BWF World Championships

BWF World Championships
	Current season, competition or edition:; 2018 BWF World Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	1977
Country	BWF member nations

Official logo until 2006

The BWF World Championships (formerly known as IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships) is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament offers the most ranking points, together with Summer Olympic Games.^[1] The winners will be crowned as the "World Champions" and awarded gold medals.^[2] However, it does not offer any prize money.^[3]

The tournament started in 1977 and was held once every three years until 1983. However, the IBF (International Badminton Federation) faced difficulty in hosting the first two events as the World Badminton Federation (which later merged with the IBF to form one badminton federation) hosted the same tournament a year after the IBF World Championships with the same goals. Started 1985, the tournament became biennial and played once every two years until 2005. Starting 2006, the tournament was changed to an annual event on the BWF calendar with the goal to give more chances for the players to be crowned as official "World Champions". However, the tournament will not be held once every four years to give way to the Summer Olympic Games.

Location of the World Championships

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Championships. The most recent games were held in Nanjing. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships. From 1989 to 2001 the world championships were held immediately after the Sudirman Cup at the same location.

1980, 1989, 2015

1985

1987

2005

2007

2009

2013

2018

Host cities of the World Championships (excluding Europe)

1977

1983, 1991, 1999, 2014

1993, 2003

1995

1997, 2017

2001

2006

2010

2011

2019

Host cities of the World Championships (Europe)

Year	No.	Host City	Country
1977	I	Malmö (1)	Sweden (1)
1980	II	Jakarta (1)	Indonesia (1)
1983	III	Copenhagen (1)	Denmark (1)
1985	IV	Calgary (1)	Canada (1)
1987	V	Beijing (1)	China (1)
1989	VI	Jakarta (2)	Indonesia (2)
1991	VII	Copenhagen (2)	Denmark (2)
1993	VIII	Birmingham (1)	England (1)
1995	IX	Lausanne (1)	Switzerland (1)
1997	X	Glasgow (1)	Scotland (1)
1999	XI	Copenhagen (3)	Denmark (3)
2001	XII	Seville (1)	Spain (1)
2003	XIII	Birmingham (2)	England (2)

Year	No.	Host City	Country
2005	XIV	Anaheim (1)	United States (1)
2006	XV	Madrid (1)	Spain (2)
2007	XVI	Kuala Lumpur (1)	Malaysia (1)
2009	XVII	Hyderabad (1)	India (1)
2010	XVIII	Paris (1)	France (1)
2011	XIX	London (1)	England (3)
2013	XX	Guangzhou (1)	China (2)
2014	XXI	Copenhagen (4)	Denmark (4)
2015	XXII	Jakarta (3)	Indonesia (3)
2017	XXIII	Glasgow (2)	Scotland (2)
2018	XXIV	Nanjing (1)	China (3)
2019	XXV	Basel (1)	Switzerland (2)

Past winners

The map shown the countries which at least achieve a bronze medal during the tournament

So far, only 20 countries have achieved at least a bronze medal in the tournament: ten in Asia, eight in Europe, one in North America and one in Oceania. Africa is the only continent that has not won a medal.

At the age of 18, Ratchanok Inthanon became the youngest winner of a singles title at the Championships.^[4] Ratchanok was less than 3 months older than Jang Hye-ock was when she won the women's doubles title at the 1995 Championships.^[5]

Successful players & national teams

Successful players

Several players have won gold medals in more than one category in a World Championship; this includes:

Lene Køppen, 1977, mixed doubles and women's singles
Christian Hadinata, 1980, men's doubles and mixed doubles
Park Joo-bong, 1985, men's doubles and mixed doubles, 1991, men's doubles and mixed doubles
Han Aiping, 1985, women's singles and doubles
Ge Fei, 1997, women's doubles and mixed doubles
Kim Dong-moon, 1999, men's doubles and mixed doubles
Gao Ling, 2001, women's doubles and mixed doubles
Zhao Yunlei, 2014 & 2015, women's doubles and mixed doubles

From 1977 up to 2001, the medals were usually divided among five countries, namely China, Korea, Denmark, Indonesia, Malaysia. However, in 2003, the winners included seven countries and in 2005 the medal board contained a record high of ten countries.

Tony Gunawan also bears the distinction of winning a gold medal in Men's Doubles, representing two countries, 2001 partnering with Halim Haryanto for Indonesia and in 2005 partnering with Howard Bach to give the United States its first medal in the competition.

