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BWF World Tour Finals 2024 Live Streaming: Schedule, Location, and How to Watch Indian Shuttlers on TV

The BWF World Tour Finals will take place in Hangzhou, China, from December 11 to 15, 2024. The only Indians competing in the tournament are Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who qualified for the women’s doubles competition.

The BWF globe Tour Finals will conclude the badminton season this calendar year as 2024 draws to a close. The competition, which will begin on December 15 in Hangzhou, China, will bring together the top 40 players and partnerships in the globe.

The competition will take place over four days, with the group stages taking place from December 11–13. The semifinals will be held on December 14 and the finals on December 15.

Men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles competitions will all be part of the tournament. However, Viktor Axelsen, a two-time Olympic medallist, will not play because of an injury.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who qualified for the women’s doubles competition, will represent India. At the Macau Open and Singapore Open, where they advanced to the semifinals but lost in the final, the Indian duo put up some of their best performances.

Men’s singles

Group A: Anders Antonsen (DEN, 1); Chou Tien-Chen (TPE, 3); Lee Zii Jia (MAS, 6); Li Shifeng (CHN, 8)

Group B: Shi Yuqi (CHN, 2); Naraoka Kodai (JPN, 4); Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA, 5); Jonatan Christie (INA, 7)

Women’s singles

Group A: Wang Zhiyi (CHN, 1); Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (INA, 3); Ohori Aya (JPN, 5); Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA, 6)

Group B: Han Yue (CHN, 2); An Seyoung (KOR, 4); Supanida Katethong (THA, 7); Yamaguchi Akane (JPN, 8)

Men’s doubles

Group A: Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN, 1); Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin (MAS, 4); Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan (TPE, 5); Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin (TPE, 8)

Group B: He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu (CHN, 2); Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto (INA, 3); Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (INA, 6); Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (MAS, 7)

Women’s doubles

Group A: Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning (CHN, 1); Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan (MAS, 4); Matsuyama Nami/Shida Chiharu (JPN, 5); Teresa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (IND, 7)

Group B: Iwanaga Rin/Nakanishi Kie (JPN, 2); Baek Hana/Lee Sohee (KOR, 3); Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi (INA, 6); Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (CHN, 8)

Mixed doubles

Group A: Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin (CHN, 1); Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet (HKG, 4); Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling-Fang (TPE, 6); Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (CHN, 8)

Group B: Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie (MAS, 2); Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (MAS, 3); Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (INA, 5); Midorikawa Hiroki/Saito Natsu (JPN, 7)

Schedule for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals

  • 11 December 2024 – Group stages
  • 12 December 2024 – Group stages
  • 13 December 2024 – Group stages
  • 14 December 2024 – Semi-finals
  • 15 December 2024 – Finals

Live streaming of the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals

In India, the Sports18 Network will air the World Tour Finals. Additionally, viewers can watch the event live on the JioCinema website and app.