Introducing 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 meeting 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 Events

Tour Rankings

  • Men's Singles

    Player
    Points
    1
    Edward Lau
    5200
    2
    Chris Benzie
    4420
    3
    Joshua Feng
    3640
    4
    Dylan Soedjasa
    3640
    5
    Jasmanjot Virk
    2860
    6
    Bevan Cox
    2860
    7
    Isaac Chan
    2860
    8
    Avinash Shastri
    2860
    9
    Raphael Chris Deloy
    2080
    10
    Alex Deng
    2080
  • Women's Singles

    Player
    Points
    1
    Shaunna Li
    5200
    2
    Victoria Guo
    4420
    3
    Gaea Galvez
    3640
    4
    Ker’sara Koh
    3640
    5
    Immi Virk
    2860
    6
    Sherry Lin
    2860
    7
    Courtney Trillo
    2860
    8
    Amreen Virk
    2860
    9
    Angelina Ung
    2080
    10
    Tegan Weston
    2080
  • Men's Doubles

    Pair
    Points
    1
    Adam Jeffrey & Dylan Soedjasa
    5200
    2
    Joshua Feng & Jack Wang
    4420
    3
    Chris Benzie & Daniel Hu
    3640
    4
    Isaac Chan & Larry Lin
    3640
    5
    James Kim & Jin Mori
    2860
    6
    Jonathan Curtin & Ryan Tong
    2860
    7
    Raphael Chris Deloy & Markis Tew
    2860
    8
    Yao Lik Chun & Justin Tay
    2860
    9
    Ben Perkinson & Kenneth Yew
    2080
    10
    Liam Fong & Douglas Shephard
    2080
  • Women's Doubles

    Pair
    Points
    1
    Shaunna Li & Alyssa Tagle
    5200
    2
    Gaea Galvez & Ker’sara Koh
    4420
    3
    Victoria Guo & Smile Li
    3640
    4
    Yanyu Huang & Courtney Trillo
    3640
    5
    Berry Ng & Amanda Ting
    2860
    6
    Sally Fu & Camellia Zhou
    2860
    7
    Sherry Lin & Xiaocui Zhou
    2860
    8
    Cynthia Fan & Amreen Virk
    2860
    9
    Chanmony Khieng & Diana Seo
    2080
    10
    Nanna Siegemund & Angelina Ung
    2080
  • Mixed Doubles

    Pair
    Points
    1
    Edward Lau & Shaunna Li
    5200
    2
    Adam Jeffrey & Justine Villegas
    4420
    3
    Vincent Tao & Alyssa Tagle
    3640
    4
    Jonathan Curtin & Angelina Ung
    3640
    5
    Avinash Shastri & Tegan Weston
    2860
    6
    Markis Tew & Amanda Ting
    2860
    7
    Thomas Ellis & Tiffany Lee
    2860
    8
    James Kim & Gaea Galvez
    2860
    9
    Kenneth Yew & Laarni Moreno
    2080
    10
    Ryan Tong & Camellia Zhou
    2080

Tour Partners

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