IBF World Championships
The IBF World Championships is a tournament organized by the
International Badminton Federation to crown the best
badminton players in the world.
The tournament started in 1977 and was held once every three years until 1983. However, the IBF faced difficulty in hosting the first two events as the World Badminton Federation hosted the same tournament a year after the IBF World Championships with the same goals.
Started 1985, the tournament became bi-annual and played once every two years until
2005.
Encyclopedia
The
IBF World Championships is a tournament organized by the
International Badminton Federation to crown the best
badminton players in the world.
The tournament started in 1977 and was held once every three years until 1983. However, the IBF faced difficulty in hosting the first two events as the World Badminton Federation hosted the same tournament a year after the IBF World Championships with the same goals.
Started 1985, the tournament became bi-annual and played once every two years until
2005. Starting
2006, the tournament was changed to an annual event on the IBF calendar with the goal to give more chances for the players to be crowned as official "World Champions".
However, the tournament will not be held once every four years to give way to the Olympic Games.
Location of the World Championships
The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Championships. These include,
Kuala Lumpur and
New Delhi which are yet to hold their games.
The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.
From 1989 to 2001 the world championships were held immediately after the
Sudirman Cup at the same location.
Countries that have hosted or have been chosen to host World Championships:
Denmark , England , Indonesia , Spain , Canada , China , India , Malaysia , Scotland , Switzerland , Sweden , United States .
Notes
1 Korea won by silver medal difference after total of gold medal is tied with
China .
2 China won by silver medal difference after tied with
Indonesia in gold medal battled .
Past Winners
- For the full details about this topic, see Gold medalists at the IBF World Championships.
Successful national teams
Below is the medalists shown based by category and countries after the 2005 IBF World Championships.
China has been the most successful in the World Championships eversince it's inception in 1977. They were the only country ever to achieve a shutout of the medals which they did in 1987 in Beijing. They are closely followed by Indonesia and Korea with Denmark being the leading European country in the winners list.
Several players have won gold medals in more than one category in a single holding of the World Championships, this include
- Lene Koppen 1977 Mixed Doubles and Women's Singles
- Christian Hadinata 1980 Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles
- Park Joo-bong 1985 Men's and Mixed Doubles, 1991 Men's and Mixed Doubles
- Han Aiping 1985 Ladies Singles and Ladies Doubles
- Ge Fei 1997 Ladies and Mixed Doubles
- Kim Dong-moon 1999 Men's and Mixed Doubles
- Gao Ling 2001 Ladies and Mixed Doubles
From 1977 up to 2001, the medals were usually divided among five countries namely China, Korea, Denmark, Indonesia, Malaysia. However, in 2003, the winners included seven countries and in 2005 the medal board contained a record high of ten countries.
Tony Gunawan also bears the distinction of winning a gold medal in Men's Doubles, representing two different countries, 2001 partnering with Halim Hadiyanto for Indonesia and in 2005 partnering with Howard Bach to give the United States its first medal in the competition.
The 2005 edition also brought new faces in the mixed doubles event which had been dominated by China and Korea since 1997. With the retirement of defending champions and two time winners Kim Dong-moon/Ra Kyung-min , Nova Widianto/Lityana Natsir won Indonesia's first mixed doubles gold since 1980 when Christian Hadinata/Imelda Wijuno won it last for Indonesia.
* Won as hostMen's Singles
- : 7 titles
1985, 1987*, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2006
- : 6 titles
1980*, 1983, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2005
- : 2 titles
1977, 1997
Women's Singles
- : 11 titles
1983, 1985, 1987*, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006
- : 2 titles
1980*, 1993
- : 2 titles
1977, 1999
Men's Doubles
- : 6 titles
1977, 1980*, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001
- : 3 titles
1985, 1991, 1999
- : 3 titles
1987*, 1989, 2006
- : 2 titles
1983*, 2003
- : 1 title
2005*
Women's Doubles
- : 12 titles
1983, 1985, 1987*, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006
- : 1 title
1977
- : 1 title
1980
- : 1 title
1995
Mixed Doubles
- : 5 titles
1985, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2003
- : 3 titles
1977, 1993, 1995
- : 3 titles
1987*, 1997, 2001
- : 2 titles
1980*, 2005
- : 2 titles
1983, 1993
- : 2 title
1983, 2006
