| Official website | |
| Founded | 2007; 18 years ago (2007) |
|---|---|
| Editions | 16 (2024) |
| Location | Iksan (2024) South Korea |
| Venue | Iksan Gymnasium (2024) |
| Prize money | US$210,000 (2024) |
| Men's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Kunlavut Vitidsarn(singles) Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik(doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3 Lee Dong-keun |
| Most doubles titles | 4 Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae |
| Women's | |
| Draw | 32S / 32D |
| Current champions | Putri Kusuma Wardani(singles) Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong(doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 3 Sung Ji-hyun |
| Most doubles titles | 5 Jung Kyung-eun Chang Ye-na |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Guo Xinwa Chen Fanghui |
| Most titles (male) | 3 Yoo Yeon-seong Ko Sung-hyun |
| Most titles (female) | 3 Kim Ha-na |
| Super 300 | |
| Last completed | |
| 2024 Korea Masters | |
TheKorea Masters (Korean:코리아마스터즈) 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 International Challenge, which is the fourth level tournament of international badminton tournament. It began in 2007, when it was held inSuwon,[1] then it moved toYeosu in 2008[2] andHwasun in 2009.[3] In 2010, it was turned into aBWF Grand Prix event.[4][5]
It became aBWF Grand Prix Gold event in 2011, and it remained at that level through the end of Grand Prix Gold in 2017, with the exception of 2014, when it changed back to Grand Prix status, the same year Korea hosted both theAsian Games and theBadminton Asia Championships. The tournament was held in cities in the southwest from 2011 to 2017: inHwasun in 2011 and 2012,[6] then inJeonju for 2013 to 2015,[7] thenSeogwipo[8] andGwangju.[9] In 2015, the name of the tournament changed to Korea Masters.
In 2018, this tournament is the part of theBWF World Tour Super 300, after the Grand Prix Gold event ceased.
| City | Years host |
|---|---|
| Suwon | 2007 |
| Yeosu | 2008 |
| Hwasun | 2009, 2011–2012 |
| Gimcheon | 2010 |
| Jeonju | 2013–2015 |
| Seogwipo | 2016 |
| Gwangju | 2017–2019, 2022–2023 |
| Iksan | 2024 |
| Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 12 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 62 |
| 2 |  China | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 3 |  Japan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 5 |  Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | ||||
 Indonesia | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Malaysia | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Thailand | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 80 | |
