2021 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates12–19 December
Edition26th
LevelInternational
Competitors322 from 49 nations
VenuePalacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín
LocationHuelva, Spain
Official websitebwfworldchampionships.com
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The 2021 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín in Huelva, Spain.[1]

Host city selection

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

Schedule

Five events were held.[3]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Medal summary

Medal table

2021 BWF World Championships medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan2125
2 China1124
3 Singapore1001
 Thailand1001
5 India0112
 South Korea0112
7 Chinese Taipei0101
8 Denmark0022
9 Hong Kong0011
 Malaysia0011
Totals (10 entries)551020

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details 		Singapore Loh Kean Yew India Srikanth Kidambi India Lakshya Sen
Denmark Anders Antonsen
Women's singles
details 		Japan Akane Yamaguchi Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying China He Bingjiao
China Zhang Yiman
Men's doubles
details 		Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi 		China He Jiting
China Tan Qiang 		Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi
Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Rasmussen
Women's doubles
details 		China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan 		South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara
South Korea Kim So-yeong
South Korea Kong Hee-yong
Mixed doubles
details 		Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		Japan Yuta Watanabe
Japan Arisa Higashino 		Japan Kyohei Yamashita
Japan Naru Shinoya
Hong Kong Tang Chun Man
Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet

Players

See also: 2021 BWF World Championships qualification

Performance by nation

Nation First Round Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Winner (s)
 Japan 12 16 10 9 5 3 2
 China 12 16 9 6 4 2 1
 Thailand 9 10 6 3 1 1 1
 Singapore 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
 India 11 8 6 4 2 1
 South Korea 2 4 4 3 2 1
 Chinese Taipei 6 5 2 2 1 1
 Denmark 14 16 9 2 2
 Malaysia 6 10 8 4 1
 Hong Kong 9 7 6 1 1
 Germany 3 6 3 2
Russia NBFR 7 6 2 1
 Netherlands 6 4 2 1
 Bulgaria 1 1 1
 Canada 3 3 3
 Scotland 5 4 2
 France 4 4 2
 England 2 6 1
 Ireland 3 1 1
 Guatemala 1 1 1
 Norway 1 1 1
 Spain 4 3
 Turkey 4 2
 Brazil 3 2
 Austria 3 1
 Belgium 3 1
 United States 3 1
 Azerbaijan 1 1
 Finland 1 1
 Indonesia 1 1
 New Zealand 1 1
  Switzerland 1 1
 Peru 1
 Poland 1
 Slovakia 1
 Sri Lanka 1
 Vietnam 3
 Australia 2
 Estonia 2
 Israel 2
 Mexico 2
 Nigeria 2
 Portugal 2
 Sweden 2
 Ukraine 2
 Algeria 1
 Czech Republic 1
 Italy 1
 Myanmar 1
Total 166 150 80 40 20 10 5

Some players/pairs started in the second round or the third round as a result of receiving a bye in the first round and or second round.

Note

  1. ^ Indonesia originally has 16 qualifiers (26 players), but the Badminton Association of Indonesia decided to withdraw.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Key Changes To BWF Tournament Calendar". Badminton World Federation. 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019–2025 Awarded". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. 28 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Daftar Wakil Indonesia yang Batal Tampil di Kejuaraan Dunia 2021". Kompas (in Indonesian). 8 December 2021.

External links

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