World Badminton Championships

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1977 World Badminton Championships	Malmö	SWE	3 – 8 May 1977	5	26	7
1978 World Badminton Championships	Bangkok	THA	4 – 7 November 1978	5	18	3
1979 World Badminton Championships	Hangzhou	CHN	10 – 21 June 1979	7	32	5
1980 World Badminton Championships	Jakarta	INA	27 May – 1 June 1980	5	26	5
1983 World Badminton Championships	København	DEN	2 – 8 May 1983	5	28	7
1985 World Badminton Championships	Calgary	CAN	10 – 16 June 1985	5	28	6
1987 World Badminton Championships	Beijing	CHN	18 – 24 May 1987	5	29	6
1989 World Badminton Championships	Jakarta	INA	29 May – 4 June 1989	5	30	5
1991 World Badminton Championships	København	DEN	2 – 8 May 1991	5	28	5
1993 World Badminton Championships	Birmingham	GBR	31 May – 6 June 1993	5	32	7
1995 World Badminton Championships	Lausanne	SUI	22 – 28 May 1995	5	30	6
1997 World Badminton Championships	Glasgow	GBR	24 May – 1 June 1997	5	31	5
1999 World Badminton Championships	København	DEN	10 – 23 May 1999	5	28	5
2001 World Badminton Championships	Sevilla	ESP	3 – 10 June 2001	5	29	5
2003 World Badminton Championships	Birmingham	GBR	28 July 2003 – 3 August 2007	5	28	7
2005 World Badminton Championships	Anaheim	USA	15 – 21 August 2005	5	31	10
2006 World Badminton Championships	Madrid	ESP	18 – 24 September 2006	5	31	7
2007 World Badminton Championships	Kuala Lumpur	MAS	13 – 19 August 2007	5	30	6
2009 World Badminton Championships	Hyderabad	IND	10 – 16 August 2009	5	31	6
2010 World Badminton Championships	Paris	FRA	23 – 29 August 2010	5	29	6
2011 World Badminton Championships	London	GBR	8 – 14 August 2011	5	31	11
2013 World Badminton Championships	Guangzhou	CHN	5 – 11 August 2013	5	30	8
2014 World Badminton Championships	København	DEN	25 – 31 August 2014	5	31	8
2015 World Badminton Championships	Jakarta	INA	10 – 16 August 2015	5	31	8
2017 World Badminton Championships	Glasgow	GBR	21 – 27 August 2017	5	31	8
2018 World Badminton Championships	Nanjing	CHN	30 July – 5 August 2018	5	31	8
2019 World Badminton Championships	Basel	SUI	19 – 25 August 2019	5	32	6
2021 World Badminton Championships	Huelva	ESP	12 – 19 December 2021	5	32	10
2022 World Badminton Championships	Tokyo	JPN	22 – 28 August 2022	5	32	10
2023 World Badminton Championships	København	DEN	21 – 27 August 2023	5	31	9
2025 World Badminton Championships	Paris	FRA	25 – 31 August 2025	5	32	10

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	China	CHN	81	57	90	228
2	Indonesia	INA	23	20	38	81
3	South Korea	KOR	14	15	34	63
4	Denmark	DEN	12	15	43	70
5	Japan	JPN	10	9	23	42
6	Thailand	THA	5	8	9	22
7	Spain	ESP	3	1	0	4
8	Malaysia	MAS	2	9	14	25
9	England	ENG	2	9	13	24
10	India	IND	1	4	10	15
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	2	2
21	Canada	CAN	0	0	1	1
=	New Zealand	NZL	0	0	1	1
=	Scotland	SCO	0	0	1	1
=	Vietnam	VIE	0	0	1	1