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BWF World Junior Championships
Badminton tournament
Badminton tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| current_season | 2025 BWF World Junior Championships |
| formerly | IBF World Junior Championships |
| sport | Badminton |
| logo | BWF World Junior Championships.png |
| founded | |
| country | BWF member nations |
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.
| Year | Edition | Host city | Host country | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | Jakarta (1) | Indonesia (1) | 5 |
| 1994 | 2 | Kuala Lumpur (1) | Malaysia (1) | |
| 1996 | 3 | Silkeborg (1) | Denmark (1) | |
| 1998 | 4 | Melbourne (1) | Australia (1) | |
| 2000 | 5 | Guangzhou (1) | China (1) | 6 |
| 2002 | 6 | Pretoria (1) | South Africa (1) | |
| 2004 | 7 | Richmond (1) | Canada (1) | |
| 2006 | 8 | Incheon (1) | South Korea (1) | |
| 2007 | 9 | Waitakere City (1) | New Zealand (1) | |
| 2008 | 10 | Pune (1) | India (1) | |
| 2009 | 11 | Alor Setar (1) | Malaysia (2) | |
| 2010 | 12 | Guadalajara (1) | Mexico (1) | |
| 2011 | 13 | Taoyuan (1) | Taiwan (1) | |
| 2012 | 14 | Chiba (1) | Japan (1) |
| Year | Edition | Host city | Host country | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 15 | Bangkok (1) | Thailand (1) | 6 | |
| 2014 | 16 | Alor Setar (2) | Malaysia (3) | ||
| 2015 | 17 | Lima (1) | Peru (1) | ||
| 2016 | 18 | Bilbao (1) | Spain (1) | ||
| 2017 | 19 | Yogyakarta (1) | Indonesia (2) | ||
| 2018 | 20 | Markham (1) | Canada (2) | ||
| 2019 | 21 | Kazan (1) | Russia (1) | ||
| 2020 | 22 | nowrap | Auckland | New Zealand | |
| 2021 | 22 | Chengdu | China | ||
| 2022 | 22 | Santander (1) | Spain (2) | ||
| 2023 | 23 | Spokane (1) | United States (1) | ||
| 2024 | 24 | Nanchang (1) | China (2) | ||
| 2025 | 25 | Guwahati (1) | India (2) | ||
| 2026 | 26 | TBA | Indonesia (3) |
|}
List of winners
| Year | Mixed Team | Boys' Singles | Girls' Singles | Boys' Doubles | Girls' Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Not held | CHN Sun Jun | INA Kristin Yunita | INA Amon Santoso | ||
| INA Kusno | CHN Gu Jun | |||||
| CHN Han Jingna | DEN Jim Laugesen | |||||
| DEN Rikke Olsen | ||||||
| 1994 | CHN Chen Gang | CHN Wang Chen | DEN Peter Gade | |||
| DEN Peder Nissen | CHN Yao Jie | |||||
| CHN Liu Lu | CHN Zhang Wei | |||||
| CHN Qian Hong | ||||||
| 1996 | CHN Zhu Feng | CHN Yu Hua | MAS Jeremy Gan | |||
| MAS Chan Chong Ming | CHN Gao Ling | |||||
| CHN Yang Wei | CHN Wang Wei | |||||
| CHN Lu Ying | ||||||
| 1998 | CHN Zhang Yang | CHN Gong Ruina | MAS Chan Chong Ming | |||
| MAS Teo Kok Seng | CHN Zhang Jiewen | |||||
| CHN Xie Xingfang | MAS Chan Chong Ming | |||||
| MAS Joanne Quay | ||||||
| 2000 | CHN Bao Chunlai | CHN Wei Yan | CHN Sang Yang | |||
| CHN Zheng Bo | CHN Zhang Yawen | |||||
| CHN Wei Yili | CHN Sang Yang | |||||
| CHN Zhang Yawen | ||||||
| 2002 | CHN Chen Jin | CHN Jiang Yanjiao | KOR Han Sang-hoon | |||
| KOR Park Sung-hwan | CHN Du Jing | |||||
| CHN Rong Lu | CHN Guo Zhendong | |||||
| CHN Yu Yang | ||||||
| 2004 | TPE Cheng Shao-chieh | MAS Hoon Thien How | ||||
| MAS Tan Boon Heong | CHN Tian Qing | |||||
| CHN Yu Yang | CHN He Hanbin | |||||
| CHN Yu Yang | ||||||
| 2006 | KOR Hong Ji-hoon | CHN Wang Yihan | KOR Lee Yong-dae | |||
| KOR Cho Gun-woo | CHN Ma Jin | |||||
| CHN Wang Xiaoli | KOR Lee Yong-dae | |||||
| KOR Yoo Hyun-young | ||||||
| 2007 | CHN Chen Long | CHN Wang Lin | KOR Chung Eui-seok | |||
| KOR Shin Baek-cheol | CHN Xie Jing | |||||
| CHN Zhong Qianxin | MAS Lim Khim Wah | |||||
| MAS Ng Hui Lin | ||||||
| 2008 | CHN Wang Zhengming | IND Saina Nehwal | MAS Mak Hee Chun | |||
| MAS Teo Kok Siang | SIN Fu Mingtian | |||||
| SIN Yao Lei | CHN Chai Biao | |||||
| CHN Xie Jing | ||||||
| 2009 | CHN Tian Houwei | THA Ratchanok Intanon | MAS Chooi Kah Ming | |||
| MAS Ow Yao Han | CHN Tang Jinhua | |||||
| CHN Xia Huan | THA Maneepong Jongjit | |||||
| THA Rodjana Chuthabunditkul | ||||||
| 2010 | DEN Viktor Axelsen | MAS Ow Yao Han | ||||
| MAS Yew Hong Kheng | CHN Bao Yixin | |||||
| CHN Ou Dongni | CHN Liu Cheng | |||||
| CHN Bao Yixin | ||||||
| 2011 | MAS Zulfadli Zulkiffli | MAS Nelson Heg | ||||
| MAS Teo Ee Yi | KOR Lee So-hee | |||||
| KOR Shin Seung-chan | INA Alfian Eko Prasetya | |||||
| INA Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja | ||||||
| 2012 | JPN Kento Momota | JPN Nozomi Okuhara | HKG Lee Chun Hei | |||
