The 2023 Korea Masters was a badminton tournament that took place at Gwangju Women's University Stadium in

Gwangju Gwangju (; ), formerly romanized as Kwangju, is South Korea's list of cities in South Korea, sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated Special cities of South Korea, metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home ...

, South Korea, from 7 to 12 November 2023 and had a total prize of $210,000.

Tournament

The 2023 Korea Masters was the thirty-first tournament of the

2023 BWF World Tour The 2023 BWF World Tour (officially known as 2023 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons), was the sixth season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 30 tournaments that lead up to the World Tour Finals tournament. The 31 tourn ...

and was also part of the

Korea Masters The Korea Masters () is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an ...

championships, which have been held since 2007. This tournament was organized by the

Badminton Korea Association Badminton Korea Association (BKA, 대한배드민턴협회; ''Daehan baedeuminteon hyeobhoe'') is the national sport governing body, governing body for the sport of badminton in South Korea. History Badminton was spread in Korea after National L ...

with sanction from the

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Venue

This international tournament was held at Gwangju Women's University Stadium in

, South Korea.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the

BWF World Tour Super 300 The BWF World Tour is a Badminton World Federation#Grade 2, Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (me ...

event.

Prize pool

The total prize money is US$210,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Chou Tien-chen Chou Tien-chen (; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won it in 1999. He wo ...

''(First round)'' #

Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia ( zh, s=李梓嘉, poj=Lí Chú-ka, p=Lǐ Zǐjiā, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He is a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, Asian champion and All England champion. He is best known for his smash, especi ...

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Ng Tze Yong Ng Tze Yong ( zh, t=黃智勇, p=Huáng Zhìyǒng; born 16 May 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. Ng won a bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup. He also helped Malaysian team to win gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and ...

''(withdrew)'' # Lin Chun-yi ''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Wang Tzu-wei Wang Tzu-wei (; born 27 February 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2014 New Zealand Open tournament. Wang competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade, where he won the gold medals in the men's singl ...

''(Semi-finals)'' # Brian Yang ''(withdrew)'' #

Koki Watanabe is a Japanese badminton player. He graduated from the Saitama Sakae High School, and was part of the BIPROGY team since 2017. Watanabe has won a Super 500 title at the Canada Open and was the runner-up in the Super 750 at the Denmark Open. ...

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Su Li-yang Su Li-yang ( zh, s=, t=蘇力揚, p=Sū Lìyáng; born 27 December 2001) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career Su Li-yang's father Su Chih-ming was also a badminton player. Su Li-yang started to playing badminton when he was in the first gr ...

''(First round)''

Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

Kim Ga-eun Kim Ga-eun (; born January 8, 1989) is a South Korean actress. Filmography Television series Web series Film Awards and nominations References External links * * 1989 births Living people South Korean television actress ...

(Champion) # Supanida Katethong ''(First round)'' # Hsu Wen-chi ''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Pai Yu-po Pai Yu-po (; born 18 April 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She started playing badminton at age 9, and debuted at the 2007 Vietnam International. She joined the Chinese Taipei national badminton team in 2014, and represented her country d ...

''(First round)'' #

Nguyễn Thùy Linh Nguyễn Thùy Linh (born 20 November 1997) is a Vietnamese badminton player. She started her career by leaving her hometown in Phú Thọ Province, train at the Hanoi badminton club, and later joined Da Nang club. She represented her country a ...

''(Second round)'' #

Putri Kusuma Wardani Putri Kusuma Wardani (born 20 July 2002) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club. Career Trained in Exist Jakarta club, Wardani joined the Indonesia national training center in 2018. In the national tournament, she ...

''(First round)'' #

Natsuki Nidaira is a Japanese badminton player. She is currently a member of the Yonex badminton club. Career Nidaira came from the Mito, Ibaraki, and started playing badminton at aged five. Since the elementary school she has won several national championsh ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Saena Kawakami ''(withdrew)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Kang Min-hyuk Kang Min-hyuk (; born June 28, 1991), also known mononymously as Minhyuk, is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is the drummer of South Korean rock band CNBLUE. Career 2009–present: CNBLUE Kang became a member of C ...

Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. He is the first South Korean player in 24 years to have won two gold medals in a single edition of the BWF World Championships, by winning the mixed and men's doubles e ...

''(Semi-finals)'' #

Lee Yang Lee Yang (; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese retired professional badminton player. He is the Olympic men's doubles champion in 2020 and 2024, becoming the first unseeded men's doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals ...

Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's doubles champion, becoming the first doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals, and th ...

''(Final)'' #

Lee Jhe-huei Lee Jhe-huei (; born 20 March 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career He played in the men's doubles with Lee Yang. They were the champions at the 2016 Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, together they entered the 2015 Chinese Taipei ...

Yang Po-hsuan Yang Po-hsuan (; born 23 August 1996) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was part of the national university team that won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Achievements Asian Championships ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Tour ...

(Champions) #

Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-chih (; born 20 September 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He plays men's doubles with his twin brother Lee Fang-jen. Achievements World University Games ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) T ...

Lee Fang-jen Lee Fang-jen (; born 20 September 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He plays men's doubles with his twin brother Lee Fang-chih. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and imple ...

