The finals will see China

After table tennis, whose team Worlds begin this Friday, September 30 in Chengdu, China will host another major event on the international sports calendar before the end of the year. The Badminton International Federation (BWF) announced on Thursday September 29 that the World Tour Finals will take place in Guangzhou, from December 14 to 18, 2022. They will bring together the eight best players and doubles in each category. At stake, a jackpot of 1.5 million dollars. The Chinese city has already hosted the event twice, in 2018 and 2019. But the health crisis had cast doubt on its holding this year, the Chinese having canceled or postponed all the international sporting meetings planned in the country since the Beijing Winter Games. The Table Tennis World Team Championships were an exception, justified by the extreme popularity of the discipline in China. The organization of the badminton World Tour Finals seems to indicate a desire on the part of the Chinese authorities to put their sporting calendar in order.