| HKG Ng Ka Long | INA Edi Subaktiar | |||||
| INA Melati Daeva Oktavianti | ||||||
| 2013 | KOR Heo Kwang-hee | JPN Akane Yamaguchi | CHN Li Junhui | |||
| CHN Liu Yuchen | KOR Chae Yoo-jung | |||||
| KOR Kim Ji-won | CHN Huang Kaixiang | |||||
| CHN Chen Qingchen | ||||||
| 2014 | CHN Lin Guipu | THA Kittinupong Kedren | ||||
| THA Dechapol Puavaranukroh | CHN Chen Qingchen | |||||
| CHN Jia Yifan | ||||||
| 2015 | TPE Lu Chia-hung | MAS Goh Jin Wei | CHN He Jiting | |||
| CHN Zheng Siwei | CHN Zheng Siwei | |||||
| CHN Chen Qingchen | ||||||
| 2016 | CHN Sun Feixiang | CHN Chen Yufei | CHN Han Chengkai | |||
| CHN Zhou Haodong | JPN Sayaka Hobara | |||||
| JPN Nami Matsuyama | CHN He Jiting | |||||
| CHN Du Yue | ||||||
| 2017 | THA Kunlavut Vitidsarn | INA Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | JPN Mahiro Kaneko | |||
| JPN Yunosuke Kubota | KOR Baek Ha-na | |||||
| KOR Lee Yu-rim | INA Rinov Rivaldy | |||||
| INA Pitha Haningtyas Mentari | ||||||
| 2018 | MAS Goh Jin Wei | CHN Di Zijian | ||||
| CHN Wang Chang | CHN Liu Xuanxuan | |||||
| CHN Xia Yuting | INA Leo Rolly Carnando | |||||
| INA Indah Cahya Sari Jamil | ||||||
| 2019 | JPN Riko Gunji | INA Leo Rolly Carnando | ||||
| INA Daniel Marthin | CHN Lin Fangling | |||||
| CHN Zhou Xinru | CHN Feng Yanzhe | |||||
| CHN Lin Fangling | ||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||||
| 2021 | Cancelled | |||||
| 2022 | TPE Kuo Kuan-lin | JPN Tomoka Miyazaki | CHN Xu Huayu | |||
| CHN Zhu Yijun | CHN Liu Shengshu | |||||
| CHN Wang Tingge | CHN Zhu Yijun | |||||
| CHN Liu Shengshu | ||||||
| 2023 | INA Alwi Farhan | THA Pitchamon Opatniputh | CHN Ma Shang | |||
| CHN Zhu Yijun | JPN Maya Taguchi | |||||
| JPN Aya Tamaki | CHN Liao Pinyi | |||||
| CHN Zhang Jiahan | ||||||
| 2024 | CHN Hu Zhe'an | CHN Xu Wenjing | MAS Kang Khai Xing | |||
| MAS Aaron Tai | JPN Ririna Hiramoto | |||||
| JPN Aya Tamaki | CHN Lin Xiangyi | |||||
| CHN Liu Yuanyuan | ||||||
| 2025 | CHN Liu Yangmingyu | THA Anyapat Phichitpreechasak | CHN Chen Junting | |||
| CHN Liu Junrong | CHN Tan Kexuan | |||||
| CHN Wei Yueyue | KOR Lee Hyeong-woo | |||||
| KOR 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 | CHN Sun Jun | 1992 | 1999 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Gu Jun | 1992 | 1997, 1999 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Gao Ling | 1996 | 2001, 2003, 2006 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Yang Wei | 1996 | 2005, 2007 | ||
| Women's Singles | CHN Gong Ruina | 1998 | 2001 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Zhang Jiewen | 1998 | 2005, 2007 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Zhang Yawen | 2000 | 2009 | ||
| Men's Singles | CHN Chen Jin | 2002, 2004 | 2010 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Du Jing | 2002 | 2010 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Tian Qing | 2004 | 2014, 2015 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Yu Yang | 2004 | 2010, 2011, 2013 | ||
| Women's Singles | CHN Wang Yihan | 2006 | 2011 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Ma Jin | 2006 | 2010 (XD) | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Wang Xiaoli | 2006 | 2011, 2013 | ||
| Women's Singles | CHN Wang Lin | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Men's Doubles | KOR Shin Baek-cheol | 2007 | 2014 | ||
| Men's Singles | CHN Chen Long | 2007 | 2014, 2015 | ||
| Women's Singles | THA Ratchanok Intanon | 2009, 2010, 2011 | 2013 | ||
| Men's Singles | DEN Viktor Axelsen | 2010 | 2017, 2022 | ||
| Women's Singles | JPN Nozomi Okuhara | 2012 | 2017 | ||
| Men's Singles | JPN Kento Momota | 2012 | 2018, 2019 | ||
| Men's Doubles | CHN Li Junhui | 2013 | 2018 | ||
| Men's Doubles | CHN Liu Yuchen | 2013 | 2018 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Chen Qingchen | 2014, 2015 | 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Jia Yifan | 2014, 2015 | 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||
| Mixed Doubles | CHN Zheng Siwei | 2015 | 2018, 2019, 2022 | ||
| Men's Doubles | THA Dechapol Puavaranukroh | 2014 | 2021 (XD) | ||
| Women's Singles | JPN Akane Yamaguchi | 2013, 2014 | 2021, 2022, 2025 | ||
| Men's Singles | THA Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 2017, 2018, 2019 | 2023 | ||
| Women's Doubles | KOR Chae Yoo-jung | 2013 | 2023 (XD) | ||
| Women's Doubles | CHN Liu Shengshu | 2022 | 2025 |
Successful players
