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 (Suhandinata Cup) followed by an individual championship (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 Junior Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. Initially held every two years, BWF later decided the championships will be held annually 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.

Host cities of the World Junior Championships (Asia)
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)
2026 26 TBA, Indonesia

Past champions

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 Zhe'an 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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