''(Semi-finals)'' #

Goh Sze Fei Goh Sze Fei ( zh, t=吳世飛, p=Wú Shìfēi; born 18 August 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was a silver medalist in the 2024 Asian Championships. Goh was part of the Malaysia winning team in the 2022 Asia Team Championships. He ...

Nur Izzuddin Nur Izzuddin bin Mohd Rumsani (born 11 November 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was a silver medalist in the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships, 2024 Asian Championships. Izzuddin was part of the Malaysia winning team in the 2022 Badm ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Chang Ko-chi Chang Ko-chi (; born 21 November 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 titles) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments san ...

Po Li-wei Po Li-wei (; born 2 May 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Achievements World University Games ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a seri ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Kenya Mitsuhashi is a Japanese badminton player. He was a silver medalist in the men's doubles at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Career Mitsuhashi was selected to join national junior team competed at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships, and helped the team w ...

Hiroki Okamura is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Biprogy team. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sa ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Ayato Endo /

Yuta Takei is a Japanese badminton player from Tokyo. He graduated from the Meiji University, and joined NTT East badminton team on 1 April 2023. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implem ...

''(Quarter-finals)''

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Women's doubles

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Baek Ha-na Baek Ha-na (; born 22 September 2000) is a South Korean badminton player who attended Cheongsong Girls' High School. She started playing badminton in 2009 after being recommended by her brother, and was selected to join the national team in 2017 ...

Lee So-hee Lee So-hee (; ; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player. She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament. She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the 2017 Sudirm ...

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Jeong Na-eun Jeong Na-eun (; born 27 June 2000) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Hwasun County team. She was the silver medalist in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She was part of Korean winning team in the 2022 Uber Cup a ...

Kim Hye-jeong Kim Hye-jeong (; born 3 January 1998) is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol-dong, Masan, and ...

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Hsu Ya-ching Hsu Ya-ching (; born 30 July 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Personal life Hsu is married to former doubles partner Lin Chia-yu. Career She started playing badminton at aged 10, then in 2009 she joined Chinese Taipei national badmi ...

/ Lin Wan-ching ''(Second round)'' # Lee Yu-lim /

Shin Seung-chan Shin Seung-chan (; ; born 6 December 1994) is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mixed doubl ...

''(Second round)'' # Rui Hirokami / Yuna Kato ''(Final)'' # Keng Shuliang / Zhang Chi ''(First round)'' # Chang Ching-hui / Yang Ching-tun ''(Second round)'' # Hsieh Pei-shan /

Tseng Yu-chi Zeng (, ) is a Chinese family name. In Cantonese, it is Tsang; In Wade–Giles, such as those in Taiwan, Tseng or Tzeng; in Malaysia and Singapore, Tsen, Chen or Cheng; in the Philippines, Chan; in Indonesia, Tjan; in Vietnam, Tăng. The surname ...

''(First round)''

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Mixed doubles

Seeds

Chae Yoo-jung Chae Yoo-jung (; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who affiliated with Incheon International Airport team. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. She won the mixed doubles title at the 2023 World Champions ...

(Champions) #

Jiang Zhenbang Jiang Zhenbang (; born 28 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. He helped the national team win the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships. He won his first World Tour title at the 2023 Swiss Open with Wei Yaxin. Achievements World Champi ...

Wei Yaxin Wei Yaxin (; born 18 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. She affiliates with the Hunan team. Career Wei started her career on the Changsha badminton team, and later joined the Hunan provincial team in 2013. Wei began the 2018 season a ...

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Kim Won-ho Kim Won-ho (; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. He was the silver medalists in the Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2022 Asian Games – M ...

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Chen Tang Jie Chen Tang Jie (; born 5 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2016 Asian Junior Championships and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and helped Malaysia to clinch a silver medal in the World Junior ...

Toh Ee Wei Toh Ee Wei (; born 18 September 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. She was the girls' doubles silver medalist at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships. She also won the 2016 World Junior bronze medal in the mixed doubles event. Pa ...

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Goh Soon Huat Goh Soon Huat (; born 27 June 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was a part of the Malaysia team that won bronze in the men's team event at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games. He switched to mixed doubles and paired up with Shevon Jemie Lai ...

Shevon Jemie Lai Shevon Jemie Lai (; born 8 August 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. Career Lai started playing badminton at her primary school SJKC Kuen Cheng 2, then in 2011 she joined the Malaysia national badminton team. She competed at the BWF World ...

''(Semi-finals)'' #

Tan Kian Meng Tan Kian Meng (, born 1 June 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player who specializes in the doubles events. He is currently playing with Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles. Originally a singles player, he switched to play in the doubles events since ...

Lai Pei Jing Lai Pei Jing (; born 8 August 1992) is a Malaysian badminton player who played in the doubles events. She started her career in the women's singles event. She briefly partnered Chan Peng Soon in mid-2014 and in August that year, they reached ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Cheng Xing /

Chen Fanghui Chen Fanghui (; born 18 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. She reached her first BWF World Tour final at the 2023 Spain Masters. Achievements BWF World Tour (4 titles, 5 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March ...