The World Tour Finals, the premier international badminton competition, will be hosted in Hangzhou for the ensuing four years, another indication that the post-Covid rebirth of significant sporting events in China is gaining momentum.
The national team, which recently won the mixed-team Sudirman Cup for a record 13th time, is a dominant force in the international arena and badminton is incredibly popular throughout the nation. The second-largest economy in the world is considered crucial for the development and expansion of the sport.
The BWF World Tour Finals for this year will take place from December 13–17, the federation revealed late Wednesday. The most recent finals were held in Guangzhou, China, in 2019.
The Asian Games, an Olympic-sized multisport event that was originally scheduled to take place a year ago, will be held in Hangzhou, an eastern Chinese city 160 kilometres from Shanghai, next month.