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BWF World Senior Championships
Current season, competition or edition: 2021 BWF World Senior Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	2003
Country	BWF member nations

The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals.^[1] However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in 2003 and being held biennially.

Location of the World Senior Championships

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Senior Championships. The most recent games were held in Huelva. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

2003

2004

2007

2009,
2021

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2023

2025

Host cities of the World Senior Championships

Year	No.	Date	Host City	Country
2003	I	9 – 15 June	Sofia (1)	Bulgaria (1)
2004	II	29 November – 5 December	Kuala Lumpur (1)	Malaysia (1)
2007	III	24 – 29 April	Taipei (1)	Taiwan (1)
2009	IV	27 September – 3 October	Huelva (1)	Spain (1)
2011	V	21 – 27 August	Vancouver (1)	Canada (1)
2013	VI	9 – 14 August	Ankara (1)	Turkey (1)
2015	VII	20 – 26 September	Helsingborg (1)	Sweden (1)
2017	VIII	11 – 17 September	Kochi (1)	India (1)
2019	IX	4 – 11 August	Katowice (1)	Poland (1)
2021	X	28 November – 4 December	Huelva (2)	Spain (2)
2023	XI	11 – 17 September	Seoul (1)	Korea (1)
2025	XII		Auckland (1)	New Zealand (1)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	67	69	126	262
2	Denmark	56	58	104	218
3	Germany	45.5	40.5	81	167
4	Japan	30	41	87	158
5	Thailand	28	20.5	26	74.5
6	Chinese Taipei	23.5	13.5	15	52
7	Russia	14	12.5	16	42.5
8	Scotland	12	15	9	36
9	Netherlands	10.5	7	8.5	26
10	India	10	16	43	69
11	Indonesia	10	5	8	23
12	Canada	8.5	14.5	20.5	43.5
13	Sweden	6.5	16.5	36	59
14	Israel	6	1	0	7
15	South Africa	6	0	0.5	6.5
16	Malaysia	4.5	5	17	26.5
17	United States	4	0	3	7
18	Belarus	3.5	1.5	0.5	5.5
19	Hong Kong	3.5	0.5	1.5	5.5
20	Iceland	3.5	0	3	6.5
21	Poland	2	9	10	21
22	France	2	4	9	15
23	Norway	2	2.5	10	14.5
24	Finland	2	2	15.5	19.5
25	Switzerland	2	0	5.5	7.5
26	Hungary	1	3.5	2	6.5
27	Sri Lanka	1	3	3	7
28	Austria	1	2.5	3.5	7
29	Ireland	1	2.5	2.5	6
30	Bulgaria	1	2	7.5	10.5
31	Ukraine	1	1.5	2	4.5
32	South Korea	1	1	0	2
33	Portugal	1	0	4	5
34	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
35	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
36	Australia	0	1	4	5
37	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
38	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
39	Singapore	0	0	2	2
39	Spain	0	0	2	2
41	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		372	372	695	1439

Medal distribution

Men's singles[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	15	14	20	49
2	Chinese Taipei	11	7	3	21
3	Russia	7	5	9	21
4	Thailand	7	5	5	17
5	South Africa	5	0	0	5
6	India	4	4	18	26
7	Scotland	4	2	1	7
8	Japan	3	8	7	18
9	England	3	4	12	19
10	Germany	3	3	15	21
11	Indonesia	2	1	3	6
12	Malaysia	2	0	8	10
13	Norway	2	0	6	8
14	Canada	1	5	7	13
15	Finland	1	1	7	9
16	Austria	1	1	1	3
17	Ukraine	1	1	0	2
18	France	1	0	2	3
18	Iceland	1	0	2	3
20	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
21	Sweden	0	5	8	13
22	Poland	0	5	1	6
23	Australia	0	1	3	4
24	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
25	Hungary	0	1	1	2
26	Sri Lanka	0	1	0	1
27	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
28	Portugal	0	0	2	2
28	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
30	Singapore	0	0	1	1
30	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		75	75	150	300

