2016 BWF season
The 2016 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation for the 2017 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promoted the sport of badminton through an extensive worldwide program of events. These events had various purposes according to their level and territory in which they were held but those events owned by BWF seek to showcase the sport via the widest possible quality television broadcast and build the fanbase of the sport throughout the world.
The world badminton tournament structure had four levels: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4. The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhandinata Cup are Teams Events. The others – Superseries, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series were all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.
The 2016 BWF Season calendar comprised these four levels of BWF tournaments.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with the Champions and Runners-up documented.;Key
| World Championships |
| Superseries Finals |
| Superseries Premier |
| Superseries |
| Grand Prix Gold |
| Grand Prix |
| International Challenge |
| International Series |
| Future Series |
| Team events |