2013 BWF World Championships

2013 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates5 August – 11 August
Edition20th
LevelInternational
Competitors345 from 49 nations
VenueTianhe Sports Center
LocationGuangzhou, China
2011 London 2014 Copenhagen

The 2013 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 5 to 11 August 2013 at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, China.[1]

Host city selection

Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Macau submitted bids for this edition of championships.[2] On 9 December 2011, Badminton World Federation decided to award the championships to Guangzhou during a meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand.[citation needed]

Draw

The draw was held on 22 July at Guangzhou, China.

Schedule

All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day.

All times are local (UTC+8).

Date Time Round
5 August 2013 10:00 Round of 64
6 August 2013 13:00 Round of 64
Round of 32
7 August 2013 10:00 Round of 32
8 August 2013 13:00 Round of 16
9 August 2013 12:00 Quarterfinals
18:00 Quarterfinals
10 August 2013 12:00 Semifinals
18:00 Semifinals
11 August 2013 13:00 Finals

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles China Lin Dan Malaysia Lee Chong Wei China Du Pengyu
Vietnam Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Women's Singles Thailand Ratchanok Intanon China Li Xuerui South Korea Bae Yeon-ju
India P. V. Sindhu
Men's Doubles Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen
China Cai Yun
China Fu Haifeng
South Korea Kim Ki-jung
South Korea Kim Sa-rang
Women's Doubles China Wang Xiaoli
China Yu Yang
South Korea Eom Hye-won
South Korea Chang Ye-na
Denmark Christinna Pedersen
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl
China Tian Qing
China Zhao Yunlei
Mixed Doubles Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad
Indonesia Lilyana Natsir
China Xu Chen
China Ma Jin
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Eom Hye-won
China Zhang Nan
China Zhao Yunlei

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)*2248
2 Indonesia (INA)2002
3 Thailand (THA)1001
4 South Korea (KOR)0134
5 Denmark (DEN)0112
6 Malaysia (MAS)0101
7 India (IND)0011
 Vietnam (VIE)0011
Totals (8 entries)551020

Participating countries

345 players from 49 countries participated at this year's edition. The number in parentheses indicate the player contributed by each country.

References

  1. ^ "2013 BWF World Championships". BWF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  2. ^ Sachetat, Raphaël. "WORLDS 2013 – Macau, Copenhagen and Guangzhou". Badzine.net. Retrieved 18 March 2017.