The 2005 edition also brought new faces in the mixed doubles event which had been dominated by China and Korea since 1997. With the retirement of defending champions and two time winners Kim Dong-moon/Ra Kyung-min (Korea), Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir won Indonesia's first mixed doubles gold since 1980 when Christian Hadinata/Imelda Wiguna won it last for Indonesia.

Below is the list of the most successful players ever, with 3 or more gold medals.^[6]

Rank	Player	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	Lin Dan	5					5
	Park Joo-bong			2		3	5
	Zhao Yunlei				2	3	5
4	Gao Ling				3	1	4
	Cai Yun			4			4
	Fu Haifeng			4			4
	Zhang Nan			1		3	4
	Liliyana Natsir					4	4
9	Hendra Setiawan			3			3
	Yu Yang				3		3
	Ge Fei				2	1	3
	Guan Weizhen				3		3
	Han Aiping		2		1		3
	Huang Sui				3		3
	Kim Dong-moon			1		2	3
	Li Lingwei		2		1		3
	Lin Ying				3		3
	Carolina Marín		3				3

Below is the list of the most successful player(s) in each category (listed according to their family names alphabetically):

Category	Player	Total	Year
MS	Lin Dan	5	2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
WS	Carolina Marín	3	2014, 2015, 2018
MD	Cai Yun	4	2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 (with Fu Haifeng)
MD	Fu Haifeng	4	2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 (with Cai Yun)
WD	Gao Ling	3	2001, 2003, 2006 (with Huang Sui)
	Guan Weizhen	3	1987, 1989 (with Lin Ying), 1991 (with Nong Qunhua)
	Huang Sui	3	2001, 2003, 2006 (with Gao Ling)
	Lin Ying	3	1983 (with Wu Dixi), 1987, 1989 (with Guan Weizhen)
	Yu Yang	3	2010 (with Du Jing), 2011, 2013 (with Wang Xiaoli)
XD	Liliyana Natsir	4	2005, 2007 (with Nova Widianto), 2013, 2017 (with Tontowi Ahmad)

MS: Men's singles; WS: Women's singles; MD: Men's doubles; WD: Women's doubles; XD: Mixed doubles

Successful national teams

Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries after the 2013 Championships. China has been the most successful in the World Championships ever since its inception in 1977. They were the only country ever to achieve a shutout of the medals which they did in 1987, 2010 and 2011.

Rank	Nation	77	80	83	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	06	07	09	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	Total
1	China			2	3	5	4	3	1	1	3	2¹	3	3	2²	4	3	4	5	5	2³	3	3	2	2⁴	65
2	Indonesia	1	4	1					3	2	1		2		2²		2				2³		1	1		22
3	Denmark	3		1					0.5	1	1	1		1				1						1		10.5
4	South Korea				2		1	2		1		2¹		1								1				10
5	Japan	1																						1	2⁴	4
6	Spain																					1	1		1	3
7	England		1	0.5												1										2.5
8	Sweden			0.5					0.5																	1
	Thailand																				1					1
	United States														1											1

BOLD means overall winner of that World Championships

^1 Korea won on superior of two silver medals to China's one and thus Korea became the overall winner.

^2 China won on superior of four silver medals to Indonesia's one and thus China became the overall winner.

^3 China won on superior of two silver medals to Indonesia's none and thus China became the overall winner.

^4 China won on superior of four bronze medals to Japan's two and thus China became the overall winner.

Men's singles

Rank	Nation	77	80	83	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	06	07	09	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	Total
1	China				X	X	X	X				X		X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			14
2	Indonesia		X	X					X	X			X		X											6
3	Denmark	X									X													X		3
4	Japan																								X	1

Women's singles

Rank	Nation	77	80	83	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	06	07	09	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	Total
1	China			X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X						15
2	Spain																					X	X		X	3
3	Denmark	X										X														2
3	Indonesia		X						X																	2
5	Japan																							X		1
5	Thailand																				X					1

Men's doubles

Rank	Nation	77	80	83	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	06	07	09	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	Total
1	Indonesia	X	X						X	X	X		X				X				X		X			9
2	China					X	X									X		X	X	X				X	X	8
3	South Korea				X			X				X										X				4
4	Denmark			X										X												2
5	United States														X											1

