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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 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 followed by an individual championship.[1]

Editions

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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 Junior 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. Auckland was awarded the event on November 29, 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.[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] It would have been held in Auckland, New Zealand from 11 to 24 January 2021.[5] On 22 October 2020, it was later cancelled and the 2024 edition to be held in New Zealand.[6] On 16 June 2023, BWF confirmed that Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its hosting rights for the 2024 edition.[7]

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.[3] Chengdu was named in July 2020 as the bidding city and accepted as the host for the event.[8] 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.[9][10]

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Junior Championships. The most recent games were held in Nanchang, China in 2024. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

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Host cities of the World Junior Championships (Asia)
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Host cities of the World Junior Championships (excluding Asia)
Year Edition Host City Events
1992 1 Jakarta, Indonesia (1) 5
1994 2 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1)
1996 3 Silkeborg, Denmark (1)
1998 4 Melbourne, Australia (1)
2000 5 Guangzhou, China (1) 6
2002 6 Pretoria, South Africa (1)
2004 7 Richmond, Canada (1)
2006 8 Incheon, South Korea (1)
2007 9 Waitakere City, New Zealand (1)
2008 10 Pune, India (1)
2009 11 Alor Setar, Malaysia (1)
2010 12 Guadalajara, Mexico (1)
2011 13 Taoyuan, Taiwan (1)
2012 14 Chiba, Japan (1)
Year Edition Host City Events
2013 15 Bangkok, Thailand (1) 6
2014 16 Alor Setar, Malaysia (2)
2015 17 Lima, Peru (1)
2016 18 Bilbao, Spain (1)
2017 19 Yogyakarta, Indonesia (1)
2018 20 Markham, Canada (1)
2019 21 Kazan, Russia (1)
2020 22 Auckland, New Zealand
2021 22 Chengdu, China
2022 22 Santander, Spain (1)
2023 23 Spokane, United States (1)
2024 24 Nanchang, China (1)
2025 25 Guwahati, India (1)

Past champions

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See also: List of BWF World Junior Championships medalists
Year Mixed Team Boys' Singles Girls' Singles Boys' Doubles Girls' Doubles Mixed Doubles
1992 Not held   Sun Jun   Kristin Yunita   Amon Santoso
  Kusno 		  Gu Jun
  Han Jingna 		  Jim Laugesen
  Rikke Olsen
1994   Chen Gang   Wang Chen   Peter Gade
  Peder Nissen 		  Yao Jie
  Liu Lu 		  Zhang Wei
  Qian Hong
1996   Zhu Feng   Yu Hua   Jeremy Gan
  Chan Chong Ming 		  Gao Ling
  Yang Wei 		  Wang Wei
  Lu Ying
1998   Zhang Yang   Gong Ruina   Chan Chong Ming
  Teo Kok Seng 		  Zhang Jiewen
  Xie Xingfang 		  Chan Chong Ming
  Joanne Quay
2000   China   Bao Chunlai   Wei Yan   Sang Yang
  Zheng Bo 		  Zhang Yawen
  Wei Yili 		  Sang Yang
  Zhang Yawen
2002   Chen Jin   Jiang Yanjiao   Han Sang-hoon
  Park Sung-hwan 		  Du Jing
  Rong Lu 		  Guo Zhendong
  Yu Yang
2004   Cheng Shao-chieh   Hoon Thien How
  Tan Boon Heong 		  Tian Qing
  Yu Yang 		  He Hanbin
  Yu Yang
2006   South Korea   Hong Ji-hoon   Wang Yihan   Lee Yong-dae
  Cho Gun-woo 		  Ma Jin
  Wang Xiaoli 		  Lee Yong-dae
  Yoo Hyun-young
2007   China   Chen Long   Wang Lin   Chung Eui-seok
  Shin Baek-cheol 		  Xie Jing
  Zhong Qianxin 		  Lim Khim Wah
  Ng Hui Lin
2008   Wang Zhengming   Saina Nehwal   Mak Hee Chun
  Teo Kok Siang 		  Fu Mingtian
  Yao Lei 		  Chai Biao
  Xie Jing
2009   Tian Houwei   Ratchanok Intanon   Chooi Kah Ming
  Ow Yao Han 		  Tang Jinhua
  Xia Huan 		  Maneepong Jongjit
  Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2010   Viktor Axelsen   Ow Yao Han
  Yew Hong Kheng 		  Bao Yixin
  Ou Dongni 		  Liu Cheng
  Bao Yixin
2011   Malaysia   Zulfadli Zulkiffli   Nelson Heg
  Teo Ee Yi 		  Lee So-hee
  Shin Seung-chan 		  Alfian Eko Prasetya
  Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2012   China   Kento Momota   Nozomi Okuhara   Lee Chun Hei
  Ng Ka Long 		  Edi Subaktiar
  Melati Daeva Oktavianti
2013   South Korea   Heo Kwang-hee   Akane Yamaguchi   Li Junhui
  Liu Yuchen 		  Chae Yoo-jung
  Kim Ji-won 		  Huang Kaixiang
  Chen Qingchen
2014   China   Lin Guipu   Kittinupong Kedren
  Dechapol Puavaranukroh 		  Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
2015   Lu Chia-hung   Goh Jin Wei   He Jiting
  Zheng Siwei 		  Zheng Siwei
  Chen Qingchen
2016   Sun Feixiang   Chen Yufei   Han Chengkai
  Zhou Haodong 		  Sayaka Hobara
  Nami Matsuyama 		  He Jiting
  Du Yue
2017   Kunlavut Vitidsarn   Gregoria Mariska Tunjung   Mahiro Kaneko
  Yunosuke Kubota 		  Baek Ha-na
  Lee Yu-rim 		  Rinov Rivaldy
  Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
2018   Goh Jin Wei   Di Zijian
  Wang Chang 		  Liu Xuanxuan
  Xia Yuting 		  Leo Rolly Carnando
  Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
2019   Indonesia   Riko Gunji   Leo Rolly Carnando
  Daniel Marthin 		  Lin Fangling
  Zhou Xinru 		  Feng Yanzhe
  Lin Fangling
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
2021 Cancelled[note 2]
2022   South Korea   Kuo Kuan-lin   Tomoka Miyazaki   Xu Huayu
  Zhu Yijun 		  Liu Shengshu
  Wang Tingge 		  Zhu Yijun
  Liu Shengshu
2023   China   Alwi Farhan   Pitchamon Opatniputh   Ma Shang
  Zhu Yijun 		  Maya Taguchi
  Aya Tamaki 		  Liao Pinyi
  Zhang Jiahan
2024   Indonesia   Hu Zhean   Xu Wenjing   Kang Khai Xing
  Aaron Tai 		  Ririna Hiramoto
  Aya Tamaki 		  Lin Xiangyi
  Liu Yuanyuan
  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

