The 1979 Badminton World Cup was the 1st edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Tokyo, Japan from 20 January to 22 January 1979. Competitions for mixed doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles and men's doubles events while Japan won women's doubles and Denmark won women's singles event.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Liem Swie King	Iie Sumirat	Kevin Jolly
			Flemming Delfs
Women's singles	Lene Køppen	Hiroe Yuki	Ivana Lie
			Verawaty Wiharjo
Men's doubles	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida	Derek Talbot David Eddy
			Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard
Women's doubles	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura	Verawaty Wiharjo Imelda Wiguna	Kazuko Sekine Sonoe Ōtsuka
			Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada

Men's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Liem Swie King		15	15
	Kevin Jolly		7	5
								Liem Swie King		15	15
								Iie Sumirat		8	8
	Iie Sumirat		15	15
	Flemming Delfs		7	7

Women's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Lene Køppen		12	3	11
	Verawaty Wiharjo		11	11	7
								Lene Køppen		11	11
								Hiroe Yuki		7	6
	Ivana Lie		2	3
	Hiroe Yuki		11	11

Men's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata		15	15
	David Eddy Derek Talbot		5	8
								Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata		15	15
								Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino		8	3
	Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino		15	15
	Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard		13	10

Women's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Imelda Wiguna Verawaty Wiharjo		15	18
	Atsuko Tokuda Mikiko Takada		6	15
								Imelda Wiguna Verawaty Wiharjo		3	7
								Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura		15	15
	Kazuko Sekine Sonoe Ōtsuka		2	7
	Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura		15	15