USA Entry Request Form and Information for the 2025 BWF World Senior Championships

2. Tournament Format & Seeding (from BWF tournament prospectus)

Disclaimer: If there are any discrepancy on Tournament Information (#2, #3, and #4) between the USAB announcement and the BWF World Senior Championships tournament prospectus, please follow BWF tournament prospectus as they might have updated the Tournament Information after USAB’s announcement.

Match Formats

• Knockout Draws: For events with more than 16 entries, a straight knockout format will be used.
• Group Play: – For events with 1–5 entries, the event will be played as a league (round-robin) without a knockout stage. – For events with 6–16 entries, the event will start with group play, where—for instance—if there are 6–10 entries the top two players per group advance to a 4-entry knockout stage; if there are 11–16 entries, the top two from each group qualify for an 8-entry knockout stage.

Seeding

• The seeding process will take into account results from previous World Senior Championships, Asian & European Championship performances, and players’ past world rankings.

There shall be one seeded entry per group as follows:

• • • Group A: Seed 1
    • Group B: Seed 2
    • Group C: Seed 3/4
    • Group D: Seed 3/4

For knockout draws, if there are more than 16 entries:

• The first and second highest ranked entries from a Member will be drawn by lot into opposite halves of the draw.
• The third and fourth entries will be drawn by lot into the remaining quarters.

For events using group play only (i.e., 1–5 entries), no national separation of entries will be applied; and if group play is followed by a knockout stage (6–16 entries), the first and second ranked entries from a Member will be drawn into separate groups, ensuring that players from the same Member avoid each other in the first knockout round.

3. Withdrawal, Substitution & Entry Fees

Withdrawal Policy

• Withdrawal Deadline: No BWF penalties if a withdrawal is made up to the Tuesday immediately preceding the draw.
  • USAB Withdrawal Deadline:  Friday, 15 August 2025 (11:59 PM, ONE MINUTE BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Pacific Time)
  • BWF Withdrawal Deadline: Tuesday, 19th of August 2025 before BWF headquarters time 23.59 hour (UTC +08.00)
• Penalty for Late Withdrawal: Withdrawals after the USAB deadline but before the BWF deadline will incur a US$50 fee per player. Withdrawals after the BWF deadline will incur a US$250 fine per affected Member (paid to BWF).
• Last Withdrawal Without Any Penalty: Friday, 15 August 2025 (11:59 PM, ONE MINUTE BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Pacific Time)

Substitution Guidelines

• Substitutions for players are permitted until the end of the Team Managers’ Meeting if the event has not yet commenced.
• If a player is substituted, the new pairing (in doubles) or entry (in singles) will assume the seeding position of the highest-seeded original entry provided the players agree.
• No further changes or substitutions are permitted except as provided under GCR Regulation 15.3.

Entry Fee

• USAB International Player Membership Fee: https://form.jotform.com/251386353420150. Non-refundable $35 fee (for 2025). See details on International Player Membership here *link website page*
• USAB Administrative Fee: A non-refundable $30 administrative fee will be applied to the Entry Request Form submission.

• Single Event Participation: USD 120 per person collected by the organizers
• Participation in Two or Three Events: USD 150 per person collected by the organizers

Payment will be processed through the respective Member Association, with the Host Association invoicing for outstanding amounts.

4. Additional Tournament Information

Team Managers

• Team Managers’ Meeting: Saturday, 6 September 2025 at 14:00 (Venue: Movenpick Siam Na Jomtien Pattaya)

Team Manager for USA will be announced at a later date.

Request Forms

Players are responsible for arranging and paying for their own hotel and flight reservations and submitting required requests forms to the local organizers. The forms can be found here: view the request forms HERE by clicking on the tournament name.

USAB is working with the local organizers to see if players can submit entry fee payment and accreditation requests individually.

Insurance & Medical Requirements

• All players and team officials must hold valid travel insurance covering medical, dental emergencies, hospitalization, and repatriation costs.

• Participants must consent to the use of photographs and videos for tournament documentation and promotional purposes.
• Anti-doping rules and competition integrity regulations must be followed as outlined in the BWF guidelines.