The BWF World Junior Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation to crown the best junior badminton players (U-19) in the world. The championship is held annually and consists of two separate competitions: a mixed team championship called the Suhandinata Cup, followed by an individual championship called the Eye Level Cups.
Editions The precursor of the championships was the Bimantara World Junior Invitational held in Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. In 1992, International Badminton Federation (former name of Badminton World Federation) started the first IBF World Junior Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. Initially held every two years, BWF later decided the championships will be held annually starting from the 2007 edition.
The 2020 BWF World Junior Championships was a tournament that was to be the twenty-second edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. Auckland was awarded the event on November 29, 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025. Originally the event was to be held from 28 September to 11 October 2020 but had to be rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. It would have been held in Auckland, New Zealand from 11 to 24 January 2021. On 22 October 2020, it was later cancelled and the 2024 edition to be held in New Zealand. On 16 June 2023, BWF confirmed that Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its hosting rights for the 2024 edition.
The 2021 BWF World Junior Championships was going to be the twenty-second edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. China was awarded the event on November 29, 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025. Chengdu was named in July 2020 as the bidding city and accepted as the host for the event. It was planned to be held in Chengdu, China but was cancelled in August 2021 owing to widespread outbreaks of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Junior Championships. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.
YearEditionHost cityHost countryEvents19921Jakarta (1) Indonesia (1)519942Kuala Lumpur (1) Malaysia (1)19963Silkeborg (1) Denmark (1)19984Melbourne (1) Australia (1)20005Guangzhou (1) China (1)620026Pretoria (1) South Africa (1)20047Richmond (1) Canada (1)20068Incheon (1) South Korea (1)20079Waitakere City (1) New Zealand (1)200810Pune (1) India (1)200911Alor Setar (1) Malaysia (2)201012Guadalajara (1) Mexico (1)201113Taoyuan (1) Taiwan (1)201214Chiba (1) Japan (1)201315Bangkok (1) Thailand (1)6201416Alor Setar (2) Malaysia (3)201517Lima (1) Peru (1)201618Bilbao (1) Spain (1)201719Yogyakarta (1) Indonesia (2)201820Markham (1) Canada (2)201921Kazan (1) Russia (1)202022Auckland New Zealand202122Chengdu China202222Santander (1) Spain (2)202323Spokane (1) United States (1)202424Nanchang (1) China (2)202525Guwahati (1) India (2)202626Cairo (1) Egypt (1)
List of winners
YearMixed TeamBoys' SinglesGirls' SinglesBoys' DoublesGirls' DoublesMixed Doubles1992 rowspan="4" align="center" Sun Jun Kristin Yunita Amon Santoso Kusno Gu Jun Han Jingna Jim Laugesen Rikke Olsen1994 Chen Gang Wang Chen Peter Gade Peder Nissen Yao Jie Liu Lu Zhang Wei Qian Hong1996 Zhu Feng Yu Hua Jeremy Gan Chan Chong Ming Gao Ling Yang Wei Wang Wei Lu Ying1998 Zhang Yang Gong Ruina Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng Zhang Jiewen Xie Xingfang Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay2000 Bao Chunlai Wei Yan Sang Yang Zheng Bo Zhang Yawen Wei Yili Sang Yang Zhang Yawen2002 Chen Jin Jiang Yanjiao Han Sang-hoon Park Sung-hwan Du Jing Rong Lu