2026 BWF World Championships
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| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 17 – 23 August 2026 | ||
| Edition | 30th | ||
| Level | International | ||
| Venue | Indira Gandhi Arena | ||
| Location | New Delhi, India | ||
| Official website | Tournament link at bwfbadminton.com | ||
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The 2026 BWF World Championships is the 30th edition of the world badminton championships. It took place in New Delhi, India in 2026. India hosted the World Championships for the first time since 2009.
Host selection
[edit]The host nation India was originally supposed to hold the Sudirman Cup in 2023,[1] however due to all events in China getting cancelled in 2021, the Sudirman Cup was moved to Vantaa in Finland with the 2023 Sudirman Cup going to Suzhou, China. India thereby was selected as the hosts of the 2026 World Championships due to the transfer of the hosting rights of 2023 Sudirman Cup.[2] New Delhi was announced to be the host city after the 2025 BWF World Championships at Paris.[3]
Competition schedule
[edit]The tournament lasts over 7 days.
| #R | Preliminary rounds | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | F | Finals |
| Date | 17 Aug | 18 Aug | 19 Aug | 20 Aug | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | ||||||||
| Men's singles | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F | ||
| Women's singles | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F | ||
| Men's doubles | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F | ||
| Women's doubles | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F | ||
| Mixed doubles | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F | ||
Point distribution
[edit]Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the World Championships event.[4]
| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14,500 | 12,500 | 10,500 | 8,200 | 6,000 | 3,700 | 1,450 |
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (India)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  China | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 India* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
Medalists
[edit]| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Alex Lanier France |
Kodai Naraoka Japan |
Chou Tien-chen Chinese Taipei |
| Victor Lai Canada | |||
| Women's singles |
An Se-young South Korea |
Akane Yamaguchi Japan |
Wang Zhiyi China |
| Pornpawee Chochuwong Thailand | |||
| Men's doubles |
China Liang Weikeng Wang Chang |
Malaysia Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik |
South Korea Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae |
| Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan | |||
| Women's doubles |
South Korea Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee |
China Liu Shengshu Tan Ning |
India Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand |
| China Li Yijing Luo Xumin | |||
| Mixed doubles |
France Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue |
China Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping |
Indonesia Amri Syahnawi Nita Violina Marwah |
| China Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin |
France achieved its most successful World Championships in the tournament's history, winning two gold medals. Alex Lanier became the first French player to win a men's singles world title, while Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue won France's first mixed doubles world championship.[5][6]
Qualifiers
[edit]Number of participants
[edit]| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | Number of players | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa |  Egypt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
 South Africa | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
 Uganda | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Asia | China | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 30 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 24 | |
 Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 24 | |
| India | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | |
| Japan | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 23 | |
 Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| South Korea | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | |
 Macau | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 20 | |
 Myanmar | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
 Philippines | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
 Singapore | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
 Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Thailand | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | |
 United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
 Vietnam | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Europe |  Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
 Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
 Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
 Denmark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | |
 England | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
 Estonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Finland | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||
 Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||
 Hungary | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
 Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
 Israel | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
 Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
 Netherlands | 1.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 6 | ||||
 Poland | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
 Scotland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
 Serbia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
 Spain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
 Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 5.5 | 8 | |
 Turkey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||
 Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Oceania |  Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Pan America |  Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |
 El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Peru | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
 United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |
| Other |  Authorised Neutral Athletes | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 64 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 272 | 382 | |
Players participating in two events
[edit]| Player | Gender | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davi Silva |
Men |  | | |
| Fabricio Farias |
Men | | | |
| Jaqueline Lima |
Women | | | |
| Sâmia Lima |
Women | | | |
| Stefani Stoeva |
Women | | | |
| Gabriela Stoeva |
Women | | | |
| Jonathan Lai |
Men | | | |
| Crystal Lai |
Women | | | |
| Ondřej Král |
Men | | | |
| Tereza Švábíková |
Women | | | |
| Mette Werge |
Women | | | |
| Nour Ahmed Youssri |
Women | | | |
| Lucía Rodríguez |
Women | | | |
| Christo Popov |
Men | | | |
| Toma Junior Popov |
Men | | | |
| Simon Krax |
Men | | | |
| Yuichi Shimogami |
Men | | | |
| Sayaka Hobara |
Women | | | |
| Meerte Loos |
Women | | | |
| Shaunna Li |
Women | | | |
| Alexander Dunn |
Men | | | |
| Julie MacPherson |
Women | | | |
| Pakkapon Teeraratsakul |
Men | | | |
| Yang Po-hsuan |
Men | | | |
| Yasemen Bektaş |
Women | | | |
| Dhiren Ayyappan |
Men | | | |
| Taabia Khan |
Women | | | |
| Yevheniia Kantemyr |
Women | | | |
| Polina Buhrova |
Women | | | |
| Chen Zhi-yi |
Men | | | |
| Presley Smith |
Men | | | |
| Francesca Corbett |
Women | | | |
| Jennie Gai |
Women | | | |
Performance by nations
[edit]| Nation | Quota | First round |
Second round |
Third round |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Finals |
Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea |
9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| France |
8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| China |
18 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Japan |
15 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Malaysia |
12 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chinese Taipei |
15 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Indonesia |
14 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Thailand |
12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| India |
11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Canada |
10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Denmark |
9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Hong Kong |
8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||
| United States |
9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | ||||
| England |
5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Singapore |
5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Bulgaria |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Scotland |
5 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Turkey |
5 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Brazil |
7 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Vietnam |
6 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Czech Republic |
5 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Ukraine |
3 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Germany |
7 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Switzerland |
5.5 | 5.5 | 1 | |||||
| Italy |
4 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Spain |
4 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Netherlands |
3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | |||||
| Azerbaijan |
3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Ireland |
3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Poland |
3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Sri Lanka |
3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Finland |
2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Hungary |
2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Israel |
2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Myanmar |
2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Macau |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| South Africa |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Sweden |
4 | 4 | ||||||
| Egypt |
3 | 3 | ||||||
| Peru |
3 | 3 | ||||||
| Philippines |
3 | 3 | ||||||
| Austria |
2 | 2 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates |
2 | 2 | ||||||
| Australia |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Belgium |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Croatia |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| El Salvador |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Estonia |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Guatemala |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kazakhstan |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Mexico |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Serbia |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Uganda |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Authorised Neutral Athletes |
1 | 1 | ||||||
| Withdrew | ||||||||
| Total | 224 | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ "India to host badminton world championships in 2026, lose 2023 Sudirman Cup". International Olympic Committee. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ↑ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (2 September 2025). "New Delhi to host BWF World Championships 2026 as badminton showpiece returns to India after 17 years". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ↑ "World Championship Ranking System". Badminton World Federation.
- ↑ "Lanier crushes Naraoka to become first Frenchman to win singles world title". Reuters. 23 August 2026. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- ↑ "'No one will be waiting at the airport': Inside France's historic double gold at the World Championships". The Times of India. 23 August 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
