Badminton World Championships

Badminton World Championships have been held since 1977, organized by the World Badminton Federation , only every three years, and since 1983 every two years. In 2006 there was a change to an annual rhythm, with no world championships being held in the years in which the Summer Olympics take place. In 1978 and 1979, the short-term WBF world association organized its own title fights. This article deals with the individual world championships in which individual players (pairs) compete against each other. Comparable to the Davis Cup in tennis , there are also team world championships in badminton : the Thomas Cup for men's national teams since 1949 and the Uber Cup for women's national teams since 1957 . In 1989 the Sudirman Cup was launched, the official national team world championship for mixed teams (women and men). The tournament takes place every two years and was originally linked to the individual World Cup. The Sudirman Cup has been held as an independent event since 2003.

In addition to the world championships for adults, there are world championships for young athletes , senior citizens , university members , railway workers , the deaf and disabled athletes .

The IBF / BWF world champions

year	No.	venue	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
1977	1	Malmo	Flemming Delfs	Lene Køppen	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	Etsuko Toganoo Emiko Ueno	Steen Skovgaard Lene Køppen
1980	2	Jakarta	Rudy Hartono	Verawaty Wiharjo	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Nora Perry Jane Webster	Christian Hadinata Imelda Wiguna
1983	3	Copenhagen	Icuk Sugiarto	Li Lingwei	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1985	4th	Calgary	Han Jian	Han Aiping	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Han Aiping Li Lingwei	Park Joo-bong Yoo Sang-hee
1987	5	Beijing	Yang Yang	Han Aiping	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing
1989	6th	Jakarta	Yang Yang	Li Lingwei	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1991	7th	Copenhagen	Zhao Jianhua	Tang Jiuhong	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Guan Weizhen Nong Qunhua	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1993	8th	Birmingham	Joko Suprianto	Susi Susanti	Rudy Gunawan Ricky Subagja	Nong Qunhua Zhou Lei	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1995	9	Lausanne	Heryanto Arbi	Ye Zhaoying	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	Thomas Lund Marlene Thomsen
1997	10	Glasgow	Peter Rasmussen	Ye Zhaoying	Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Liu Yong Ge Fei
1999	11	Copenhagen	Sun Jun	Camilla Martin	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2001	12	Seville	Hendrawan	Gong Ruina	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zhang Jun Gao Ling
2003	13	Birmingham	Xia Xuanze	Zhang Ning	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2005	14th	Anaheim	Taufik Hidayat	Xie Xingfang	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2006	15th	Madrid	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms
2007	16	Kuala Lumpur	Lin Dan	Zhu Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2009	17th	Hyderabad	Lin Dan	Lu Lan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2010	18th	Paris	Chen Jin	Wang Lin	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	You Jing Yu Yang	Zheng Bo Ma Jin
2011	19th	London	Lin Dan	Wang Yihan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2013	20th	Guangzhou	Lin Dan	Ratchanok Intanon	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
2014	21st	Copenhagen	Chen Long	Carolina Marín	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2015	22nd	Jakarta	Chen Long	Carolina Marín	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2017	23	Glasgow	Viktor Axelsen	Nozomi Okuhara	Zhang Nan Liu Cheng	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Liliyana Natsir Tontowi Ahmad
2018	24	Nanjing	Kento Momota	Carolina Marín	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Wakana Nagahara Mayu Matsumoto	Huang Yaqiong Zheng Siwei
2019	25th	Basel	Kento Momota	PV Sindhu	Hendra Setiawan Mohammad Ahsan	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	Huang Yaqiong Zheng Siwei

Medal table

Status: January 26, 2020

Item	country				Total
1	China	66	46	74	186
2	Indonesia	23	18th	36	77
3	Denmark	10.5	14th	39	63.5
4th	South Korea	10	13	30th	53
5	Japan	6th	6th	16	28
6th	Spain	3	-	-	3
7th	England	2.5	8.5	13	24
8th	Sweden	1	2	5	8th
9	Thailand	1	1	4th	6th
10	India	1	3	6th	10
11	United States	1	-	-	1
12	Malaysia	-	8th	12	21st
13	Chinese Taipei	-	2	4th	6th
14th	Hong Kong	-	1	2	3
15th	Netherlands	-	1	1	2
16	Scotland	-	0.5	1	1.5
17th	Germany	-	-	4th	4th
18th	France	-	-	1	1
	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
	Vietnam	-	-	1	1
Total		125	124	250	499

World Champion of the Association WBF

The association founded by China and Thailand, among others, also held world championships. In 1981 the IBF and WBF merged.

year	venue	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
1978	Bangkok, Thailand	Yu Yaodong	Zhang Ailing	Yu Yaodong Hou Jiachang	Zhang Ailing Li Fang	Pichai Kongsirithavorn Petchroong Liengtrakulngam
1979	Hangzhou, China	Han Jian	Han Aiping	Sun Zhi'an Yao Ximing	Sirisriro Patama Suleeporn Jittariyakul	Ng Chun Ching Chan Lim Chee

Web links

Commons : Badminton World Championships  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19781104.2.144.2
2. ↑ http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19781108.2.139.2
3. ↑ http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19781109.2.114.2
4. ↑ http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19790622.1.32.aspx