Women's singles[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	22	15	22	59
2	England	9	13	26	48
3	Denmark	7	6	11	24
4	Japan	6	8	29	43
5	Israel	4	1	0	5
6	Netherlands	3	3	3	9
7	Russia	3	3	1	7
8	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3
9	Canada	2	3	7	12
10	Poland	2	1	5	8
11	Belarus	2	1	0	3
12	United States	2	0	0	2
13	Scotland	1	6	2	9
14	Sweden	1	2	2	5
15	Hungary	1	2	1	4
15	Sri Lanka	1	2	1	4
17	India	1	1	5	7
18	Chinese Taipei	1	1	1	3
19	Thailand	1	1	0	2
20	Switzerland	1	0	2	3
21	Portugal	1	0	0	1
22	France	0	3	3	6
23	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
24	Norway	0	1	1	2
25	Finland	0	0	3	3
26	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		74	74	133	281

Men's doubles[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	19	10.5	17	46.5
2	England	12	10	21	43
3	Denmark	10	16	24	50
4	Indonesia	5.5	4	2.5	12
5	India	5	9	10	24
6	Japan	3	5	8	16
7	Chinese Taipei	3	2	4	9
8	Sweden	3	1	10.5	14.5
9	Malaysia	2.5	4	9	15.5
10	Russia	2	2	2	6
11	Germany	2	1	17	20
12	United States	2	0	2	4
13	Scotland	1.5	1.5	3	6
14	Canada	1.5	1	1	3.5
15	Finland	1	1	1.5	3.5
16	South Africa	1	0	0.5	1.5
17	Netherlands	0.5	1	2	3.5
18	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
19	Poland	0	2	2	4
20	Austria	0	1.5	1	2.5
21	Norway	0	1	1	2
22	Ireland	0	1	0.5	1.5
23	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
24	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
24	France	0	0	2	2
26	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Singapore	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
31	Sri Lanka	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (31 entries)		75	75	149	299

Women's doubles[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	17.5	20	26.5	64
2	Japan	14	14	30	58
3	Denmark	12	9.5	21.5	43
4	Germany	7	10.5	10	27.5
5	Chinese Taipei	4	3.5	2	9.5
6	Netherlands	3.5	2	2	7.5
7	Canada	2	2	1.5	5.5
8	Iceland	2	0	0	2
9	Scotland	1.5	1.5	2	5
10	Belarus	1.5	0	0	1.5
10	Israel	1.5	0	0	1.5
12	Russia	1	2.5	2	5.5
13	Ireland	1	1	2	4
13	Thailand	1	1	2	4
15	South Korea	1	1	0	2
16	France	1	0	2	3
17	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
18	Sweden	0.5	2	8	10.5
19	India	0	1	5	6
20	Norway	0	0.5	1.5	2
21	Hong Kong	0	0.5	0.5	1
22	Ukraine	0	0.5	0	0.5
23	Finland	0	0	4	4
24	Poland	0	0	2	2
25	United States	0	0	1	1
26	Sri Lanka	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (26 entries)		73	73	126	272

Mixed doubles[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	25.5	22	41.5	89
2	Denmark	12	12.5	27.5	52
3	Germany	10.5	11	17	38.5
4	Chinese Taipei	4.5	0	5	9.5
5	Japan	4	6	14	24
6	Scotland	4	4	1	9
7	Netherlands	3.5	1	1.5	6
8	Indonesia	2.5	0	1.5	4
9	Sweden	2	6.5	7.5	16
10	Canada	2	3.5	4	9.5
11	Russia	2	0	2	4
12	Switzerland	1	0	0.5	1.5
13	Hong Kong	0.5	0	0	0.5
	Iceland	0.5	0	0	0.5
	Israel	0.5	0	0	0.5
16	Thailand	0	3	2	5
17	India	0	1	4	5
18	France	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
21	Hungary	0	0.5	1	1.5
22	Belarus	0	0.5	0.5	1
23	Ireland	0	0.5	0	0.5
24	Portugal	0	0	2	2
25	Bulgaria	0	0	1.5	1.5
26	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
29	Austria	0	0	0.5	0.5
29	Norway	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (30 entries)		75	75	138	288

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