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As of the 2024 edition
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China745274200
2  Malaysia14112449
3  South Korea13194274
4  Indonesia11304586
5  Japan1093150
6  Thailand922031
7  Chinese Taipei361423
8  Denmark3339
9  India14611
10  Singapore1135
11  Hong Kong1023
12  England0112
  France0112
14  United States0101
15  Germany0011
  Spain0011
Totals (16 entries)140140268548

Successful players and national teams

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World Junior Champions who later became World Champions

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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   Sun Jun 1992 1999
Women's Doubles   Gu Jun 1992 1997, 1999
Women's Doubles   Gao Ling 1996 2001, 2003, 2006
Women's Doubles   Yang Wei 1996 2005, 2007
Women's Singles   Gong Ruina 1998 2001
Women's Doubles   Zhang Jiewen 1998 2005, 2007
Women's Doubles   Zhang Yawen 2000 2009
Men's Singles   Chen Jin 2002, 2004 2010
Women's Doubles   Du Jing 2002 2010
Women's Doubles   Tian Qing 2004 2014, 2015
Women's Doubles   Yu Yang 2004 2010, 2011, 2013
Women's Singles   Wang Yihan 2006 2011
Women's Doubles   Ma Jin 2006 2010 (XD)
Women's Doubles   Wang Xiaoli 2006 2011, 2013
Women's Singles   Wang Lin 2007 2010
Men's Doubles   Shin Baek-cheol 2007 2014
Men's Singles   Chen Long 2007 2014, 2015
Women's Singles   Ratchanok Intanon 2009, 2010, 2011 2013
Men's Singles   Viktor Axelsen 2010 2017, 2022
Women's Singles   Nozomi Okuhara 2012 2017
Men's Singles   Kento Momota 2012 2018, 2019
Men's Doubles   Li Junhui 2013 2018
Men's Doubles   Liu Yuchen 2013 2018
Women's Doubles   Chen Qingchen 2014, 2015 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Women's Doubles   Jia Yifan 2014, 2015 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Mixed Doubles   Zheng Siwei 2015 2018, 2019, 2022
Men's Doubles   Dechapol Puavaranukroh 2014 2021 (XD)
Women's Singles   Akane Yamaguchi 2013, 2014 2021, 2022
Men's Singles   Kunlavut Vitidsarn 2017, 2018, 2019 2023
Women's Doubles   Chae Yoo-jung 2013 2023 (XD)

