	QF	DNP	2	R2		35,160
9	Lin Dan	DNP	2	2	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1		34,000
10	Przemysław Wacha	R2	R1	R2	SF	R1	QF	DNP	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP		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		66,340
2	Tine Rasmussen	1	DNP	1	DNP	1	R1	SF	QF	SF	SF	R2		57,720
3	Lu Lan	QF	2	2	QF	DNP	DNP	SF	QF	SF	SF	DNP		49,980
4	Zhu Lin	2	DNP	R2	QF	DNP	1	R1	QF	QF	R1	SF		46,580
5	Wang Chen	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	R2	R1	R1	SF		45,540
6	Wang Lin	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R2	DNP	R2	2	1	1	SF		42,660
7	Pi Hongyan	SF	R1	QF	SF	R2	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	R1		37,380
8	Yu Hirayama	R1	QF	R1	2	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	R1	R1	DNP		33,420
9	Xu Huaiwen	R1	QF	SF	SF	DNP	DNP	R2	DNP	R1	R2	R2		33,120
9	Wong Mew Choo	SF	R1	QF	R2	SF	DNP	R2	DNP	DNP	R1	R2
33,120

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			60,500
2	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	R2	R2	R1	SF	1	1	R2	R2	QF	QF			48,760
3	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	2	SF	QF	R2	R1	DNP	1	DNP	SF	SF			47,120
4	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	R2	SF	R2	QF	DNP	QF	DNP	DNP	R2	R2			30,900
5	Rian Sukmawan Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki	DNP	DNP	R1	DNP	R2	R1	SF	QF	QF	QF			29,580
6	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	SF	1	R2	R2	DNP	DNP	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP			29,240
7	Tadashi Ohtsuka Keita Masuda	R1	R2	QF	R1	R2	QF	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP			28,140
8	Shuichi Sakamoto Shintaro Ikeda	R1	R2	SF	R2	R2	R2	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP			28,080
9	Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan	SF	DNP	R2	QF	DNP	2	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP			27,900
10	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	R1	2	QF	QF	R2	R2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP			27,300

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			50,120
2	Du Jing Yu Yang	SF	1	2	SF	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1			48,240
3	Lilyana Natsir Vita Marissa	R2	QF	R2	R2	SF	1	SF	QF	DNP	QF			46,520
4	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	QF	R1	R1	DNP	QF	2	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP			30,960
5	Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	R2	DNP	R2	R2	QF	R2	DNP	DNP	QF	QF			29,520
6	Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung	SF	SF	1	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP			28,460
7	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	DNP	SF	SF	2	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP			27,060
8	Zhao Yunlei Cheng Shu	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	1	R2	SF			27,040
9	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	R1	R2	R2	R2	SF	QF	R2	DNP	DNP	DNP			26,700
10	Gao Ling Zhao Tingting	2	2	QF	QF	DN	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			59,120
2	He Hanbin Yu Yang	1	R1	QF	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	SF	DNP	SF			41,280
3	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	DNP	R2	QF	2	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	2			38,160
4	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	R2	QF	R2	R2	R1	2	DNP	DNP	2	R2			35,880
5	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	SF	QF	R2	QF	QF	DNP	R2	QF	DNP	DNP			32,400
6	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	R2	Q	QF	R2	DNP	QF	R2	DNP	SF	R2			28,570
7	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	DNP	DNP	1	QF	QF	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP			28,480
8	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	2	1	QF	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP			28,460
9	David Lindley Suzanne Rayappan	R2	R1	R1	R2	DNP	R2	R2	DNP	SF	R2			27,480
10	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	DNP	SF	SF	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	DNP	DNP			27,080