Armenian team at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships.
Armenian team at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships.

The BWF World Junior Championships (also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world. The championships is held annually and consists of two separate competitions: a mixed team championships (Suhandinata Cup) followed by an individual championships (Eye Level Cups).[1]

Editions

The precursor of the championships was the Bimantara World Junior Invitational held in Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.[2] In 1992, International Badminton Federation (former name of Badminton World Federation) started the first IBF World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. BWF later decided the championships will be held annually instead of biennially 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. It would have be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 11 to 24 January 2021.[3] 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.[4] On 22 October, it was later cancelled and the 2024 edition to be held in New Zealand.[5] Auckland was awarded the event in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.[6]

The 2021 BWF World Junior Championships was going to be the twenty-second edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. 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.[7][8] China was awarded the event in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.[9] Chengdu was named in July 2020 as the bidding city and accepted as the host for the event.[10]

Year Edition Host City Country Events
1992 1 Jakarta (1)  Indonesia (1) 5
1994 2 Kuala Lumpur (1)  Malaysia (1) 5
1996 3 Silkeborg (1)  Denmark (1) 5
1998 4 Melbourne (1)  Australia (1) 5
2000 5 Guangzhou (1)  China (1) 6
2002 6 Pretoria (1)  South Africa (1) 6
2004 7 Richmond (1)  Canada (1) 6
2006 8 Incheon (1)  South Korea (1) 6
2007 9 Waitakere City (1)  New Zealand (1) 6
2008 10 Pune (1)  India (1) 6
2009 11 Alor Setar (1)  Malaysia (2) 6
2010 12 Guadalajara (1)  Mexico (1) 6
2011 13 Taoyuan (1)  Taiwan (1) 6
2012 14 Chiba (1)  Japan (1) 6
2013 15 Bangkok (1)  Thailand (1) 6
Year Edition Host City Country Events
2014 16 Alor Setar (2)  Malaysia (3) 6
2015 17 Lima (1)  Peru (1) 6
2016 18 Bilbao (1)  Spain (1) 6
2017 19 Yogyakarta (1)  Indonesia (2) 6
2018 20 Markham (1)  Canada (2) 6
2019 21 Kazan (1)  Russia (1) 6
2020 22 Auckland  New Zealand 6
2021 22 Chengdu  China 6
2022 22 Santander (1)  Spain (2) 6
2023 23 Honolulu (1)  United States (1) 6
2024 24 Auckland (1)  New Zealand (2) 6

