World Badminton Championships

Sport Badminton
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1977—2023
Editions 30
Competitors 470
Countries 23

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1977 Malmö SWE 3 – 8 May 1977 5 26 7
1978 Bangkok THA 4 – 7 November 1978 5 18 3
1979 Hangzhou CHN 10 – 21 June 1979 7 32 5
1980 Jakarta INA 27 May – 1 June 1980 5 26 5
1983 København DEN 2 – 8 May 1983 5 28 7
1985 Calgary CAN 10 – 16 June 1985 5 28 6
1987 Beijing CHN 18 – 24 May 1987 5 29 6
1989 Jakarta INA 29 May – 4 June 1989 5 30 5
1991 København DEN 2 – 8 May 1991 5 28 5
1993 Birmingham GBR 31 May – 6 June 1993 5 32 7
1995 Lausanne SUI 22 – 28 May 1995 5 30 6
1997 Glasgow GBR 24 May – 1 June 1997 5 31 5
1999 København DEN 10 – 23 May 1999 5 28 5
2001 Sevilla ESP 3 – 10 June 2001 5 29 5
2003 Birmingham GBR 28 July 2003 – 3 August 2007 5 28 7
2005 Anaheim USA 15 – 21 August 2005 5 31 10
2006 Madrid ESP 18 – 24 September 2006 5 31 7
2007 Kuala Lumpur MAS 13 – 19 August 2007 5 30 6
2009 Hyderabad IND 10 – 16 August 2009 5 31 6
2010 Paris FRA 23 – 29 August 2010 5 29 6
2011 London GBR 8 – 14 August 2011 5 31 11
2013 Guangzhou CHN 5 – 11 August 2013 5 30 8
2014 København DEN 25 – 31 August 2014 5 31 8
2015 Jakarta INA 10 – 16 August 2015 5 31 8
2017 Glasgow GBR 21 – 27 August 2017 5 31 8
2018 Nanjing CHN 30 July – 5 August 2018 5 31 8
2019 Basel SUI 19 – 25 August 2019 5 32 6
2021 Huelva ESP 12 – 19 December 2021 5 32 10
2022 Tokyo JPN 22 – 28 August 2022 5 32 10
2023 København DEN 21 – 27 August 2023 5 31 9

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 China CHN 79 54 89 222
2 Indonesia INA 23 20 37 80
3 South Korea KOR 13 15 33 61
4 Denmark DEN 12 15 41 68
5 Japan JPN 9 9 21 39
6 Thailand THA 5 7 9 21
7 Spain ESP 3 1 0 4
8 England ENG 2 9 13 24
9 Malaysia MAS 1 8 14 23
10 India IND 1 4 9 14
11 Sweden SWE 1 2 5 8
12 Hong Kong HKG 1 1 5 7
13 Singapore SGP 1 0 0 1
= United States USA 1 0 0 1
15 Chinese Taipei TPE 0 3 6 9
16 Myanmar MYA 0 1 1 2
= Netherlands NED 0 1 1 2
= Pakistan PAK 0 1 1 2
19 Germany GER 0 0 5 5
20 France FRA 0 0 1 1
= New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1
= Scotland SCO 0 0 1 1
= Vietnam VIE 0 0 1 1