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 The host nation India was originally supposed to hold the Sudirman Cup in 2023, 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. New Delhi was announced to be the host city after the 2025 BWF World Championships at Paris.
Competition schedule 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 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. 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 Medal table
Medalists Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Liang Weikeng Wang Chang Aaron ChiaSoh Wooi Yik Kim Won-hoSeo Seung-jae Lee Jhe-hueiYang Po-hsuan Women's doubles Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee Liu Shengshu Tan Ning Treesa JollyGayatri Gopichand Li YijingLuo Xumin Mixed doubles Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping Amri SyahnawiNita Violina Marwah Jiang Zhenbang Wei YaxinFrance 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.
Qualifiers
Number of participants Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total Numberof players Africa 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 Asia 3 3 4 4 4 18 30 3 2 3 4 3 15 24 2 2 1 2 1 8 12 2 2 3 3 4 14 24 2 2 2 2 3 11 18 3 4 2 4 2 15 23 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 9 13 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 2 12 20 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 2 5 7 2 1 3 3 2 4 2 2 2 12 18 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 6 8 Europe 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 6 2 2 2 1 2 9 13 1 2 2 5 9 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 8 10 1 2 2 2 7 10 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 5 1.5 2 3.5 6 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 5 7 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 7 1 1 1 1 4 7 1 2 1 0.5 1 5.5 8 2 2 1 5 7 2 1 3 2 Oceania 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 Pan America 2 1 1 1 2 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 10 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 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
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 Nation Quota Firstround Secondround Thirdround Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Champion 9 6 6 6 3 3 2 2 8 7 4 3 2 2 2 2 18 9 16 13 11 6 3 1 15 10 14 10 3 2 2 12 7 10 6 2 1 1 15 8 11 8 3 2 14 8 14 8 5 1 12 10 10 4 3 1 11 9 9 5 21 10 10 4 2 2 1 9 6 8 7 3 8 7 7 2 1 9 7 7 3 5 4 5 1 5 5 4 1 4 3 1 1 5 5 3 5 5 3 7 7 2 6 6 2 5 5 2 3 3 2 7 7 1 5.5 5.5 1 4 4 1 4 4 1 3.5 3.5 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Authorised Neutral Athletes 1 1Withdrew Total 224 160 80 40 20 10 5
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