Below is the list of the most successful players ever in the BWF World Junior Championships, with 3 or more gold medals.
| Players | BS | GS | BD | GD | XD | XT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHN Chen Qingchen | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| CHN He Jiting | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| CHN Yu Yang | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| CHN Bao Yixin | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| CHN Chen Jin | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| CHN Chen Yufei | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| CHN Du Yue | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| CHN Jia Yifan | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| CHN Xia Huan | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| CHN Xie Jing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| CHN Zheng Siwei | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| CHN Zhu Yijun | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| CHN Chai Biao | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| MAS Chan Chong Ming | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Di Zijian | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Han Chengkai | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Huang Kaixiang | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| THA Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 3 | 3 | |||||
| KOR Lee Yong-dae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| INA Leo Rolly Carnando | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| CHN Li Gen | 3 | 3 | |||||
| CHN Lin Fangling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| CHN Lin Guipu | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Liu Cheng | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Liu Xuanxuan | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| THA Ratchanok Intanon | 3 | 3 | |||||
| CHN Sang Yang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| CHN Sun Feixiang | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Tang Jinhua | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Wang Chang | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Wang Lin | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Wang Zhengming | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Xia Yuting | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN Zhang Yawen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| CHN Zhong Qianxin | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| CHN 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.
| Rank | Country | 92 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 00 | 02 | 04 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Total | 74 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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BOLD means overall winner of that World Junior Championships
Men's singles
| Rank | Country | 92 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 00 | 02 | 04 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Total |
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Women's singles
| Rank | Country | 92 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 00 | 02 | 04 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Total | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Men's doubles
| Rank | Country | 92 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 00 | 02 | 04 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Total | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Mixed team
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.
References
References
- "World Junior Championships".
- "Weltmeisterschaft U19 (Jugend-WM - World Junior Championships)".
- "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded".
- "BWF moves World Junior Championships in Auckland to January 2021".
- "BWF World Junior Championships 2020 Rescheduled".
- "BWF World Junior Championships in Auckland cancelled, 2024 edition to be held in New Zealand".
- (16 June 2023). "Update on World Junior Championships 2024".
- (10 July 2020). "成都正式申办2021羽球世青赛 依托成都大运会场馆".
- (7 August 2021). "Cancellation of 2021 BWF World Junior Championship Selection Event - USA Badminton".
- (11 August 2021). "BWF postpones World Junior Championships and cancels three World Tour legs".
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