2023 BWF World Championships

2023 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates21–27 August
Edition28th
LevelInternational
Competitors363 from 54 nations
VenueRoyal Arena
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Official websitehttps://denmark2023.dk/
2022 Tokyo 2025 Paris

The 2023 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 in Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] Copenhagen hosted the BWF World Championships for the fifth time.

Host city selection

Copenhagen was awarded the event in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.[2]

Competition schedule

The tournament holds over a 7-day period.[1]

#R Preliminary rounds QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals F Finals
Date 21 Aug 22 Aug 23 Aug 24 Aug 25 Aug 26 Aug 27 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.[3]

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64
13,000 11,000 9,200 7,200 5,200 3,200 1,300

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Denmark)

2023 BWF World Championships medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea3014
2 China1146
3 Thailand1001
4 Japan0123
5 Denmark*0112
6 Indonesia0101
 Spain0101
8 India0011
 Malaysia0011
Totals (9 entries)551020

Medalists

Events Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details
Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn Japan Kodai Naraoka India Prannoy H. S.
Denmark Anders Antonsen
Women's singles
details
South Korea An Se-young Spain Carolina Marín China Chen Yufei
Japan Akane Yamaguchi
Men's doubles
details
South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae
Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik
China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang
Women's doubles
details
China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan
Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu
Indonesia Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
China Zhang Shuxian
China Zheng Yu
South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong
Mixed doubles
details
South Korea Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong
China Jiang Zhenbang
China Wei Yaxin
Japan Yuta Watanabe
Japan Arisa Higashino

Qualifiers

Number of participants

Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total Number
of players
Africa  Egypt 1 1 1 3 2
 Mauritius 1 1 2 3
 Nigeria 1 1 1
 South Africa 1 1 2 4
Asia  China 4 4 4 3 3 18 28
 Chinese Taipei 2 3 3 3 2 13 19
 Hong Kong 2 2 2 6 10
 India 3 1 1 2 2 9 14
 Indonesia 2 2 4 3 3 14 24
 Japan 3 2 2 4 4 15 25
 Jordan 1 1 1
 Kazakhstan 1 1 1
 Malaysia 2 2 3 3 3 13 22
 Maldives 1 1 2 3
 Myanmar 1 1 1
 Philippines 1 1 2 3
 Singapore 2 2 1 1 1 7 10
 South Korea 1 2 1 2 2 8 12
 Thailand 2 3 2 1 2 10 14
 Vietnam 1 1 2 2
Europe  Austria 1 1 1 3 5
 Azerbaijan 1 1 2 2
 Belgium 1 1 2 2
 Bulgaria 1 1 1 3 5
 Czech Republic 1 1 2 3
 Denmark (H) 3 3 2 1 2 11 16
 England 2 2 2 6 11
 Estonia 1 1 2 3
 Finland 1 1 1
 France 2 1 2 1 1 7 9
 Germany 2 1 2 2 2 9 12
 Hungary 1 1 1
 Ireland 1 1 1 3 4
 Israel 1 1 2 2
 Italy 2 1 3 4
 Netherlands 2 2 2 6 9
 Norway 1 1 2
 Portugal 1 1 1
 Scotland 1 2 1 1 5 7
 Serbia 1 1 2
 Slovakia 1 1 1
 Spain 2 2 4 4
 Sweden 1 1 2
  Switzerland 1 1 2 2
 Turkey 1 1 1
 Ukraine 1 1 1 3 4
Oceania  Australia 1 1 1 1 1 5 6
Pan Am  Brazil 2 1 1 1 2 7 9
 Canada 2 2 2 1 2 9 11
 El Salvador 1 1 1
 Guatemala 1 1 1 3 4
 Mexico 1 1 1 3 3
 Peru 1 1 1 3 4
 United States 2 2 1 2 1 8 11
Total (54 NOCs) 63 47 47 47 48 252 363

Players participating in two events

Player Gender Singles Doubles Mixed
Australia Kenneth Choo Men Yes Yes
Australia Gronya Somerville Women Yes Yes
Azerbaijan Ade Resky Dwicahyo Men Yes Yes
Brazil Fabrício Farias Men Yes Yes
Brazil Jaqueline Lima Women Yes Yes
Bulgaria Iliyan Stoynov Men Yes Yes
Canada Ty Alexander Lindeman Men Yes Yes
Canada Josephine Wu Women Yes Yes
Canada Nyl Yakura Men Yes Yes
Chinese Taipei Lee Chia-hsin Women Yes Yes
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-hsuan Men Yes Yes
Egypt Adham Hatem Elgamal Men Yes Yes
Egypt Doha Hany Women Yes Yes
England Lauren Smith Women Yes Yes
France Christo Popov Men Yes Yes
France Toma Junior Popov Men Yes Yes
Germany Linda Efler Women Yes Yes
Germany Mark Lamsfuß Men Yes Yes
Germany Isabel Lohau Women Yes Yes
Guatemala Jonathan Solís Men Yes Yes
Israel Misha Zilberman Men Yes Yes
Maldives Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq Women Yes Yes
Mexico Job Castillo Men Yes Yes
Netherlands Debora Jille Women Yes Yes
Peru Inés Castillo Women Yes Yes
Philippines Alvin Morada Men Yes Yes
Scotland Adam Hall Men Yes Yes
Scotland Julie MacPherson Women Yes Yes
Thailand Supak Jomkoh Men Yes Yes
South Korea Seo Seung-jae Men Yes Yes
United States Vinson Chiu Men Yes Yes

Performance by nation

As of the results of 26 August 2023.

Nation Quota First
round
Second
round
Third
round
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Finals
Champion
 South Korea 8 2 8 6 5 4 3 3
 China 18 5 17 15 9 6 2 1
 Thailand 10 4 10 7 3 1 1 1
 Japan 15 7 13 11 7 3 1  
 Denmark 11 8 10 5 4 2 1  
 Indonesia 14 6 13 9 4 1 1  
 Spain 4 3 1 1 1 1 1  
 Malaysia 13 8 12 7 3 1  
 India 9 6 5 4 2 1  
 Chinese Taipei 13 9 13 7 2  
 Hong Kong 6 6 5 3  
 United States 8 7 5 1  
 Singapore 7 7 5 1  
 France 7 6 5 1  
 Netherlands 6 5 3 1  
 Myanmar 1 1 1 1  
 Germany 9 9 4  
 Canada 9 8 4  
 Scotland 5 5 4  
 Brazil 7 7 3  
 England 6 6 3  
 Bulgaria 3 2 2  
 Australia 5 5 1  
 Austria 3 3 1  
 Ireland 3 3 1  
 Italy 3 3 1  
 Ukraine 3 2 1  
 Azerbaijan 2 2 1  
 Belgium 2 2 1  
 Czech Republic 2 2 1  
 Israel 2 2 1  
 Philippines 2 2 1  
 El Salvador 1 1 1  
 Turkey 1 1 1  
 Egypt 3 3  
 Guatemala 3 3  
 Mexico 3 3  
 Peru 3 3  
 Estonia 2 2  
 Maldives 2 2  
 Mauritius 2 2  
 South Africa 2 2  
 Switzerland 2 2  
 Vietnam 2 2  
 Finland 1 1  
 Hungary 1 1  
 Jordan 1 1  
 Kazakhstan 1 1  
 Nigeria 1 1  
 Norway 1 1  
 Portugal 1 1  
 Serbia 1 1  
 Slovakia 1 1  
 Sweden 1 1  
Withdrew 4 2 2  
Total 256 192 160 80 40 20 10 5

References

  1. ^ a b "Prospectus – TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2023" (PDF). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2018.