Past champions

Individual

Year Boys' Singles Girls' Singles Boys' Doubles Girls' Doubles Mixed Doubles
1992 China Sun Jun Indonesia Kristin Yunita Indonesia Amon Santoso
Indonesia Kusno 		China Gu Jun
China Han Jingna 		Denmark Jim Laugesen
Denmark Rikke Olsen
1994 China Chen Gang China Wang Chen Denmark Peter Gade
Denmark Peder Nissen 		China Yao Jie
China Liu Lu 		China Zhang Wei
China Qian Hong
1996 China Zhu Feng China Yu Hua Malaysia Jeremy Gan
Malaysia Chan Chong Ming 		China Gao Ling
China Yang Wei 		China Wang Wei
China Lu Ying
1998 China Zhang Yang China Gong Ruina Malaysia Chan Chong Ming
Malaysia Teo Kok Seng 		China Zhang Jiewen
China Xie Xingfang 		Malaysia Chan Chong Ming
Malaysia Joanne Quay
2000 China Bao Chunlai China Wei Yan China Sang Yang
China Zheng Bo 		China Zhang Yawen
China Wei Yili 		China Sang Yang
China Zhang Yawen
2002 China Chen Jin China Jiang Yanjiao South Korea Han Sang-hoon
South Korea Park Sung-hwan 		China Du Jing
China Rong Lu 		China Guo Zhendong
China Yu Yang
2004 Chinese Taipei Cheng Shao-chieh Malaysia Hoon Thien How
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong 		China Tian Qing
China Yu Yang 		China He Hanbin
China Yu Yang
2006 South Korea Hong Ji-hoon China Wang Yihan South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Cho Gun-woo 		China Ma Jin
China Wang Xiaoli 		South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Hyun-young
2007 China Chen Long China Wang Lin South Korea Chung Eui-seok
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol 		China Xie Jing
China Zhong Qianxin 		Malaysia Lim Khim Wah
Malaysia Ng Hui Lin
2008 China Wang Zhengming India Saina Nehwal Malaysia Mak Hee Chun
Malaysia Teo Kok Siang 		Singapore Fu Mingtian
Singapore Yao Lei 		China Chai Biao
China Xie Jing
2009 China Tian Houwei Thailand Ratchanok Intanon Malaysia Chooi Kah Ming
Malaysia Ow Yao Han 		China Tang Jinhua
China Xia Huan 		Thailand Maneepong Jongjit
Thailand Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2010 Denmark Viktor Axelsen Malaysia Ow Yao Han
Malaysia Yew Hong Kheng 		China Bao Yixin
China Ou Dongni 		China Liu Cheng
China Bao Yixin
2011 Malaysia Zulfadli Zulkiffli Malaysia Nelson Heg
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi 		South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan 		Indonesia Alfian Eko Prasetya
Indonesia Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2012 Japan Kento Momota Japan Nozomi Okuhara Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei
Hong Kong Ng Ka Long 		Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
Indonesia Melati Daeva Oktavianti
2013 South Korea Heo Kwang-hee Japan Akane Yamaguchi China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen 		South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
South Korea Kim Ji-won 		China Huang Kaixiang
China Chen Qingchen
2014 China Lin Guipu Thailand Kittinupong Kedren
Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh 		China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan
2015 Chinese Taipei Lu Chia-hung Malaysia Goh Jin Wei China He Jiting
China Zheng Siwei 		China Zheng Siwei
China Chen Qingchen
2016 China Sun Feixiang China Chen Yufei China Han Chengkai
China Zhou Haodong 		Japan Sayaka Hobara
Japan Nami Matsuyama 		China He Jiting
China Du Yue
2017 Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn Indonesia Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Japan Mahiro Kaneko
Japan Yunosuke Kubota 		South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee Yu-rim 		Indonesia Rinov Rivaldy
Indonesia Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
2018 Malaysia Goh Jin Wei China Di Zijian
China Wang Chang 		China Liu Xuanxuan
China Xia Yuting 		Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
2019 Japan Riko Gunji Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin 		China Lin Fangling
China Zhou Xinru 		China Feng Yanzhe
China Lin Fangling
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
2021 Cancelled[note 2]
2022 Chinese Taipei Kuo Kuan-lin Japan Tomoka Miyazaki China Xu Huayu
China Zhu Yijun 		China Liu Shengshu
China Wang Tingge 		China Zhu Yijun
China Liu Shengshu
  1. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
  2. ^ This tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in China.

Mixed team

The mixed team event was introduced in 2000 and later was known as Suhandinata Cup since 2008.[11] A new trophy with Balinese ornament designed by Yose Sulawu was introduced in 2009 edition.[12]

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2000  China (1)  South Korea  Indonesia
2002  China (2)  South Korea  Indonesia
2004  China (3)  South Korea  Indonesia
2006  South Korea (1)  China  Malaysia
2007  China (4)  South Korea  Singapore
2008  China (5)  South Korea  Malaysia
2009  China (6)  Malaysia  Thailand
2010  China (7)  South Korea  Malaysia
2011  Malaysia (1)  South Korea  Chinese Taipei
2012  China (8)  Japan  South Korea
2013  South Korea (2)  Indonesia  China
2014  China (9)  Indonesia  Japan
 Thailand
2015  China (10)  Indonesia  Chinese Taipei
2016  China (11)  Malaysia  Japan
 Thailand
2017  China (12)  Malaysia  Japan
 South Korea
2018  China (13)  South Korea  Indonesia
 Japan
2019  Indonesia (1)  China  Thailand
 Japan
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
2021 Cancelled[note 2]
2022  South Korea (3)  Chinese Taipei  Indonesia
 Japan
  1. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
  2. ^ This tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in China.

All time medal table

As of the 2022 edition
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)684667181
2 South Korea (KOR)13194274
3 Malaysia (MAS)13102043
4 Indonesia (INA)9284279
5 Japan (JPN)892643
6 Thailand (THA)821929
7 Chinese Taipei (TPE)341219
8 Denmark (DEN)3339
9 India (IND)14510
10 Singapore (SGP)1135
11 Hong Kong (HKG)1023
12 England (ENG)0112
13 France (FRA)0101
14 Germany (GER)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (15 entries)128128244500

