2007 BWF World Championships

The 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007.

2007 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates13 August – 19 August
Edition16th
LevelInternational
VenuePutra Indoor Stadium
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
← 2006 Madrid 2009 Hyderabad →
Events at the 2007
BWF World Championships
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

Host city selection

Aarhus[1] and Kuala Lumpur were the candidates for hosting the championships. Kuala Lumpur was later announced as the host during 2005 IBF council meeting in Beijing.[2] China also expressed interest, but ultimately did not bid.[1]

Venue

Participating nations

A total of 55 countries qualified to participating in this tournament. Below is the list of countries with the parentheses indicates the number of players eligible.

Notable is, Thailand is the only country announced the withdrawal from the tournament by choosing to attend the World University Games, the event which clash with the Championships, they have several players who qualified for this tournament.[3]

Medalists

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China32611
2 Indonesia2114
3 Hong Kong0101
 South Korea0101
5 Japan0022
6 Malaysia*0011
Totals (6 nations)551020

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Lin Dan Sony Dwi Kuncoro Bao Chunlai
Chen Yu
Women's singles Zhu Lin Wang Chen Lu Lan
Zhang Ning
Men's doubles Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		 Jung Jae Sung
Lee Yong Dae		 Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
Shuichi Sakamoto
Shintaro Ikeda
Women's doubles Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		 Gao Ling
Huang Sui		 Zhang Yawen
Wei Yili
Kumiko Ogura
Reiko Shiota
Mixed doubles Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir		 Zheng Bo
Gao Ling		 Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen
Flandy Limpele
Vita Marissa

Men's singles

Seeds
  1.  Lin Dan (CHN) (Champion)
  2.  Lee Chong Wei (MAS) (Third round)
  3.  Chen Jin (CHN) (Third round)
  4.  Bao Chunlai (CHN) (Semi-final)
  5.  Peter Gade (DEN) (Quarter-final)
  6.  Chen Yu (CHN) (Semi-final)
  7.  Kenneth Jonassen (DEN) (Quarter-final)
  8.  Taufik Hidayat (INA) (Second round)
  9.  Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA) (Final)
  10.  Shoji Sato (JPN) (Second round)
  11.  Ronald Susilo (SIN) (Quarter-final)
  12.  Przemysław Wacha (POL) (Third round)
  13.  Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS) (Third round)
  14.  Park Sung-hwan (KOR) (Third round)
  15.  Dicky Palyama (NED) (Third round)
  16.  Simon Santoso (INA) (Third round)

Results
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
1  Lin Dan (CHN) 22 21
   Anup Sridhar (IND) 20 9
1 Lin Dan 21 22
4 Bao Chunlai 12 20
4  Bao Chunlai (CHN) 21 21
7  Kenneth Jonassen (DEN) 18 15
1 Lin Dan 21 22
9 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 11 20
6  Chen Yu (CHN) 21 21
11  Ronald Susilo (SIN) 14 16
6 Chen Yu 21 13 15
9 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 18 21 21
5  Peter Gade (DEN) 20 18
9  Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA) 22 21

Women's singles

Seeds
  1.  Zhang Ning (CHN)
  2.  Xie Xingfang (CHN)
  3.  Xu Huaiwen (GER)
  4.  Pi Hongyan (FRA)
  5.  Zhu Lin (CHN)
  6.  Wang Chen (HKG)
  7.  Lu Lan (CHN)
  8.  Yao Jie (NED)
  9.  Petya Nedelcheva (BUL)
  10.  Wong Mew Choo (MAS)
  11.  Yip Pui Yin (HKG)
  12.  Tine Rasmussen (DEN)
  13.  Juliane Schenk (GER)
  14.  Kaori Mori (JPN)
  15.  Maria Kristin Yulianti (INA)
  16.  Tracey Hallam (ENG)

Results
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1  Zhang Ning (CHN) 21 21
16  Tracey Hallam (ENG) 11 9
1 Zhang Ning 11 15
6 Wang Chen 21 21
4  Pi Hongyan (FRA) 15 8
6  Wang Chen (HKG) 21 21
6 Wang Chen 8 12
5 Zhu Lin 21 21
7  Lu Lan (CHN) 21 12 21
3  Xu Huaiwen (GER) 9 21 16
7 Lu Lan 10 13
5 Zhu Lin 21 21
5  Zhu Lin (CHN) 21 13 21
10  Wong Mew Choo (MAS) 17 21 16

Men's doubles

Seeds
  1.  Fu Haifeng (CHN) / Cai Yun
  2.  Koo Kien Keat (MAS) / Tan Boon Heong
  3.  Markis Kido (INA) / Hendra Setiawan
  4.  Jens Eriksen (DEN) / Martin Lundgaard Hansen
  5.  Candra Wijaya (INA) /  Tony Gunawan (USA)
  6.  Choong Tan Fook (MAS) / Lee Wan Wah
  7.  Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif (MAS) / Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
  8.  Luluk Hadiyanto (INA) / Alvent Yulianto
  9.  Anthony Clark (ENG) / Robert Blair
  10.  Lee Jae-jin (KOR) / Hwang Ji-man
  11.  Lars Paaske (DEN) / Jonas Rasmussen
  12.  Albertus Susanto Njoto (HKG) / Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama
  13.  Jung Jae-sung (KOR) / Lee Yong-dae
  14.  Mathias Boe (DEN) / Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  15.  Hendra Gunawan (INA) / Joko Riyadi
  16.  Tan Bin Shen (MAS) / Ong Soon Hock
  17.  Shuichi Sakamoto (JPN) / Shintaro Ikeda

