Badminton at the Summer Universiade
Badminton isone of the optional sportsat the Summer Universiade , which the organizer can select in addition to the 15 regular competitions. Only Bangkok 2007, Shenzhen 2011, Kazan 2013, Gwangju 2015 and Taipei 2017 made use of this option. From 2021 badminton will be integrated into the Universiade as a regular competition (= compulsory sport). This means that from 2022 the student world championships in badminton will no longer be held.