Successful players and national teams

World Junior Champions who later 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 China Sun Jun 1992 1999
Women's Doubles China Gu Jun 1992 1997, 1999
Women's Doubles China Gao Ling 1996 2001, 2003, 2006
Women's Doubles China Yang Wei 1996 2005, 2007
Women's Singles China Gong Ruina 1998 2001
Women's Doubles China Zhang Jiewen 1998 2005, 2007
Women's Doubles China Zhang Yawen 2000 2009
Men's Singles China Chen Jin 2002, 2004 2010
Women's Doubles China Du Jing 2002 2010
Women's Doubles China Tian Qing 2004 2014, 2015
Women's Doubles China Yu Yang 2004 2010, 2011, 2013
Women's Singles China Wang Yihan 2006 2011
Women's Doubles China Wang Xiaoli 2006 2011, 2013
Women's Singles China Wang Lin 2007 2010
Men's Doubles South Korea Shin Baek-cheol 2007 2014
Men's Singles China Chen Long 2007 2014, 2015
Women's Singles Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 2009, 2010, 2011 2013
Men's Singles Denmark Viktor Axelsen 2010 2017, 2022
Women's Singles Japan Nozomi Okuhara 2012 2017
Men's Singles Japan Kento Momota 2012 2018, 2019
Men's Doubles China Li Junhui 2013 2018
Men's Doubles China Liu Yuchen 2013 2018
Women's Doubles China Chen Qingchen 2014, 2015 2017, 2021, 2022
Women's Doubles China Jia Yifan 2014, 2015 2017, 2021, 2022
Mixed Doubles China Zheng Siwei 2015 2018, 2019, 2022
Men's Doubles Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh 2014 2021 (XD)
Women's Singles Japan Akane Yamaguchi 2013, 2014 2021, 2022

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
China Chen Qingchen 2 3 3 8
China He Jiting 1 1 3 5
China Yu Yang 1 2 2 5
China Bao Yixin 1 1 2 4
China Chen Jin 2 2 4
China Chen Yufei 1 3 4
China Du Yue 1 3 4
China Jia Yifan 2 2 4
China Xia Huan 1 3 4
China Xie Jing 1 1 2 4
China Zheng Siwei 1 1 2 4
China Chai Biao 1 2 3
Malaysia Chan Chong Ming 2 1 3
China Di Zijian 1 2 3
China Han Chengkai 1 2 3
China Huang Kaixiang 2 1 3
Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn 3 3
South Korea Lee Yong-dae 1 1 1 3
Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando 1 1 1 3
China Li Gen 3 3
China Lin Fangling 1 1 1 3
China Lin Guipu 1 2 3
China Liu Cheng 1 2 3
China Liu Xuanxuan 1 2 3
Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 3 3
China Sang Yang 1 1 1 3
China Sun Feixiang 1 2 3
China Tang Jinhua 1 2 3
China Wang Chang 1 2 3
China Wang Lin 1 2 3
China Wang Zhengming 1 2 3
China Zhang Yawen 1 1 1 3
China Xia Yuting 1 2 3
China Zhong Qianxin 1 2 3
China 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 Total
1  China 2 4 4 3 6 5 4 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 4 4 5 1 3 2 3 68
2  Malaysia 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 13
 South Korea 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 13
4  Indonesia 2 1 1 2 1 2 9
5  Thailand 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
 Japan 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
7  Denmark 1 1 1 3
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 3
9  Hong Kong 1 1
 India 1 1
 Singapore 1 1

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 Total
1  China X X X X X X X X X X X X 12
2  Thailand X X X 3
3  South Korea X X 2
 Chinese Taipei X X 2
5  Denmark X 1
 Malaysia X 1
 Japan X 1

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 Total
1  China X X X X X X X X 8
2  Japan X X X X X 5
3  Thailand X X X 3
4  Indonesia X X 2
 Malaysia X X 2
5  Chinese Taipei X 1
 India X 1

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 Total
1  Malaysia X X X X X X X 7
2  China X X X X X X 6
3  South Korea X X X 3
4  Indonesia X X 2
5  Denmark X 1
 Hong Kong X 1
 Thailand X 1
 Japan X 1

Women'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 Total
1  China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
2  South Korea X X X X 4
3  Singapore X 1
 Japan X 1

Mixed 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 Total
1  China X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13
2  Indonesia X X X X 4
3  Malaysia X X 2
4  Denmark X 1
 South Korea X 1
 Thailand X 1

Mixed team

Rank Country 00 02 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 Total
1  China X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13
2  South Korea X X X 3
3  Malaysia X 1
4  Indonesia X 1

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