Guo Zhendong Yu Yang2004 Cheng Shao-chieh Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong Tian Qing Yu Yang He Hanbin Yu Yang2006 Hong Ji-hoon Wang Yihan Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli Lee Yong-dae Yoo Hyun-young2007 Chen Long Wang Lin Chung Eui-seok Shin Baek-cheol Xie Jing Zhong Qianxin Lim Khim Wah Ng Hui Lin2008 Wang Zhengming Saina Nehwal Mak Hee Chun Teo Kok Siang Fu Mingtian Yao Lei Chai Biao Xie Jing2009 Tian Houwei Ratchanok Intanon Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han Tang Jinhua Xia Huan Maneepong Jongjit Rodjana Chuthabunditkul2010 Viktor Axelsen Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng Bao Yixin Ou Dongni Liu Cheng Bao Yixin2011 Zulfadli Zulkiffli Nelson Heg Teo Ee Yi Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja2012 Kento Momota Nozomi Okuhara Lee Chun Hei Ng Ka Long Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktavianti2013 Heo Kwang-hee Akane Yamaguchi Li Junhui Liu Yuchen Chae Yoo-jung Kim Ji-won Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen2014 Lin Guipu Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan2015 Lu Chia-hung Goh Jin Wei He Jiting Zheng Siwei Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen2016 Sun Feixiang Chen Yufei Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong Sayaka Hobara Nami Matsuyama He Jiting Du Yue2017 Kunlavut Vitidsarn Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim Rinov Rivaldy Pitha Haningtyas Mentari2018 Goh Jin Wei Di Zijian Wang Chang Liu Xuanxuan Xia Yuting Leo Rolly Carnando Indah Cahya Sari Jamil2019 Riko Gunji Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin Lin Fangling Zhou Xinru Feng Yanzhe Lin Fangling2020Cancelled2021Cancelled2022 Kuo Kuan-lin Tomoka Miyazaki Xu Huayu Zhu Yijun Liu Shengshu Wang Tingge Zhu Yijun Liu Shengshu 2023 Alwi Farhan Pitchamon Opatniputh Ma Shang Zhu Yijun Maya Taguchi Aya Tamaki Liao Pinyi Zhang Jiahan 2024 Hu Zhe'an Xu Wenjing Kang Khai Xing Aaron Tai Ririna Hiramoto Aya Tamaki Lin Xiangyi Liu Yuanyuan 2025 Liu Yangmingyu Anyapat Phichitpreechasak Chen Junting Liu Junrong Tan Kexuan Wei Yueyue Lee Hyeong-woo Cheon Hye-in
Medal table
Success statistics
World Junior Champions who became World Champions List of players who have won BWF World Junior Championships and later won the BWF World Championships:
Type Player World Junior Champion (Year) World Champion (Year) Men's Singles Sun Jun 1992 1999 Women's Doubles Gu Jun 1992 1997, 1999 Women's Doubles Gao Ling 1996 2001, 2003, 2006 Women's Doubles Yang Wei 1996 2005, 2007 Women's Singles Gong Ruina 1998 2001 Women's Doubles Zhang Jiewen 1998 2005, 2007 Women's Doubles Zhang Yawen 2000 2009 Men's Singles Chen Jin 2002, 2004 2010 Women's Doubles Du Jing 2002 2010 Women's Doubles Tian Qing 2004 2014, 2015 Women's Doubles Yu Yang 2004 2010, 2011, 2013 Women's Singles Wang Yihan 2006 2011 Women's Doubles Ma Jin 2006 2010 (XD) Women's Doubles Wang Xiaoli 2006 2011, 2013 Women's Singles Wang Lin 2007 2010 Men's Doubles Shin Baek-cheol 2007 2014 Men's Singles Chen Long 2007 2014, 2015 Women's Singles Ratchanok Intanon 2009, 2010, 2011 2013 Men's Singles Viktor Axelsen 2010 2017, 2022 Women's Singles Nozomi Okuhara 2012 2017 Men's Singles Kento Momota 2012 2018, 2019 Men's Doubles Li Junhui 2013 2018 Men's Doubles Liu Yuchen 2013 2018 Women's Doubles Chen Qingchen 2014, 2015 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 Women's Doubles Jia Yifan 2014, 2015 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 Mixed Doubles Zheng Siwei 2015 2018, 2019, 2022 Men's Doubles Dechapol Puavaranukroh 2014 2021 (XD) Women's Singles Akane Yamaguchi 2013, 2014 2021, 2022, 2025Men's Singles Kunlavut Vitidsarn 2017, 2018, 2019 2023Women's Doubles Chae Yoo-jung 2013 2023 (XD)Women's Doubles Liu Shengshu20222025
