2026 Denmark Open

2026 Denmark Open
Tournament details
Dates	13–18 October
Edition	75th
Level	Super 750
Total prize money	US$950,000
Venue	Arena Fyn
Location	Odense, Denmark
Champions
Men's singles	Alex Lanier
Women's singles	An Se-young
Men's doubles	Fajar Alfian; Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Women's doubles	Pearly Tan; Thinaah Muralitharan
Mixed doubles	Jiang Zhenbang; Wei Yaxin
Official website	denmarkopen.dk
← 2025	2027 →

The 2026 Denmark Open (officially known as the Victor Denmark Open 2026 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at the Arena Fyn in Odense, Denmark, from 13 to 18 October 2026 and had a total prize of US$950,000.

Tournament

The 2026 Denmark Open was the twenty-fifth tournament of the 2026 BWF World Tour. It was a part of the Denmark Open, which had been held since 1936. This tournament was organized by Badminton Denmark with sanction from the BWF.^[1]

The tournament was one of several HSBC BWF World Tour events selected to trial the federation's Time Clock system, which will be implemented in all matches.^[2]^[3] Under the regulations, the clock starts when the umpire updates the score, and players have 25 seconds to be ready to serve or receive.^[4] Umpires retain discretion to allow additional time in exceptional circumstances, including injuries, disputes and referee interventions.^[3]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Arena Fyn in Odense, Denmark.^[1]

Point distribution

Below was the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.^[5]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32
11,000	9,350	7,700	6,050	4,320	2,660

Prize pool

The total prize money was US$950,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.^[1]

Event	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finals	Quarter-finals	Last 16	Last 32
Singles	$66,500	$32,300	$13,300	$5,225	$2,850	$950
Doubles	$70,300	$33,250	$13,300	$5,937.50	$3,087.50	$950

Men's singles

Seeds

Kunlavut Vitidsarn (first round)
Christo Popov (semi-finals)
Chou Tien-chen (quarter-finals)
Jonatan Christie (second round)
Anders Antonsen (final)
Kodai Naraoka (second round)
Alex Lanier (champion)
Victor Lai (semi-finals)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

8	Victor Lai	19	10

7	Alex Lanier	21	21
					7	Alex Lanier	21	13	21

					5	Anders Antonsen	15	21	13
5	Anders Antonsen	9	21	21

2	Christo Popov	21	16	13

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

1	K Vitidsarn	21	17	12

	R Gemke	13	21	21
						R Gemke	21	21

						Ng K L	12	18
	Ng K L	21	20	21

	Y Tanaka	12	22	15
										R Gemke	21	16	14

									8	V Lai	19	21	21
8	V Lai	21	21

	Z Ubaidillah	8	18
					8	V Lai	21	21

						J Teh	7	13
	J Teh	23	21

	Lee C-h	21	15

Section 2

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

3	Chou T-c	21	13	21

	L Sen	18	21	15
					3	Chou T-c	21	22

						K Watanabe	19	20
	K Watanabe	21	21

	Leong J H	6	19
										3	Chou T-c	16	12

										7	A Lanier	21	21
7	A Lanier	21	21

PFR	Hu ZA	18	13
					7	A Lanier	11	21	21

						S Kidambi	21	15	15
	A Merklé	20	19

	S Kidambi	22	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Quarter-finals

	K Nishimoto	16	16

	J Gunawan	21	21
						J Gunawan	10	12

					5	A Antonsen	21	21
	Lee C Y	21	11	18

5	A Antonsen	16	21	21
									5	A Antonsen	21	21

										A Farhan	17	16
	A Farhan	21	13	21

	A Shetty	11	21	10
						A Farhan	21	21

					4	J Christie	14	9
	Lin C-y	13	14

4	J Christie	21	21

Section 4

First round					Second round					Quarter-finals

	T J Popov	10	12

	Y Okimoto	21	21
						Y Okimoto	21	21

					6	K Naraoka	16	14
	Chi Y-j	20	11

6	K Naraoka	22	21
											Y Okimoto

										2	C Popov	w	/	o
	N Nguyen	21	17	16

	Pan Teeraratsakul	19	21	21
						Pan Teeraratsakul	21	16	16

					2	C Popov	18	21	21
	Weng HY	13	21	13

2	C Popov	21	19	21