BWF World Junior Ranking

The BWF World Junior Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation, introduced since January 2011. Players must be under 19 years of age to be eligible in the World Junior Rankings. Players will be removed from the World Junior Ranking once they have reached 19 years of age on 1 January. In doubles, players will be ranked as individuals and not as pairs.[1]

Points system

Badminton Asia Confederation may select up to two tournaments to upgrade to European Junior Championships level and up to three tournaments to the upgraded Asian and European Tournaments level as stated in World Junior ranking table below. Badminton Europe can select up to three tournaments to upgrade to the upgraded Asian and European International Tournaments level. Points are awarded according to the following table:

Championships Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 129/256 257/512 513/1024
World Junior 6,0005,1004,2003,3002,4001,5006003001206030
Asian Junior 4,6003,9003,2102,5201,8001,100440215
European Junior and Upgraded Asian International Tournaments 3,5002,9752,4501,9251,375835330160653015
Upgraded Asian and European Junior International Tournaments 2,5002,1251,7501,375960585230110452013
Asian and European International Tournaments 2,0001,7001,4001,10076046018085351510
African, Pan American and Oceania Continental Junior 1,2501,0658756854602751055020105
African, Pan American and Oceania Junior International Tournaments 85071058546030017565301053

Year-end number one players

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
2011 Viktor Axelsen Ratchanok Intanon Shin Seung-chan Jim Middelburg
Soraya de Visch Eijbergen
2012 Kento Momota Nozomi Okuhara Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Edi Subaktiar
Edi Subaktiar
Melati Daeva Oktaviani
2013 Wang Tzu-wei Aya Ohori Liu Yuchen
Li Junhui
Chae Yoo-jung
Kim Ji-won
Choi Sol-gyu
2014 Shi Yuqi Akane Yamaguchi Huang Kaixiang
Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
Chen Qingchen
2015 Firman Abdul Kholik He Bingjiao Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
Zheng Siwei
2016 Kantaphon Wangcharoen Chen Yufei Zhou Haodong
Han Chengkai
Nami Matsuyama He Jiting
2017 Kunlavut Vitidsarn Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Kim Won-ho Baek Ha-na Kim Won-ho
2018 Kunlavut Vitidsarn Wang Zhiyi Di Zijian Liu Xuanxuan Liu Xuanxuan
2019 An Se-young Di Zijian
Wang Chang
Nita Violina Marwah
Putri Syaikah
Feng Yanzhe
No. 1 during every week of the year

Number one ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position since 29 December 2011 (current number one players are marked in bold):

Last update: 17 March 2020

NOTE: BWF has frozen the World Rankings from 17 March until further notice due to the COVID-19 situation. The backdated rankings will come into play from 31 March 2020 until the freeze ends.

Mixed doubles

#PlayerDate startedDate endedConsecutive
weeks
Total
weeks
1Jim Middelburg29 December 20117 March 201210(10)
2Soraya de Visch Eijbergen29 December 20117 March 201210(10)
3Line Kjaersfeldt8 March 201214 March 201211
Jim Middelburg15 March 20129 May 2012818
Soraya de Visch Eijbergen15 March 20129 May 2012818
4Alfian Eko Prasetya10 May 20124 July 201288
5Chow Mei Kuan5 July 201211 July 201211
6Chae Yoo-jung12 July 20127 November 20121717
7Edi Subaktiar8 November 20123 July 20133434
8Melati Daeva Oktavianti8 November 20128 May 20132626
9Choi Sol-gyu4 July 20131 January 20142626
10Huang Kaixiang2 January 20145 November 20144444
11Chen Qingchen2 January 20146 January 2016105105
12Zheng Siwei23 April 20156 January 20163737
13Du Yue7 January 201627 January 20163(3)
14Apriyani Rahayu28 January 20163 February 201611
Du Yue27 January 201614 December 20164548
15He Jiting8 December 20164 January 201744
16Rinov Rivaldy5 January 2017April 20171515
17Lee Yu-rim20 April 201719 July 20171313
18Kim Won-ho20 July 20173 January 20182424
19Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti4 January 20187 March 201899
20Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto4 January 20187 March 201899
21Liu Xuanxuan8 March 20181 January 20194343
22Leo Rolly Carnando2 January 201912 August 20193232
23Indah Cahya Sari Jamil13 August 201916 December 201918(18)
24Feng Yanzhe17 December 20196 January 202033
Indah Cahya Sari Jamil7 January 20201129

References

  1. "Section 5.3.3.2 - World Junior Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation.
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