Women's doubles

Rank	Nation	77	80	83	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	06	07	09	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	Total
1	China			X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		20
2	Japan	X																							X	2
3	England		X																							1
3	South Korea									X																1

Mixed doubles

Rank	Nation	77	80	83	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	06	07	09	10	11	13	14	15	17	18	Total
1	China					X					X		X						X	X		X	X		X	8
2	Indonesia		X												X		X				X			X		5
2	South Korea				X		X	X				X		X												5
4	Denmark	X							/	X								X								3.5
5	England			/												X										1.5
5	Sweden			\					\																	1

Medal table

Updated after XXIV edition (2018), does not include one stripped silver medal from 2014


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	65	46	71	182
2	Indonesia (INA)	22	18	34	74
3	Denmark (DEN)	10.5	13	38	61.5
4	South Korea (KOR)	10	13	30	53
5	Japan (JPN)	4	3	15	22
6	Spain (ESP)	3	0	0	3
7	England (ENG)	2.5	8.5	13	24
8	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	5	8
9	Thailand (THA)	1	0	2	3
10	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
11	Malaysia (MAS)	0	8	12	20
12	India (IND)	0	3	5	8
13	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	2	4	6
14	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	2	3
15	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
16	Scotland (SCO)	0	0.5	1	1.5
17	Germany (GER)	0	0	4	4
18	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		120	119	240	479

Medal distribution

Men's singles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	14	6	13	33
2	Indonesia (INA)	6	7	13	26
3	Denmark (DEN)	3	4	12	19
4	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
5	Malaysia (MAS)	0	4	2	6
6	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	4	5
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
8	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		24	23	48	95

Note that due to a disqualification on suspicion of violation of anti-doping regulations, the 2014 silver medalist was stripped of his medal and thus the medal count doesn't add up.

Women's singles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	15	15	21	51
2	Spain (ESP)	3	0	0	3
3	Indonesia (INA)	2	2	5	9
4	Denmark (DEN)	2	0	3	5
5	Japan (JPN)	1	0	3	4
6	Thailand (THA)	1	0	0	1
7	India (IND)	0	3	3	6
8	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	4	5
9	England (ENG)	0	1	2	3
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
11	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
12	Germany (GER)	0	0	4	4
13	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
13	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		24	24	48	96

Men's doubles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia (INA)	9	5	7	21
2	China (CHN)	8	3	9	20
3	South Korea (KOR)	4	6	8	18
4	Denmark (DEN)	2	3	6	11
5	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
6	Malaysia (MAS)	0	4	10	14
7	England (ENG)	0	2	2	4
8	Japan (JPN)	0	1	3	4
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		24	24	48	96

Women's doubles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	20	13	14	47
2	Japan (JPN)	2	2	8	12
3	South Korea (KOR)	1	3	10	14
4	England (ENG)	1	1	3	5
5	Indonesia (INA)	0	2	3	5
6	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	7	8
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
8	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
9	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
9	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		24	24	48	96

Mixed doubles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	8	9	14	31
2	Indonesia (INA)	5	2	5	12
3	South Korea (KOR)	5	2	4	11
4	Denmark (DEN)	3.5	5	10	18.5
5	England (ENG)	1.5	4.5	6	12
6	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	1	3
7	Scotland (SCO)	0	0.5	1	1.5
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	2	2
8	Thailand (THA)	0	0	2	2
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		24	24	48	96

References

↑ "World Ranking System". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
↑ "Regulations for World Championships". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
↑ "Chin Chai hopes BWF will offer prize money for world meet". The Star. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
↑ "World champion Ratchanok Inthanon also a 'devoted' kid". The Indian Express. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
↑ Hearn, Don (11 August 2013). "WORLDS Finals – Ratchanok youngest ever singles World Champion". Badzine. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
↑ Die Individualweltmeisterschaften im Überblick, Badminton.de

External links

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[1] "World Ranking System". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[2] "Regulations for World Championships". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[3] "Chin Chai hopes BWF will offer prize money for world meet". The Star. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.

[4] "World champion Ratchanok Inthanon also a 'devoted' kid". The Indian Express. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[5] Hearn, Don (11 August 2013). "WORLDS Finals – Ratchanok youngest ever singles World Champion". Badzine. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

[6] Die Individualweltmeisterschaften im Überblick, Badminton.de

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