The NZ Tour

The NZ Tour is an exciting new event series to discover New Zealand's top badminton players. The tour features four regional events and the New Zealand National Championships, and culminates in the invitation-only NZ Tour Finals.

The NZ Tour Finals will feature the top eight players and pairs in each event, competing for a great prize pool.

Why Should I Play?

Better Competition

With New Zealand's top players vying to secure a place in the NZ Tour Finals, the stakes couldn't be higher. More players and stronger opponents will provide an increased challenge in every event - only the best will succeed.

More Prize Money

All tour events will offer at least $2,000 prize money, with further prize money to be won at the NZ Tour Finals. This guarantees a minimum of $12,000 prize money on offer throughout the tour.

Higher Standards

Organisers of tour events will be required to meet higher standards for tournament delivery to improve the player experience, including greater referee support, more matches umpired, longer rest time between matches, and improved timelines for entry processes, draw and schedule publication.

Who Is Eligible?

The tour is open to all players who are a member of, and in good standing with, an association affiliated to Badminton New Zealand, or a member of an affiliated member of the Badminton World Federation.
Note: Players in the New Zealand National Championships must additionally meet the requirement of being a "New Zealand Player."

How Do I Qualify?

All players participating in the NZ Tour will earn ranking points in the Race to the NZ Tour Finals. After the final qualification event, players will be invited to contest the finals, with the highest-ranked eight entries being accepted in each event.
Note: Ranking points for NZ Tour events are awarded to a pair for doubles, not to individual players. Your tour ranking is based on your best four results in the NZ Tour events.

Tour Rankings

  • Men's Singles

    Player
    Points
    1
    Edward Lau
    16800
    2
    Chris Benzie
    9860
    3
    Jasmanjot Virk
    9180
    4
    Daniel McMillan
    8720
    5
    Lezhi Zhu
    8120
    6
    Alexander Coumbe
    7840
    7
    Lucas Qin
    7740
    8
    Toby Smith
    7360
    9
    Ashish Singh Dangi
    7240
    10
    Winson Wong
    6980
  • Women's Singles

    Player
    Points
    1
    Jenny Zhu
    11760
    2
    Josephine Zhao
    10640
    3
    Gaea Galvez
    8460
    4
    Yanxi Liu
    8120
    5
    Emmy Xu
    8060
    6
    Jayana Devathasan
    8040
    7
    Josie Lee
    7800
    8
    cici Guo
    7440
    9
    Rosie Yang
    6500
    10
    Shaunna Li
    6400
  • Men's Doubles

    Pair
    Points
    1
    Ceasar Calawan & James Kim
    11760
    2
    Jack Wang & Lezhi Zhu
    10040
    3
    Dylan Soedjasa & Vincent Tao
    9860
    4
    Jonathan Curtin & Markis Tew
    9240
    5
    Philipp Doehrn & Toby Smith
    7680
    6
    Alexander Coumbe & Jarrod Martin
    6640
    7
    Raphael Chris Deloy & Adam Jeffrey
    6400
    8
    Jaden Lei Mingoa & Samuel Navarra
    6380
    9
    Yao Lik Chun & David Nangoi
    6320
    10
    William Feasey & David Wu
    5720
  • Women's Doubles

    Pair
    Points
    1
    Josie Lee & Sherry Lin
    13240
    2
    Camellia Zhou & Jenny Zhu
    12720
    3
    Laura Lin & Anona Pak
    11600
    4
    Jayana Devathasan & cici Guo
    9180
    5
    Berry Ng & Amanda Ting
    8900
    6
    Gaea Galvez & Hannah Wu
    6720
    7
    Yanxi Liu & Natalie Ting
    6380
    8
    Emmy Xu & Rebecca ZHANG
    5720
    9
    Judy Min & Laura Wu
    5600
    10
    Laura Lin & Alyssa Tagle
    5200
  • Mixed Doubles

    Pair
    Points
    1
    Vincent Tao & Alyssa Tagle
    13140
    2
    Adam Jeffrey & Laura Lin
    10640
    3
    Jack Wang & Cynthia Fan
    9840
    4
    Dylan Soedjasa & Justine Villegas
    7940
    5
    Toby Smith & Sherry Lin
    7820
    6
    Thomas Wong & Gaea Galvez
    7500
    7
    David Wu & Isabella Chen
    7240
    8
    Markis Tew & Natalie Ting
    7160
    9
    Edward Lau & Shaunna Li
    6400
    10
    David Nangoi & Jiajie (Kit) He
    6360
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