May 20 – 27: 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup (Grade 1) in Bangkok
Thomas Cup winners: China
Uber Cup winners: Japan
July 30 – August 5: 2018 BWF World Championships (Grade 1) in Nanjing
Singles: Kento Momota (m) / Carolina Marín (f)
Doubles: China (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) / Japan (Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara) (f)
Mixed: China (Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong)
October 15 – 21: 2018 World University Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur
November 5 – 18: 2018 BWF World Junior Championships (Individual & Team; Grade 1) in Markham, Ontario
Singles: Kunlavut Vitidsarn (m) / Goh Jin Wei (f)
Doubles: China (Di Zijian & Wang Chang) (m) / China (Liu Xuanxuan & Xia Yuting) (f)
Mixed: Indonesia (Leo Rolly Carnando & Indah Cahya Sari Jamil)
Team: China
December 12 – 16: HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2018 in Guangzhou
Singles: Shi Yuqi (m) / P. V. Sindhu (f)
Doubles: China (Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen) (m) / Japan (Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi) (f)
Mixed: China (Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping)
Continental badminton events
February 6 – 11: 2018 Oceania Badminton Championships in Hamilton, New Zealand
Singles: Abhinav Manota (m) / Chen Hsuan-yu (f)
Doubles: Australia (Matthew Chau & Sawan Serasinghe) (m) / Australia (Setyana Mapasa & Gronya Somerville) (f)
Mixed: Australia (Sawan Serasinghe & Setyana Mapasa)
Men's Team: Australia (Anthony Joe, Ashwant Gobinathan, Eric Vuong, Jacob Schueler, Matthew Chau, Pit Seng Low, Raymond Tam, Robin Middleton, Ross Smith, Sawan Serasinghe)
Women's Team: Australia (Gronya Somerville, Chen Hsuan-yu, Jennifer Tam, Joy Lai, Leanne Choo, Louisa Ma, Setyana Mapasa)
February 6 – 11: 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Alor Setar
Men: Indonesia (Mohammad Ahsan, Jonatan Christie, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Firman Abdul Kholik, Ihsan Maulana Mustofa, Angga Pratama, Rian Agung Saputro, Hendra Setiawan, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo)