2018 BWF World Championships

2018 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates 30 July – 5 August
Edition 24th
Level International
Competitors 357
Nations 48
Venue Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena
Location Nanjing, China
← 2017 Glasgow 2019 Basel →

The 2018 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 30 July to 5 August at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena in Nanjing, China.[1]

Host city selection

Nanjing was the only bidder for 2018 edition of championships.[2] The bid was approved by Badminton World Federation during council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Schedule

Five events were held.[4]

All times are local (UTC+8).

A banner of the Championship near the venue
Date Time Round
30 July 2018 10:00 Round of 64
31 July 2018 10:00 Round of 64 (MS)
Round of 32 (WS, MD, WD, XD)
1 August 2018 10:00 Round of 32 (MS, WS, MD, WD)
2 August 2018 10:00 Round of 16
3 August 2018 11:00 Quarterfinals
4 August 2018 11:00 Semifinals
5 August 2018 13:00 Finals

Players

357 players from 48 countries in total participate in this game.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China2248
2 Japan2226
3 Spain1001
4 India0101
5 Chinese Taipei0011
 Hong Kong0011
 Indonesia0011
 Malaysia0011
Totals (8 nations)551020

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
 Japan Kento Momota China Shi Yuqi China Chen Long
Malaysia Liew Daren
Women's singles
 Spain Carolina Marín India P. V. Sindhu China He Bingjiao
Japan Akane Yamaguchi
Men's doubles
 China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen		 Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda		 Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
China Liu Cheng
China Zhang Nan
Women's doubles
 Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara		 Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota		 Indonesia Greysia Polii
Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu
Japan Shiho Tanaka
Japan Koharu Yonemoto
Mixed doubles
 China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong		 China Wang Yilü
China Huang Dongping		 China Zhang Nan
China Li Yinhui
Hong Kong Tang Chun Man
Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet

References

  1. ↑ "TOTAL BWF World Championships 2018 _ Invitation letter _ February 2018 _ ED（Nanjing)" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "BWF To Name Major Events' Hosts". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "China to host major world badminton events in 2018, 2019". Xinhua. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Schedule
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