Results
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1  Fu Haifeng (CHN)
 Cai Yun (CHN) 		21 18 19
6  Choong Tan Fook (MAS)
 Lee Wan Wah (MAS) 		15 21 21
6 Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah 		20 26
3 Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan 		22 28
3  Markis Kido (INA)
 Hendra Setiawan (INA) 		21 21
5  Candra Wijaya (IDN)
 Tony Gunawan (USA) 		12 19
3 Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan 		21 21
13 Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae 		19 19
   Guo Zhendong (CHN)
 Xie Zhongbo (CHN) 		26 17 7
13  Jung Jae-sung (KOR)
 Lee Yong-dae (KOR) 		24 21 21
13 Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae 		21 21
16 Shuichi Sakamoto
Shintaro Ikeda 		16 12
16  Shuichi Sakamoto (JPN)
 Shintaro Ikeda (JPN) 		21 17 25
2  Koo Kien Keat (MAS)
 Tan Boon Heong (MAS) 		13 21 23

Women's doubles

Seeds
  1.  Zhang Yawen (CHN) / Wei Yili
  2.  Gao Ling (CHN) / Huang Sui
  3.  Yang Wei (CHN) / Zhang Jiewen
  4.  Gail Emms (ENG) / Donna Kellogg
  5.  Du Jing (CHN) / Yu Yang
  6.  Kumiko Ogura (JPN) / Reiko Shiota
  7.  Jiang Yanmei (SIN) / Li Yujia
  8.  Wong Pei Tty (MAS) / Chin Eei Hui
  9.  Lee Kyung-won (KOR) / Lee Hyo-jung
  10.  Endang Nursugianti (INA) / Rani Mundiasti
  11.  Kamila Augustyn (POL) / Nadiezda Kostiuczyk
  12.  Aki Akao (JPN) / Tomomi Matsuda
  13.  Miyuki Maeda (JPN) / Satoko Suetsuna
  14.  Nicole Grether (GER) / Juliane Schenk
  15.  Lena Frier Kristiansen (DEN) / Kamilla Rytter Juhl
  16.  Petya Nedelcheva (BUL) / Diana Dimova

Results
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1  Zhang Yawen (CHN)
 Wei Yili (CHN) 		21 21
7  Jiang Yanmei (SIN)
 Li Yujia (SIN) 		13 7
1 Zhang Yawen
Wei Yili 		21 18 16
3 Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen 		19 21 21
3  Yang Wei (CHN)
 Zhang Jiewen (CHN) 		22 21
8  Endang Nursugianti (INA)
 Rani Mundiasti (INA) 		20 12
3 Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen 		21 21
2 Gao Ling
Huang Sui 		16 19
6  Kumiko Ogura (JPN)
 Reiko Shiota (JPN) 		21 21
   Chou Chia Chi (TPE)
 Ku Pei-Ting (TPE) 		19 15
6 Kumiko Ogura
Reiko Shiota 		16 25 6
2 Gao Ling
Huang Sui 		21 23 21
5  Donna Kellogg (ENG)
 Gail Emms (ENG) 		15 21 17
2  Gao Ling (CHN)
 Huang Sui (CHN) 		21 12 21

Mixed doubles

Seeds
  1.  Zheng Bo (CHN) / Gao Ling
  2.  Nova Widianto (INA) / Lilyana Natsir
  3.  Xie Zhongbo (CHN) / Zhang Yawen
  4.  Nathan Robertson (ENG) / Gail Emms
  5.  Anthony Clark (ENG) / Donna Kellogg
  6.  Flandy Limpele (INA) / Vita Marissa
  7.  He Hanbin (CHN) / Yu Yang
  8.  Thomas Laybourn (DEN) / Kamilla Rytter Juhl
  9.  Han Sang-hoon (KOR) / Hwang Yu-mi
  10.  Robert Mateusiak (POL) / Nadiezda Kostiuczyk
  11.  Joachim Fischer Nielsen (DEN) / Britta Andersen
  12.  Xu Chen (CHN) / Zhao Tingting
  13.  Hendri Kurniawan Saputra (SIN) / Li Yujia
  14.  Muhammad Rijal (INA) / Greysia Polii
  15.  Ingo Kindervater (GER) / Katrin Piotrowski
  16.  Kristof Hopp (GER) / Birgit Overzier

Results
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1  Zheng Bo (CHN)
 Gao Ling (CHN) 		21 21
10  Robert Mateusiak (POL)
 Nadiezda Kostiuczyk (POL) 		16 17
1  Zheng Bo (CHN)
 Gao Ling (CHN)} 		17 21 21
6  Flandy Limpele (INA)
 Vita Marissa (INA) 		21 19 19
4  Nathan Robertson (ENG)
 Gail Emms (ENG) 		13 16
6  Flandy Limpele (INA)
 Vita Marissa (INA) 		21 21
1  Zheng Bo (CHN)
 Gao Ling (CHN) 		16 14
2  Nova Widianto (INA)
 Lilyana Natsir (INA) 		21 21
5  Anthony Clark (ENG)
 Donna Kellogg (ENG) 		13 10
3  Xie Zhongbo (CHN)
 Zhang Yawen (CHN) 		21 21
3  Xie Zhongbo (CHN)
 Zhang Yawen (CHN) 		15 21 20
2  Nova Widianto (INA)
 Lilyana Natsir (INA) 		21 15 22
9  Han Sang-hoon (KOR)
 Hwang Yu-mi (KOR) 		19 15
2  Nova Widianto (INA)
 Lilyana Natsir (INA) 		21 21

References
  1. "Badminton VM kommer næppe til Århus". aarhusportalen.dk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. "Kuala Lumpur to host 2007 badminton worlds". en.people.cn. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. "Thais serve first shock of the championship". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
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