Successful players Below is the list of the most successful players ever in the BWF World Junior Championships, with 3 or more gold medals. PlayersBSGSBDGDXDXTTotal Chen Qingchen 2 3 3 8 He Jiting 1 1 3 5 Yu Yang 1 2 2 5 Bao Yixin 1 1 2 4 Chen Jin 2 2 4 Chen Yufei 1 3 4 Du Yue 1 3 4 Jia Yifan 2 2 4 Xia Huan 1 3 4 Xie Jing 1 1 2 4 Zheng Siwei 1 1 2 4 Zhu Yijun 2 1 1 4 Chai Biao 1 2 3 Chan Chong Ming 2 1 3 Di Zijian 1 2 3 Han Chengkai 1 2 3 Huang Kaixiang 2 1 3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 3 3 Lee Yong-dae 1 1 1 3 Leo Rolly Carnando 1 1 1 3 Li Gen 3 3 Lin Fangling 1 1 1 3 Lin Guipu 1 2 3 Liu Cheng 1 2 3 Liu Xuanxuan 1 2 3 Ratchanok Intanon 3 3 Sang Yang 1 1 1 3 Sun Feixiang 1 2 3 Tang Jinhua 1 2 3 Wang Chang 1 2 3 Wang Lin 1 2 3 Wang Zhengming 1 2 3 Xia Yuting 1 2 3 Zhang Yawen 1 1 1 3 Zhong Qianxin 1 2 3 Zhou Haodong 1 2 3 BS: Boys' singles; GS: Girls' singles; BD: Boys' doubles; GD: Girls' doubles; XD: Mixed doubles; XT: Mixed team;
Successful national teams Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries since the championships' inception in 1992, with China being the most successful in the World Junior Championships. They were the only country ever to achieve a shutout of the medals which they did in 2000.
RankCountry929496980002040607080910111213141516171819222324Total1 2 4 4 3 6 5 4 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 4 4 5 1 3 2 333742 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 143 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 134 2 1 1 2 1 2 11 115 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 106 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 97 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 39 1 1 1 1 1 1
BOLD means overall winner of that World Junior Championships
Men's singles RankCountry929496980002040607080910111213141516171819222324Total1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 132 X X X 33 X X 2 X X 25 X 1 X 1 X 1 X 1
Women's singles RankCountry929496980002040607080910111213141516171819222324Total1 X X X X X X X X X 92 X X X X X 53 X X X X 44 X X 2 X X 26 X 1 X 1
Men's doubles RankCountry929496980002040607080910111213141516171819222324Total1 X X X X X X X X82 X X X X X XX 73 X X X 34 X X 25 X 1 X 1 X 1 X 1
Women's doubles RankCountry929496980002040607080910111213141516171819222324Total1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 162 X X X X 43 X XX34 X 1
Mixed doubles RankCountry929496980002040607080910111213141516171819222324Total1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X152 X X X X 43 X X 24 X 1 X 1 X 1
Mixed team RankCountry0002040607080910111213141516171819222324Total1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 142 X X X 33 X X 24 X 1
Debut of national teams World Junior Championships has had at least one team appearing for the first time. The total number of teams that have participated in the World Junior Championships until the 2025 edition is 88. Year Debuting teams Teams 2000 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 24 24 2002 , , , , , 6 30 2004 , , 3 33 2006 , , , , , 6 39 2007 , 2 41 2008 , 2 43 2010 , , 3 46 2012 , , 3 49 2013 , , 3 52 2014 1 53 2015 , , , , , , , , , 10 63 2016 , , , , , , , , , , 11 74 2017 , , 3 77 2018 1 78 2019 , 2 80 2022 1 81 2023 1 82 2024 , , , , 5 87 2025 1 88 2026 , 2 90
References
External links BWF: World Junior Championships