Successful players

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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
  Chen Qingchen 2 3 3 8
  He Jiting 1 1 3 5
  Yu Yang 1 2 2 5
  Bao Yixin 1 1 2 4
  Chen Jin 2 2 4
  Chen Yufei 1 3 4
  Du Yue 1 3 4
  Jia Yifan 2 2 4
  Xia Huan 1 3 4
  Xie Jing 1 1 2 4
  Zheng Siwei 1 1 2 4
  Zhu Yijun 2 1 1 4
  Chai Biao 1 2 3
  Chan Chong Ming 2 1 3
  Di Zijian 1 2 3
  Han Chengkai 1 2 3
  Huang Kaixiang 2 1 3
  Kunlavut Vitidsarn 3 3
  Lee Yong-dae 1 1 1 3
  Leo Rolly Carnando 1 1 1 3
  Li Gen 3 3
  Lin Fangling 1 1 1 3
  Lin Guipu 1 2 3
  Liu Cheng 1 2 3
  Liu Xuanxuan 1 2 3
  Ratchanok Intanon 3 3
  Sang Yang 1 1 1 3
  Sun Feixiang 1 2 3
  Tang Jinhua 1 2 3
  Wang Chang 1 2 3
  Wang Lin 1 2 3
  Wang Zhengming 1 2 3
  Xia Yuting 1 2 3
  Zhang Yawen 1 1 1 3
  Zhong Qianxin 1 2 3
  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

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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
1   China 2 4 4 3 6 5 4 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 4 4 5 1 3 2 3 3 3 74
2   Malaysia 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 14
3   South Korea 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 13
4   Indonesia 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 11
5   Japan 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
6   Thailand 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
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

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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
1   China X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13
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
  Indonesia X 1

Women's singles

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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
1   China X X X X X X X X X 9
2   Japan X X X X X 5
3   Thailand X X X X 4
4   Indonesia X X 2
  Malaysia X X 2
6   Chinese Taipei X 1
  India X 1

Men's doubles

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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
1   Malaysia X X X X X X X X 8
2   China X X X X X X X 7
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

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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
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   Japan X X X 3
4   Singapore X 1

Mixed doubles

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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
1   China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15
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

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Rank Country 00 02 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 Total
1   China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 14
2   South Korea X X X 3
3   Indonesia X X 2
4   Malaysia X 1

Debut of national teams

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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 2024 edition is 87.

Year Debuting teams
Teams No. Cum.
2000   Australia,   Canada,   China,   Chinese Taipei,   Czech Republic,   Denmark,   England,   France,   Germany,   Hong Kong,   India,   Indonesia,   Italy,   Japan,   Macau,   New Zealand,   Netherlands,   Romania,   Russia,   Singapore,   South Africa,   South Korea,   Sweden,   Thailand 24 24
2002   Bulgaria,   Finland,   Kenya,   Malaysia,   Nigeria,   Zambia 6 30
2004   Peru,   Slovenia,   United States 3 33
2006   Egypt,   Pakistan,   Philippines,   Turkey,   Ukraine,   Vietnam 6 39
2007   Puerto Rico,   Scotland 2 41
2008   Estonia,   Sri Lanka 2 43
2010   Austria,   Dominican Republic,   Mexico 3 46
2012   Belgium,   Ireland,   Uzbekistan 3 49
2013   Armenia,   Botswana,   Spain 3 52
2014   Mongolia 1 53
2015   Chile,   Costa Rica,   Cuba,   El Salvador,   Colombia,   Guatemala,   Guyana,   Hungary,   Iceland,   Venezuela 10 63
2016   Algeria,   Belarus,   Faroe Islands,   Georgia,   Latvia,   Lithuania,   Moldova,   Norway,   Poland,   Portugal,   Slovakia 11 74
2017   Brazil,   Ghana,     Nepal 3 77
2018   Uganda 1 78
2019   Kazakhstan,    Switzerland 2 80
2022   Tahiti 1 81
2023   Cook Islands 1 82
2024   Azerbaijan,   Mauritius,   Northern Mariana Islands,   Trinidad and Tobago,   United Arab Emirates 5 87

References

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  1. ^ "World Junior Championships". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Weltmeisterschaft U19 (Jugend-WM - World Junior Championships)". Deutscher Badminton Verband. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ Iveson, Ali. "BWF moves World Junior Championships in Auckland to January 2021". Inside the Games. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. ^ "BWF World Junior Championships 2020 Rescheduled". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  6. ^ "BWF World Junior Championships in Auckland cancelled, 2024 edition to be held in New Zealand". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Update on World Junior Championships 2024". bwfbadminton.com. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  8. ^ Chen, Hao (10 July 2020). "成都正式申办2021羽球世青赛 依托成都大运会场馆". Sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Cancellation of 2021 BWF World Junior Championship Selection Event - USA Badminton". 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  10. ^ "BWF postpones World Junior Championships and cancels three World Tour legs". www.insidethegames.biz. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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