Badminton · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.4
Rankings and the Governing Body Today
10 tests · 100 facts · updated 29 October 2026 · markdown
How the world ranking works, the 52-week window, the best ten results, points by grade and round, ties in the ranking, what rankings decide, the BWF's members and structure, playing for a country, integrity and anti-doping, and growing the game.
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Test 1How the world ranking worksTake a test
Points from tournaments.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Higher level, more points.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Further means more.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Juniors excluded.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Most points.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Level matters.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
Removal for suspensions.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Play, win, progress, score.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
By grade and level.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Ranking.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
Test 2The 52-week windowTake a test
A rolling year.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Rolling replacement.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Current form.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Expired.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
Defending points.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Weekly updates.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Keeping points.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Earn, count, replace.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Week, year, four years.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Rolling window.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
Test 3The best ten resultsTake a test
All count.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Best ten.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Quality over quantity.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Best ten.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
All of them.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
10 versus 14.
Source: BWF World Tour Regulations 2025 · recall
Upgrade results.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
3, 10, 14.
Source: BWF World Tour Regulations 2025 · recall
List, sort, keep, add.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Best ten.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
Test 4Points by grade and roundTake a test
Grade 1.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Runner-up.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Round of 16 losers.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Level 1 runner-up.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Progress matters.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Places 9-16.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
14,000 > 12,500.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
14,500 to 6,000.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
14,500, 14,000, 12,500.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Grade 1.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
Test 5Ties in the rankingTake a test
More tournaments.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Equal ranking.
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1-5, 6, 6, 6, 9.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied
Activity.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
4, 4, 6.
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Different rules.
Source: BWF World Tour Regulations 2025 · recall
Same position.
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1, 2, 3, 3, 5.
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Points, events, equal.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Test 6What rankings decideTake a test
Entry and seeds.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Olympic qualification.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Visibility.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Fair measure.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Qualifying.
Source: BWF World Tour Regulations 2025 · applied
Tour Ranking.
Source: BWF World Tour Regulations 2025 · recall
Seeding.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 12 · recall
Entry, seed, draw.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Ranking decides.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Seeding by ranking.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · applied
Test 7The BWF's members and structureTake a test
National bodies.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Five confederations.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
The IOC.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Kuala Lumpur.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 3 · recall
Council decision.
Source: BWF World Tour Regulations 2025 · recall
BWF decides.
Source: BWF World Tour Regulations 2025 · applied
The manual's phrase.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Top down.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
1934, 2006, 2011.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Five confederations.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · applied
Test 8Playing for a countryTake a test
Member associations.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Three years.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Listed events.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Fair representation.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Residence rules.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Three years.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · applied
Each counts separately.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Wait and confirm.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall
Widening.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Three years.
Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · applied
Test 9Integrity and anti-dopingTake a test
WADA code.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Whereabouts.
Source: General badminton reference · applied
Integrity.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
A clear stance.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 2 · recall
Removal.
Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall
Report.
Source: General badminton reference · applied
Trust.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Notify, sample, test, report.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Refuse, note, report.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Testing.
Source: General badminton reference · applied
Test 10Growing the gameTake a test
Schools programme.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Teachers.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Outdoor game.
Source: BWF history (bwfbadminton.com) and the BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Quality coaching.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Levels 1 to 4.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
Schools and outdoors.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · applied
Accessibility.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
From school to advanced.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall
School, club, competition.
Source: General badminton reference · recall
Schools programme.
Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · applied
Sources
BWF Coaches' Manual Level 1 (2017), BWF regulations and history, Olympedia; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category (Badminton - Laws of Badminton).
- BWF World Ranking System 202646
- General badminton reference15
- BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 115
- BWF General Competition Regulations 202613
- BWF World Tour Regulations 20257
- BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 121
- BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 31
- BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 21
- BWF history (bwfbadminton.com) and the BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 11